Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Trailing Vice President Agnew and his small army of security agents, John Stacks noted that in Phoenix ever-vigilant Secret Service men carefully ignored some reporters' vice-presidential credentials and locked them out of the hall. Local police tended to reject all credentials-"except," says Stacks, "a ticket to whatever $100-a-plate function was taking place...
...Cover: Cartoon in watercolor with ink, by Mort Drucker, a longtime contributor to Mad magazine. For his first TIME cover, Drucker portrays the G.O.P.'s King Richard (1) with his trusty knight errant, Sir Spiro the Agnew (2). In New York, wearing Spiro's livery, James Buckley (3) joins Richard Ottinger (4) in assailing Charles Goodell (5), who already feels the weight of Sir Spiro's spiked mace. In the heartland of the realm, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio (6) is threatened by the ax of Robert Taft Jr. (7), while in Tennessee, Albert Gore (8) aims...
MARYLAND: The state which produced Spiro Agnew also has produced one of the most liberal and progressive members of the Senate. Yet the political splits and maneuverings which produced Agnew may serve to defeat Tydings this year...
...Agnew was elected not because hewas particularly popular, but because his opponent, Wallace supporter George Mahoney, was particularly detestable. This year Tydings is particularly detestable to different segments of the electorate because of three factors...
...House to oppose one of the chief targets of Agnewian attacks. Tydings is rated high on the White House target list, and Beall will not lack support, financial and otherwise, from the Administration. Beall is running a classic middle-of-the-road, low profile campaign. He has refused Agnew's direct help; he supports the Nixon Indochina policy, and he opposes gun control...