Bob Hope jokes around with Spiro Agnew, while Nixon looks on

Comedian Bob Hope (left) holds a red golf ball presented to him by Vice president Spiro T. Agnew (right) at a dinner hosted by President Richard Nixon (center) for the governors attending the National Governor's Conference on February 23, 1971. After Hope told the audience that President Nixon should send Agnew to Laos with a No. 3 wood, in reference to the Vice President's hitting 3 people at a Palm Springs, California, golf tournament recently, Agnew gave Hope a fire engine red golf ball. (UPI Photo/Files)