Vice President Agnew branded reports that he took kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland as "damned lies." Agnew had taken a lot of heat in the media when he assumed a lead position as Nixon's point man on Vietnam. He frequently attacked the student protest movement, blaming the intellectual community, which he referred to as "impudent snobs," for campus unrest. Despite the charges of bribery and income tax evasion, Agnew vowed that he would never resign and blamed his troubles on the press, who, he said, were out to get him for his controversial stand on the war. Ultimately, however, he resigned from office on October 10, 1973.
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Vice President Agnew under attack
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This Week in History, Aug 8 - Aug 14
- Aug 08, 1968
- Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination
- Aug 08, 1973
- Vice President Agnew under attack
- Aug 08, 1974
- Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency
- Aug 09, 1967
- Marines launch Operation Cochise
- Aug 09, 1974
- Nixon leaves office
- Aug 10, 1955
- Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists
- Aug 10, 1966
- Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province
- Aug 10, 1972
- North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon
- Aug 11, 1967
- U.S. pilots cleared to bomb Hanoi-Haiphong area
- Aug 11, 1970
- South Vietnamese troops assume responsibility for guarding border
- Aug 11, 1972
- Last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam
- Aug 12, 1965
- Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as Ambassador to Vietnam
- Aug 12, 1969
- VC launch new offensive
- Aug 13, 1966
- Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States
- Aug 13, 1972
- Sappers raid Long Binh ammo dump
- Aug 14, 1964
- Hanoi prepares for more air attacks
- Aug 14, 1965
- Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
- Aug 14, 1972
- Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam
- Aug 14, 1973
- U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases
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