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ary HPA RI aT en thy ey Wa pty wees ek t fg FILE carn 7 wt Bre mre ° Credibility - ' EDGARTOWN —'This was ‘to have been the” “place where Sen. Edward Kennedy would tell: his” Story about the night of July 18 when Mary Jo -Kopechne lost her life in the Kennedy car at. the f .Chappaquiddick Island bridge. * 8 *. But within the. Kennedy organization, there-! whas always been the argu- *ment between the lawyers. *who are defending Sen, Ken-, ‘nedy inthis case and .the . So deat at who .are the efenders of hits public °; *image! “, . R — a SPREE, iy lees a -In the end the lawyers won out with Kennedy. © fe *“\ And last; night the entire inquest apparatus ~ 4 Wag being dismantled, perhaps for another day. ° -” What is important is the decision by. Kennedy. | uh Pa Dd ae! Td Aa ‘ + yrs : "to. go with his lawyers. - sort Y fwho have watched Sen. Kennedy develop in the + a :, ‘He’ had from the outset said ‘that he would be \available to testify at the inquest. When Judge ; ‘James Boyle said: he thought Kennedy’s testimony ' | would be vital to the hearing and he might have to - | be subpoenaed, it was madé clear by the Kennedy - Lawyers - -that he would volunteer his appearance. In Washington, his. own staff members wel-. BEG # comed the idea of the inquest. ° i Ht would, they said” privately, give.the sena- " tor. a chance to tell ‘his’: story, to strike down ail the innuendos, all the gossip that has -been associated with the case. And he would have a chance to answer fully thoSe questions that. were not answered, either in his fitst, state- . -ment to the police in... Edgartown -or in his public television . state- ment the week after the | ‘accident. SEN. KENNEDY _ These were the men” Rea Senate. These were the men whose ‘own lives, the ; Successes ‘and the failures, are tied wery closely +c THOSE, of, the. Senator, 1 EF: Seb HERG Ne wrote ame anaes fark eke MME a Soo “ora. btn cause whcatte {MYC ARCaeacatalaan RY er ead , -" + | (indicate page, name of ‘newspaper, city and state.) ¥v 23B0STON GLOBE’ “Boston, Mass¢ BOSTON HERAID ~*~ ~ TRAVELER mo, ; RECORD AMERICAN | Boston, Mass. ormees centres 7 Sit aalieeseeeareemnsn . wT Dates 9/3/69. Edition: ‘Evening ; ‘Author: Eatorthomas. Winship - | Titles KENNEDY INQUEST « ? Chara cter: ‘Classification: 62- g- Submitting Office: _ Boston ag cxde) ¥ An aly way . FB BOSTON ,