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Trio of women linked to Ford assassination attempt shock nation
In Northern California in September three women Patty Hearst Lynette Fromme and Sara Moore faced headlines as authorities pursued federal and state charges. Hearst captured after a dramatic 19 month flight, Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford with a loaded gun but it failed to fire, Moore fired a shot but missed. Their cases spotlight radical politics and the era’s counter culture.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patty Hearst
Lynette
Fromme
Sara Jane Moore
California
Miss Hearst
Miss Fromme
Miss Moore
Ford
Berkeley
Calif
FBI
William Randolph Hearst
Tania
Hearst
Charles Manson
President Ford
Sacramento
Sara Jean Moore
St. Francis Hotel
Ellen Hume
Los Angeles Times
Bay Area
Wilbur
Popeye
Jackson
United Prisoners Union
Jack O'Shea
Secret Service
Danville
Rita James Simon
Sara Moore
Simon
University of Illinois, Urbana
National Institute of Mental Health
Leon Czolgosz
William McKinley
Charles Guiteau
James Garfield
Manson
Washington
Buffalo
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
Milwaukee
John Schrank
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Fdr
Miami
Fla
Oscar Collazo
Griselio Torresola
Blair House
Harry Truman
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John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Tex
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Jack Ruby
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Los Angeles
George Wallace
Arthur Bremer
Maryland
Lynette Fromme
California Capitol