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 WASHINGTON (AP) - In the fall of 1975, Gerald Ford's presidency was rocked by two assassination attempts within less than three weeks. The first took place on Sept. 5, 1975, in Sacramento, Calif., where Ford had spent the night at the Senator Hotel. The president arose early that day to address a group of about 1,000 California businessmen gathered at the hotel.
Ford then set out to walk across a broad expanse of lawn to the California statehouse to address the Legislature in a speech on crime.
"It was a nice, sunny morning and a crowd of about 500, many of them state employees, had gathered along the way to greet him," recalled The Associated Press' Howard Benedict, who was in the White House press pool that day.
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