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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "8/9/74 - Swearing In" of the
Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the
FIRST LAC
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
She Finds It 'Good
By Louise Lague
portedly "upset" about the prospect of
Star-News Staff Writer
leaving the house, and the elder Fords
RETURNS FROM CEREMONY
AUG 1 0 1974
O Be Home' in Alexandria
ing first ladies. Head White House
Susan also changed clothes and left with able" that Ford should be President.
W jeep early yesterday morning to
ly didn't know what to say - it was such a
a was
up his last paycheck. After the cere-
strange situation. So I just tried to be nice
Reporters Ymelda Dixon, Mary Ann
, he changed clothes and went off to
and sit in a corner."
Dolan, and Mary Ellen Perry contributed
1 the afternoon with friends.
He also said it was "kind of unbeliev-
to this report.
THEN CAME THE HEART - RENDING DEPARTURE FROM WHITE HOUSE YARD
David Eisenhower Embraces Wife Julie As Gerald Ford And Wife Watch Grimly
Saturday, Aug. 10, "74
TROIT FREE PRESS
HE TAKES OATH IN SIMPLE RITE
President Ford: Nightmare Is Over'
He Calls for Reconciliation
BY CLARK HOYT
Free Press Washington Staff
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Gerald R. Ford is sworn in Friday as 38th presi-
vote
Burger, at Ford's side in the East Room of the
dent of the United States by Chief Justice Warren
White House is his wife, Betty:
0
was, Democratic Leader Mike than of confrontation.
Showers
Cloudy with chance of
showers and thundershow.
The Charlotte Observer
ers. High in mid-80s. Low
in upper 60s, (Map and de-
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"In all my public and private acts as your
President, I expect to follow my instincts of
openness and candor with full confidence that
honesty is always the best policy in the end
Our long national nightmare is over. Our
Constitution works; our great republic is a
government of laws and not of men. Here the
people rule."
- President Gerald R. Ford
UPI Photo
Gerald R. Ford Takes The Oath As The 38th President Of The United States
his wife Betty stands at his side at the White H ouse as Chief Justice Burger administers the oath of office
PAGE 6
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1974
Nixon Leaves
OF
STATEM THE THE UNITED
MR. NIXON WAVES AS HE LEAVES WASHINGTON
MR. NIXON'S HELICOI TER TAKES OFF, DAVID AND JULIE EISENHOWER AND THE FORDS WAVE
AGA
STAFF GIVES MR. NIXON OVATION AFTER FAREWELL SPEECH
MR. NIXON GESTURES DURING LENGTHY GOOD-BY TO HIS STAFF
Associated Press, UPI Photos
Ford Steps In
PRESIDENT FORD KISSES WIFE, BETTY, AFTER TAKING OATH
BETTY FORD, DAUGHTER SU SAN, ON PORCH
JULIE HUGS MR. FORD BEFORE CEREMONY
MR. FORD LEAVES HOME BEFORE DAWN
Talk With Neighbor Peter Abb uzzese Yesterday
means
Betty Ford:
She'll 'Let Them Speculate'
By Mary Ann Kuhn
tape transcript which implicates
some thought to being First Lady
Star-News Staff Writer
the President in the cover-up.
Right now, though, she has "beer
Standing in the sunshine in front
"This is embarrassing." she
busy being the wife of the vice
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Betty Ford answers questions at her suburban home.
prise by the latest turn in the
Watergate scandal-that of the
"Yes," she said, she has given
See BETTY, C.
Playing Out
Eleni on Fashion
The Last Act
Makeup Adds
By Tom Dowling
Star-News Staff Writer
Dowling's View
That Essential
So for the nonce he stands there
alone, naked against the storm, nothing
irked edge of astonishment in his voice
left to him but his kingdom, without
as he learns that Bob Haldeman him-
even a fool to keep him company - un-
self is somewhat fuzzy over the nu-
less Ron Ziegler qualifies for the part.
ances of "Six Crises." Haldeman is
Je ne Sais Quoi
A Lear more sinning than sinned
duly urged to reread the book.
against, no doubt, but a Lear nonethe-
Well, what are the six? He loses a
less, stonewalling it to the end against
presidential election - an experience
PARIS - Collection time here and in Rome sig-
the raging winds and spouting cata-
shared by at least one American every
nals not only a change of rhythms in colors, sil-
racts.
four years. He receives a rough public
houettes and fabrics but changes of makeup, hair,
What does the man's character, the
reception in Caracas. He debates
and accessories as well.
A
Mala Rubinstein of the Helena Rubinstein firm
Ford's
Great
Day
Continued from Page 1A
Then, accompanied by his
wife, Betty, Ford walked to the
White House to witness the out-
going President's departure.
charlotte Observer
8/10/74
Of President Ford
dive
AP Photo
President Ford Kisses His Wife Betty After Taking The Oath
the ceremony took place in the East Room of the White House
GERALD FORD LIBRAN
Seattle
Post-
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THE VOICE
seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/10/74
GERALD FORD TOOK OATH OF OFFICE AS 38TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS HIS WIFE BETTY STOOD AT I
Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the oath in the East Room of the White House
FORD
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The Nixons And Fords Walk Across The White House Lawn
just before the Nixons board their helicopter
swearing.in
charlotte observer 8/10/74
persyn
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Saturday, August 10, 1974 KALAMAZOO GAZETTE A-5
The Moment Of Transition
in
Without Ruffles And Flourishes
By WILLIAM GREIDER
a little straight talk among
R. Ford proclaimed in his dead -
emotions when power passes, si-
Washington Post
friends." No brassy salute when he
earnest manner, "our long national
lently and peacefully, from one na-
'I expect to follow my instincts of
WASHINGTON - Jerry Ford
walked in, no dramatic drum roll as
nightmare is over."
tional leader to the next. This time
openness and candor with full confidence
became President without the ruf-
he became the republic's 38th chief
The moment of transition, the
it struck a deeper chord, made
fles and flourishes.
executive.
mystical ceremony of presidential
that honesty is always the best policy in
more reassuring by Ford's plain -
This was a time, he said, for "just
"My fellow Americans," Gerald
oath - taking always stirs patriotic
spoken promises.
the end.'
