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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    50 years ago in CA, a US president was almost assassinated 2 different times

    As the trial for an alleged assassin of President Trump begins this week, KCRW looks back on September 1975, when two different women planned to kill President Gerald Ford.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Elise Hu • Sep 9, 2025 • 1 min read

    As the trial for an alleged assassin of President Trump begins this week, KCRW looks back on September 1975, when two different women planned to kill President Gerald Ford.

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    2 of 4
    Safety or income? Immigrants make hard choice amid ICE raids
    1. 0:00ICE presence puts pressure on immigrants’ pocketbooks
    2. 9:3950 years ago in CA, a US president was almost assassinated 2 different timesYou’re reading this
    3. 25:48Does ‘The Office’ spinoff ‘The Paper’ live up to its predecessor?
    4. 40:07Debate brews over whether astrological signs are wrong
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