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  Mary Jo Kopechne - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Unfortunately, Kopechne was not nearly as strong a swimmer as Kennedy, and, hampered by her clothing and unable to swim or dogpaddle inside the close confines of the automobile which Kennedy had parked upside down at the bottom of Poucha Pond, below Dyke Bridge, she drowned.
Kennedy said that, upon surfacing, he noticed that his companion was not beside him and, assuming that she was playing a prank on him, he dove, several times, back to the automobile to ask her to join him.
Kopechne is buried in the St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Church parish cemetery on the side of Larksville Mountain in Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne   (448 words)

  
  Mary Jo Kopechne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary and administrator, notable for her death in a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in a car driven by Senator Ted Kennedy.
Kopechne's death severely damaged Kennedy's reputation and is regarded as a major reason that he was never able to mount a successful campaign for President of the United States.
Kopechne went on to become secretary to Senator Robert F. Kennedy until he was assassinated in June 1968 during his run for the presidency.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne   (951 words)

  
 BookRags: Mary Jo Kopechne Biography
Mary Jo Kopechne was content working behind the scenes for the political candidates and causes in which she believed.
Kopechne, a bright young 28-year-old graduate of Caldwell College in New Jersey, hoping to marry her boyfriend in the Foreign Service, according to her parents, had never held the same respect for Edward Kennedy that she had for his brothers, especially Robert.
Kopechne was a campaign organizer for a political consulting firm at the time of her death.
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 Mary Jo Kopechne - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 – July 18 1969) born in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, was the only child of insurance salesman Joseph Kopechne and his wife Gwen.
Kopechne died in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts when a car driven by Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, in which she was the passenger, went off a bridge and overturned into a pond.
Kopechne left the party at 11:15 pm with Ted Kennedy after he offered to drive her back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying.
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg96 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Mary Jo KOPECHNE concubine [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 26 Jul 1940 in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940–July 18, 1969), born in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, was the only child of insurance salesman, Joseph Kopechne and his wife Gwen.
Mary Jo KOPECHNE concubine was born on 26 Jul 1940.
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 Mary Jo Kopechne: Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Mary Jo Kopechne, the daughter of an insurance salesman, was born in the village of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, on 26th July 1940.
Mary JO was one of the most devoted members of the staff of Senator Robert Kennedy.
Mary Jo actually regained consciousness and pushed her way to the top of the car (which was actually the bottom of the car - it had landed on its roof) and died from asphyxiation.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKkopechne.htm   (10159 words)

  
 Mary Jo Kopechne Biography (Accident Victim) — FactMonster.com
Mary Jo Kopechne was killed in the auto accident that almost ended Edward Kennedy's political career.
Kopechne was a former campaign worker for Kennedy's brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan during the 1968 presidential campaign.
Kopechne's death was overshadowed in national news by the Apollo 11 moon mission, which had launched on 17 July and which culminated in Neil Armstrong's moon walk on 20 July...
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 Ex-Donkey Blog: Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969): R.I.P.
Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969): R.I.P. A terrible anniversary to mark, but ABP reminds us that on this day, 36 years ago, an innocent woman's life ended because she made the mistake of getting into an Oldsmobile driven by Senator "Tailspin" Teddy Kennedy.
On July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne was in the passenger seat of the car when Kennedy drove it off a small bridge connecting Martha's Vineyard to Chappaquiddick Island.
Kopechne would have been 65 years old this year and likely would have lived a full and happy life had it not been for the reckless irresponsibility of a man who has been a chronic screw-up and an embarrassment to his family his whole life.
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 Myrna Blyth on Mary Jo Kopechne on National Review Online
The passenger in his car that night was Mary Jo Kopechne, a pretty, blond Capitol Hill secretary, just about to celebrate her 29th birthday.
Afterward, the men claimed it was just a couple of days of innocent fun to thank the girls for their help, though the six guys were all married but partying without their wives, and the young women were all single.
Kennedy said he was driving her back to the ferry to Edgartown, and took a wrong turn, though he was very familiar with the roads on the island.
www.nationalreview.com /blyth/blyth200407200944.asp   (1035 words)

  
 AIM Report - August A 1979
John Farrar, the scuba diver who pulled Miss Kopechne's body from the car, said that her position indicated that she had lived for several hours breathing air that was trapped in the foot well.
You have said that Mary Jo was alive and struggling when the car first submerged, and you have said that you made efforts to rescue her.
Kopechne, reporting that they did not feel that they had been told the whole story of the death of their daughter.
www.aim.org /publications/aim_report/1979/08a.html   (4515 words)

