European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The woman who would be mrs. Kennedy by Laura Blumenfeld the Washington Post it was late and he came alone. He hovered in the portico a swollen Romeo his face a Loose collection of lines and mottled puff. Old family friends had invited Edward Kennedy to their 40th-anniversary dinner Here in june. The couple s daughter the hostess opened the door. Kennedy 60, had seen Victoria Reggie Many times before As a girl while campaigning for Juk in Louisiana As a teenager during visits to her parents Nantucket summer Home As a College woman when she interned for him on the Hill. Now a 38-year-old lawyer she set Hazel eyes on him and lobbed Quot what s the matter you  get a Date Quot a few Days later he got one. With her. There on the Doorstep teasing the aging senator stood the answer to the question pestering Washington since the couple announced their engagement what kind of woman would marry Ted Quot Midnight Romp Quot Kennedy a direct funny slightly lonely divorced Mother of two. Ripe with childhood memories of Good Brave Kennedy Reggie could love this Man of great achievement and great disappointment. Quot Vicki is hilarious and he wants to laugh Quot says Peter Edelman who has known Kennedy since 1965. He could use a laugh. Kennedy s past year reads like panels from a Quot life in hell Quot cartoon Good Friday in a bar testifying at his Nephew s rape trial his son s admission to an alcohol treatment Center his apparent out of body experience during the Thomas Hill hearings his plunge in approval ratings in Massachusetts his Public apology at Harvard for less than senatorial behaviour. Then snapshot a the Happy Groom. Cynics wonder about the Bride. Gold Digger Bimbo Bozo Pawn in a Kennedy political Man Euver to regain respectability none of the above say those who know her. Quot when you see them together it s different than anything he s had before Quot says a longtime Kennedy aide. Quot she s found someone she can share her life with. I think she was looking for that very much Quot says Dawn Alexander a first year associate at. Reggie s Law firm Keck Mahin and Cate. Quot like All divorced women with two kids at 38, she a interested in not living the rest of her life  and As for Kennedy s reputation Quot it comes Down to believing what you read or what you know about Ted. My readers action Linen free shipping for most foreign cars a y Gnu recently contacted an expert who gave a response regarding the shipping of foreign made vehicles Back to the United states. His reply did not cover my situation and i wonder if you could Contact him again i have been stationed overseas in Turkey and now Italy since 1983. I brought my car a 1979 Honda with me to Turkey in 1983 but sold it in 1986.1 bought a new u  Bow in August of 1990. I expect to Transfer Back to the states in october of 1992, at which time the car will have been in my Possession for More than two years. Am i entitled to ship my car Back to the states at government expense if not Why not i was entitled to ship a foreign made car overseas Why. After nine consecutive years of overseas service would i be sen. Edward Kennedy Victoria Reggie sister will be a Kennedy that s not a scary thing Quot says Reggie a sister Alicia Freysinger. Quot our families have been friends forever. I know who he is. She knows who he  neither Kennedy nor Reggie would talk. But interviews with friends colleagues and family put together a portrait of an outgoing intelligent woman not Likely to repose in Kennedy Sample Shadow. From her dark Wavy hair to her bold personality the 5-foot-8 Reggie is a perfect foil to Kennedy a first wife Joan a fragile blonde who once summed up her essence As Quot vulnerable Quot who drank heavily and for whom the bruising Kennedy world was often too much. Quot Vicki can handle the tremendous scrutiny and pressure this life brings Quot says Reggie a Friend Barbara Smith. Quot some people might find Vicki too direct but Kennedy enjoys her Strong mindedness Quot Smith says. Kennedy jokes that Reggie is the Only person in his life who takes three hours to return his Calls. A perfectionist on the Job and at Home Reggie blogs through a morass of savings and loan cases at the Law firm where she is a partner and churns dirt in her Garden to grow Dill and Basil for Spaghetti sauce. She is a stairmaster regular an opera fan and a redskins season ticket Holder pops books like after dinner mints and does a Fine cajun crawfish Stouffe. Quot she a a typical working Mother doing what most