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...authorities investigating the death of Mary Jo Kopechne have caused nearly as much uncertainty as Edward Kennedy's own partial explanations of the accident that killed her. At first, there was almost total reluctance in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., to press the inquiry. Kennedy's plea of guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident seemed to end the legalities. Now, at least one more chapter in the tortured proceeding is assured...
Even with Kennedy's testimony, it is doubtful how much clarity an inquest could now bring to the case. The ten other surviving members of the Chappaquiddick party could be subpoenaed. It would be extremely difficult, however, for the court to compel those out of state to appear. Kennedy's friends Paul Markham and Joseph Gargan, both lawyers, might attempt to avoid the witness chair on the ground that they had acted as Kennedy's counsel...
...inquest might determine at what time Kennedy and Mary Jo left the Chappaquiddick party and how much they had had to drink. But it is problematic whether such a hearing could legally consider some of the larger lacunae in Kennedy's account. Why did Gargan and Markham not report the accident and why did they permit Kennedy, clothed and presumably dazed, to plunge into the channel to swim from Chappaquiddick to Martha's Vineyard? Was Kennedy trying to establish an alibi when he appeared fully and dryly clothed before a hotelman in Edgartown and pointedly asked the time...
...have been seen by outsiders are pale, as if they were never allowed out in the sun. There is not much work or exercise. When Captain Rumble was asked how the prisoners fought boredom, he replied: "We were allowed to sweep the grounds." Then he added hesitantly: "We ate two meals ... we smoked cigarettes ... we were allowed to listen to the Voice of Viet Nam"-English-language broadcasts from Hanoi...
Enduring Hope. Medical attention for the prisoners seems to be adequate. Frishman's arm was so badly damaged that he feared he would lose it. "It would have been much easier just to amputate the arm," he said. "But they operated and saved it." Risner told the peace group that even at the height of the bombing around Hanoi in 1967, his captors treated him for kidney stones and put him on a special diet. He reported that medics regularly check the prisoners. Once illnesses are reported to guards, the prisoner receives prompt attention. According to Risner, each prisoner...