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August 6-- Vice President Spiro T. Agnew announced that he was under investigation for possible violations of criminal law, including bribery, tax fraud, extortion and conspiracy...
August 8-- Agnew said in a nationally televised press conference that he had "nothing to hide" and "no expectation of being indicted." The vice president also stated that he had no intention of resigning...
...House leadership act properly in turning down Agnew's request for a special hearing of the charges against...
...Kissinger sought to leave the impression that President Nixon's trip is still a possibility this year. No dates were mentioned, however, and Western envoys are now more or less resigned to the likelihood that the constitutional crisis over the Watergate tapes and the plight of Vice President Agnew will force Nixon to postpone his visit until 1974. Kissinger looked over a draft proposal outlining long-range Common Market goals and priorities and politely suggested that the nine nations try for something more specific than vague generalities. Both the U.S. and the members of the European Economic Community would...
Thus radicals can charge it with promulgating colonialism and warmongering; thus Nixon and Agnew can view it as a test of moral vigor; thus sociologists can see in it a full-length portrait of America. The operative word is see. Like politics and pornography, football tends to yield a reflection of the onlooker who finds what he seeks. And there are more seekers all the time. This week, as the season picks up velocity, the words of Sonny Werblin, former owner of the Jets, take on a special autumnal tang. In the '60s, Werblin found his night flight stacked...