Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio) Vice President candidates, Senator Edmund Muskie and Governor Spiro Agnew Campaign in New York. General Curtis LeMay in Washington, DC before going to Vietnam on fact-finding tour. Report on Agnew.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(No Location Given) Agnew makes 2 out-of-bounds golf shots, but 2nd ricochets off tree. [AGNEW - knew it was Republican year] Shown campaigning. [AGNEW - says where was Humphrey when Kennedy and McCarthy wanted to take issues to people in Democratic primary? He refused all debates and hid behind President skirts.] He called Vice President soft on Communism but apologized. He got into trouble over using phrases "Pollock" and "fat Jap".
REPORTER: Bruce Morton

(Hawaii) Agnew saw nothing wrong with kidding, perhaps due to own ethnic background. [AGNEW - says sorry if he offended anyone. To those who misread his words, they misread his heart.] Main attack is that Nixon chose Agnew to placate South [AGNEW - says that doesn't wash. My Maryland record is moderate. Try to have wide appeal.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton

(Jacksonville, Florida) [Florida Governor Claude KIRK - intros. Agnews.] "Dixie" played. In South, Agnew says Wallace votes are wasted protests. [AGNEW - says report by J. Edgar Hoover shows serious crime increase of 57% in 7 years 2/3 violent crimes committed by young. Permissiveness tearing down American] Nixon people like Agnew to draw Democrat fire.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton

(New York) [HUMPHREY - reads "New York Times" comment with regard to Agnew choice.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton

(No Location Given) [AGNEW - feels he's qualified to be Vice President Cites qualifications.] He has rapport with middle-class whites. Critics say this is also his weakness as Vice President campaigner.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton