1. Mary Jo Kopechne was born in 1940 while Martha Alito was born in 1953 - thirteen years later.
I was told that they were family friends. I have many family friends far more separated from me than 13 years. A family friend could be fifty years separated from you.
2. Ms. Kopechne was raised in Pennsylvania while Mrs. Alito was raised in Kentucky with family roots in Oklahoma and Texas.
I thought that might be a problem with the story too, but it's not:
Martha-Ann Bomgardner was born in Kentucky, but moved to Mount Holly Pennsylvania after her father, an air traffic controller in the Air Force, was transferred to McGuire Air Force Base. She is a 1971 graduate of Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly. Source: PhillyBurbs.com
57 posted on 01/20/2006 10:36:46 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
Mount Holly is in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania. It is a Philly suburb near McGuire AFB and Fort Dix.
Mount Holly is in New Jersey, not far from the Burlington-Bristol bridge.
Wow, my best friend, Jane, is also a graduate of RVRHS (Rancocas Valley Region HS)--now I have to figure out what year...she's younger than I.