A: I don't have a comment on it as far as its conclusions because I haven't read them, but I did start the book. I see Lee. My biggest concern was that people at the office had my home address and phone number and I didn't want it leaked to The National Enquirer I have two small children, I'm divorced, I didn't want people to harass the kids. I know some people can remember vividly like it was yesterday, but I don't do that - even about yesterday. You try to be nice because you don't want to make somebody upset who's going to seek you out if they're kooky enough to do that stuff anyway. We lived in poor housing or were taken in by others. "Having seen Marguerite Oswald's son murdered before my eyes, I dreaded intruding upon his mother's grief," Huffaker wrote. We always had this really bad connection, and when you'd pick up the phone you'd hear that other click. When the Session convened within a week of Oswalds arrival, half its members upset and embarrassed about being left in the dark were angry to the point of wanting to reprimand the church leadership. Despite his involvement with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and other communist - sympathizing groups, Baker insisted Oswald had always remained loyal to theUnited States. She kept herself together for us. She is convinced that her phones are tapped by the Secret Service and the Secret Service wants to kill her. Almost immediately, she began receiving offers of help money, clothing, food, housing from around the country. Anyway, the only person I knew up there was Priscilla Johnson McMillan, who wrote my mother's book. For all I know it's still tapped. And I realize that I'm kind of cold about it, so how do I tell them? I try to hold that in the back of my head. According to the story, Rachel was a miserable, lonely child - her dogs had been And she recalls her childhood as a "pretty happy" time, thanks in large part to her stepfather. I found this on page 182 of the forum, well worth a read. This struck a chord with someone in the congregation who believed the church could help Lee Harvey Oswalds widow through education, assimilation and the English Language Institute. And there have been public hearings there and in Dallas and Boston. A: Yes, I'm also very excited about that. Later, she married Kenneth Jess Porter in 1965. Do I need to be more compassionate' about it? Marina Nikolayevna Oswald had two daughters, a 21-month-old toddler and an infant born just five weeks before the assassination. Judyth Vary Baker, the lover of Lee Harvey Oswald, gave her perspective on the medias treatment of Oswald since his death to a group of professors and community members at Loyola University on Saturday in New Orleans. The Loyola symposium was her first public appearance in 10 years after living in Europe, claiming she moves every 90 days. I do remember that our phones were tapped. Q: When were you actually told about your father and the assassination? Oh great!". They first met last April in Washington. Very interesting. The assassination has also been a constant in the life of June Oswald Porter, the 33-year-old daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. I didn't break down and cry or anything. Q: Give me an example of what you'd consider harassment, A: When I was pregnant with my first, some lady got my phone number and called in the middle of the night. Oswald was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1939 to Robert Edward Lee Oswald, Sr. (18961939) and Marguerite Frances Claverie (19071981). Robert Oswald died of a heart attack two months before Lee was born. Wish there were more, by the family of Lee. (June has requested that her married name, which she still uses in business, not be printed. Why have you started to speak out? The next memory I actually have is in second grade. She was 23, neatly dressed in a skirt, sweater and winter coat, and looking like a graduate student with books tucked under her arm. She however remarried two years after Oswalds murder. So I called my staff in, a group of 10 or so, and I said: "Yes, that is me in the article. ", John Pic, Lees half-brother, took a particularly cynical view toward his mother's behavior after the assassination. In 1963, after the assassination of President Kennedy, Oswald was arrested. The other thing is, you just worry genealogically. She got all caught up, because she wants so badly to have this identification with her father. daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald spoke on her feeling. Ann Arbor police and campus officials vehemently denied the reports; Oswald herself told them she had not been assaulted in any way, physically or verbally. Judyth Vary Baker, the lover of Lee Harvey Oswald, gave her perspective on the medias It was hilarious. For me, that is a dark forest, a heap of papers.. We were studying the Presidents. He had been covering activities at the Dallas Police Department Building for KRLD and CBS News, standing no more than 11 feet from Oswald when he heard Jack Ruby's .38 revolver and saw Oswald fall. Flash forward to June 1962, and Oswald was back in the States, this time with a Soviet wife and newborn daughter. After a quick, makeshift service, Marguerite barely missed a beat before stepping up to a television camera: "Lee Harvey Oswald, my son, even after his death, has done more for his country than any other living human being.". Saunders, who came as an observer, was asked by Marguerite to officiate. By the end of the year, however, she was ready to travel from Texas to become a student. He shared what it was like for First Presbyterian to have been in the spotlight helping Oswald and of the letters that arrived on his desk. And I'll tell you why: It could come up at any minute. She sat us down, with my stepbrother, and started to explain who our father was -- that it wasn't Kenneth -- and who Lee was and what he had done. He tried to after the arrest but everybody discounted it. My father is Kenneth Porter, the man I grew up with, the