men could not do Quot says Steve Engelberg who has worked with Reggie at the Washington office of Keck Mahin since she joined the firm in 1987. This Quot typical Quot mom lives in a $725,000 Brick colonial on a Street where the Birds out clamor the cars. She keeps a summer Home in Nantucket. Her children from her first marriage Curran 9, and Caroline 6, have a Nanny and attend the Maret school annual tuition $10,500 each. Her Sharp mind and sensual looks a drop her name around fifty ish men and they grow Wistful and go off the record Quot put it this Way when she walks into a room you pay attention Quot says a colleague a make her a Washington dinner party Staple. Quot i would t think of having a party without her Quot says Smith. Quot she a my backup hostess. And she does no to shy away from  like the time she launched into politics with a staunchly Republican couple at a table full of pedigreed democrats. Quot she does it without alienating people Quot says  s her  Charm warmth poise a the words come up a lot. Quot its the Louisiana in Reggie Quot says  think of High Power women As being snooty but her prohibited from shipping a foreign made vehicle Back to the states the Only response i can get from the local customs people is Quot that s the Way it is. Quot please help. Sgt. 1st class Dennis Kennedy Vicenza Italy a sgt. 1 St class f. Jones office of the Deputy chief of staff logistics Usa eur Headquarters replies you Are not entitled to ship your foreign made Pov privately owned vehicle to the United states As a replacement for the original Pov brought from the states the original Pov had to have been lost due to fire theft vandalism or destroyed in an Accident. Since you have been stationed overseas consecutively for More than four years you had the option to request to have a u s manufactured Pov shipped to you from the states you have the option however of shipping the Pov Back on a space available status if you choose tics gleam and glow. She could teach male attorneys to be  the Reggie and Kennedy first hooked up at the 1956 democratic convention in Chicago. Edmund helped deliver Louisiana s votes to John Kennedy. In 1959, when Juk was shoring up his presidential plans Edmund invited him to Crowley a annual Rice festival and brought out a crowd of 100,000. Edmund campaigned vigorously in Louisiana for Juk in 1960, for Bobby in 1968 and for Ted in 1980. Quot he was our Man in Louisiana a says Frank Mankiewicz Bobby a former press Secretary. Quot he was our Man for the  when Ted came through town he impressed everyone says Fred Reggie Quot a remember being awestruck by him a Man of great political and physical  Vicki remembers Ted from those Days says her sister Alicia but Quot she never talked about him As  and when Kennedy visited her family in Nantucket Over the years Quot they saw each other but did no to see each other Quot says her father. Quot never in a Hundred years did i think that they d get  until last june. Kennedy sent his Driver to pick her up for their first Date at a Capitol Hill restaurant and kept a phone on the table to take Calls from his office. The Senate was in late session so in Between courses he ran Back to the floor to vote. The courtship was intense. Banish the image of Kennedy As Womanizer Boozer and Public boor friends say the Man Reggie fell for is Quot extraordinarily  Quot for 10 years he was t ready to make that kind of commitment a says Doris Kearns Goodwin a part time Kennedy speech writer. Kennedy sent Reggie hundreds of Rose bouquets and Spring Flowers. He Calls her constantly and sends love notes. He takes her sailing. Treats her to dinners and shows at the Kennedy Center. Includes her friends and respects her opinions. He plays Tennis with her son Curran and colors on the floor with Caroline. He reads them to sleep. Took them trick or treating on halloween. There is no Rock yet. The wedding will be tiny. And the Church does not approve. Also Reggie has a bit of an image problem herself. Her father is under Federal indictment on 11 counts of alleged Bank fraud for $4 million Worth of questionable transactions. Edmund denies the charges. He will stand trial on May 27. But then again what s a trial a niggling Little scandal Between old friends option you pay port handling costs and Ocean transportation charges. I Hope this answers your questions. If you need additional information please Contact your local transportation  to write us. Readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 a the stars and stripes monday March 23, 1992