University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Agnew resignation predicted Washington — UPI — Vico President Spiro T. Agnew Is deciding If he should resign and plead guilty to a lesser offense In a federal probe of corruption In Maryland, a congressional source said today. The source, who declined to be Identified, told UPI that Agnew's lawyers were negotiating with Justice Department attorneys the possibility that Agnew would resign In exchange for a guilty plea to a minor offense and exemption from Egypt threatens to break peace Beirut, Lebanon — AP — Egypt has secretly warned Palestinian guerrillas that it plans to break the three-year Middle East cease-fire soon, the Lebanese newspaper An Nahar reported today. The warning was discussed In a nine-hour emergency session of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. An Nahar said. A guerrilla spokesman said a statement about the executive committee's meeting was to be issued within 24 hours. He declined to comment on the reported Egyptian warning. The independent An Nahar said the guerrilla leadership has been warned to stand by for a large-scale but timely limited military operation Egypt Intends to wage on the Suez Canal front ... to “generate U.S. pressure on Israel to soften Its obstinate stand. . Houston — UPI — The Skylab II astronauts splash down In the Pacific late this afternoon to end man's longest space flight and open the way for voyages lasting a year or longer. Alan L Bean, Owen K. Garrlott prosecution. The source said the negotiations between Agnew's lawyers and the Justice Department team, headed by assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen, apparently began In earnest and were presently In a delicate stage. The Washington Post reported today that Agnew's lawyers were In- Grand jury hears Agnew case Baltimore, Md. — AP — A special federal grand jury today began hearing evidence allegedly Involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew In a widespread tangle of political corruption. Only an eleventh-hour effort by Agnew's lawyers to seek an Injunction against the inquiry could have stopped the unprecedented inquiry Into alleged wrongdoing by a vice president of the U.S. That effort never materialized. . . Eau Claire — Plans for the construction of a nine-story office and retail building at the corner of S. Barstow Street and Grand Avenue were announced by W. Warren Barberg. Barberg, a local Insurance executive and a managing partner In the Barstow Square Company, reported construction will get under way in December. and Jack R. Lousma come home at 6:20 p.m.EDT. September 25, landing 224 miles southwest of San Diego after 59 days. 11 hours and 9 minutes and 24.4 million miles of orbiting the earth . . . votved in the negotiations, and quoted its own Capitol Hill source as saying. We’ve got it on good authority that Agnew is engaged in plea bargaining — that Agnew's resignation is part of the plea. The Post predicted that Agnew would announce his decision within a week. . . Peron election follows exile Buenos Aires — AP — Thousands of Argentinians danced, sang and shouted In the streets of Buenos Aires early today, celebrating the election of 77-year-old Juan D. Peron to the presidency from which the Military ousted him 18 years ago One of the principal investors In the new structure la Bart Starr, former Green Bay Packer quarterback, who is affiliated with the Orville E. Madsen and Son. Inc., contracting firm In Madison and Minneapolis. The Madsen firm will construct the office building. . . Crime rate up Washington — AP — Violent crimes increased and property crimes decreased during the first half of the year, the FBI reported. The violent crime rate dlmbed 4 per cent over the same period last year, said the agency's six-month report of uniform crime statistics released Wednesday. September 26 Barstow expansion told Longest space flight ends