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By RICHARD PYLE
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
resigned from office Wednesday and pleaded no
contest to a federal income tax evasion charge. A
judge sentenced him to a $10,000 fine and three
years’ probation.

The thunderbolt disclosure of the resignation, the
second by a vice president in U.S. history, was
almost casually revealed by a staff secretary here
as Agnew himself was making a surprise ap-
pearance in federal court in Baltimore.

Reading from a paper held in trembling hands,
the 55-year-old vice president told U.S. District
Judge Walter E. Hoffman his decision to quit and
plead no contest to the felony charge “rests on my
firm belief that the public interest requires swift
disposition of the problems which are facing me.”

He said his lawyers had advised him that a legal
battle over the allegations against him could last for
years and the attending publicity would divert

public attention from other problems “to the
country’s detriment.”

President Nixon, who had hand-picked the former
Maryland governor as his running mate in 1968 and
again in 1972, adknowledged his vice president’s
resignation with “a sense of deep personal loss.”

He said he would consult promptly with the
nation’s leaders to select a successor to fill out the
last three years and three months of Agnew’s term.

Agnew’s decision came unexpectedly after he had
sought—through public statements—for the last
several weeks to end widespread press Speculation
that he would quit.

Agnew admitted Wednesday to receiving
payments in 1967 which were not reported on his
income tax and also that he was aware of payments
made to others. But he denied that any payments
had ever influenced his execution of the public trust
as Baltimore county executive, governor or as vice
president. ‘

Continued on page 4

SPIRO T. AGNEW
Receives $0,000 fine

The Kentucky Kernel

Vol. LXV No. 46
Thursday, October 11, 1973

an independent student newspaper

University of Kentucky
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By BILL PINKSTON

Kernel Staff Writer

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENTS
Physical Environment Committee is
organizing a program of waste paper
collection and recycling in conjunction
with the Recyco Inc., a Lexington-based
paper recycling firm.

Initial plans call for a pilot program of
paper collection at Boyd and Jewell halls,
where committee members hope to place
receptacles for saving old issues of the
Kernel. Recyco plans to periodically pick
up the papers for processing before sen-
ding them to the paper mills to be reused.

In addition, the committee intends to ask
the University print shop to save its scrap
paper for Recyco’s pick up. The Kernel is
also cooperating with committee efforts by
saving old newspapers.

IIOPEFULLY, said Sherri Herman,
committee chairperson, the pilot program
can get under way within the next two
weeks. If that venture is a success, Her-
man said, the project can be expanded
across campus, involving several
collection points.

One possible stumbling block in the final
negotiations between the committee and
Recyco is whether Recyco will be able to
pick up and process the University
Computer Center's waste paper. Ac-
cording to Recyco president Carl Culver, it

would be too costly for Recyco to pick up
only low-grade paper like newspaper.

To meet operating costs, Culver said, a
certain amount of high-grade waste, like
computer cards, must be collected along
with the low-grade paper.

THE COMPUTER CENTER has been
recycling its used computer cards for the
last three or four years, said Martin
Soloman, Computer Center director. It
recycles the cards through Baker Iron and
Metal Co., another Lexington recycling
firm.

“Baker is so dependable, so reliable, I’d
just hate to let him go unless there is a
good reason,“ Soloman said.

Under the committee’s plan, Recyco will
pay SG for the waste paper it picks up, and
SG will give the money to the Temporary
Kentucky Organization (TKO), 3
conglomeration of community action
organizations.

ALDA PROSSER, TKO vice president,
said her oganization would use the money
SG gives it for “environmental projects."
TKO is busy now with other recycling
efforts in Lexington and hasn’t discussed
what to do with the gifts.

In addition to the Computer Center and
86‘s efforts, the Dean of Admissions and
Registrar‘s office has been collecting and
saving its waste paper for about two

months, said Larry Craft, associate
registrar for student records.

CRAFT SAID THE office gave its scrap
to TKO, which then sold it to Recyco. “Any
benefits would be going to the coffers of
TKO,” Craft said.

So far, Craft said, Recyco has picked up
the office's waste paper twice, with hauls
of about 3,000 pounds each time. The
waste, Craft said, is comprised of out-of-
date class scedule books, old catalogues,
computer print-outs, cards and “paper
that is no longer valuable.”

