Stork on assassination anniversary,

1005,- by Mike Cochran

Marina Oswalri Porter

Jack ruby

Marguerite Oswald

Marie Tippit

Sen John Connally

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ADVANCE FOR USE IN WEEKEND EDITIONS

TWO YEARS AFTER (1400)

BY MIKE COCHRAN

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

(ADVANCE) DALLAS, TEX. NOV. 0 (AP .3iARIiv OSWALD PORTER SNUBBED

OUT- ER NINTH CIGARETTE OF .THE MORNING LIGHTED ANOTHER.

"HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO ANALYZE YOURSELF?" SHE ASKE%

"IT'S VERY HARD TODO4 I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT. TRY TO

FORGET, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT IS LIKE A NIGHTYARE,

I HAVE NIGIITARES."

THE FORMER MRS.= HARVEY OSWALD WAS SPEAKING OF THE

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TWO YEARS AGO, SEATED

AT THE SINING TABLE IN HER MODERN BRICK HOlf: IN NORTHEAST DALLAS,

SHE FUSSED WITH HER BLONDE HAIR AND DRANK COFFEE.

AT FIRST• RELUCTANT TO ADMIT. A REPORTER-- "I AM •NO.LONGER NEWS,"

SHE SAID AT . THE DOOR-SHE LATER RELAXED AND TALKED EASILY,

WITH A DEFINITE RUSSIAN ACCENT, AN ATTRACTIVE, SLENDER WO 'AN

OF MEDIUM HEIGHT SHE HAS ARRESTING BLUE EYES, OF.ANINTENSE

TURQUOISE SHADE. DENIED CIGARETTES 'EY OSWALD DURING THEIR MARRIAGE,

SNE IS A'CHAIN- SMOKER.

NOW THE WIFE: OF AN ELECTRONICS TECH:=C PORTER,

•SHE IS ONE OF SEVERAL TEXANS WHOSE LI VES WRENCHED APART WHEN

.0SWALD KILLED . THE PRESIDENT IN DALLAS ON NOV. 229 1963

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ABPUT FIVE MILES AWAY JACK R r, THE AN CONDE:.:NED TO DEATH

FOR KILLING OSWALD, WAITS IN HIS JAIL CELL IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS FOR

EXONERATION

IN FORT WORTH, ,.30 MILES AWAY BY TURNPIKE MRS, MARGUERITE

OSWALD, GRAY-HAIRED MOTHER OF THE ASSASSIN, CON YING TO

CLEAR OSWALDtS

A RECENT PILGRInCE. TOOK HER TO DALLAS TO P:OTOC-RAPil 4 WAXEN

.IAGE OF 3-:21:: SLAIN SON.

ACROSS TEE TRINITY RIVER, THE SECTION OF DALLAS.KNowN.AS OAK

CLIFF,, mRS. IE TIP. I QUIET WIDOW CF THE POLICE7:AN SHOT BY

OSWALD, STRIVES TO GIVE HER CHILDREN A NORAL LIFE WITHOUT USING.

THE WEALTH SHOWERED. UPON HER BY'A S'ETATHETIC NATION,

IN AUSTIN, IN CENTRAL TEXAS-I GOV. •HN CONNAL Y,: LONG

SINCE'RECOVERED FROM THE PHYSICAL WOUNDS 'FFERED DURING THE

ASSASSINATION BUT PLAGUED BY 7AEJORIES, PREPARES TO CAXPAIGN

FORA 'NUR

INA OSWALD PORTER'S HOUSE IS IN THE $20,000 RANGE, CLEAN AND

, SHE SPOKE WITH DISARLING CANDOR.: WHEN TOLD HER

DAUGHTER, iiACHEL, a WAS Alovay LITTLE GIRL, HARINA "NO, SEE IS NOT LUELY, IT IS SOMETHING ONE MST SAY TO A yOTHER

I SUPPOSE, PRETTY mAy2E/ UT SHE IS NOT A LOVELY GIRL,"

SHE DISPLAYED A 51Ec= xAGAzIN:

•

ARTICLE WHICH, INTERPRETING THE

WARREN REPORT, SAID ThI RU7SIAN-,23nN :.:ARINA APPEARED SliALLow,

ADAPTABLE, MATERIALISTIC AND SELF-CE::TELEI.

sIT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH, I GUESS," SHE SAIL CASUALLY.

