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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 363« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine)

Mr. Jenner.
Go ahead.
Mrs. Paine.
I go on to December.
There are two notations, both written down in advance of this time, and both notes indicating when to go to a clinic, and neither of these appointments was kept.
There is a notation on the 3d of December, "Vine Clinic, Bay 12 noon." The Vine Street Clinic was a well baby clinic in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner.
What do you mean "well baby"?
Mrs. Paine.
That is a clinic where any mother can bring children for inoculations, or preventive health measures. I think I have already mentioned a previous notation about the Vine Clinic on November 5. I might have skipped that.
Mr. Jenner.
I think you did.
Mr. Paine.
There is an entry on November 5, "Vine Clinic 12 o'clock."
Mr. Jenner.
And that was to be a visit by Marina with her child?
Mr. Paine.
June.
Mr. Jenner.
June. Did that include Rachel as well?
Mrs. Paine.
Rachel only went along, and we were told that she should come in about four weeks.
Mr. Jenner.
That Marina should?
Mrs. Paine.
No, that is the baby.
Mr. Jenner.
The baby June?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, should be 6 weeks old or so before they give the first--no, that the baby Rachel should also come, but that she should be older before giving her the first inoculation.
Mr. Jenner.
Therefore, you made the entry as of December 5, to bring the baby for the first time to that clinic? Of course, that never took place.
Mrs. Paine.
I might point out that we were advised that we could change the registration of June and make registration for Rachel in Irving at a well baby clinic instead of in Dallas, but since the expectation was that Marina would be back in Dallas after the 1st of the year, we decided to maintain that clinic.
Mr. Jenner.
That is of interest to me, Mrs. Paine. There had been discussion between you and Marina in which there appeared to be an expectation on her part that she would have rejoined her husband by the 1st of the year?
Mrs. Paine.
I thought I had already made that clear, yes indeed, and this Just adds to that indication.
Mr. Jenner.
So that these are entries that physically are related to the current expectation then existing of her return to her husband, joining him in Dallas.
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
To live with him?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
There is also a notation on December 4, "Clinic 6 weeks".
Mr. Jenner.
Excuse me.
The first of those entries was made on November 5, is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
Just a minute.
No, October 29, "Dallas Junie" is the first Vine Street Clinic visit, followed 1 week later by a reading of her patch test, whatever the TB test was which registered a false, positive but we went to the TB children's clinic to be certain that it was a false positive, and she was cleared of any suspicion of TB on the 21st of November.
Mr. Jenner.
What I was getting at is that when you made the entry on November 5, 1963----
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And I would gather substantially contemporaneously with that an entry on December 5, 1963----
Mrs. Paine.
December 3.
Mr. Jenner.
December 3, 1963, that there was consciously in the minds of both you and Marina as of November 5 that she would be rejoining her husband by the first of the year.
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct. I can give a little more detail on this.
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