Craft stressed that no confidential
records were given to recycle, only the
“kind of documents we used to put in the
dumpsters."

As a result of these pick-ups, TKO
recently received an $80 check from
Recyco, Ed Hinnel, a TKO spokesman
said.

BESIDES ITS computer cards, the UK
Computer Center has also been recycling
its old computer print-out paper for the
last year. Soloman said.

The Computer has been getting about $40
a ton for its old cards, and about $20 a ton
for white computer print-out paper,
Soloman said. “Sometimes cards will
bring $60 a ton if they‘re in good con-
dition," Soloman said.

 

News In Bile-l

by the Associated Press

0 'Lemon' bill OK'd

0 Fish selling fast

0 School plan eyed

o Admits infiltration
ODiplomat kidnapped

o informer 'didn 't fire '

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O FRANKFURT. Ky. - An interim
legislative subcommittee approved
Wednesday a bill to protect persons who
buy cars in Kentucky that turn out to be
“lemons.“

Separate bills on new and used ca rs were
approved by the subcommittee on con-
sumer protection for recommendation to
the full interim committee on labor and
industry that they be prefiled.

0 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Senior
citizens are buying fish at 25 cents a pound
from a nonprofit cooperative for older

,people and the protein-rich food is selling

faster than the co-op can stack its freezers.
The Senior Citizens Cooperative — Sen-
(‘op ,-- held its first sale this week, and 100
pounds of fresh mullet went in 90 minutes.
0 CINCINNATI. Ohio -— The 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals took under ad-
visement today a school desegregation
plan for Fayette County. Ky.
. WASHINGTON — A private detective
code-named Sedan (‘hair 2 by Nixon re-
election agents. testified today that he
received nearly $6,000 to infiltrate cam-
paign organizations of three Democratic
presidential contenders.

O tll'.\l).-\I..»\.I.\It.\, Mexico -— Four
gunmen broke into the home of Britain‘s
honorary diplomatic representative in
Guadalajara Wednesday morning and
kidnaped him. police said.

O ('I.I~l\'Fl..-\.\’I). Ohio — A former Kent
State l'niversity student who says he was
with FBI informer Terrence Norman on
the day of the Kent State killings said
Wednesday he is certain Norman did not
fire a shot to trigger the Ohio National
Guard fusillade.

Steve Titchenal, a 23-yearold Cleveland
Heights High School teacher who was
graduated from the university in 1972. said
he was “about five feet" from Norman
when the Guardsmen began firing.

...Wednesday revisited

It‘s more of the same. folks. Partly
cloudy skies and continued warm tem-
peratures will envelope Lexington both
today and tomorrow. This evening will be
a little cooler. although still partly cloudy
(but who can see clouds in the dark?).
Temperatures will reach the mid 805 today
dropping to the low 60s tonight.

 

     
    
 
    
    
   
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
  
  
    
   
 
   
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
      
  
   
   
   
  
  

 

 

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Agnew‘ resignation
forces introspection

Spiro T. Agnew‘s hasty resignation as Vice
President has once again forced the nation to look
within itself. in search of a silver lining around the
dark cloud of political scandals.

Agnew‘s resignation also brings the country to grips
with its Constitution; specifically. articles in that
revered document never before put to use.

Never before has a President been stripped of his
assistant in such a manner. Consequently. no chief
executive has been forced to find a replacement whose
views are shared by the President. are consistent with
those demanded by both Houses of Congress, and
who‘s personal stature can reassure a shaken country.

Such a man would. indeed. be hard to find under
ideal circumstances. To locate one willing to step into
a post too closely associated with ruinous scandals is
well nye impossible.

Yet such a man must be found if the nation is to
begin the healing process.

Some experts believe no successor should be
named. that the President should go it' alone. and
attempt to perform his duties as well as the various
scandals will allow. Partisan thinkers don‘t want a
replacement who can use the appointment for political
gain. Still others feela replacement is necessary if the
country is to remain at anywhere near an even keel.

Just as President Nixon, upon the occasion of
Justice Department troubles with John Mitchell and
Richard Kleindeinst, called for the appointment of a
man “of highest integrity,“ so too must Nixon and the
Congress find a man who can embody the finer side of
public service.

Charles Wolfe. Practicum Manager

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Brief rebuttal

This is a brief rebuttal to Wednesday‘s
editorial declaring the Kentucky Colonels’
use of Memorial Coliseum “a horrendous
mistake."

