MR. and Mrs. Joseph Kopechne declared themselves "satisfied" last month by Edward Kennedy's televised explanation of the events surrounding their daughter's death. But now Mary Jo's parents feel bitter, ignored and increasingly puzzled. "I'm waiting to get an awful lot of answers," Mrs. Kopechne told TIME'S David Whiting last week. She and her husband, who live in Berkeley Heights, N.J., are considering attending the Sept. 3 inquest at Edgartown in the hope of getting the answers they want.
The Kopechnes are especially bewildered by the silence of the five other girls, all friends of Mary Jo's, who attended the Chappaquiddick party. "The...
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