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Ne AE Bik tt aN iG guide ine aa CE NRE ann Riccar ee aletteeMire, 6 let em iin ne AA rn ta oe a Pel nh CL ie Rater ta ape lB a ae dS femme - arth + 3 . THE ANOMALIES OF - a EDWARD M. KENNEDY ~ - -~ . ‘Choosing a title fcr this section wasn't as easy as one & might think. Many of the referenced statements were in all prob- ability as perjurious as those in the’ preceding séction, but suf- ficient absolute proof is lacking to warrant making such an out- right charge, or some kind of defense is conjecturable, as sober _xreflection on the various circumstances will show. Fer most of C: them, quasi-perjuries might be accurate enough, but it was the “ @efinition given in a leading modern dictionary for the word, "anomaly", that decided the matter: Deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule; abnormality. That definition accepted, the reader may already have de- cided that the inquest, itself, was rather anomalous. ANOMALY A (p. 5) Mr. Kennedy said no one else was in the car with him but Miss Kopechne. Note the following excerpted testimony of Police Chief Arena (The Inquest, p. 85). : (Mr. Arena was describing a telephone conversation with the * Senator, who was at Police Headquarters, the Ciief having tele- . phoned from the Maim house after having left the Dike Bricge Saturaay morning after the recovery of Miss Kopechne’s body.) THE CHIEF: ...I said words to the effect that "I am sorry, I have some bad news. Your car was in an accident over here and the young lady is dead." He said, -"I know." I said, "Can you tell me was there anybody else in the car?" 4. He said, “Yes." ! I said, "Are they in the water?" ~ He said, "No." . Since no one else heard both sides of the conversation, Mr. Kennedy's battalion of advisors?/ could accuse Chief Arena of fal- sifying--one word against another--or they micht even railrcad him into that federal mental hospital-prison2/ in Springfield, Mis- souri, if Mr. Arena insisted on his version. On the other hand, they could offer the explanation that what the Senator had reailv meant was, “Yes, © can tell you if there was anybody else in the car. No, there wasn't." If the reader wishes to selieve this,, D/ See Tediy Bare, rv. h3-hii. 2/ it the reader's interest is aroused, see Destroy the Arenser, (Freedon Pres3 Pudi. Co. P.C. Bux 62, Allavstian Sta,, Marl) Fia., cr omer from Council Tor Statehood, P.C. Rox 13.21, No. Moms, Fla.) in enich former Aviorney - Gen2ral Robert Kennecy pisved a proninem role. 7 25 ~ . 6!