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What is Vice President Spiro Agnew doing these days? "Oh, he speaks a lot," says an Agnew aide. How often? "About twice a week." Another member of his staff adds the fascinating information that "he reads a lot." Declares a third: "Now he's got the time for a thoughtful approach...
...Agnew does indeed have the time, since his duties have been cut back by President Nixon, apparently as part of his drive to centralize authority within his own office. Agnew's new press aide, J. Marsh Thompson, cited as the most important among the Vice President's remaining jobs President of the Senate, chairman of the National Council on Indian Opportunity and a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. But Agnew rarely visits his office in the Senate; he usually goes to Capitol Hill only when his vote might be needed to break a tie or when...
Hostile. Except for one trip to explain the Viet Nam peace settlement to U.S. allies in Asia, Agnew has not been given any significant diplomatic or advisory tasks by Nixon since their second terms began. Relations between the two men are at a low point. Agnew resents that Nixon−in a news conference in January and to various aides−has mentioned Democrat John Connally as a potential presidential candidate in 1976. He also feels that Nixon has seriously mishandled the entire Watergate political-espionage scandal, possibly hurting the Republican Party's−as well as Agnew...
...cheered and waved miniature South Vietnamese and American flags supplied by White House aides. After a two-day meeting with the President, Thieu and his 70 aides and bodyguards flew to Washington, where he embarked on an even more elaborate round of events. A formal dinner with Vice President Agnew as host was only one of a series of black-tie affairs. Thieu also made a ceremonial visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The purpose of his trip to the U.S., Thieu said, was "to express thanks to the American people" for their sacrifices in the Viet...
...started with Vice President Agnew's eloquent orations in 1970 about those elitist Eastern radical intellectuals who distort the news. Then Clay T. Whitehead, director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the White House, opened up and has yet to quiet down. A recent sample: "Station managers and network officials who fail to act to correct imbalance or consistent bias from the networks--or who acquiesce by silence--can only be considered willing participants, to be held fully accountable by the broadcaster's community at license renewal time...