Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chicago, Vice President Agnew declared that such demonstrators were "garbage" which should be separated from the rest of society by electing Administration-favored, law-and-order candidates...
WYOMING: Democratic Senator Gale McGee, a target of Nixon and Agnew, has proved to be an clusive target. He supports the President's Indochina policy and has remained friendly to the big oil interests which dominate the state. McGee's opponent, Rep. John S. Wold, enjoys the wholehearted support of the Administration, but McGee seems safe for a third term...
UTAH: Lacklustre Senator Frank E. Moss is in the same kind of trouble as his neighbor Howard Cannon of Nevada. Moss faces a strong challenge of a conservative, Administration backed Republican, Laurence J. Burton. Burton has made full use of the Agnew techniques and of Agnew himself, and in Utah this is powerful medicine...
Like Cannon, however, Moss may benefit from the Agnew visits to the state. Utah voters are deeply resentful of "outsiders" and the Agnew visits could backfire. Moss will also benefit from his record as an opponent of cigarette advertising. Utah is a Mormon state and the Mormon church forbids cigarettes. A third factor in Moss's favor is the third party candidacy of Clyde Freeman. If Freeman can win five per cent of the vote or more, it should cut Burton's vote enough to hand the election to Moss. If Freeman run poorly, the race is a tossup...
Vice President Agnew has recently made searing attacks on the senator, and last week President Nixon declined to support Goodell and all but endorsed Buckley...