person
also known as Mary Kopechne, Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne (1940–1969), a political aide who had worked for Robert Kennedy, died on 18 July 1969 when the car Senator Ted Kennedy was driving went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Mae treats her death as one of the events that removed Nixon's opponents. No. 106 is where John Dean's testimony gives her a new thread.
Across the broadcasts
106
Brought in by Dean's testimony and made Mae's case that Chappaquiddick belongs with the Watergate operations
June 25, 1973
Dean's mention of an FBI inquiry into her travels, which Mae takes as the first official sign of interest in her before Chappaquiddick.
"called Mr. DeLoach of the FBI about the foreign travels of Mary Jo Kopechne"John Dean, read by Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 21:12
Mae sets her habits against the blood-alcohol figure given at the inquest.
"she was a notorious non-drinker"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 28:27
Mae faults the networks for passing over the one item in Dean's testimony she thinks matters most.
"the news analysts won't touch the Mary Kopechne thing, if you notice."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 30:01
Connections
died in the car ofTed Kennedy
She died when Kennedy's car went off the bridge at Chappaquiddick in July 1969.