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Patty Hearst involed in 1974 bank robbery...
Patty Hearst involed in 1974 bank robbery...
Item # 703688
April 17, 1974
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 17, 1974
* Patty Hearst joins terrorist group ?
* Famous San Francisco bank robbery
* Infamous photo of her role in the crime
* Simbonese Liberation Army
The top of the front page has a three column photo showing Patty Heart with heading: "Daughter's Role 'shocks' Hearst" (see images) coverage continues on page 2 with another related photo.
Complete with 36 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.
wikipedia notes: On April 3, 1974, two months after she had been abducted, Hearst announced on an audiotape released to the media that she had joined the SLA and adopted the name Tania, a tribute to Che Guevara's comrade Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider. Hearst yelling commands at bank customers; DeFreeze in hat on the left.
On April 15, 1974, Hearst was recorded on surveillance video wielding an M1 carbine while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco. Hearst, identified under her pseudonym of "Tania", yelled, "I'm Tania. Up, up, up against the wall, motherfuckers! Two men entered the bank while the robbery was occurring and were shot and wounded by the SLA. According to testimony at her trial, a witness thought that Hearst had been several paces behind the others when running to the getaway car.
Category: The 20th Century
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