No one can convince me that several
Kentucky Colonels games at the Coliseum
will in any way interfere with the stam-
peding sellouts of the Kentucky Wildcats.
This past Sunday I watched the New York
Giants football game on television, played
at the Yale Bowl before 78,000 fans,
swelling the coffers of grateful Yale
University.

UK has poets, concerts, lectures,
movies—why not an occasional
professional basketball game, especially
when two former UK All-Americans, Dan
Issel and Louie Dampier, will perform?

The statement, “Costs to UK’s
basketball program, in the areas of fan
support, recruiting facilities, and the like,
far exceed monetary remunerations from
the Colonels" is totally unfounded. The
Colonels will probably draw well, but those
same people will be standing in lines for
Wildcat basketball tickets as well.

Letters

The Russian dance company was here
Tuesday night and I, for one, was not
thrown into emotional chaos worrying
whether they would “move the Cats out of
their home and into a downtown arena.“

Let‘s not let hasty assumptions, such as
those that underpinned Wednesday's
editorial, prevent us from enjoying ex-
cellent professional entertainment,
especially that provided by those formerly
associated with the University.

John Hamilton
Former Student and
Avid UK fan

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is not libelous. However, so everyone has
an equal opportunity to respond, we ask
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typesetters. All letters must be signed,
including campus address, telephone
number and classification. Each letter will
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more than two signees will be signed “and
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Cigarette smokers are (delightful?) slabs

   
   
  
  
  
    
   
     
   
   
   
  
 
   
  
  
  
   
   
    
 
   
  
 

By JERRY THORNTON

Cigarette smokers are slobs. Though the
vast majority of smokers are otherwise
charming. delightful and friendly people,
they are nonetheless the biggest class of
slobs around, and through the unconscious
practice of their habit in the presence of
non-smokers, they repeatedly and un-
necessarily offend people by assuming
that everyone loves smoke. Well, not
everybody does, even in the tobacco
capital of the world, and thus for myself
and many others who have suffered in
patient silence in the air pollution and
litter of the smoker, I protest!

 

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There seems to be, from the view of the
smoker. the unquestionable right to smoke
whenever and wherever he (or she)
pleases. This implies that he need-not ask

if his habit will offend anyone unfortunate
enough to be within nose range, even if the
victim be asthmatic or have allergic
reaction to smoke. There also seems to be
the unquestionable right for the smoker,
when finished, to crush his spend weed
underfoot upon any public floor or
throroughfare, or else to flick it to any part
of the landscape his heart may desire
(though he would rarely think of such
slovenliness in his own dwelling place).

I CHALLENGE these assumed rights. I
would never question the rightof anyone to
smoke per se, for one‘s private vice is his
own business, whether it be booze, pot,
pills or porno. But the air, the landscape,
and the floors of public buildings belong to
the non-smoker too, and the smoker’s right
to smoke does not supersede other people's
right to clean air and unspoiled
surroundings.

So what solutions do I suggest for this
conflict of rights? Broadly speaking, what
is needed is a conscious regard of other
people‘s rights by smokers instead of the

  

unconscious, unethical and assuming
behavior that is so typical today. More
specifically, no one should smoke where
circumstance forces non-smokers to share
closed air‘space with smokers, par-
ticularly places such as libraries,
classrooms, airplanes, business offices,
restaurants or other public rooms.
However, in fairness, public buildings
should have designated areas for smoking,
much like the smoker cars on passenger
trains....places that non-smokers can
easily avoid if they wish.

As for the accumulation of “butts” on
the floors and landscape, I consider this to
be inexcusable slovenliness. No con-
sciously ethical person would assume the
right to spread his trash far and wide when
it is so simple to dispose of a spent smoke
in an ash tray or trash receptacle. This
applies equally well to other types of
refuse (“litterbug" is too nice a term;
slob is better).

IN CLOSING. some words to my of-
fended brethren: Be silent no longer!

   

Though we have long recognized that the
nicotine addict is hopelessly hooked, that
does not mean that we should continue to
suffer from his careless abandon! Though
cognizant that discretion is often the better
part of valor, be not afraid to assert your
right to be free of the smoky oppression
brought by your neighbor-in-
circumstance. But if polite persuasion
should fail, go till your bucket. Remember
Sir Walter Raleigh!

