Saving Text lines from Texts Areas without new line special character

I am trying to save a text area from Transaction VA43 (Texts Tab). I want to save the first three lines (max length 60) into 3 text fields in ABAP Program. I am using READ_TEXT function but I am getting the line feed special character saved into the field in my program.

Is there a way to remove this new line/carriage return character before saving it in my program?