Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. VINSON. No; I hadn't. Well, excuse me, yes, I have, too, on the
telephone. I talked to Mrs. Livingston who is mentioned in this story.
Some people from Life contacted me that saw the story I had in the Star
Telegram, and asked me to help try to locate some of the people in Fort
Worth for their story, and I made a few phone calls for them, and I did
talk to Mrs. Livingston. But what I talked to her about was not about
Oswald himself, but rather we were trying to locate a class picture,
and we didn't talk about his personality or anything. It was just who
had a picture that Life could borrow.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you find one?
Mr. VINSON. Yes. Don Jackson, the author of the story came down, and
at that time she said she didn't know of any. However, Jackson came
down and went and talked to her and he turned up with these two down at
the bottom of the page. One which shows him on the playground, and the
other which shows Mrs. Livingston with a dog that Oswald had given her.
Mr. LIEBELER. You are referring to pages 68-B and 69, of the Life
Magazine which we mentioned above?
Mr. VINSON. Right.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you recognize the scene in this picture on page 68-B?
Mr. VINSON. No; because that was not when I was in the second grade, or
in the same school with him. I believe that was in the fourth grade.
Maybe the third.
Mr. LIEBELER. The scene is not familiar to you and does not appear to
be near the Lily B. Clayton School?
Mr. VINSON. No; it doesn't.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you talk to Jackson personally in connection with
this article?
Mr. VINSON. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. You told him essentially what you have told us and what
he has reported to you as having said on page 68-B? In the article, is
that correct?
Mr. VINSON. Yes. Excuse me, could you ask me that again I am not sure I
understand.
Mr. LIEBELER. You told him essentially what you have told us and what
he has reported you as having said on page 68-B, in the article, is
that correct?
Mr. VINSON. What he reported to me as having said is taken from the
story that I wrote in the Star Telegram.
Mr. LIEBELER. You did not tell him this personally?
Mr. VINSON. I did tell him in effect in my own words, but rather
than use what I told him, I don't know why, for some reason he just
quoted from my story. He didn't attribute that statement to the story.
However, I noticed----
Mr. LIEBELER. But it is a direct quote of what you had said in your
story in the Fort Worth Star?
Mr. VINSON. I believe the story is slightly changed toward the end of
the paragraph. Let me look at it. Where it says according to our code,
I believe the wording was, "According to the code of us 7- and 8-year
olds being in Lee's gang was a high honor." I believe that is about the
only big change.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any other conversations with Jackson about
Oswald other than what we have discussed here about Oswald?
Mr. VINSON. Well, about what I knew of Oswald?
Mr. LIEBELER. Yes.
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