Tuesday, October 2, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three I Prosecutors race time inc Agnew WASHINGTON (P) - Federal prosecutors are racing the calen- dar to wind up their probe of Spiro T. Agnew before statutes of limitations run out on alleg- ed crimes for which the v i c e president is being investigated. Legal arguments may be made that the statutes on at least some of the alleged crimes expire in as little as three weeks, it was learned yesterday. Agnew is under investigation by a special federal grand jury in Baltimore for possible viola- tion of bribery, extortion, tax and conspiracy laws while governor bribery investigation Audiences are standing up and applauding ... WALKING TALL "Might just turn out to be this year's sleeper and emulate the runaway success of 'BILLY JACK'." -Kevin Thomas, L.A. Times "WALKING TALL" Is based on the true story of a young man who wouldn't surrender to the system. I I of Maryland. Under federal law, prosecution for bribery and extortion must be initiated within five years of the commission of the crime. Af- ter five years, no legal action can be taken. The statutes of li- mitations on tax evasion and tax fraud are six years. The statutes on- conspiracy to commit bribery or extortion are five years; on conspiracy to com- mit tax evasion or fraud, six years. On Oct. 22, the Maryland State Board of Public Works held its last major session before Agnew left the office of governor. At that session, seven major en- gineering contracts were award- ed totalling more than 5.6 mil- lion. These contracts involved con- struction of approaches to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Baltimore Outer Harbor Tun- nel, the two major projects to be financed out of a $220 million bond issue. All records involving these contracts have been sub- poened by the Baltimore grand jury. Should the panel wish to indict Agnew for extortion, bribery cr conspiracy to commit either of those crimes in connection with the Oct. 22, 1968 awards, Agnew's lawyers reportedly are consider- ing an argument that the indict- ment cannot be returned after Oct. 22, 1973 - five years after the meeting, sources close to the case reported. By that reasoning, however, the prosecutors should have until Oct. 22 of next year to pursue al- legations of violation of tax laws, the sources said. It is known that the prosecutors in Baltimore are moving as quickly as possible to present evi- dence to the grand jury. Crucial to that effort was the ruling last week by U.S. Dist. Court Judge Walter E. Hoffman that the grand jury investigation may continue while Agnew's law- yers and the Justice Department battle in court over the grand jury's constitutional right to in- vestigate a sitting vice president. Should the grand jury fail to act by this Oct. 22 and should the Justice Department wish to pur- sue the extortion-bribery lines of inquiry, prosecutors could argue that the statutes of limitations did not start to run until the day Agnew left the governor's office - Jan. 7, 1969 - or even until Agnew took office as vice pres- ident - Jan. 20, 1969. That would mean that statutes wouldn't run out until January of 1974. CATFISH LURE DALLAS, Tex. (UPI) - Wild- life studies show that catfish will congregate in discarded rubber tires if stock ponds are otherwise void of natural hiding places. STARTS FRIDAY Program Information 434-1782 3020 Washtenaw Between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti I I m Chilean junta takes control of education W.C. FIELDS IN THE BANK DICK FIELDS as the original tricky dick, a bank detective who foils a robbery through no fault of his own. SHORTS: Buster Keaton's HAUNTED HOUSE W.C. Field's IF I HAD A MILLION WED.: Ozu's LATE SPRING ARCHITECTURE AUD. CINEMA G IL TONIGHT Adm.$1 at7&9:05 - Behind bars Donald H. Segretti talks with newsmen outside U.S. Disti in Washington after pleading guilty to three charges of Federal election laws. (See Today, P. 1). APPROPRIATIONS INTACT: Senate weapons cuts overseas troc WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday approved a 20.9 billion dollar military weapons bill providing for cuts in U. S. troop strength overseas. The vote was 91 to 7. Final passage, following a week- long debate, came shortly after the Senate voted against a last- minute attempt to cut 500 mil- lion dollars from the bill as part of a bipartisan liberal effort to divert some spending from wea- pons to. education, health and other domestic programs. The Senate first voted 51 to 47 for the cut. But then by an identi- cal 51 to 47 margin, but with some senators switching sides, the Senate voted "No" when a roll call was required under Senate procedures to lock the cut into the bill. The bill now goes before a joint mittee with the House of Repre- sentatives, and a behind-the- scenes battle is expected over the troop cut issue. The Senate approved last week an amendment calling for the United States to reduce its mili- tary force of 564,000 men over- seas by 110,000 by the end of 1975. The Senate also approved an amendment which would pro- vide for cuts in the force of 300,- 000 servicemen stationed in Western Europe if the NATO al- liance failed to help offset fur- ther the costs of maintaining U.S. troops in Europe. The more conservative House is much less likely than the Senate to approve such amendments. Even if it did, President Nixon could still veto the defense bill as part of his stand to keep the U. S. Force overseas intact. The Administration maintains it would weaken the U. S. posi- tion in its attempts to negotiate a balanced and mutual reduction of forces by the NATO and War- saw Pact powers if there was TiIE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXIV, No. 23 Tuesday, October 2, 193 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 May- nard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier (cam- pus area); $11 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $12 non-local mail (other states and foreign). Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $5.50 by carrier (campus area); $6.50 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $7.00 non-local mail (other states and foreign). "RALPH BAKSHI'S I D E A OF MERGING REAL CHARACTERS INTO CARTOONS AND VICE- VERSA IS DONE WITH BRIL- LIANCE! STUNNING POWER." --Archer Winsten, New York Post MORE SPICE ..from the makers of "'Fritz The Cat" a cut in U. S. troops at The conference comn be dominated by senior of the Armed Services tees of both houses, erally support the Nix istration. But Senate D leaner Mike Mansfield ing advocate of troopr yesterday publicly rem Senators they are ex fht f fr the Senate p The Senate bill wou withdrawal of 110,000 1 U. S. troops from ove tions by Dec. 31, 1975, 40,000 by June 30, 19 would require a reduct 100 in the overall ac strength of the Army, Air Force by next June Bot houses approved lion for continuing thel celerated schedule fo ment and constructiont dent submarine system ing the first fully equ marine in 1978. SANTIAGO (Reuter) - The ruling military junta in Chile yes- terday launched a campaign to _