Watergate 10043

WXPOSt JAR 4 1974
I %S. Prosecutor
Pushes Agneav
Disbarment
JAN 4
4
Happy Housewife
19
Associated Press
Once one of the busiest
BA LTIMORE„Jan, 3 (AP)official wives on the WashU.S. Attorney George Beall
ington social scene, Judy
says the public "could be justiAgnew is rarely seen in pubfiably disappointed" if former lic now. But her
secretary
Vice President Spiro T. Ag. says she is doing beautifully
and enjoying life as a housenew is not disbarred.
"The public expects disbar• wife since her husband,
Spiro T. Agnew, resigned as
ment," said Beall, who headed
Vice President Oct. 10.
the federal probe that led to
Mrs. Agnew cooked
Agnew's no-contest plea to a Christmas turkey dinner the
for
tax charge and resignation 17 relatives for a holiday
gathering at their home in
from the vice presidency.
The prosecutor said the the Kenwood section in
Maryland.
view stemmed from his read•
Although the Agnews
ing of the public mood and have a maid
, Mrs. Agnew
not from his personal opin- likes to cook and does the
family grocery shopping a
ions.
The Maryland State Bar As couple of times a week. The
sociation has asked a three- two Navy stewards assigned
judge panel to 'recommend to the Vice President left afthat the state Court of Ap- ter Agnew resigned.
peals disbar Agnew.. The forMrs. Agnew did make a
mer vice president has asked •
the judges instead to suspend
him from practicing law.
public appearance at a recent retirement banquet for
the outgoing head of the Secret Service. In a moving
tribute, s h e received a
standing ovation from about
500 persons present when introduced by Sen. Hubert
Humphrey.
Mrs. Agnew's secretary,
Mary Dee Beall, says the
former second lady is
"doing things she hasn't
done for four or five years.
She's enjoying being
housewife. cooking for the
family and overseeing the
house."
Mrs. Agnm, 52, married
31 years, with four children
and two grandchildren, has
always been more inclined
to home life rather than political life.