CBS News - Gerald Ford swearing-in - 1974-08-09

Name: CBS News - Gerald Ford swearing-in - 1974-08-09
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[0:20] this is a CBS News special report from

[0:24] Washington here is CBS News

[0:26] correspondent Walter

[0:28] kronite J Ford is 61 years old he was

[0:33] born in Nebraska and raised in Michigan

[0:35] he's the father of four children for 25

[0:38] years he was a member of the House of

[0:41] Representatives of the United States

[0:43] Congress for eight months he has been

[0:45] Vice President of the United States in a

[0:47] few moments he becomes the 38th

[0:49] president of the United States at that

[0:52] time he will take the oath of office

[0:54] shortly afternoon a few seconds

[0:56] afternoon according to the schedule at

[0:59] which time the resignation of President

[1:02] Nixon will have become final the letter

[1:05] of resignation according to law has gone

[1:08] to Secretary of State Kissinger and will

[1:11] become effective in just a moment or two

[1:14] President Nixon remains president for

[1:17] another 5 minutes and he is on route to

[1:20] his home in San Clemente California by

[1:23] Air Force 1 the Spirit of 76 which he on

[1:27] which he departed Washington at 10:30

[1:30] this morning an interesting side note uh

[1:33] to this morning's dramatic Affairs at

[1:37] 10:30 this morning just at the time that

[1:39] President Nixon was leaving Andrew's Air

[1:41] Force Base a message went out from

[1:44] Secretary of Defense slesinger to the

[1:47] Armed Forces of the United States and

[1:49] that message said it is my

[1:51] responsibility officially to inform all

[1:54] commanders their respective commands and

[1:56] other defense elements that Richard M

[1:58] Nixon has resigned his office of

[2:00] President of the United States Mr Gerald

[2:02] Ford the vice president succeeds to the

[2:04] Office of the President and th