News broadcast of Governor Spiro T. Agnew's speech on the urban crisis, New Orleans, December 9, 1968

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Date
1968-12-09
Summary
Governor Spiro T. Agnew's speech to 3,000 mayors and officials in New Orleans, on the problems of the poor and the urban crisis, December 9, 1968. Ed Rabel reports for CBS. Vice President-elect Spiro T. Agnew announces that under the Nixon administration, the problems of the poor will be solved by placing professionals in control of the urban crisis. In addition, he clarifies that the poor will no longer play a role in determining where federal funding will be spent, but instead, the money will go to officials rather than independent groups.
Contributor
Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996
Subjects
Government, Law, Politics; Governors -- Maryland -- History -- Sources
Locations
North America; United States
Collection
Politics and Civic Life
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
00:03:56 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
Notes
Spiro T. Agnew papers
Accession 74-10, Series 5, Subseries 1, Box 3
A guide to the full collection of Spiro T. Agnew papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1744.

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Fedora 2 PID: umd:729098; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/42266; Filename: histmss-064555

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