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During his first year as governor, Agnew established a progressive record. He pushed hard for the issues on which he had campaigned, continually met with black leaders throughout the state in attempts to head off racial problems and took a moderate position on crime and punishment...
Then, in his second year, Agnew bewildered his liberal supporters with numerous reversals of his previous positions. When rioting broke out in black sections of Baltimore, Agnew called in the black leaders and issued a scathing statement blaming them for the trouble...
...slashed the state budget, including money for many reforms which he had supported the year before. Foreshadowing his later stances on crime in the streets, Agnew spoke out strongly in favor of "stop and frisk" laws. It was the Spiro Agnew of this second year in office who would go on to be vice president...
Harvard faculty members differed sharply today on the effects Vice President Agnew's resignation would have on Nixon, his administration and the American public...
Some faculty members were surprised and others relieved by Agnew's announcement...