Mae
Jerry Thornton is a first year
law student.

 

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25th Amendment (Sedfion 2)

Filling vacancy in office of Vice President — Whenever there is

 

a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall

nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation

by a maiority vote of both'Houses of Congress.

By VINCENT DAVIS
I was telephoned by the Kernel ap-
proximately one hour after the an-
nouncement of Vice President Agnew’s
resignation, with a request for a short
commentary on the politics of
replacement.

The first and basic fact is the 25th
Amendment to the Constitution, requiring
that the Presidential nominee to succeed a
Vice President in this kind of cir-
cumstance must be approved by a
majority of both Houses of Congress.
Therefore, the first basic question is what
kind of individual would these two
legislative bodies be likely to accept. Then
comes the second basic fact: Both Houses
are controlled by the Democrats. There is
probably a third fact of some con-
sideration: The Senate has tended in
recent years to be somewhat more
“liberal" than the House.

SEVERAL WEEKS earlier, when the
possiblity of Agnew’s resignation was first
the subject of speculation, some
Democrats suggested that the Congress
should require that any Presidential
nominee to succeed Agnew take a pledge
not to be a candidate for the Presidency in
1976. Such a procedure might be “good
politics“ both for the President and for the
Congress. Nixon might very well at this
point not want to make a choice who would
appear to be his hand-picked choice for the
Republican nomination for President in
1976. Or, if Nixon should wish to strike a
statesman-like posture and pick a
Democrat, the Democratic Party
leadership could be distressed at allowing
a Republican President to appear to be
creating a leading contender for the
Democratic nomination for President in
1976.

However, even if Nixon and the
Congress could agree that any choice for
Vice President now should be asked to
pledge himself not to be a candidate in
1976, it is hard to see how this could be
binding or enforced if the chosen in-
dividual changed his or her mind prior to
the 1976 nominating conventions. Among
other things, primary election laws in a
number of states require that anyone who
have even been mentioned as a
possibility—or who has gained a few
signatures on a petition—must be listed on
the ballot.

Vice President as a pulpit from which to
lecture the President. Retired Supreme
Court Chief Justice Earl Warren might be
a name that the President would con—
sider—Warren enjoys great respect, and is
not likely to be interested in the
Presidential nomination in ’76. But
Warren, like Gardner, has been known to
speak out from time to time, and he also
would not be likely to get approval from
the Reagan wing of the GOP.

Other possibilities that might therefore
occur to the President in this context could

 

"Other possibilities that might therefore occur to the President
in this context could include former Senator John Sherman

Cooper.. . ”

 

In summary, then, any agreement
between the President and the Congress on
picking a person now who would promise
to be a noncandidate in 1976 would be
strictly a nonenforceable political deal,
but it nevertheless could be a deal that
would stick.

WHAT KIND OF choice is Nixon likely
to make? If he has learned anything at all,
it seems that he would want a person who
enjoys great respect not only in the
Congress but across the nation and in-
ternationally. This is clearly an op-
portunity for the President to attempt to
make a start toward binding up the
wounds created by divisions over Viet-
nam, by the Watergate scandals, and by
other sources of conflict in our national
society. .

However, he will-certainly not want an'

individual with strong independent
views—such as a John Gardner—who
might be-tempted to use the Office of the

include former Senator John Sherman
Cooper from Kentucky, and former
Secretary of Defense and Congressman
from Wisconsin Melvin R. Laird, although
a promise from Laird not to be a Candidate
in ‘76 would have less credibility than a
similar promise from Warren or Cooper.

IT is CONCEIVABLE that the President
could chocse a minority group
representative such as Senator Edward
Brooke of Massachusetts (which might
additionally help to counter a ‘76
Presidential bid by Senator Edward
Kennedy from the same state——the one
state that Nixon failed to carry in ’72) or a
woman such as former Senator Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine. But moves in either
of these directions would be distinctly out
of character for the President.

One possibility is that Mr. Agnew has
delayed his resignation for the past

several weeks in order to allow the
President and the Congress to reach a deal
in advance. If the President makes a
nomination within the next 24 to 48 hours,
this kind of suspicion would certainly be
strengthened.

