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(Rev. 11-11-75) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) ‘Agn new probation ends amid. plans to move to Calif o—-—"“By ROBERT A. ERLANOSOR——— Spiro T. Agnew, the only vice president -of the United States ever to resign under criminal charges, today ends his three _years of unsupervised probation, but he is far from out of the public eye. * Judge Roszel C. Thomsen, in U.S. District Court, ordered the Justice Depart- ment on Friday to examine a New York. lawyer's allegations that Mr. Agnew vio- lated his probation. The judge refused to revoke the probation, ruling that even though it expires today, the court retains control-of the case for two more years be- cause five years’ probation is the maxi- mum Mr. Agnew could have received. © Sarn Polur, the lawyer, is suing Mr. Agnew for $2 million damages, alleging that the former.uice-nresident is acting as an unregistered agent for Arab countries _ and that he is using the Education for De- * mocracy foundation he now heads as a pro-Arab, anti-Israeli political vehicle. e Three Montgomery county residents have filed an $80,000 suit in Anne Arundel . County Circuit Court against Mr. Agnew. and his former associates Jerome B. Wolff . and © -B, (Bud) Hammermazn seeking to recover money the three men allegedly. received in kickbacks while. Mr. Agnew was governor from 1967 to 1969. * Mr. Agnew has announced that he will sell his home near Annapolis and move to Palm Springs, Calif., next spring. Apparently he will live near his good friend, Frank Sinatra, at whose recent, latest wedding Mr. Agnew was a guest. There will be no formal action to con- .clude the probation, according to Francis. P. Tunney, the chief federal probation of- ' ficer for Maryland. “The case simply will be closed out; it . is no different from any other unsuper- vised case,” he said, adding, “We have had no problem with Mr. Agnew, and the only things we know about his activities are what we read in the newspapers.” There has been considerable informa- tion to read about Mr. Agnew’s globe-trot- ting and other activities—including his ‘ disbarment, his publication of a novel and az—outburst of anti-Zionism—since just after 2 P.M, October 10, 1973. el ~ ee | if., 2 lawsuits — tages athat—wes when Mr. Agnew entered, Courtroom No. 3, on the fifth floor of the federa] Courthouse, and pleaded nolo con- . tendere to a charge of evading $13,551.47 in income tax for 1967. Simultaneously, a * telephone call to the secretary of state's ' office activated the letter of resignation he had submitted before the trip to Balti- more. - Judge Walter E. Hoffman told Mir. Ag- new, “As far as the court is involved) the. defendant is on trial for willful evasion of income taxes for the calendar year 1967, which charge is a felony in the eyes of the law. He has entered a plea of nolo con- tendere, which, so far as this criminal prosecution is concerned, is the full equiv-- alent of a plea of guilty:” Judge Hoffman fined Mr. Agnew $10,- 000 and set the period of unsupervised probation. 9 «-—-~ Subsequently, according to informed ; . sources, Mr. Agnew settled his civil tax liabilities for other years in which the gov- ernment alleged that he accepted kick- backs from consultants for Baltimore county, state and even federal contracts. The charge against Mr. Agnew was brought through a criminal information filed by George Beall, the U.S. attorney, and brother of Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (R., Md.). This meant Mr. Agnew had waived his right to indictment by a grand jury, because a felony charge was in- volved, . At the same time, the prosecutors sub- mitied—as part of the plea bargain by which Mr. Agnew was spared imprison- ment—a 40-page exposition of the evi- . dence of a decade of venality in public of- fice from Baltimore county executive to governor and finally, even as vice presi- dent. Most of the spectators in the crowded courtroom were caught by surprise. They had expected to attend a hearing on mo- tions to quash subpoenas obtained by Mr. Agnew for several newsmen in his at- tempt to learn the sources for their re- ports about the investigation of corruption , in Baltimore county. The investigation had led first to a tag, charge against William E. Fornotf, the (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) > a —_—_SUN PAPER nw) ——-PAGE A~16 Pas © ——-BALTIMORE, MD. a} — a ate: 10/10/76 tion SUNDAY CL, Mehunor: ERLANDSON ditor: siitle Oks Character: or Classification: CY te 03 Submitting Office: (_] Being Investigated