Word: randolph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from nowhere, the dumpy, determined woman descended one day in February 1974 on the headquarters of the Hearst food-giveaway program in San Francisco. "God has sent me," she declared and rapidly took over as bookkeeper for the charity operation, known as People in Need, or PIN, that Randolph Hearst and his wife Catherine, in response to demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army, had hastily set up in an attempt to win their daughter Patty's freedom. Within a short time, Sara Jane Moore had elbowed her way into the program's inner circle, but not without leaving...
...struck up a friendship with Wilbert ("Popeye") Jackson, the black ex-convict who had formed the United Prisoners Union, dedicated to advancing prison reform. (He was gunned down in San Francisco on June 8 by unknown assassins.) Popeye, hinting at contacts with the S.L.A., approached Randolph Hearst with an offer to intercede for Patty's release. Sensing an opportunity, Moore managed to become the go-between in the dealings. It was a role that caught the attention of FBI agents, who thought she might provide useful information. According to her account (see box), the FBI hired...
...doctors hope to complete their examination of Patty in time for another bail hearing early this week. Her father Randolph, chairman of the Hearst Corp., is ready and willing to put up the $1.5 million bail and has agreed to meet any conditions imposed by the court to keep Patty from fleeing. In an affidavit of his own, which was mocked by Patty's harsh words on the tape, Hearst declared that his daughter "regards our home as her home, and has expressed, over the past three days, an enthusiastic wish to return to living with her parents...
Patty's favorite cousin, William Randolph Hearst III, said that "I think she has probably undergone some sort of political change, but I don't think that being a radical feminist and being a responsible citizen are automatically irreconcilable...
...bolster the Hallinans, Randolph Hearst last week hired F. Lee Bailey, one of the nation's most colorful and successful criminal lawyers. Said Bailey: "I think this is a very important case with many new questions that present a lot of challenges. An apparently normal woman was kidnaped and something happened...