ME ANGRY AT FIRST—ADOUT 10 SECONDS—BUT WHEN I COOLED

OFF I DECIDED HE,(TEZ AUTI:OR) HAS ANALYZED AS :EST HZ COULD,

AND HE LID A GOOD -JOE, I THINK, HE wLS NOT AGAINST NOR WAS

HE FOR ED. I THINK EE CAME PRETTY CLOSE , LET I 1.,d; NOT

MATERIALISTIC."

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-'HER LIFE HAS NOT BEEN SERENE LATELY. TWO MONTHS AFTER HER

JUNE MARRIAGE TO KENNETH JESS PORTER, AN EMPLOYEE OF TEXAS

INSTRUMENTS INC,, SHE CHARGED IN A PEACE BOND AFFIDAVIT THAT PORTER

SLAPPED HER, FRIGHTENED HER WITH A GUN AND THREATENED TO KILL

HIMSELF, PORTER SAID HE SLAPPED HIS WIFE DECAUSE SHE BECAmE

HySTERICAL, HE TOOK THE GUN TO KEEP IT AWAY FRON HER, H SAID,

'BECAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE S.:E'S BEEN THROUGH, I THOUGHT SHE

NIGHT TRY TO KILL HESELF,' ME ExPLAI=„

PORTER SPENT SEVERAL HOURS JAIL BEFORE THE PEACE BOND wAS

uslassED„ THEN . THE._coUpLE LEFT COURTROOM TOGETHal AND THE

MARITALDISCORD 'DI MIN SHED

IveI Am NoTA•tONSIDERATE pERSON, WHICH IS NOT GOOD," NA IAA

SAID IN THE INTERVIEw, wI SONETI:ES SAY THINGS WITHOUT

THINKING, WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO START

NEW LIFE, JUST START ALL OVER AND FORGET, you UNDERSTAND ,E?"

hRINA AND HER MOTH R--IN-LAW HAVE NOT, f.E]; EACH OTHER SIJCE-

NOV. 2S, 1963. "TELL MARGUERITE HELLO," irARINA SAID ICILY WHEN

THE NAVE'TAS. IENTIONED. "I HEAR SI:E INTENDS TO CO TO RUSSIA.

WELL' THEY'LL NEVER LET .H GO.*

A FEW DAYS EARLTER, UERITE OS LD, A PLUiT GRANDNOTEERLY

LADY OF 5:3, HAD CHATTERE LEDLY AS SHE'DROVE TO DALLAS FRO1:1

FORT WORTH-TO SEE HER SON'S IMAGE AT THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL

WAX MUSEUM.

"I MUST KNOW ; EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW OF THE , ASSASSINATION,*

SHE-SAID AS SHE ARRZVED AT , :;UnI2M. *IT IS SO:IETHING I FUST D3.11

DELIGHTED BY: A SMALL ELT A T =IV: AUDIENCE, SHE :AEI HER WAY

THROGH THE SEI-DARKENED\BUILDING TOWARD THE EERIE WAXEN

IMAGE OF HER. SON.

SHE PAUSED TO PHOTOGRAPH .PIRATE JEAN LAFITTE, *SINCE L'X

FROM :NEW ORLEANS.* NEXT CAWAE.A SHOT OF THE APACHE CHIEFI 'GERONL:,10,

"BECAUSE MY BOYS SAID iGERONIMO! WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.*

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AND ON TO THE DISCO:I:OF:TING SIGHT OF OSWALD, POISED WITH

RIFLE IN H'AND.

"THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HIM TOO :;12CE," SHE TOLD tHE MUSEI

DIRECTORS *I RNOW YOU TRIED TO BE'AS AUTHE:;TIC AS POSSIBLE,

BUT...THE HAIRLINE IS NOT SO PERFECT.

