21-09-2013, 10:40 AM
Ruth Paine's September 13, 2013, appearance was sponsored by the Sonoma (California) Valley
Historical Society and took place at the Sonoma Valley
Woman's Club, in a small meeting house. About 100 people attended, including
Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin. I asked Hill what brought
him there, and he said he wanted to hear what Mrs. Paine
had to say. He was not introduced to the crowd. Mrs. Paine gave a talk
entitled "The JFK Assassination: My Window on the Oswalds" and responded
to questions that the organizers required to be put to her in
writing.
A C-SPAN videographer was there recording the fifty-four-minute event. Asked when
the event will be on the network, she said, "They never
tell us these things." CBS, NBC, and ABC wanted to cover
it as well but were denied, one of the organizers told me. Mrs. Paine's talk covered territory
that will be familiar to those who have read her lengthy
Warren Commission testimony and Thomas Mallon's book MRS. PAINE'S GARAGE:
AND THE MURDER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY (copies of which she signed
afterward), but some of the nuances of her answers to questions will be of interest
to scholars when the event is played on C-SPAN.
Historical Society and took place at the Sonoma Valley
Woman's Club, in a small meeting house. About 100 people attended, including
Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin. I asked Hill what brought
him there, and he said he wanted to hear what Mrs. Paine
had to say. He was not introduced to the crowd. Mrs. Paine gave a talk
entitled "The JFK Assassination: My Window on the Oswalds" and responded
to questions that the organizers required to be put to her in
writing.
A C-SPAN videographer was there recording the fifty-four-minute event. Asked when
the event will be on the network, she said, "They never
tell us these things." CBS, NBC, and ABC wanted to cover
it as well but were denied, one of the organizers told me. Mrs. Paine's talk covered territory
that will be familiar to those who have read her lengthy
Warren Commission testimony and Thomas Mallon's book MRS. PAINE'S GARAGE:
AND THE MURDER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY (copies of which she signed
afterward), but some of the nuances of her answers to questions will be of interest
to scholars when the event is played on C-SPAN.