man who was there for my mother and Rachel and me. Q: Do you worry about telling your children as they grow up? Mom was always overprotective of us. Marina and the 2 girls moved forward as Marina re- married and both girls grew up. They were born in 1960 and 1962one was named June Oswald. And I realize that I'm kind of cold about it, so how do I tell them? She didn't feel like Kenneth was her dad. Without any sources, national news outlets began reporting that two women students allegedly attacked Oswald in a campus building. She didn't want to listen to anyone. Somehow those boxes came down and she was reading, and I guess she felt it was time to tell us. Oswald's girlfriend offers variation on JFK assassination. Thanks for this. See, this is the difference. The strongest reaction to Oswalds enrollment came from the people who were sponsoring her visit: the 2,300-member congregation of First Presbyterian Church. Rachel loved listening to that. (June has requested that her married name, which she still uses in business, not be printed), Despite privacy concerns, she's pushing for the release of all records pertaining to the assassination. In addition to attending classes, Oswald made several trips to Detroit, including to a Detroit Pistons game. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. And she said: "I'm so-and-so, and I just want you to know that I've written a song about you -- and your child. Are they going to take after some ancestor we don't even know? If you are willing to consider me to become your companion, I shall give you my best to make you happy and pull you out of the morass of bitterness, came an offer from Bangalore. A good person. She mentioned that newspapers have never covered her story. Outside of class, students visited museums, zoos and sporting events while practicing their English. I felt they manipulated her and made her look foolish. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Robert Edward Lee Oswald and Marguerite I said I appreciate it, but I really don't get involved in that. Nice to see you over here. If she were in contact with my children nowI do not want her to cripple them.". Your email address will not be published. Her combative attitude never wavered. I read this intvu again and if there are two people I'd love to talk to, it's Rachel and June. Her grave was next to her son Lee. There's always been this little group that's followed us -- Mom, Rachel and me -- and calls us and is fascinated by anything surrounding us. "We have to get the Government to move before it's too late.". Porter still lives with her second husband Kenneth, however in private, and is afraid to go out in public. She also said she watched Oswalds shooting by Jack Ruby two days later. She implored the audience to question accepted knowledge about the assassination. I know some people can remember vividly like it was yesterday, but I don't do that -- even about yesterday. WebAudrey Marina Rachel. (1963 - 2013) Photos: 50. Judith Baker, author of "Me and Lee - How I came to know, love, and lose Lee Harvey Oswald," presents an article at a symposium on Sat. The first car was The National Enquirer. I do remember that our phones were tapped. We always used my stepfather's name, Porter, growing up, even though we were never legally adopted. When my mother came on and this interview went so badly, I decided I really wanted to rebut. I'm a strong woman, but I don't know if I could've kept myself together. Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald is the second daughter of Porter and her first husband Lee Harvey Oswald. The first chapter opens with my family, and he goes way back to my great-grandmother in Russia. Just out of the blue. Q: Over the years, you've kept a pretty low profile. It also gives us information that helps explain Marina Oswalds comments about the assassination. I think she is a phony in the whole deal. John F. Kennedy, on November 24, 1963, as Oswald was being transferred to a county jail. Just in recent years; but yes. Is David Lifton still working on a book about Lee? Two days later, as authorities transferred him to a different jail, Oswald was gunned down by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. By the early 60s it was enrolling hundreds of students a year for intensive courses in vocabulary, composition, and grammar. It was one of many strange, discordant reactions that led many to question her sanity in the days and years aheadand to find the likely source of many of her sons problems. She remains protective of her privacy, distancing herself and her sons, ages 6 and 3, from the overall clique of assassination cultists who have dogged the Oswald women - Marina, now 53, June, and Rachel, 31 - ever since the events of Nov. 22, 1963. She is very grateful to the Institute and to the Church.. My boyfriend would sneak down to Priscilla's basement and read all her old files. Oct. 19, 2013 at Loyola University in New Orleans. I don't think it's relevant to anything we do here and I appreciate you keeping it to yourself. A: The last two years have been very stressful, because she started doing things that she hasn't let us know about, then all of a sudden I hear about it or see it on TV. Well, that's what Rachel wants to believe. Just get out. He sold an article for an astronomical amount back then - I think it was $25,000. So I ended up supporting him. Advertising Notice She no longer had reason to doubt her grandiose visions, her place in history. A: Mom kept us together. I move all the way up there, and his parents wouldn't even let us stay in his house because I was the daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. We stayed with her for the summer. We regard Mrs. Oswald as a typical institute student, said ELI Director John C. Catford when her enrollment was announced. Lee Harvey Oswald also was accused of killing Dallas police officer J.D. She described Michiganders as like the weather crisp and cool. 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