Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WASHINGTON--Vice President Spiro T. Agnew yesterday said he would resign from the Nixon Administration if evidence surfaced which proves President Nixon played a role in the Watergate affair that goes "against my conscience...
...aides told Agnew that his connection with the Nixon Administration and the Watergate affair could severely hamper his 1976 presidential hopes...
...Vice President decried what he termed irresponsible reporting of the Watergate affair by the news media. He said that the publication of "hearsay" has served to damage the reputations of those unjustly accused and to weaken the government's ability to prosecute and convict the guilty...
Manckiewicz accused the national press of ignoring the corruption issue, in spite of McGovern's charges during the campaign, until the Watergate affair began to unravel. The press is unable to treat the incumbent like any other candidate during a Presidential campaign, Manckiewicz commented...
WASHINGTON--Despite widespread news stories that the White House staff has split into feuding camps over the Watergate affair, two Nixon staffers said yesterday that "the picture of fission is not correct" and that operations this week are "pretty much" back on schedule...