Chappaquiddick

On the night of 18/19 July 1969, twelve people attended a no-spouces party (Meyer Macon Morehouse et al.) on Chappaquid*censored*, a small island off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Two of the partygoers fell victim to a continuous deception. Mary Jo Kopechne who would have not lost her life but for the inexcusable misconduct of Ted Kennedy. The other partygoer, Senator Ted Kennedy, lost his chance of ever reaching the White House due to his web of lies.

Bobby Kennedy's Presidential campaign had been ably assisted by the "Boiler room girls". A team of young women who were completely dedicated to the Kennedy cause. They were: Mary Jo Kopechne, Rosemary Keough, Nance Lyons, Mary Ellen Lyons, Susan Tannenbaum and Ester Newburgh. More than just secretaries, the girls' commitment made their role vital to the campaign. In June of 1968 Bobby was assassinated and grief overwhelmed the Kennedy family and the Boiler room girls. It had not even been five years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Almost every summer, members of the Kennedy family had traveled to Martha's Vineyard to participate in the Edgartown regatta. 1968 would to be an exception. Bobby's murder was a massive blow to the family and those close

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“Up Front: Frustrated Grand Jurors Say It Was No Accident Ted Kennedy Got Off Easy”, People, July 24, 1989, Nov 6, 00, The testimonies of Sylvia Malm, Christopher Look, and Ross Richard’s also throw doubt on Kennedy's time frame and whether he was even in the car. (YTedK) Damage to the car windshield conflicts significantly with Kennedy's testimony about being in the car. In the event that the truth is ever told, justice can never make up for a life of a young woman that was so cruelly taken away. cgi?id=180737004x127y41220w0 &OIDS=0Q002D142&Form= RL&pubname= People&puburl=http>

Kunen, James S. The same car he saw in Poucha Pond the next morning. The rescue attempt of Joe Gargan and Paul Markham: "… I walked back to the cottage where the party was being held, requested the help of two friends, Joe Gargan and Paul Markham, and directed them to return immediately to the scene with me (it then being sometime after midnight) in order to undertake a new effort to dive down and locate Miss Kopechne. In a campaign address to the nation he responded to critics of his testimony by saying: "My testimony is the only truth I can tell

because that is the way it happened". Despite the fact that Crimmins drove Kennedy "on practically every occasion" (McGinniss 585), Kennedy asked Crimmins for the keys to the Olds to drive himself. Inconsistencies also arose in Kennedy's account of Gargan and Markham's rescue attempt.

No injuries were apparent when Kopechne's body was examined, but having been immersed in salt water for hours, they could certainly have healed.

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