THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Two Conflicting Agnew Scenarios

Though mists of scandal obscure the future of Vice President Spiro Agnew, hardly anyone seems in any great rush to dispel them. Agnew himself, after his meeting with President Nixon, spent the rest of the Labor Day weekend at the seashore. George Beall, the U.S. Attorney in Baltimore heading an investigation into Agnew's past financial dealings with Maryland engineers and contractors, was on vacation all last week, and a grand jury that might eventually hear evidence against the Vice President was marking time. Aides to Attorney General Elliot Richardson said that he had not yet decided whether there was...

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