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Perhaps the greatest threat to the new government lies in Northern Ireland. I.R.A. Militants Kieran Doherty and Paddy Agnew, both 26, won seats to the Dáil in last month's election, but neither has been able to attend. They are prisoners in the H-block of Ulster's Maze Prison, where Doherty is now in the seventh week of a hunger strike. His death or Agnew's resignation would cause by-elections that could be won by Haughey and his Fianna Fail (Band of Destiny) party, thereby weakening FitzGerald's government still more. That...
Still, the most worrisome problem stems from two Dáil seats that will remain empty. Their would-be occupants, I.R.A. Militants Paddy Agnew and Kieran Doherty, both 26, are on a hunger strike in Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. The election cast a shadow over Anglo-Irish relations, particularly since both countries have been seeking ways to work toward a settlement in Ulster. The Agnew-Doherty issue could draw the Republic deeper into Northern Ireland's sectarian strife. Dublin had managed to keep its distance from the furor that followed the death of Bobby Sands, a member...
...family (he has three children) are fishing and the Cincinnati Reds. During the 1973 playoffs between the Reds and the New York Mets, he was hearing arguments at the court and had his clerks slip him inning-by-inning, then batter-by-batter, reports. When Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation came through during the climactic game, one clerk's note read, "Kranepool flies to left. Agnew resigns...
When the suit came to trial in Annapolis, Agnew did not appear. His attorney, T. Rogers Harrison, asserted that if the former Vice President were compelled to take the stand, he would plead his Fifth Amendment privilege against selfincrimination. In Agnew's absence, Judge Williams took testimony from contractors who said they had paid the kickbacks. Another witness was George White, a former Agnew attorney. White said that eight months before his resignation, Agnew had admitted to him that he received kickbacks from contractors doing construction work for the state...
...Agnew will appeal the verdict. Even if he loses, he will not suffer too much financially. Should he have to repay the $248,735 to Maryland, Agnew, who now lives in Palm Springs, Calif., presumably could claim the full amount as a federal tax deduction against the high income he is said to earn putting together international investment deals. On that, as on all other matters involving the case, Agnew had no comment. As he might have put it in the alliterative rhetoric of his vice-presidential years, he sustained a stonewalling stance of sullen silence...