Word: chappaquiddick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little island of Chappaquiddick last week, tourists gawked at the scene, and souvenir hunters chipped pieces of wood away from Dike Bridge. For a time the car that Senator Edward Kennedy had driven off the bridge the night of July 18-19 was left unprotected, and some people went so far as to take bits of shattered glass and strips of chrome from it. Those curious about what happened that night meanwhile continued to chip away at Kennedy's patchy story of the accident that took the life of Mary Jo Kopechne...
...There is even more reason to doubt Kennedy's explanation for his dangerous swim from Chappaquiddick to Martha's Vineyard after the accident. Though regular ferry service stops at midnight, a 100 phone call from the Chappaquiddick dock will bring the ferry out at any time in response to any kind of emergency. A sign is visible for anyone to see, and the cost is only slightly higher than during regular hours (500 per passenger v. 150). "We come out after midnight for any legitimate reason," says Gared Grant, the ferry operator. "It doesn't have...
Politics after Chappaquiddick...
...Edward Kennedy had said in his attempt to explain his actions at Chappaquiddick, "this will be a difficult decision to make." Yet he considered the question of his political future for just four days before announcing last week that he would return to the Senate, seek another term next year and eschew any presidential bid in 1972. Although he had invited his state and, in effect, the nation, to participate in his decision, Kennedy made the choice quite privately. Then, instead of holding a briefing or press conference, he had the announcement mimeographed in his Boston office. Some skeptics doubted...
...drawbacks as a potential candidate. This, together with the fact that the party is far from united, increases the chance that the Democrats' next nominee will be someone completely unthought of now. Should a dark horse get the nomination, he may owe it to an incomprehensible night on Chappaquiddick Island in the summer...