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...wife, Ford had seriously considered winding up his political career in 1974. He has often said his highest ambition was to become Speaker of the House, and it did not look as if the Republicans were going to control the House any time soon. But then Spiro Agnew was forced to resign as Vice President, and Ford was made an offer he could not refuse. Although former Treasury Secretary John Connally may have been the President's first choice, Ford had the right look to Nixon. He had never wavered in his loyalty to the President; ever since they...
...accepted the views of Republican leaders across the country. Ford plans to make his final decision by this week or next. The man he chooses must be confirmed by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress, as was the case when Nixon nominated Ford to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice President last fall...
...easily hit six figures. By resigning, the former President saved his annual retirement pay of $60,000, plus $96,000 a year for staff and expenses. Even without his retirement pay, though, the ex-President would by no means face penury. Literary Agent Scott Meredith (among his clients: Spiro Agnew, Norman Mailer) announced that he had already told an inquiring Nixon aide last month that the Nixon memoirs would probably be worth $2 million, which would more than comfortably cover any legal costs. There are also the papers from the presidential years and earlier that could be sold. Finally, more...
...Washington grand jury indicted former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, who was once a Nixon favorite and was the President's initial private choice to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice President, on charges of accepting bribes, perjury and conspiring to obstruct justice. The indictment accused Connally of accepting $10,000 from a dairy cooperative in exchange for his urging the Administration to raise federal milk-price supports in March 1971 and of later lying about the deal...
...resigning after the House vote, sparing the country and himself a Senate trial. But some Congressmen argue that if a condition of his leaving office is that he publicly acknowledge -and not contest-the case against him, Nixon will disappear from the scene as thoroughly as has Spiro Agnew...