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EDGARTOWN, MASS. — Curious spectators look
on from pier at the car driven by Senator Edward
Kennedy of Massachusetts which plunged off a
bridge in an island pond on Martha’s Vineyard.
Sen. Kennedy
Faces Charge
, By PHILIP BALBONI
I EDG ARTOWN, Ma r t Ka’s
Vineyard, Mass. (UPI) A mo
tor vehicle complaint was to be
filed today in District Court
Charging Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D-Mass., with leaving
the scene of an accident in
which a pretty, blonde secreta-
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Mary Jo Kopechne (shown
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secretary to the late Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy.
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ry was killed.
Police Chief Donick J. Arena
said he would go to Edgartown
District Court between 8:30 and
9 a.m. today and file a
complaint application against
the senior Massachusetts sena
tor for “leaving the scene of
the accident after having done
bodily injury."
Miss Mary Jo Kopechne, 29,
of Washington, D.C., and
Berkeley Heights, N.J., a
former secretary to Kennedy's
brother, Sen. Robert F. Kenne
dy, D-N.Y., was killed when a
car driven by Edward Kennedy
plunged off a narrow wooden
bridge between midnight Fri
day and 1 a.m. Saturday into
10-feet of water in a tidal pond
on Chappaquiddick Island which
lies just offshore of Martha’s
Vineyard. Kennedy said he was
“unfamiliar with the road and
turned right instead of bearing
hard left." Upon reaching the
end of the unlighted dirt road
Kennedy came upon the bridge
and said, “the car went off the
side.”
Kennedy said he dove repea
tedly to save the young woman,
but was unsuccessful. He didn’t
remember how he got out of i
the car. j
Arena said Kennedy, regard- t
ed as one of the leading 1
contenders for the Democratic £
presidential nomination in 1972, a
would have 24 hours in which to a
ask for a probable cause t
hearing on the complaint. That
would give the Senate whip p
until sometime Tuesday morn- h
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If Kennedy, 38, did not t
request the hearing, a motor e
vehicle summons would be v
issued and a date for court v
arraignment set. The senator ;
faces a minimum sentence of
two months in jail and a t
maximum of two years. No fine 8
is stipulated, Arena said. r
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Kennedy escaped from the crash which killed Mu*
Mary Jo Kopechne, 29, of Washington, D. C. who had <
worked as a secretary for the late Sen. Robert
Kennedy.
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Senator Edward Kennedy hurries as he leaves the
Chappaquiddick ferry and heads toward Edgartown
center.
Nixon Talks
With Astronauts
By EUGENE V. RISIIER
WASHINGTON (UPI) Pres
ident Nixon was obviously
jubilant and excited as he
tall- ed by telephone from the
White House with Apollo 11
astronauts Neil A. Armstrong
and Edwin E. Aldrin shortly
after they became the first men
to set foot on the moon.
“I just can’t tell you how
proud we all are of what you
have done,” He said. “For
every American, this has to be
the proudest day of our lives
and for people all over the
world I am sure they too join
with Americans in recognizing
what an immense feat this is.”
Then, in a more somber tone,
the Chief Executive told the
astronauts their achievement
made “the heavens ... a part
of man’s world” and brought
all mankind closer together.
“As you talk to us from the
Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires
us to redouble our efforts to
bring peace and tranquility to
earth,” Nixon said. “For one
priceless moment in the whole
history of man, all the people
on this earth are truly one . . .
one in their pride in what you
have done and one in their
prayers that you will return
safely to earth.”
Armstrong, replying in a
voice tinged with emotion,
thanked the President and said
it was “a great honor and
privilege ... to be here
representing not only the
United States but men of peace
of all nations.”
The two-minute earth-to-moon
conversation which Nixon said
“certainly . . . has to be the
most historic telephone call
ever made,” clearly delighted
him after a day filled with
tension and drama.
The President spent most of
Sunday alone watching the
Apollo 11 mission on a portable
color television set in his
hideaway office at the Execu
tive Office Building across the
street from the White House.
He told his press secretary,
Ronald L. Ziegler, that the last
22 seconds of descent to the
moon “were the longest I have
ever lived through.”
Soon after he talked with the
astronauts, Nixon telephoned
former President Lyndon B.
Johnson at his ranch in Texas.
The President wanted to "share
this great moment” with his
predecessor, Ziegler said.
Nixon began the momentous
day by leading the nation in
prayer for a successful moon
landing and safe return of the
astronauts. A congregation ol
more than 300 administration
officials and congressmen at
tended the worship service at
the White House.
Highlight of the service was a
reading of the first 10 verses
from the Book of Genesis by
Col. Frank A. Borman, com
mander of the first manned
orbital mission around the
moon.
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In One
Night
By United Press International
Prime Minister Hilmar
Baunsgaard of Denmark said it
for millions all over the world
today: “It’s almost too much in
one night!” In London and
Tokyo and Moscow, men and
women reacted to man's
landing on the moon with
astonishment and praise.
Many said they could hardly
believe their eyes.
Even though hundreds of
millions heard the Apollo 11
landing on radio or saw it on
television nearly a quarter of
the earth’s people did not.
Communist China told its 700
million people nothing about it.
Moscow television let the 1947
movie “Song of Love” with
Katheiine Hepburn and Robert
Walker run to its conclusion
then reported Apollo as the last
item on its late newscast.
holds Up Press Run
The Soviet Communist party
newspaper gave bigger head
lines to its own Luna 15 moon
orbiting spaceship but held up
its press run until it could
carry the story of the moon
landing, a newspaper practice
extremely unusual in Russia.
