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Article: Manson follower who attempted to kill Ford in '75 gains freedom ; Fromme served time for attack and '87 escape
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2009
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FORT WORTH - Three decades after basking in the national
spotlight as "Squeaky," the infamous Charles Manson disciple who
tried to assassinate President Ford, the now 60-year-old woman
slipped quietly out of a federal prison yesterday after being
released on parole.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme eluded the news media as she left Fort
Worth's Federal Medical Center Carswell in one of the many cars
streaming in and out the front gate. She previously refused
interview requests, and prison officials would not say where she
planned to live or what she planned to do after more than 30 years
behind bars.
It was a far cry from her antics that captivated the nation's
attention in the 1970s: shaving her ...