"'THEY CAUGHT HIS MOUTH REAL WELL. I THINK IT WAS SAID THAT RUEY

KILLED HIM BECAUSE OF THE SNEER ON HIS FACE. THE POLICE SAID HE

ACTED ARROGANT I .THAT HE SNEERED. BUT THIS'WAS NOT HIS WAY.

THIS IS .HIS NORMAL MOUTH. THEY HAVE CAUGHT HIS MOUTH COY_PLETELY."

THE MOTHER TURNED FROM THE IMAGE OF HER SON TO LECTURE A CLUSTER

OF PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY ABOUT, THE *CONTRADICTIONS IN THE

WARREN REPORT."

SPEAKING TO - A:::7'ORTER, SHE SAID: "YOU CAN QUOTE :.!E ALSO AS

SAYING THIS CASE BE REOPENED. - ITMAY TAKE FIVE YEARS,

BO T THIS CASE WILL BE REOPENED. IF LEE KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY,

I'M VERY:SORR1% BUT 1)DIDN'T TEACH HIM TO KILL.

"I WANT HISTORY TO niOW THE FACTS. IF HE KILLED THE PRESIDENT,

LEE .WOULDSAY: 'SURE, I KILLED THE PRESIDENT,' HE .NEVER TOLD A

LIE. IF HE KILLED THE PRESIDENT, HE WOULD HAVE ADMITTED IT.

HE WAS TOO PROUD.*

T.17:: HAS NOT -SLACKENED HER PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE

ASSASSINATION. SITE .SPENDS MOST OF HER TI:-1E IN HER NEW, BRICK HOME

IN FORT WORTH, READING AND TALKING ABOUT THE TRIPLE SLAYING.

HER INCOME APPARENTLY COLES FROM HER LECTURES AND WRITING EFFORTS,

THE SALE. OF HER SON'S LETTERS PROVIDED THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR

THE NEW HOUSE,

MRS, OSWALD PERIODICALLY VISITS HER SOPS GRAVE IN FORT WORTH'S

ROSE HILL CENETERY, AND TRAVELSYN DALLAS TO'"INTERVI 11 WITNESSES,"

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ACK R DISAGREES WITH THOSE WHO WOULD LABEL HIM A MENTAL CASE.

I.LooK INSANE?" HE ASKED REPORTERS AT ONE OF HIS RECENT

COURTROON APPEARANCES, "IF I'm A PERSON WHO SOUNDS INSANE AT

THIS MOMENT, THEN THE WHOLE WORLD IS CRAZY."

iHTWICE IN THE'LAST YEAR RUBY OVERRULED HIS LAWYERS AND AROSE

IN _COURT TO TALK OF THE ASSASSINATION AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS,

"IT WAS THE GOODNESS IN AND THE LOVE FOR OUR GREAT PRESIDENT

THAT PUT ME IM I A POSITION TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE,,," HE SAID

ONCE BEFORE EIS VOICE TRAILED OFF, •

ON ANOTHER OCCASION HE BLURTED; "DON'T ASX WHAT TOOK PLACE

IN MY MIND, I DON'T KNOW."

- H LATER WAILED; "I AM THE GREATEST SCAPEGOAT IN tn. HISTORY OF THIS WORLD.

'FORMER OPERATOR OF A STRIP TEASE CLUB IN DALLAS, RUBY HAS BEEN

UNDER A DEATH 'SENTENCE SINCE MARCH 142 .1964.. THE VERDICT WAS

APPEALED BUT NUMEROUS LEGAL ACTIONS-HAVE DELAYED A RULING BY THE

TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS,

JUST THIS MONTHS DIST, ATTY. HENRY WADE, WHO PROSECUTED RUBY,

PROPOSED. THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE BE REDUCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

RUDY'S'CELL IS JUST A STONE'S THROW FRO THE ASSASSINATION 5ITE,

THE TWO YEARS THE HAS SPENT THERE APPARENTLY HAVE NOT CAUSED MUCH

PHYSICAL DETERIORATION,

"HE PLAYS - DOMINOES, HE PLAYS CHECKERS, HE PLAYS CARDS AND HE

HAs-puzzLEs AND OTHER DIVERSIONS," SHERIFF BILL DECKER SAID

RECENTLY, "EIS WEIGHT IS NORMAL AND HIS APPETITE IS GOOD.