  
 Ninth State » Who is Mary Jo Kopechne?
Exactly 36 years ago Kopechne was the passenger in a car that was driven off the side of Dike Bridge in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Mary Jo Kopechne’s case hasn’t been solved in the 36 years since her death.
Kopechne (it may interest you to know that the actual article was heartily disliked by many liberals, including Larry Tribe, who found it most unfair to Sen. Kennedy.) To an unexpected and gratifying extent, many correspondents go on to read the article, and write back to apologize.
ninthstate.net /2005/07/18/who-is-mary-jo-kopechne   (1608 words)

  
 Ted Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kennedy drove away with party guest Mary Jo Kopechne as a passenger in his 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88.
Kennedy was criticized for allegedly driving drunk, for failing to save Kopechne, for failing to summon help immediately, and for contacting not the police but rather his lawyer first.
In 2004, Kennedy supported the failed presidential bid of his fellow Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, speaking for Kerry multiple times and lending his chief of staff, Mary Beth Cahill, to the Kerry campaign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Kennedy   (2634 words)

  
 American Rhetoric: Ted Kennedy -- Chappaquiddick Speech
Mary J was one of the most devoted members of the staff of Senator Robert Kennedy.
I know of nothing in Mary Jo's conduct on that or nay other occasion -- the same is true of the other girls at that party -- that would lend any substance to such ugly speculation about their character.
I made immediate and repeated efforts to save Mary Jo by diving into strong and murky current, but succeeded only in increasing my state of utter exhaustion and alarm.
www.americanrhetoric.com /speeches/tedkennedychappaquiddick.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick
Luckily, he was not severely injured; however, Mary Jo Kopechne, a woman who was in his car, was killed.
Although Kennedy was sure that Kopechne's body had not been in the car, the police found her body in the back seat.
Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while this leading Iraq Democratic war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of.
www.bpfrommer.com /Chappaquiddik.htm   (864 words)

  
 MARY JO KOPECHNE-COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
Their daughter, Mary Jo, who at one time wanted to be a nun, instead, had taken an interest in politics.
What actually happended next is not entirely clear but Mary Jo Kopechne suffocated in the car while Senator Kennedy swam ashore.
Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, received a two-month suspended sentence and his license was revoked for a year.
www.cosmicbaseball.com /kopechn7.html   (397 words)

  
 Marilyn Monroe and Mary Jo Kopechne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It is important to note that Mary Jo Kopechne figures into the issue in a big way however.
One report says that there was no Social Security number for Mary Jo at the point of her supposed unfortunate death at the Chappaquiddick bridge.
One person who might have discovered what was going on was his secretary, Mary Jo Kopechne, and her flat mate, Nancy Carole Tyler, who was Bobby Baker’s secretary.
www.politics.skootle.com /Marilyn_Monroe_and_Mary_Jo_Kopechne.html   (681 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Is Terri Schiavo Jeb Bush's Mary Jo Kopechne?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In case you've forgotten or you've never heard the story, Mary Jo Kopechne was a "friend" of Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Coming back from a cookout for campaign workers on Chappaquiddick Island, Kennedy was accompanied by Mary Jo Kopechne who had worked for Robert Kennedy.
Mary Jo continues to speak from her watery grave.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43462   (629 words)

  
 Kopechne, Mary Jo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Kopechne, Mary Jo Kopechne, Mary Jo celebrity from a to z
mary jo kopechne, drowned, despite several attempts by kennedy to swim down...
It is based on the novella of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, based on the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne in Sen. Ted Kennedy's car in 1969.
www.celebrityaz.com /1591_Kopechne_Mary_Jo.html   (465 words)

  
 Grouchy Old Cripple: My Name is Mary Jo Kopechne
If Mary Jo were your sister, Teresa, or maybe even your mother, I don't think you would have made such a stupid, stupid fucking statement.
Mary Jo's parents refused to allow an autopsy on Mary Jo because Teddy's money got to them first.
This posting about Mary Jo is a perfect example, first Teresa the dim wit & now you are defending the actions of a murdering bastard by trying to deflect the focus to alleged misdeeds of the president.
www.grouchyoldcripple.com /archives/003335.html   (4149 words)

