Word: dikes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presidential candidacy in 1976, started new inquiries. Last week the Boston Globe published the results of the most exhaustive of the current investigations. The densely packed five-part series further undermined Kennedy's sworn version of the events before and after his black 1967 Oldsmobile hurtled off Dike Bridge into Poucha Pond...
...Martha's Vineyard aboard a ferry. The question of time is important because the ferry stopped regular operations at midnight; if Kennedy wanted service later, he would have had to request it. A crucial point in Kennedy's version is that he mistakenly turned right onto Dike Road leading to the bridge, rather than left toward the ferry. The Globe's findings challenge parts of this account. Items...
Instead of turning west on the paved road to the ferry slip, Kennedy went east along the dirt road to Dike Bridge. Kennedy insisted that he thought he was headed for the ferry. At a speed of about 20 m.p.h., he came upon Dike Bridge, and the car crashed into the pond...
...account was contradicted by the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Christopher F. ("Huck") Look Jr., who lived on Chappaquiddick. Driving home that night, Look saw a car cross in front of. him at about 12:45 a.m., stop in a lane called Cemetery Road, back up and go down Dike Road. Look noted that the car carried Massachusetts license L7-7; he forgot the middle numbers. Farther along the road, he came upon a man and two women who declined his offer of a ride...
...Dike Bridge the next morning, Look declared: "Gee, that is the same car I saw last night." Its registration number was L78-207. At the inquest, Kennedy insisted that he had been on the road more than an hour earlier and had encountered no other car. But LaRosa and the Lyons sisters confirmed that while out for a late-night stroll, they had been offered a ride...