Oswald’s Mid-November Driving Test Attempts
On Friday, November 8, Oswald rode with Frazier to the Paine home as usual. On Saturday, Mrs. Paine drove him to the Texas Drivers’ License Examining Station, which was closed for election day. He stayed at the Paine home through Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day), and received a second driving lesson from Mrs. Paine over the weekend. Oswald did not visit Irving the following weekend, as Marina had asked him not to come because Michael Paine (with whom he had a poor relationship) would be there for his daughter’s birthday, and she felt a 3-day prior visit had already strained Mrs. Paine’s hospitality. Oswald called Marina Saturday afternoon to say he had returned to the licensing station that morning but left due to a long line.
Oswald’s Late November Name Dispute and Final Irving Trip
On Sunday, November 17, at Marina’s request, Ruth Paine called Oswald at the Beckley Avenue number he had provided, and was told no one by that name lived at the address. The next day, Oswald called Marina; when she expressed distress over the missing name at the address, he became angry, stated he was using a fictitious name, and said she should not have called the Beckley number. He did not call the following day, an unusual break in contact. On the morning of Thursday, November 21, Oswald asked Frazier to drive him to Irving that evening, saying he needed to pick up curtain rods. His unannounced arrival surprised the household, as he usually requested permission to visit in advance; the women assumed he came to make amends for the prior argument over his fictitious name. He told Marina he was lonely after missing the prior weekend and wanted to make peace, played with his daughter on the lawn before dinner, and asked Marina to move to Dallas with him, which she refused. After supper, he watched television while the women cleaned and prepared their children for bed, and went to bed early at around 9 p.m.
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