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Today in History - July 18 [Mary Joe Kopechne... killed by a drunk]
Associated Press ^
| , 07.17.2006
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Posted on 07/18/2006 3:52:45 AM PDT by johnny7
In 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard; passenger Mary Jo Kopechne died.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: maryjosuffocated
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posted on
07/18/2006 3:52:48 AM PDT
by
johnny7
To: johnny7
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posted on
07/18/2006 3:55:52 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: johnny7

DISCLAIMER: This photo is fake but accurate.
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posted on
07/18/2006 3:57:49 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
To: johnny7
A dark day in our nation's history..made darker by the fact that the individual responsible is still on the street..in an elected position no less!
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:01:09 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: SueRae
According to the AP, Mary Jo just died.... 'passed-away'... so to speak.
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:06:38 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: johnny7
Oh stop. Ted Kennedy has moved on. He's now killing people by collapsing tunnels on them.
Mary Jo Kopechne is soooooo 20th century.
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:14:05 AM PDT
by
sig226
(There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who do not.)
To: sig226
Motto of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority: Don't kill the job... kill the commuter.
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:19:49 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: johnny7
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:22:51 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: johnny7
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:25:37 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein(the moon is a harsh mistress))
To: johnny7
Just great, now he'll have A REASON for drinking today.
To: johnny7
I bet Mr. Kennedy sleeps well at night and while putting this issue behind him never thinks of Mary Jo. Is Mass the only state represented by a killer?
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:33:22 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: johnny7
R.I.P. Mary Jo..
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posted on
07/18/2006 4:35:48 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: upier
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posted on
07/18/2006 5:18:27 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Joe Boucher
I bet Mr. Kennedy sleeps well at night and while putting this issue behind him never thinks of Mary Jo. Is Mass the only state represented by a killer?We're damn proud to be the only state to be represented in DC by one who has a confirmed kill that didn't occur in combat.
To: ml/nj
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posted on
07/18/2006 5:47:53 AM PDT
by
Leisler
(Not all Kennedys are killers, but all killer Senators are Kennedys.))
To: johnny7
I remember the day well. Everybody said Teddy paid off her family to not make a stink.
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posted on
07/18/2006 10:56:20 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Leaning on the everlasting arms.)
To: Leisler
Greetings from Chappaquiddick Classic. My Dad and Granddad would've loved that cartoon.
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posted on
07/18/2006 10:58:12 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Leaning on the everlasting arms.)
To: Ciexyz
I believe the family was from around Allentown, PA. Very working class... not wanting publicity.
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posted on
07/18/2006 11:05:21 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: johnny7
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