(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine)
Mr. Jenner.
All right; now drop down to June, please.
Mrs. Paine.
No entries relating to the Oswalds in June.
Mr. Jenner.
Turn the page and go to the calendar for July.
Mrs. Paine.
I see an entry on July 17 which says, "Marina birthday." This was written either before or after I did know in the spring that her birthday was in July. I am not certain I have got it down on the right date, and that is all.
Mr. Jenner.
Drop down then to the calendar for August. Are there any entries relating to the Oswalds on that date?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Turn the page. We have now reached the calendar for September. Are there any entries relating to the Oswalds?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you identify them, please?
Mrs. Paine.
On September 23 there is an entry, "A.M. left N.O." meaning New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner.
That is an entry of your having departed from New Orleans to go back to----
Mrs. Paine.
And this was written shortly after that event.
Mr. Jenner.
To go back to Texas?
Mrs. Paine.
On the 24th is written, "Home arrived 1:30 p.m., from N.O." meaning New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner.
When was that entry made?
Mrs. Paine.
These were both made after our arrival back.
Mr. Jenner.
But shortly afterwards?
Mrs. Paine.
Very shortly.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you say you had a luncheon engagement?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you like to suspend, and we have lunch and then come back?
Mrs. Paine.
Sure.
Mr. Jenner.
It is now I o'clock. We will be back at 2. Could you finish this calendar?
Mrs. Paine.
We have finished September. We are up to October 1963. There is an entry on Friday the 4th that says, "Gave blood" and that has been referred to in testimony previously.
Mr. Jenner.
That was in connection with Marina's entry into Parkland Hospital for the birth of her child?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct. Crossed out on the 7th of October is "Lee birthday?" On the 18th of October appears an entry "Lee birthday."
Mr. Jenner.
You had it in the wrong place initially?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
And then you put it in the right place eventually?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Then on the 11th there is a notation "Marina appointment PMH" Parkland Memorial Hospital, "8 a.m." This was our first appointment as I recall, when we applied for care. There is an entry on October 15, "Work L start." This was a mistaken entry and it is crossed out, written down after he called to say he had received work, he didn't actually start working until the 16th, and I have written on the 16th, "Lee work start," and also "HOS" for hospital, and "10:30 a.m." That would be Parkland. I would be certain it was.
Mr. Jenner.
Were those entries made contemporaneously with the occurrence of the events they seek to record?
Mrs. Paine.
All except the corrected, "Lee work start," which was made after the assassination, when I realized he didn't start work on the same day that he received the acceptance.
Mr. Jenner.
How soon after the assassination did you make that corrected entry?
Mrs. Paine.
Quite soon I'd say. I was being asked each day by many people when did he start to work, and when I put together the necessary sequence of
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