An opposite and more likely possibility is
that the President would make no
nomination at all. Although the 25th
Amendment states he “shall" do so, it
doesn’t provide any time limit. Almost any
nominee that he might pick could easily
earn him more criticism than praise, and
simply tabling the issue for at least a while
would have several advantages. He could
use it for some horsetrading with the
Democrats in Congress, who could hardly
object in the meantime in view of the fact
that House Speaker Carl Albert from
Oklahoma would be the constitutional
successor to the Presidency in the absence
of a Vice President. At the same time, he
could use it for some horsetrading with-
various other political factions including
some Republicans with whom he needs to
mend his fences.

ONE THING SEEMS certain. Whatever
the President does in this matter, and
whenever he does it. he will doubtless try
to use it for maximum dramatic and
political impact, probably in keeping with
his penchant for the big surprise.
Therefore, all specualtions such as the
ones you are reading here are probably
worthless.

 

Vincent Davis is the Director of
the Patterson School of
Diplomacy.

Resignation brings mixed campus reaction

By MINDY FET'I‘ERMAN
and
SUE JONES
Kernel Staff Writers

NEWS OF Vice President Spiro Agnew ’s
resignation brought mixed reactions
among people contacted on campus
Wednesday. The majority agreed with
Agnew‘s decision to resign after pleading
guilty to one count of tax evasion, and
many welcomed it.

Student Government President Jim
Flegle commented that, “He (Agnew) is
probably making the right move. The
result would have surely been im-
peachment if he hadn‘t resigned. I hope
the President isn't using this to cover up
Watergate and that the country won't take
the attitude ‘I don’t care what the
President did. we‘ll keep him anyway‘.”

APPROVAL OF Agnew’s decision was
expressed by Dean Jack Hall who said, ”I
believe it is the appropriate thing of a
person of his stature and position to resign
when he is in the position of pleading no
contest, accepting the fine of $10,000 and
sentencing to probation for three years.“

A majority of those contacted expressed
anticipation about the effects of Agnew‘s

resignation on the country and the world.
Associate professor of journalism Dwight
Teeter said, “Another sad chapter in the
law and order administration. The At-
torney General is now out of office and
facing criminal charges; the vice-
president is now pleading guilty to one
count of income tax evasion. I hope the
prosecution won‘t stop with one count if
there are more."

“IT WILL certainly leave the office of
vice~president up in the air,“ said Chet
Foushee, coordinator of student em-
ployment. He further cited that many
Democrats have said they would not
support a possible 1976 Republican
presidential nominee for the position.
Student Jeane Jacobs added. “It will make
the US. look bad in the eyes of the world."

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manager in the Fayette ("ounty McGovern
campaign and first year law student‘said,
“I think it's ridiculous that he hasn't been
sentenced to prison because of the news
leaks, if that's the sole ground. Then it‘s
clearly preferential treatment for the vice-
president
SOME OF THOSE interviewed felt
Agnew‘s guilt mil bring a political
“(awareness into public View William E.
Davis. a 1K employe said. "I think people
\iill start thinking more about voting and
possibly change the election laws."
(ieneva Pollard stated the corruption of
political officials Will have the most effect
on children who look up to their national
leaders “.,,,Who can the youngsters
trust?" Sociology major Alice Lynch said,
“It will make people sober up and look at
their leaders more closely."
1‘he remainder of those interviewed in
various places on campus. blamed Nixon
tor Agnew 's t‘eSIgnation. Debbie (iuy said,
“ ..... It upsets me. .it'll shake the whole
administration and it focuses all the guilt
on Agnew. not Nixon ” (‘arey Mason
agreed. “The administration is trying to
make the public forget about Watergate.
It's a shame they have to sacrifice Agnew
instead of Nixon."

 
   
 
    

   
   
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
   
  
  
   
  
  

  
    
   
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
    
  
  
   
  
  
     
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
    

   

 
 
  
     
   
  
   
   
    
 
        
   
  
 
     
   
  
  
    
      
   

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leaders. both at home and in
Washington. expressed shock and
concern after after Vice
President Agnew‘s resignation
yesterday afternoon.

