Word: chappaquiddick
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...ready for someone to lead them." He has seen despair in the long lines of poor people. He has felt that they have almost given up believing in the American dream, which he still represents. He is running for President, but he is not running, believing he is beyond Chappaquiddick, but not certain the people are. He is trying to grow up those last few inches, like his brothers, and it is not clear yet if he will make it, but it is clear that if he does, he will not be like the other...
...several Democratic Senators currently mentioned as possible contenders for the 1972 Democratic crown, saying it's too early and that issues are more important than men at this point. He will say however, that Edward M. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey will not be nominated. Citing Chappaquiddick as the main reason, Lowenstein said, "Edward Kennedy simply won't get it." Regarding Humphrey, Lowenstein emphasized his respect and fondness for the Minnesota Senator but concluded, "To lose to Richard Nixon is an amazing achievement and nobody wants to see if it can be done twice...
Many professionals in both parties, however, suspect that Kennedy will try much earlier, even as early as next year. Kennedy has repeated that his only ambition now is to serve the full six years of his new Senate term. But political plans are never absolute. Despite the tragedy at Chappaquiddick Island 19 months ago, despite the embarrassing loss of his job a month ago as Senate whip, Kennedy's potential Democratic opponents will fix him with an apprehensive eye all the way through the 1972 convention. So will Richard Nixon. A Gallup poll released in January showed Muskie...
...Promise. Kennedy, who looked lean and a bit haunted after Chappaquiddick, has put on weight and regained his sense of humor. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Hays Gorey, he mused about his personal and political life: "In the recent past I suppose I've had more than my share of tragedy and disappointment. The pendulum swings wide, and when it does, you develop an ability to live with these changes." Kennedy dismissed the widely published rumor that he had promised his 80-year-old mother, Rose, to run for President during her lifetime. Nor does Kennedy credit...
Died. Dr. Joseph W. Spelman, 52, pathologist who as Philadelphia medical examiner gained national attention by urging an autopsy of Mary Jo Kopechne, the secretary who lost her life while on an outing with Senator Edward Kennedy at Chappaquiddick Island, Mass.; of stomach cancer; in Philadelphia. A onetime Vermont state pathologist, Spelman once shocked the state by claiming publicly that 90% of all murders committed in Vermont went unprosecuted because of the slipshod methods of reporting deaths. In Philadelphia, he started a poison-information center, helped establish a suicide-control center and tried to spare the feelings of bereaved relatives...