-Gerald Ford
"In all mv public and private acts
shington looked on from full - length
you common me as you
An hour so Nivon left
President with your pravers." h
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signated as a permanent vice pre-
18. who just graduated from high
a
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who
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"Here the people rule."
right
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First Michigan President
Nation's Leader's Praise For Gerald Ford
Still Echoes Through The White House
By MAURY DE JONGE
the end of the nationally-televised
ing, and showed the President as a
The only member of Ford's fami-
HIS VERY FIRST ACT AFTER BEING SWORN IN.
lv present with the exception of his
President Ford Busses Wife Betty
AP
Gazette Bureau
WASHINGTON-Gerald R. Ford
began his first full day as President
of the United States Saturday with
Public Views The
the praise of the nation's leaders
still echoing through the White
House.
'Real' Jerry Ford
The Grand Rapids Republican,
who represented Michigan's Fifth
District in the House for 25 years,
By RON CORDRAY
lems are caused by a lack of confi-
was sworn in as the nation's 38th
Gazette Bureau
dence in government. Ford took a
giant stride Friday toward closing
president in a brief, simple cere-
WASHINGTON-A close aide
that gap.
mony a few minutes after noon
full day Gerald as President
during the short address.
tirnt States Saturday with
The first time came when he told
Public Views The
raise United the nation's leaders
the crowd that he was "indebted to
-
echoi
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'Real' Jerry Ford
Gra
repres
to
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By RON CORDRAY
lems are caused by a lack of confi-
ict in
on
Gazette Bureau
dence in government. Ford took a
sworn
giant stride Friday toward closing
ident i
nd
WASHINGTON-A close aide
that gap.
a fe
once described President Gerald R.
President Ford's task will be try-
ho
ay.
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ing to rebuild the philosophical
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AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS BESIEGE PRESIDENT FORD
in
5, and then spoke briefly at
Chief Executive on His Way to White House This Morning
nation S шs, Dut part OI those proo-
1976.
"It was very moving and touch-
UPI
hrono
Pride And Sorro
wearing
Joy Is Restrained In
President's Hometown
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -
ebullient than most, called Ford's
They weren't dancing in the streets
presidency "the best thing that
could hannen.
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LANSING - For the Uni-
31
versity of Michigan, the po-
For
litical rise of Gerald R. Ford
will
is like hitting big in the state
bod
lottery.
the
Ford, starting in 1963, be-
There was muted joy that home-
Tom Ford, 56, a former Michigan
gan turning over his private
caps esseu
sympathy for Richard Nixon.
The man who headed the last of
"It's a pity that the man went so
Ford's 13 campaigns for Congress,
high and had to come down so
Walter Russell, said Ford "comes
Ford Papers
hard," said Pete Limber, 50, a taxi
to the office as well prepared by
driver.
experience and abilities as any man
A Boost
Gertrude Kalee said Nixon "had
that took the office."
done a lot of good things," but Elsie
But if there was any group which
For U - M
Vanderjact reported she had op-
perhaps typified the climate here, it
posed Nixon "since he started
was members of Ford's own family.
Gazette Bureau
making excuses" about the Water-
His three half-brothers and their
LANSING - For the Uni-
gate tapes.
families watched with reporters as
Jacklyn Hage said she doubted
the President made his final ad-
Ford's strength and wondered if he
dress to the nation.
will be "just be a puppet of some-
"I know he's the next president of
body else." Her voice was virtually
the United States, but I don't be-
the only one to be raised in doubt.
lieve it. He's still my brother," said
There was muted joy that home-
Tom Ford, 56, a former Michigan
town Jerry would take the nation's
legislator.
highest office. Jack Verkerke, more
He said President Nixon's de-
Leadership Change
Hailed In Michigan
By Associated Press
Democratic representtaive from
Avoiding personal comment on
Detroit, called Ford "absolutely
xon
it of
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int,
can
in
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charlotte Observer
8/10/74
Of President Ford
AP Phofo
President Ford Kisses His Wife Betty After Taking The Oath
the ceremony t ook place in the East Room of the White House
GERALD R. FORD UNITED
Ford's Great 8/10/74
Day
Continued from Page 1A
Then, accompanied by his
wife, Betty, Ford walked to the
White House to witness the out-
going President's departure.
SEPT. FORD
The Nixons And Fords Walk Across The White House Lawn
just before the Nixons board their helicopter
swearing er
- merry
charlotte observer 8/10/74
SERVICE R. FORD LIBE
Seattle
Post-In
THE VOICE OF TH
seattle Post-Inlelligencer 8/10/74
--AP Pholo
GERALD FORD TOOK OATH OF OFFICE AS 38TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS HIS WIFE BETTY STOOD AT HIS SIDE
Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the oath in the East Room of the White House
AMOUNT
chrono - swearing in
THE HOUSTON POST
Pag 3/A
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1974
Democrats join Republicans in praising address
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
ongressional Democrats
onday eagerly joined Re-
ublicans in hailing President
ord's first address to a joint
ssion.
Applauding speech are, from left, Julie and David Eisenhower, Jack, Steve, Susan and Betty Ford
UPI Telephoto
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