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' mie Chapp@rniddick PP: uf + ig Ree EDGARTOW “hy rigi- Spars: nal police documents on dy’s Chappaquiddick acci- vA Sen. Edward M, Kenne- Can ne T ask a TEE dent, are still missing, but the district attorney said yesterday it doesn’t matter because he has copies, Sgl. Bruce Pratt, acting head of the police depart- ment, said it was highly irregular .that the Papers cannot be found, but-dis- trict attorney Philip Roll- ins said police - records often get misplaced, “Tam not concerned be~ cause I have copies of all reports,” Rollins said. I ieeLthere was no conspir~ . “a papers i) ae Cea er at aeited @ DA lias copies | Ceres dtreren > Edgartown’s' police chief at the time’of the ac- cident, in Which Mary Jo . Kebechne died, said in an- ‘other interview that when . he quit‘the department in 1973, he took some of the acy or anything of that ° nature, Original docu--° ments get misplaced, espe- cially police reports, Our file is intact and com-'.” plete.” . soe But Pratt said that since Was Ceres aterm he has been with the de- . records with him, . . Now the police chief in * Essex Junction, Vi, Arena ” / said he wanted the papers to answer questions from ‘ newsmen and-others. partment it has been “very irregular that origi- nal documents become missing.” The mystery of the van- ’ ished records was raised vecently in a book by Carl Gettlieb a script writer for the movie “Jaws,” which was filmed at Mar-~ tha’s Vineyard dast sum- mer, Arena said he learned’ that the missing records . were causing concern while taking part in a Boston radio talk show ~ .iast spring, After: that, he - 0 * ‘said, he made copies for Gottlieb said .ha.whad . himself _and, Sent_ the. re- to his successor, treme elena cords Oliver. Ce : been tld by Jesse se Oliver : 24, then chief of the 12-- ; member Edgartown ' de- partment, that the records “of ‘the 1969 auto accident : "*~had disappeared from the . files, : Oliver was suspended ag money from Universal . Sludios, makers of “Jaws,” o “ prieties, He has since re- signed, but supvorts Are- na’s claim of having re- turned the Chappaquid- dick material. “We sent the records ° back last April and they were there in June,” Oliv- er said. ' “As to what happened to the documents since then, or why the present . department officials can } ; foci find them,” he said. Pease sill mISSINE- have no idea. That’s their Dominick J. Avetia, who. problem,” 0 te ce etek ote ~ biomed A. However, between the - time that Gottlieb talked with Oliver and the book . . was published, the missing _ + documents including - the original accident re- . port and a copy of Kenne- dy’s first statement to po- lice — were said to have been returned to the de-- . partment, : . However, Pratt © says : rere . “police chief for accepting - and other alleged impro- - ’ 4 | f ° ame erent cetenaterneenen ee eeeees = Uindicats padn, nase of Baw egvopar, Cily ond ataic.} ' £ho BOSTOR TAURI CAR BOSTON, “eho. ore awe oN Vink ‘Tha BOSTO2 BOSTON, MASS. ead eetteene Qoi4e75 SUNDAY Date: Edition: Author; Edtor: L WINSHIP Title: CHA PAQUIDDICK. PAPERS LOST BUL DA HAS COPIES eG 62 S01B-H1 Clececliedtinn: or mS Submittiog Oinee. tes alas [7 Te ting Inves> eee we RO Oe Re ee ere ee eee SEF RE. Be SERIALIZ fae fee 16 1975 FOl= m9