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Word: muth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Courthouse in Baltimore were sealed off by deputy federal marshals, who coordinated their movements by walkie-talkie. Cooperative witnesses were given safe-conduct out of the building by a route that eluded reporters. But William Muth, 63, a Baltimore politician and former fund raiser for Agnew, met a different fate after he had cited the Fifth Amendment and refused to say anything at all. Muth was turned loose at the courthouse garage entrance where the newsmen were massed ? a procedure similar to providing a Christian a path to freedom that led directly through the lions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Agnew Takes on the Justice Department | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...Listen," Muth told the newsmen who surged around him. "I believe in Ted Agnew. The day they make me stop believing, I'm going to take down my American flag and put it away." He explained that his flag flies 24 hours a day, spotlit at night. As for all the hullabaloo about Agnew, Muth declared: "It's bullshit. You may quote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Agnew Takes on the Justice Department | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

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