“The courageous cosmonauts
have landed on the moon,” the
Pravda story said.
Dr. Andrzej Marks, a prom
inent Polish scientist, said, “I
am so excited that my pulse is
cosmic!”
In London, youths leaped into
founiains in Trafalgar Square
to celebrate the announcement
over loudspeakers, “The Eagle
has landed,” signifying that the
Apollo astronauts had reached
the moon.
High Noon In Tokyo
In Tokyo, it was high noon
when Neil A. Armstrong set
foot on the lunar surface and so
many millions of Japanese
were engrossed with their
television sets that Tokyo’s
subways were almost empty.
They are usually Jammed at
midday.
“We burst with pride and
tremble with emotion because
we have just landed on the
moon!” said French science
fiction writer Rene Barjavel.
“Like the child letting go of its
mother’s hand, who crosses the
distance between the chairs for
the first time.”
Johannesburg’s Hillbrow dis
trict normally pulses with night
life but it was almost deserted
Sunday night. Most South
Africans were at their radios.
South Africa has no television.
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow
reported receiving scores of
telephone calls daily since the
launching of Apollo from
Russians inquiring on the
flight’s progress and wishing
the astronauts well.
In many countries, parents
named their newborn Apollo.
North Vietnam was sending
out propaganda attacks against
the United States even as Eagle
was landing. The Hanoi broad
cast did not mention the moon
mission.
David Trelfall of London was
$24,000 richer thanks to the
moon landing. He made a 1,000-
to-one bet In 1964 that man
would set foot on the moon by
1971. W. J. Brooks, chairman of
a bookmakers company, pre
sented Trelfall with his tax-free
check for $24,000 on television
Sunday.
Hundreds of thousands of
U.S. servicemen including those
in Vietnam heard the Apollo
landing on radio or saw it on
television.
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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. —— The new Miss Universe
for 1969, Gloria Diaz of the Phillipines is crowned
by Martha Vasconcellos, the 1968 Miss Universe.
Phillippine Beauty
Is Miss Universe
MIAMI BEACH (UPI) —
Homesick but happy, black
haired Gloria Diaz began her
first work day as Miss Universe
today after being feted with a
coronation ball Sunday night.
The beauty from the Philip
pines was selected over 15
semi-finalists at competition
here Saturday and awoke early
the next morning to answer
questions from reporters.
Sitting crosslegged on her bed
while sipping a glass of cold
prune juice, her 34i/ 2
prize-winning form cloaked in a
quilted bath robe, she glibly
fielded questions in three
languages.
“Do you always look this
good in the morning?” quipped
on eager newsman.
“Oh yes,” she assured him
with a wide grin. “I wake up in
the morning fully made up.”
Gloria chased the interview
ers out and slipped into a white
swimsuit for beach photos.
She stuck a toe in the
Atlantic Ocean, withdrew it
quickly and said, “It’s so cold,”
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Establishment Os A Small Claims Court
For Spalding County
ELECTION DAY IS
TUESDAY, JULY 29
A Small Claims Court:
1. Will handle civil cases county-wide
2. Can handle cases up to $1,000.00
3. Cases will be expedited as it is a continuous operated
court.
4. Will be less expensive than the present procedure.
5. Judge will be nominated by the Spalding County
Grand Jury and appointed by the Judge of the
Superior Court of Spalding County for a four year
term.
6. Has been recommended by the past two sessions
of the Grand Jury.
7. Has been endorsed fully by the Griffin Area Chamber
of Commerce as being beneficial to the general
welfare and good of our community.
8. All progressive communities favor a Small Claims
Court.
GRIFFIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Then she tossed her long black
hair over her left shoulder and
posed for clicking lensmen.
The new queen’s year-long
tour of personal appearances
gets under way Wednesday
when she jets to New York.
Miss Universe said she honed
she would find some tim’ to 1
visit her home in Parnaoue 1
before too long.
“I am homesick,” she admit- i
ted. s
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Stops Itch—Relieves Pain
Finds Way That Both Relieves Pain
and Shrinks Piles In Most Cases
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Man Killed
As Blast
Rips Auto
PARROTT, Ga. (UPI) — A •
mysterious explosion inside
their car killed one man and
critically injured another early •
Sunday while they were sitting .
on a side street in this tiny .
community.
Samuel Washington Byrd, 49,
of Columbus, was literally ’
blown to bits, officers said, and
the blast critically injured Ed
ward Lewis Gates, also of Co
lumbus,
Police tried to find out why
the two were carrying explo
sives in their car at 3 a.m., but
all they could understand from
the injured Gates was some
thing about a woman.
“Ask her, ask her,” he re
plied to questioning.
One officer theorized that
Byrd was holding dynamite or
some other explosive in his lan.
Police found bits of the car 150
yards from the scene of the ex- ,
plosion.
“It’s the most mysterious
thing we’ve ever had in Terrell
County,” said Sheriff Z. T. ,
Mathews.
Pop Recorder
Hamilton Dies
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. .
(UPI)—Roy Hamilton, 41, a na
tive of Georgia who recorded
pop records which sold milions '
around the word, died Sunday.
Hamilton, whose hit records
in the 1950 s included “Unchained ;
Melody,” “Ebb Tide,” and
“You’ll Never Wak Alone,”
was hospitalized July 11 after
suffering a stroke.
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