Complex sentence: In late September 1962, Paine and his wife Ruth separated, Ruth asked him to have his personal belongings moved out of the house by the time she got back home from traveling around the United States that summer.
Split into simpler sentences: In late September 1962, Paine and his wife Ruth were separated. It was Ruth who had asked him to have his personal belongings moved out of the house by the time she got back home from traveling around the United States that summer.