HE HASN'T HAD'AN ASPIRIN TABLET IN THE LAST YEAR, . HE'S TEE PICTURE

OF PERFECT HEALTH."

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MORE IMPORTANTLY, PERHAPS, ncicia SAID RUBY HAS NOT COEPLAINED

LATELY OF HEARING VO/CES, OR THE SCREAMS OF PERSECUTED JEWS AS

HE ONCE DID, AND HE HAS MADE. NO ATTEMPTS TO HARM HI SELF SINCE

:THREE CRUDE SUICIDE EFFORTS FAILED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO,

THE WIDOW AND CHILDREN' TIPPIT REMAIN IN THE FAMILIAR

• SURROUNDINGS WHERE THEY LIVED MODESTLY BUT COMFORTABLY PRIOR TO

NOV. 222 1963,

TIPPIT'WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHEN HE STOPPED OSWALD ON A DALLAS

STREET SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION,

DONATIONS POURED IN FOR THE TIPPIT FAMILY. EVEN NOW TWO YEARS

LATER, A 'SPRINKLING OF LETTERS. AND AN OCCASIONAL DOLLAR STILL

ARRIVE AT THE HOUSE..

INSTANT AND SUBSTANTIAL. WEALTH NEARLY $650, 000--APPARENTLY

HAS HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON ZARIE TIPPIT, SONS CURTIS, 6, AND ALLEN,

15, AND DAUGHTER, BRENDA, 9. THE ONLY TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF WEALTH

IS A NEW CAR. AND A COLOR TELEVISION SET.

"I WANTED THE CHILDREN TO GROW UP JUST LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE

IF j4D. WERE STILL _WITH US," EXPLAINED MRS. TIPPIT, A RESERVED

AND SOFT-SPOKEN WOMAN. "I WANTED THEM TO LEARN TO EARN THEIR' WAY

IN THE WORLD JUST TEE WAY. THEIR FATHER HAD TO DO. I'M NOT GOING

TO SPOIL THEM WITH UNNECESSARY LUXURIES THAT THEY WOULDN'T

HAVE HAD OTHERWISE.

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"THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT J. 4 AND I IVVH TURD

1121'

IS THE HOUSE THAT J.D. AND I PICKED FOR OUR .FAMILY

. AND 'SSE WERE HAPPY HERE, AND. WE PLAN TO STAY HERE. WE VADE A LOT

OF PLANS. I HAVE TRIED TO CARRY OUT SOME OF THEM, MANY OF THEM

I HAVEN'T." THE SLIM' BRUNETTE WIDOW .TAKES AN ACTIVE PART IN

PTA AND "CHURCH WORK. SHE TRIES TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM LINKING

HER FAMILY TO THE ASSASSINATION. "PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE

ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HELP BUT WANT. TO GO ON . LIVING• OUR LIFE AND

.TO. BE LEFT. OUT OF ALL THE PUBLICITL"

THERE•IS NO EVIDENCE TODAY. THAT "TWOYEARS AGO AN ASSASSIN'S

BULLET RIPPED THROUGH THE BODY OF JOHN CONNALLY, LEAVING THE TEXAS

-GOVERNOR NEAR DEATH ON A HORRIFYING AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER.

CONNALLY WON RE-ELECTION EASILY LAST YEAR, AND WILL SEEK ANOTHER

TEEM IN 1966. SPEAKING TO NEWSMEN ABOUT. THE ASSASSINATION,

.CONNALLY'.SAID: "IT IS STILL SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT QUITE OFTEN.

UNCONSCIOUSLY, THERE ARE TOO MANY PLACES, TOO MANY THINGS, TOO

MANY INCIDENTS THAT CONSTANTLY .REMIND-NE OF IT."

HIS WIFE SAID SHE STILL FLINCHES AT SUDDEN NOISES.

• "AFTER IT HAD BEEN A YEAR," SAID NELLIE CONNALLY, "WE SORT OF PUT

IT IN THE BACK OF OUR .HEADS AND STORED IT WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU

NEVER FORGET BUT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BELABOR,"

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