Posted on 06/02/2018 8:20:44 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
This 1955 Chevrolet Station Wagon was recently uncovered after a 33 year+ storage here in Dallas, Texas. This is the wagon that was previously owned by Ms. Ruth Paine. The Paine's were fatefully attached to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy due to the fact that Marina Nikolayevna Oswald Porter, the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald at the time, was living with them in 1963 in Irving, Texas during the time of the JFK assassination. Lee Harvey was staying in an apartment building in Oak Cliff and would regularly visit his wife and the Paines.
Their marriage in shambles, Lee Harvey was trying to reconcile with Marina. Lee Harvey would travel to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1962-3, passing out his communist propaganda. As documented by testimony after the assassination by Ruth Paine, this '55 Chevrolet BelAir Wagon was used to travel to New Orleans and picked up Lee Harvey & his belongings, which included the rifle. Unbenounced to the Paines, Oswalds rifle was carefully wrapped in a brown and green blanket and placed in the back of this wagon. The Warren Commission (FBI) determined that the bundled blanket & rifle were stored in the Paine's garage leading up to the fateful day of November 22nd, 1963. It was purchased by a neighbor of Ruth Paine's and subsequently ended up with the son of said neighbor. There is a lot of information out there that ties Lee Harvey to this station wagon leading up to the assassination day I will try to detail.
Clifton M. Shasteen was the proprietor of Clifton's Barbershop at 1321 South Storey Rd. In Irving, Texas. He testified before the Warren Commission that Oswald had his hair cut several times at the shop and that he had personally cut Oswald's hair "three or four times." He had no doubt about this customer's identity and recalled a conversation they once had about a pair of unusual yellow shoes which Oswald was wearing. Shasteen said that Oswald told him he had got them "down in Old Mexico."
Shasteen's certainty about this man's identity is given great credence by the fact that he knew Ruth Paine by sight and had seen them together.
Midway through his testimony, Shasteen was asked by Assistant Counsel Albert E. Jenner, Jr. whether Oswald had ever driven an automobile up to the shop. Shasteen replied, "He drove that there 1955, I I think its a 1955, I'm sure its a 1955 Chevrolet Station Wagon, It's either blue and white or green and white, it's two-toned, I know that" This is little doubt that Shasteen was describing Ruth Paine's car, with Oswald driving it! This is a major revelation in the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald was not suppose to be able to drive. There are numerous witness accounts of Oswald driving. During her lengthy testimony before the Warren Commission, Ms. Paine was questioned by Assistant Counsel Albert E. Jenner, Jr. about that particular paragraph. He stated that "the Commission is very interested in the subject matter of Mr. Oswald, of Lee Oswald being about to drive a car."There exists solid evidence that Oswald was receiving driving instructions from Ruth Paine, presumably in Ruth's own car at the time, this 1955 light green Chevrolet Station Wagon, which was one of three vehicles owned by the Paines. A letter written by Ruth to her mother on Monday, October 14th, 1963, includes the following passage :
"If Lee can just find work it will help so much. Meantime, I started giving his driving lessons last Sunday. If he can drive this will open up more job possibilities and more locations."
After President Kennedy's assassination, the Paine's continued to use this wagon and it was repainted a light blue. Undoubtedly they wanted to distance themselves from Lee Harvey Oswald and his murderous act. At that time, it was known what an important piece of history that this wagon is. It was simply transportation for the Paine's until the late 1970s.
Sitting in a garage since the late 1970s, this wagon is still very solid. The exterior presents all original trim and the old repaint commission by the Paine's after the assassination. This wagon was originally two-tone green and white in color.
The original 265 2bbl. V8 engine is intact but not running. The factory generation charging system is intact along with the factory-equipped power brakes, windshield washer reservoir and Rochester carburetor. The firewall, inner fenders and core support sheetmetal is good and solid. The original color and trim identification plate is also intact as is the original VIN plate. Just think the very rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald to kill our beloved president Kennedy sat right here and traveled to Dallas, Texas, again, unbenounced to the Paines. Who would have known that something like that would happen. The old shag carpeting is disintegrating but this we decided to leave this wagon exactly as it was pulled from the garage after its lengthy storage.
Obviously, this photo has been retouched. Everybody knows Jack Ruby used a Strat.
George H. W. Bush probably says the same thing.
