Word: agnew
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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...
...Agnew refused to specify what action he would take if Nixon is shown to have had prior knowledge of the bugging. he said his decision would depend on whether the President has approved or vetoed the espionage attempts...
Until yesterday Agnew had made no public statement regarding his reaction to the Watergate break-in or the alleged attempts to cover up the bugging incident...
...Agnew said that it is still too early to evaluate the political effects of the Watergate scandal. If there are investigations and legal actions in progress at the time of the 1974 elections the Republican Party could be seriously affected, he added...
Manckiewicz added that this lack of concern with issues was especially reflected in television reporting. He said that Vice President Agnew was correct in 1970 when he accused network presidents of imposing their bias on network news, but he added that this was not a liberal bias...