PRESIDENT FORD ESCAPES ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION UNHARMED
Sacramento, California (JFK+50) On September 5, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an assassination attempt here in Sacramento. The would-be assassin, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme*, a follower of Charles Manson, was disarmed by a Secret Service agent before she could fire one or more of the four bullets in the chamber of her pistol.
Dressed in a red robe, Miss Fromme was armed with a Colt M1911 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
She said, "I was not determined to kill the guy."
JFK+50 NOTE
Squeaky Fromme was later found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment but was paroled at the age of 60 and released on August 14, 2009.
*Lynette Alice Fromme was born in Santa Monica, California in 1948 * began using alcohol & drugs in high school. She met Charles Manson after being kicked out of the house by her father in 1967 & became the 2nd member of the Manson Family.
