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Show 6A DESERET NEWS, FAMILY CIRCUS Monday, July 21, 1969 by Bil Keane CLC Aide Drowns Kennedy Formally Charged EDGARTOVVN, - - Police today MASS. make in connection with the accident for the time being. But this does not preclude the possibility that a statement or news conference will the be forthcoming later, (AP) filed a formal Sen. charging Edward M. Kennedy with leaving the scene of an acci- i- c omplaint dent. , The complaint stems from weekend wreck on Chappa-quiddic- a k Island, adjacent to Marthas Vineyard on which jhis small resort town is located. A young woman was killed land Kennedy injured, though Apparently not seriously. ' The , complaint was filed by police Chief Dominic J. Arena irith the District Court Clerk .J'homas A. Teller. , j Arena said that an Edgar-tow- n Richard J. lawyer, McCarran, had Informed the Ken1 lerk he is representing nedy, McCarran asked for a Rearing, to which Kennedy is entitled before any summons is issued. I Teller set July 28 for the Rearing, which will be held in Jhe Edgartown Courthouse. A crowd of several hundred persons, mostly tourists, filled he street outside the red courthouse brick, century-olas Arena crossed the street Irom his headquarters in the Town Hall to visit the clerk. d r At a brief news conference, Xrena said that since the accident he had had a lot of telephone calls, mostly from the press, but many others and Jelegrams all generally saying dont let the pressure get Jon. I But I must say I have had Jig calls of any description from anybody trying to sure me, Arpna added. pres- J Arena said that he was in a where I am damned if I do and damned if situation dont. "Any man of stature in a the pressure case like this Is on the police department Jmt to me this is a case of leaving the scene of an accident, Arena said. Arena said Sunday he is firmly convinced there was CfcMAMvWM lilond MARTHAS VINEYARD GL Auoclatcd Sites of Kenned accident and no negligence Involved" In the accident. But he matter of the time period atfer the accident . . ., There is, in Arena said. my opinion, a violation concerning going from the scene, leaving the scene." The mishap occurred between 11 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday as Kennedy was driving Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, of Washington, to a landing to catch the ferry back to the Vineyard. The car skidded off a narrow bridge and landed bottom up in eight feet of water. Kennedy escaped with what a physician said was a mild concussion. Miss Kopechne, former secretary to the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was trapped in the vehicle and drowned. 10 HOURS LATER Kennedy went to the police 10 hours after the accident. The car had been found by then; two boys going fishing saw its wheels beneath the water. In a police statement, Kennedy said he was left dazed by the accident. He said he tried lepeatedly to rescue Miss Kopechne, but was not able to find her. The Massachusetts Democrat and Miss Kopechne had been at a din- - Erjlace mmm JMILSS PER GALLON Our newest twinkle In bridal 14K gold with diamonds. sett. Twists of INCLUDES MANY DELUXE FEATURES 295 I Zale$ &stoai Qpie ; Shop The Convenient Way IWlllItl lllutrtlon IntsrQsd J DOWNTOWN, COTTONWOOD, lit4S41So Main Highland Dr. SOUNTIPUL, Pr.u Map part. ner party at a private home attended on Chappaquiddick by several of Kennedys friends and political associates. Kennedy said he returned to the home after the accident and climbed into the rear seat ot a car parked outside. WALKS AROUND I then asked someone to bring me back to EdgarI retown, he continued, member walking around for a period of time and then going back to my hotel room. When I fully realized what had happened this morning, I immediately went to the police. The time was 10 a.m. Saturday. Arena said today he wanted to look more closely at the c 1 rcumstances surrounding the dinner party. He said he has asked State Police spokesman said. Kennedy will stay on Squaw Island at least through today, the spokesman added. The senators parents, former Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, also were in seclusion at their home within the compound. It was whether the known not ambassador, who has been in ill health since suffering a stroke in 1961, had been told of the accident. Dr. Robert D. Watt of Hyannis Port, who saw the senator at his home Saturday afternoon, said Kennedy received a blow on the head, but he seems to be all rght He said he prescribed a few days of bed rest and added that he had spoken by telephone with Kennedy Sunday and believed him to be improved. Meanwhile, Dunn Cifford, a Kennedy aide, obtained the necessary release papers Sunday and arranged to have Miss Kopechnes body flown for burial to Pennsylvania Tuesday In Larksville. There was no autopsy, but blood samples were taken from the victim and sent to the state police laboratory for analysis. In Washington, Kennedys he press secretary senator will the expects attend the funeral. said the secretary, Dick Drayne, said that will depend on the decision of Kennedys physician. Hes still under the doctors care, Drayne said. In Berkley Heights, N.J., Mrs. Joseph Kopechne, the victims mother, said her daughters admiration of the Kennedys was what took her to Washington to begin with. She well was pretty wrapped up in politics, Mrs. Kopechne added. In Senate Washington, Democratic Mike Leader Mansfield of Montana said he had deep sympathy for the Kennedy family. Mansfield added that he had every confidence in Kennedy. Mansfield said he did not think Kennedys career would be damaged. This Is something that could happen to any one of us." He said of the tragedies that have beset the Kennedy family : They have some kind of star, I guess. is the assistant Kennedy Democratic leader. Kennedy, last of the four Kennedy brothers, narrowly escaped death once before. Five years ago, he suffered a broken back in a plane crash. Two brothers, former President John F. Kennedy and Robert, both died at the hands of assassins. Another brother, Joseph, was killed in a plane crash during World War II. In Pool But - ATLANTA The (UPI) Rev. A. D. Williams King, a longtime civil rights leader and brother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was found dead today in a swimming pool at his home here. King, 38, stayed in the shadow of his brothers movement, but when Martin was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., in April 1968, he emerged to help the Southern Christian Leadership Conference carry on. Could I COUNTER-THREA- T CLC. Air Controllers To Quit? ANGELES (AP) -Tthousand air traffic controllers at major airports LOS hree across the nation plan to resign when Apollo 11 returns to earth, a spokesman says. The prediction came in response to plans by the Federal Aviation Administration to punish controllers who staged a nationwide slowdown last month to protest what they said was dangerous airway tion, said Saturday the FAA withdraws ment threat, the will resign from perhaps grounding mercial flights. ADVIRTISIMENT Makes Fating With that unless its punishcontrollers their jobs, all FALSETEETH Easier and Faster Clinical twt prove you can now eat and chew better make dentures more effective If you Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your pistes. FA8TEETH Is an easy-to-u- se powder that holds dentures firmer longer makes them feel more comfortable. F ASTEETH la not acid loesn t sour. Theres no gummy, gooey, pasty taste. Dentures thst fit are essential to health. Bee your dentist regularly. Get FASTEETH at all drug counters. com- FAA Director John H. Staffer threatened disciplinary action Friday against the controllers who participated in the slowdown. congestion. Russell G- - Sommer, western director of the regional Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organiza 7,200-memb- SAVE 42 HUGE REDUCTIONS UP TO 50 AND MORE ON TOP QUALITY MENS CLOTHING. HURRY IN WHILE THE SELECTION LASTS. Detec- tive Lt George Killen to talk with Joseph F. Gargan, a first cousin of the senator who rented the home at which the party was held. I want Killen to ask Gargan if the senator was there that night, Arena said. Arena said Sunday he already had sent Kennedy notice via registered mail that a was being filed complaint against him. He said that would be followed by formal notice of the complaint, after which Kennedy would have 24 hours in which to request a hearing. If no hearing was sought, Arena added, a formal summons would be Issued automatically. 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