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...erosion and cynicism will be deepened, particularly in view of all his vehement protestations of innocence. Conversely, if he is found not guilty, the administration of justice, not to mention the press, will suffer yet another black eye for having needlessly ? Agnew would argue perniciously ? inflicted the ordeal on the Vice President and the country. Either outcome is likely to deepen the divisions and suspicions in the country. And how the multiple legal and constitutional tangles of his case are unsnarled may set precedents that will govern for decades or longer (see story on page...
Boston's newest and most expensive landmark, the ill-fated John Hancock building in Copley Square, may soon reach the end of its ordeal...
...official life just as before. It was his wife who most showed the strain. Judy Agnew is a quiet, unassuming woman who never wanted to enter the minefields of politics. Unlike Pat Nixon, who has been steeled by many crises in the past, Mrs. Agnew is experiencing her first ordeal. For the first time she has been confronted by reporters demanding, "Is your husband going to resign?" Calmly, she answered, "You'll have to ask my husband...
Transit strikes, blizzards and brownouts can make urban life an ordeal, but nothing hurts a city in quite so many subtle ways as a newspaper strike. St. Louis, bereft of the morning Globe-Democrat and the afternoon Post-Dispatch for five weeks, was painfully counting new losses with each passing...
...attacked with guns and grenades a line of passengers waiting to board a New York-bound flight. They had planned to strike at passengers bound for Tel Aviv aboard TWA Flight 806-but by the time they attacked, the Tel Aviv passengers were safely aboard their jet. When the ordeal was over, two Americans and an Austrian lay dead, and 55 were wounded...