Arts & Manners: The Brinkley-Vanocur-Mudd-Reynolds Conspiracy

New York (AP)—Vice President Spiro T. Agnew admitted today that he was the mastermind behind the conspiracy to destroy the credibility of the American press.

“I did it and I’m glad,” snarled Agnew to reporters as he was taken from the modest ranch-style suburban New Jersey home now known to have been the headquarters of the conspiracy. “Ever since I was a young man I’ve wanted to destroy the credibility of the press.”