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oe nt er sc x - i as A a el 7, ~~ e eo Rebruary 18, 1974--Randolph 4. Uearst announced —_-_ formatio on of a People-In-Need food distribution program £ to win the release of his daughter, pledging $2 million to feed the needy. February 21, 1974~-Another tave recording calls the Hearst offering “a few crumbs" and demancis that an additional $4 million be adéced within 24 hours. February 22, 1974--The first food distribution progrem in & the Bay Area breaks dowm in chaos as thousands fight for i food end Hearst puts a limit on the SLA demands, but only if Patty is “released unharmec." February 28-‘iarch 8, 1274--The Pecple-In-Needc program distributes $1 million in food. March 9, 1974--In a tape recorded message, Patty Nearst accuses her varents of indifference to the poor and tie SL’. Genands an expanaed food progran. Maren 23, 1974--An expanded food program gives avay aNOtAgsy $L million in food, completing the progran. i April 2, 1974--A communique is delivered to “The Phoenix," an unéerground newspaper, promising that it will reveal the tine and place of Patty 'learst‘'s release within 72 hours. -Rpril 3, 1974--In a tape recording delivered to radio station fisnt Patty iiearst announces that she has “chosen to stay with Sthe SLA and fight for the freedom of all oppressed people" and that she can never go back "to the life I lived before." mere