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...until 10 a.m. that morning that Kennedy finally arrived at the police station with a written statement that was notable only for its brevity and vagueness. He could not spell Kopechne's name, so he left a blank. The witnesses quickly left Martha's Vineyard, Kennedy heading to Hyannisport and an emergency meeting of the New Frontier brain trust, where a statement explaining the affair was hammered out. On the night of July 25 Kennedy told a vast television audience a well-scripted tale of mental confusion and fear after the accident, heroic rescue attempts, and a half-crazed swim...
...Missouri political figures and to journalists. Says Hart: "There was no tangible evidence whatsoever. Nobody could verify." Despite firm, repeated words of discouragement from Edward Kennedy, however, McGovern stuck to the belief that Ted would run as No. 2. Myer Feldman, a McGovern adviser and Kennedy intimate, flew to Hyannisport to take a last-minute sounding. He returned to Miami Beach to tell McGovern: "Ted's not going to do it." McGovern was unconvinced. He told Feldman: "When I get the nomination, he'll be willing." After Ted Kennedy turned him down for the last time, McGovern...
...first choice was clearly Edward Kennedy, even though there was some conjecture that McGovern had misgivings about a ticket in which the No. 2 man would be so much more glamorous than the presidential candidate. Kennedy had spent the convention week sailing in his 54-ft. sloop off Hyannisport, repeating insistently that he would refuse any national office. Among his numerous reasons: his family's concern for his safety, anticipation of highly personal campaign attacks about Chappaquiddick, a hunch that 1972 would not be a Democratic year, and a sure knowledge that the vice presidency would be a dreary, frustrating...
...would risk assassination just as clearly and as unavoidably as if he were running for President. Publicly Kennedy explains: "Family and personal considerations are the primary responsibilities I have at the present time. They are the first and overriding consideration." Kennedy will sit out most of the convention in Hyannisport. If he feels the need for a show of party unity after the ticket is picked, he will put in a quick appearance in Miami Beach...
Miami Beach will not be the only resort drawing political coverage. Edward Kennedy took himself firmly out of the running last week and expects to stay at Hyannisport, Mass., during the Democratic Convention. But at least one network and a number of newspapers have booked motel rooms near by for the week beginning July 10-just in case some lightning strikes there anyway...