Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...District Court judge yesterday warned the Baltimore federal grand jury investigating Vice President Agnew to disregard news stories involving the inquiry because they are unreliable...
Judge Walter E. Hoffman--who is handling all aspects of the Agnew probe--lectured the jurors on their responsibilities in investigating crimes against the United States no matter whom they involve, and cautioned them to ignore press accounts of the case because they "frequently are wholly or partially inaccurate...
...summoned the jury to the extraordinary 18-minute public hearing after meeting privately for an hour and a half with Agnew attorneys and the Justice Department...
...lecture by the Virginia judge--who was brought into the case after all nine federal judges in Maryland disqualified themselves citing their friendships with Agnew--also included a warning to the jurors to keep their work secret even after it has been completed and a directive to disregard personal views in the interest of justice...
THAT HARVARD students should appear apathetic to anti-imperialist struggles in Indochina, Latin America, and Africa comes as less than a shock. The whole country finds Spire Agnew's alleged crimes as a country executive in Maryland more titillating news than daily reports of continuing warfare abroad. But more surprising is students ignorance of political ferment in their own backyard. While Harvard steers a steady course, at least one neighboring university still simmers with tensions left over from more explosive days...