  
 Grouchy Old Cripple: Happy Anniversary Ted
A tragedy for Mary Jo and her parents.
Rumor had it Mary Jo was pregnant at the time of the accident too.
Mary Jo, mean while, was trapped in the car, alive, with an ever diminishing bubble of air.
www.grouchyoldcripple.com /archives/002183.html   (814 words)

  
 Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old.
Mary Jo Kopechne was a cousin of a friend of mine in high school.
His deliberate intention to evade the law were the direct cause of Miss Kopechne's death, not the accident itself.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1160856/posts   (3484 words)

  
 Professor Chaos: Mary Jo Kopechne's Birthday
Mary Jo lost her life due to the actions, or inactions, of one man. And for that man to have a dog named after the onomatopoeia that lead to her demise is truly offensive.
In either case, it seems I was the only one to intrude on his blog's solitude in quite a while, as there were cobwebs everywhere, though I did hear the distinct "whump-whump" of Black Helicopters™.
Rest in peace, Mary Jo, we know why Teddy lives in a bottle, and one day, may your tortured spirit have a front row seat to watch his torments in the ol' hot place.
professorchaos.mu.nu /archives/107117.html   (631 words)

  
 Time flys..Mary Jo Kopechne would have been 65 years old this year... - Sean Hannity Discussion
Time flys..Mary Jo Kopechne would have been 65 years old this year...
The chance to see your children grow up, and to become a grandmother (which likely you would be now--had cheatin Tubby Ted not killed you).
The more I learn about the Kennedys the more I admire Jackie and the other Kennedy wives...Hillary must have used them as roll models when she went through her ordeal...
www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=11383   (594 words)

  
 Is Terri Schiavo Jeb Bush's Mary Jo Kopechne?
In case you’ve forgotten or you’ve never heard the story, Mary Jo Kopechne was a “friend” of Senator Ted Kennedy.
Coming back from a cook-out for campaign workers on Chappaquiddick Island, Kennedy was accompanied by Mary Jo Kopechne who had worked for Robert Kennedy.
Mary Jo continues to speak from her watery grave.
www.americanvision.org /articlearchive/03-24-05.asp   (673 words)

  
 Mary Jo Kopechne (1940 - 1969) - Find A Grave Memorial
Mary Jo died when US Senator Edward Kennedy drove off of the Dike bridge into Poucha Pond in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts.
Kennedy was able to exit the vehicle and swim to shore, while Mary Jo drowned.
The scandal caused Kennedy to reverse his decision to run for the US presidency.
www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4569   (72 words)

  
 Another Vineyard calamity for Kennedys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
All agreed in later testimony that Kennedy and Kopechne left the party shortly before midnight, saying they were tired, to return to Edgartown on the Martha's Vineyard side of a 150-yard-wide channel.
After escaping the car, he tried unsuccessfully to rescue Kopechne, then staggered a mile back to the party cottage, where he got his cousin Joseph Gargan and friend Paul Markham to return for a second rescue try.
The other partygoers quickly left the island, and Kopechne's body was flown by Kennedy-chartered plane to her hometown of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
www.usatoday.com /news/index/jfk/jfk038.htm   (808 words)

  
 Why was Ted Kennedy never brought up on murder charges for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne? - Answerbag.com
Back when the accident happened, there were not the stronger laws we have today against drunk driving but even today a person with the means to hire top attorneys recieves different treatment than say the average citizen.
Bob Blaylock: Mary Jo Kopechne gave her life to insure that Ted Kennedy would never be President.  We all should be very grateful to her.
Kopechne a profound debt of gratitude; for she heroically sacrificed her own life to insure that Ted Kennedy would never become President of the United States.
www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/36606   (413 words)

  
 GOP Bloggers :: They Fared Better Than Mary Jo Kopechne
The last time Ted Kennedy was involved in a water emergency, Mary Jo Kopechne paid with her life.
Mary Jo Kopechne was born on July 26, 1940 and would have been 65 years old today, had not the drunken and privileged son of a bootlegger driven into the drink on that fateful night of July 17, 1969 and then left her to drown while he saved his own skin.
Material published and opinions expressed herein are solely the responsibility of the individual authors and are not meant to represent the Republican National Committee, or any of its affiliates.
www.gopbloggers.org /mt/archives/002306.html   (331 words)

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