Ford’s open campaign style tested after Seattle and Sacramento
President Gerald Ford greeted a cheering crowd at Boeing Field Seattle then California crowds in Sacramento. A brief gun incident involving Lynette Fromme halted his advance, prompting White House aides to weigh a restrained return to mass contact while maintaining campaign momentum.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Gerald Ford
Secret Service
Boeing Field
Seattle
Sacramento
Ford
McClellan Air Force Base
White House
Lynette Alice Fromme
California
Miss Fromme
Redhaired
Southern California
Charles Manson
Larry Buendorf
Quiet Miss Fromme Acquaintances Recall Her Life
Sacramento witnesses describe Lynette Fromme as quiet and tough while others connected to Charles Manson recall her as involved in world concerns and rumors of a pistol. Neighbors saw a restrained existence near the Ford incident as housemates were questioned and released.
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Miss Fromme
Ford
Miss Good
Lynette
Winifred Elkins
George White
Fremont Park
State Capitol Park
Two face conspiracy charges in Ford assassination plot
Two men arrested on burglary charges in Santa Barbara were later charged in Los Angeles with conspiracy to kill President Ford. Gary DeLar and Preston Mayo, both 20s to 30s, allegedly planned to assassinate Ford in Sacramento after robbing a Pepperdine Motor Inn room. They claimed ties to Patty Hearst and an earlier Tennessee killing.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Ford
Sacramento
Secret Service
Gary Steven DeLar
Montana State Hospital
Preston Michael Mayo
U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Pepperdine Motor Inn
Patty Hearst
Tennessee
Fromme roommate says she didn't plan to 'do' President Ford
Sandra Good, 31, a fellow Manson follower and Fromme roommate, says Fromme did not intend to kill President Ford and was simply in the wrong place. Good describes the group’s aims and notes Fromme’s ties to Charles Manson while recounting the events leading up to the Sacramento incident.
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Robert B. Gunnison
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Sandra Good
Charles Manson
Fromme
Miss Good
Manson
Miss Fromme
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