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...Marina Oswald calmed the child, returned to the conversation. She was convinced that her husband had killed President John Kennedy...
...Witness. There was good cause for her weariness. For the past four days, Marina had testified before the special commission, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, that is conducting a long, painstaking investigation into the Kennedy assassination. For the most part, she merely substantiated the mass of evidence already compiled by the FBI (in five volumes of reports), the Secret Service, and a dozen investigative lawyers hired by the commission itself. That evidence-ranging from fingerprints to ballistics tests-is as conclusive as any confession, and there is no lingering doubt about what the commission's main findings will...
During one exchange, Rankin asked Marina if she had known at one time that Lee had "gone to live" with a certain woman. Marina frowned. "How do you mean, live with this woman?" she asked coldly. Rankin put in quickly: "As a tenant." That was different. "No," said Marina...
...last day was the most difficult. The commission asked Marina to identify some 145 exhibits, most of them Oswald's personal possessions. There were his letters and notebooks, the mailorder rifle he had bought. She identified them all, including the bloodstained clothes he was wearing when he was shot. From time to time Marina wept, but she quickly regained her composure. And at last it was over...
...Mother. Marina Oswald was the first witness to appear before the Warren Commission. But as the commission continues to delve deeply into the secret life of Lee Harvey Oswald, she may not necessarily be the most important. For there is evidence that the dominating figure in that life was his mother. This week, at her own request, Marguerite Claverie Pic Oswald Ekdahl, 56, a practical nurse, is scheduled to appear before the commission along with her lawyer, Mark Lane, a New Yorker with an unquenchable passion for the defense of underdogs and liberal causes...