As a young teen I lived in Abilene, Texas, in the early 60's. Around 1962-63 a young Russian woman with a baby girl moved into an inexpensive upstairs duplex apartment down the street from me. Each day this beautiful woman with dark hair and heavy Russian accent strolled down our out-of-the-way street, pushing her baby in a large, dark baby carriage. My girlfriend and I would walk with her often and enjoyed her company.
Due to her difficulty in speaking English very well, and because she seemed to be a very private person, we didn't plague her with too many questions about herself. I remember she said she was from Russia, and that she was selling magazines to help make a living. She also said her husband would be sending for her soon.
As she pushed the baby carriage, she always kept her head bent down looking at her baby, and seldom looked up or around. I don't remember what the woman called herself, but when we asked about the baby, she said she called her something that sounded to me like Lil Bee-Aye-Sha. She said that meant Little Bear in Russian, saying the bear was a symbol of her native country.
She lived there a very short time and moved out during the night. The next day we checked her apartment, and it was empty. I would like to ask Marina Oswald if she ever lived in Abilene, Texas, even if for a very brief time. Or was this just a strange coincidence.
