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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) Saad dard "Sen, Edward M. Kennedy ; spoke’ bitterly yesterday of | “whispers and inntendoes | and. falsehoods” concerning cis July 18 auto accident ‘that killed Mary Jo Ko- 4 pechne. 1 “feel the tragedy of the ‘| girls death,” Kennedy said. ‘| “Thats on my mind. That’s + what I will always have to live with: “But what I don't have to live with are the whispers + and innuendoes and false- ‘| hoods, because they have no ‘+ basis in fact.?- : Kennedy said charges con- | tained in syndicated columns i] Written by Jack Anderson ‘| are “categorically untrue.” |. Anderson wrote that Ken- nedy asked. his cousin, Jo- seph Gargan, to take the blame for the accident. — | Kennedy Refutes S ‘False Whispers’ a EEG (Mount Clipping in Space Below) om ae, yo 64 ‘the New England "Tele- “ phone Co, says legal restric- , tions prevent it from con- - fitming or denying reports — that 17 calls were charged to Kennedy’s eredit card in the . hours after the accident. i ‘ “According to the Associ- * ‘ated Press, the Manchester, _ . N.H., Union Leader said five were made», of ithe calls shortly before midnight from the Chappaquiddick Island. cottage where Kenne- , dy, Miss Kopechne and oth- ers were attending a patty. ° ‘The other 12 reportedly — were made from a motel in Edgartown where Kennedy . was staying.’ The telephone’ company . said that use of Kennedy’s~ credit card did not necessar- ily mean the senator made the calls himself. —. an . _ eg e cr eER S a eS LET 8 oh er (Indicate page, name of ’ hewspaper, city and state.) B2 BOSTON GLOBE” Boston, Mass. ‘BOSTON HERALD “TRAVELER . Boston, Masse RECORD AMERICAN Boston, Masse ‘Date: 8/14/69 Edition:Evening. ‘Author: © rattor: Thomas Winshio KENNEDY INCIDENT Title: Character: or Classification: 62- ° Submitting Office: Boston C) Being Investigated _