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Inauguration #273410

CBS Evening News for Tuesday, Jan 20, 1981
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(DC) Ronald Reagan's inauguration day activities examined; films shown. Role of hostage crisis in Iran in events noted. [REAGAN - comments on information received from President Carter.] Reagans and Carters noted meeting at White House [CARTER - comments.] [REAGAN - delivers inaugural address; mentions Martin Treptow, killed in World War I.] His further activities noted. [REAGAN - comments.] Announcement of hostages' release said coming later in day. [REAGAN - announces captives' freedom.] Inaugural parade discussed. [REAGAN - comments.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

(Studio) Jimmy Carter's departure for Georgia shortly after inaugural ceremony noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Plains, Georgia) Carter's description of today quoted; his departure from Andrews Air Force Base and arrival in Plains examined. Hostage wife Rita Schaefer shown, mentioned. Films shown. [CARTER - addresses Plains crowd.] His flight to West Germany tomorrow noted.
REPORTER: Lee Thornton

(Studio) Irish birthplace of Reagan's ancestor noted renaming local pub; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Schieffer, Bob;
Thornton, Lee
Duration:
00:07:30

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