THE Summer Daily I W l I VVVI I I Kf- e::-7 C Vol.L AAA I1, No O I-> Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, August 22, 1973 Ten Cents Twelve Pones -^ r , .l -r . ,.... ....... sa..a . rr4 YL I uVr'a i 3 VP asks Richardson to investigate Probe leak blas ted by Agnew in bref tao AP Photo VICE PRESIOENT AGNEW reads a statement yesterday in the Executive Of- fice Building. He expressed outrage at information leaks concerning the probe of his alleged involvement in Maryland political payoffs. Media confused tm suggestion LANSING (UPI) - It sounded like the ultimate sacrilege - eating wolverines, the Michigan state symbol, as a sub- stitute for beef. It began in Ann Arbor, where the Uni- versity of Michigan student newspaper even quoted a state wildlife department spokesman on how wolverines taste. MICHIGAN IS CALLED the "wolverine state," giving many persons the idea that state is in fact inhabited by that member of the weasal family. Not true. Michigan got that nickname long ago because of the number of wol- verines furs shipped south by eighteenth century trappers in the Hudson Bay area. WASHINGTON ?P) - In a tersely worded statement delivered to the news media yesterday, Vice Presi- dent Spiro Agnew severely criticized un-named Justice Department of- ficials for leaking information con- cerning a grand jury probe into his activities. Agnew made the attack at a press conference he called to take the of- fensive again in a politically charged investigation of alleged Maryland payoffs and kick-backs during his term as the state's governor. DEVIATING FROM the tone set at his Aug. 8 news conference, Agnew did not strenuously deny the original allegations nor did he allow reporters to ask ques- tions about the affair. Claiming certain Justice Department of- ficials "have decided to indict me in the press," Agnew called on Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson to investigate the leaks. The investigation concerns allegations made by three Maryland consulting engi- neers who say they know of payoffs made to Agnew while he served as governor and after he became vice president in January 1969. THE CHARGES involving the Vice Presi- dent grew out of a probe into alleged kick- backs in Baltimore County, where Agnew once was county executive. Agnew slammed U. S. Attorney George Beall, who is heading up the investigation, for "wanting to hear only one side of the story." Agnew claimed Beall had express- ed doubts as to whether he will question. 'the Vice President. "I will say only that it seems to me a very strange way to run an investigation," Agnew added. FOLLOWING AGNEW'S speech Beall said, "The prosecutors have not in any way been the source of any information reported by the media concerning this in- vestigation." Beall also termed as "not true" state- ments that his office does not want to meet with the Vice President. He added, however, "The whole investigation con- tinues under active study, including the possibility of an interview." Beall expressed "grave concern" about possible leaks surrounding the investiga- tion. A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT spokes- man said immediately after Agnew's statement that the attorney general would respond shortly to the request that the so-called leaks come under investigation. In ' a related development the Anne Arundel County, Md., grand jury indicted one person on four counts of conspiracy yesterday in connection with last year's See PROBE, Page 10 Nixon gave file to prosecutor WASHINGTON UP) - The White House has given Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox an International Telephone ,Corp. (ITT) file he asked for a month ago, it was learned yesterday. A spokesman for the prosecutor's office confirmed that the file had been received recently. He refused to be more specific and declined further comment. DISCLOSURE OF receipt of the file, which Cox had described as of the utmost importance to his investigation of the ITT antitrust settlement, was made on the eve of the courtroom debate on Cox's demand for White House tapes of presidential con- versations about Watergate. The President refused to obey a subpoe- na Cox issued demanding the tapes. The ITT case, which was a major issue at the Senate confirmation hearings on the nomination of Richard Kleindienst to be attorney general, cropped up again at the Senate Watergate committee hearings with release of a White House memorandum which said documents existed which could link President Nixon to the settlement. THE WHITE HOUSE declined comment on the memo other than to say "policy de- cisions" may have been sent to the Justice Department from the President and that such action would have been "entirely within the proper application of the anti- trust laws." See COX, Page 10 "PEOPLE ON FARMS have been eat- ing them for years," the official reportedly "If anyone finds a wolverine," Stuwer said. "The meat is a little stringy, but said, "I sure hope he tells me before eat- with hamburger at $1.50 a pound, who ing the evidence." can afford to get choosey?" That touched off a mild flap, and a lot of confusion, at the wildlife department. Relax, everyone. Alas, we must admit our story about "THERE HAS NEVER been, as far as- ' wolverines was indeed a hoax. The anyone knows, a wolverine in the state names, dates and 90 per cent of the facts of Michigan," said Fred Stuwer, senior were fabricated. biologist at the department. But judging by a number of calls we've "And if there were wolverines," he said, received as well as Mr. Stuwer's descrip- "there probably isn't a man, woman, or tion of the UPI correspondent handling the child in the country who could stand to story, we wonder how many people were eat one. They would taste about as bad aware of the joke. as anything you can imagine." Hopefully, no one has spent the last What made the story plausible to many week looking for wolverines as a result persons was the great beef scare and the of our story. And for those who genuinely publicity given to shoppers sampling need a beef substitute, Well, you'll just horsemeat and other substitutes. have to stick to armadillo.