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Lynette gets all the press while poor ole' Sarah Jane Moore slips silently into oblivion...

'Squeaky' Fromme; Sarah Jane Moore; 34 Years Later

September 1975. Seems like only yesterday, but its been nearly 34 years in fact since a series of bizarre, potentially tragic events rocked Northern California, Sacramento and San Francisco.

On Sept. 5th of that year in Sacramento, just outside the park near the state capitol, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, armed with a .45 Colt semi-automatic pistol, pointed the gun at President Gerald Ford.

The pistol's magazine was loaded with four rounds, but none were in the firing chamber. She was immediately restrained by Secret Service agents, all the while yelling "the gun did not go off."

Fromme, now 60, a Manson family leader, served 34 years in state prison and is scheduled to be released on parole, August 16.

Just seventeen days later in SF, outside the St. Francis hotel, Sarah Jane Moore fired a shot from a .34 caliber pistol at President Ford. The bullet missed the President because a bystander, Oliver Sipple, grabbed Moore's arm and then pulled her to the ground, using his hand to keep the pistol from firing a second time.

Moore, 77, served 32 years in prison, and in 2007, was released on parole.

Lost in those two singular events was the capture of Patty Hearst, who was arrested in a SF home on Sept. 20, 1975, along with SLA members, Bill and Emily Harris.