Amid widespread speculation
that former Kentucky senator

Day 254-3384 John Sherman Cooper was being
Night 233-1691 considered to fill the vacancy.
Sen. Walter Huddleston called for

6" * Cooper‘s nomination.
we in Washington. the Democratic
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By Kernel Sports Writer Bill Straub

FORECAST

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Alabama VS- Florida at Gainesville ‘Bama 35-7
Auburn VS. L.S.U. at Auburn Auburn 14-13
Georgia vs. Ole Miss at Athens Georgia 21-17

Kentucky vs. North Carolina at Lexington Kentucky 17-14
Mississippi vs. Florida State at Tallahassee Miss. 23.21
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech at Knoxville Tenn. 21-10
Vanderbilt vs. William 3. Mary at Nashville W8: M 17-14

Bill Straub is now 14-5 on season won: 14 Lost: 5

differing opinions on how to
choose a successor. But a joint
House and Senate committee to
screen selections is unlikely, he
added.

Kentucky‘s congressional
representatives were not
available for comment because
of the Home Rule debate. but
spokesmen for each indicated
their feelings.

Jack Kith. a legislative aide to
Sixth District Representative
John Breckinridgc said it is
disturbing tor the Vice President
to have"40 pages of charges
against him and get away with
the absolute minimum of 3
510.000 tine."

llli INDICATED NEW YORK
(iovernor Nelson Rockefeller.

former Treasury Secretary

(icorgc Connolly. (‘allfornia
(iovcriior Ronald Reagan and
Attorney (icncral Elliott

Richardson as the leading can-
didatcs to succeed Agnew. He
ruled out (‘oopcr because of his
age.

An .‘tldt‘ to Seventh District
Republican Representative Carl
Perkins said the congressman
was also on the ilouse floor and
would probably not issue any
statement. He added Perkins
“does not like toget on someone‘s
back when they are down like
this.“

Meanwhile. in Kentucky, local
and state officials expressed
their surprise at the an-
nouncement and called for in-
tegrity in the office of the Vice
Presidency.

(it)\. “'I'INIH‘ILL FORD
ISSI'EII a statement shortly
af'tcr the resignation in which he
said this is a critical point in
history but “the strength of our
constitutional system and the
heritage of America leaves no
doubt the nation and its people
will meet the challenge."

He called for the “thorough
dispatch in which all involved
move to maintain a proper,
regular and qualified line of
succession." He refused to name
his choice to succeed Agnew.

Former Republican Senator
'l‘hruston Morton, now a
Louisville coal executive, said he
favors no one person for the
position but listed three
qualifications he must have.

"Ill: Slltll'lJ) HAVE the
administrative qualities to run
the country should something
happen to Nixon; he must not
have any political aspirations;

  

and he should be of good in
tegrity." Morton said.

”i don‘t think the country can
stand another person to hold that
office with questionable in-
tegrity, and if you can find a
person with these qualifications,
there won‘t be any problem
getting him confirmed,“ he said.

Morton served in Washington
from 1946 until 1968, first as a
representative and then as a
senator.

State Democratic chairman J.
R. Miller labeled Agnew's actions
the “proper thing" and said “it is
a sad day in America when the
Vice President resigns under
these circumstances.“

MILLER SAID THOSE CLOSE
to the poliical scene “ought to
resotre public confidence in
politics."

Lexington Mayor Foster Pettit
said he was shocked at the an-
nouncement.

“1 had believed his statement

that he was going to fight the
charges against him. 1 think it is
a great tragedy in American
history to have the Vice
President in that position," Pettit
said.
JOEGRAVES. the current
representative from the 79th
state legislative district and a
candidate in the 12th district, said
“it is very upsetting when the
Vice President is allegedly in-
volved in a very serious scandal
of such high magnitude."

He added the successor must
have good qualifications since he
will be reviewed by both the
House and Senate and that the
person should have no political
aspirations for the Republican
nomination in 1976. Graves is a
Republican.

   

 

 

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The actual charge against him contained in an
information filed by the Justice Department, was
that he failed to account for some $13,551.47 in
federal taxes for the year 1967.

In that year, the information said, he reported
income of $26,099 and taxes of $6,416, when in fact
his income had been $55,599, owing $19,967.47 in
taxes.

The resignation was effective at 2:05 pm.
Wednesday and it was about 20 minutes later when
it first became publicly known. A staff secretary,
Mrs. Lisa Brown, responding to an Associated
Press reporter ’5 question about the Baltimore court
appearance, said simply, “the vice president has
resigned. The Agnew staff aides have just come
from a meeting at which they were informed