Milestones: 27 Years Ago in TIME

Former Symbionese Liberation Army leaders Bill and Emily Harris, along with two others, were charged last week with the murder of a customer during a 1975 bank robbery. But when they were caught and arraigned that year, it was their old comrade PATRICIA HEARST who made TIME's cover.

Patty had changed during her hegira. Not only had her long dark blonde hair been cut shorter and dyed red but she had lost her healthy, cover-girl looks. Her face was noticeably drawn. But she did not look or act like a victim who had been forced by her abductors to rob...

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