I stand corrected.
nice ......LOL.
Paine Family Connections to the CIA- Both Ruth & Michael Paine’s were tied to the CIA. Here are some facts:
According to a recently declassified CIA document, Ruth’s sister, Sylvia Hyde Hoke, was listed as an employee of the agency in the Falls Church, VA local directory in 1961. Ruth visited and stayed with her sister in September 1963. Ruth admits that her sister may have worked for “an outfit.”
Ruth’s father, William Avery Hyde, was an insurance executive who went to work for USAID (United States Agency for International Development), which was and is a well known cover for CIA personnel. Declassified documents show that Hyde had contacts with the CIA, which at least considered him for use in an operation in Vietnam.
Michael Paine’s mother, Ruth Forbes Paine was a friend of CIA director Allen Dulles’ mistress and fellow spy, Mary Bancroft. Michael’s mother invited Dulles and Bancroft to visit the Forbes private island (Naushon Island) near Martha’s Vineyard. The Paines were also frequent visitors to the island.
LIAR: Ruth Paine testified she brought Marina Oswald to live with her in order to learn the Russian language.
TRUTH: Ruth Paine was already fluent in Russian and had taught Russian in Dallas area schools.
Ruth Paine claimed that Oswald did not know how to drive.
TRUTH:
Marina Oswald, Robert Oswald and Ruth and Michael Paine all told the Warren Commission in no uncertain terms that Lee Harvey Oswald did not drive or have a driver’s license. But more than thirty witnesses said Oswald did drive, including former employees of the Texas Department of Public Safety License Records Department who saw, touched and handled Oswald’s driver’s license after he was killed.
The many examples of people who actually saw Oswald’s driver’s license or saw him driving a 1955 Chevrolet station wagon, a 1957 or 1958 two-tone blue Ford, a dark colored 1958 Ford, or a 1959 Cadillac. Oswald could not drive but he was seen driving on many occasions and had a Texas driver’s license. Wonder why members of the Warren Commission did not simply phone the Texas Dept of Public Safety and ask if a Texas driver’s license had been issued to LHO or if there was a vehicle registered in his name. Their failure to address problems like these is one reason the public lost faith in the Warren Commission 50 years ago.
Please, no...stop.
AAFES green sticker, drivers side front bumper ...... “Army and Air Force Exchange Service” ? Was anyone in Ruth Paines immediate family, retired or active duty, possess BX / Commissary privileges at local military installations ?
At the 1:56 minute mark in the you tube video ?
According to the Wikipedia:
Dr. Robert McClelland, who treated Oswald at Parkland Hospital, has said that while at Parkland, he noticed that [now 97-year-old Jim] Leavelle was waiting outside the hospital room and said that Leavelle told him that after Oswald was shot, he claimed to have "leaned over Oswald and said, 'Son, you're hurt real bad. Do you wanna say anything?' He looked at me for a second. He waited like he was thinking. Then he shook his head back and forth just as wide as he could. Then he closed his eyes."[11]
The part where Dorothy Kilgallen, after being the last person to interview Jack Ruby; was murdered, bothers me a bit more.
That Richard Nixon, Joan Crawford (you read that right) and George HW Bush were in Dallas that same day is also very strange, especially when Bush lied about it later, saying it was “another George Bush who worked for the CIA...”
I suppose the Pepsi execs whom Crawford and Nixon were working for that day did have a bone to pick with JFK for losing Cuba’s cheap sugar for them... but anyone who still believes the Oswald narrative has been asleep since November 1963.
Joan Crawford reportedly told JFK to be brave and leave off the bubble top of the car.
She was in Dallas that day with Dick Nixon.
That’s Oswald and the Patsies. A one-hit wonder.
Forgot to say that hardly anyone EVER discusses the fact that LBJ was riding in the car directly behind JFK, and he had the best view of the shooting.
It would be a real premium for a murderer to be able to watch his enemy’s head get blown off.
“You know who had to feel bad about the JFK assassination? That guy at the airport who upgraded them to a convertible.”—Ken Ober, quoted in a book about MTV
I just realized that that 2nd pic of the actual car that I posted is of a similar but different car than the first. Tires are old looking but different than the ones in the first pic. The 2nd pic appears to be the actual car. First one had whitewalls, 2nd didn’t.
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