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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hostage Ronald do solemnly swear Ronald Reagan is sworn in As the 40th president by chief Justice Warren Burger at the Capitol in watch Mark Hatfield and ing the ceremony Are Nancy president Jimmy no former Long ordeal ends As jets leave Iran from press dispatches with shouts of Down with America ringing in their the 52 hostages took off for Freedom tuesday after 444 Days in they were expected to arrive at the air base at be tween 4 and get the iranian news said that the algerian plane carrying the hos tages departed at local in the minutes before the 52 american hostages left Tehran on their flight to free related stories and pages 14 and they were crying and hug Ging one a Swiss Diplomat told Abc news on Erik the Swiss ambassador who has represented interests in witnessed the hostages departure and said All of them appeared to be in Good except that two seemed to have difficulty he said the older Espe appeared to have aged from their experience As the plane landed at Athens International Airport at a spokesman in continued on Page 1 president Reagan urges National renewal after All from press dispatches Washington Ronald Reagan took office As the 40th president urging americans to dream heroic dreams As he pledged to Lead a National renewal to revitalize the Economy and Cut Federal in a sometimes emotional Rea Gan said we can and will resolve the prob lems which confront us after All we Are Reagan entered the presidency without one Burden that plagued president Carter his last 14 months in during the transition Iran released the 52 american at three minutes before the constitutionally prescribed time Reagan placed his left hand on his Moth ers Bible and repeated after chief Justice Warren Burger the simple oath recited by every american president for nearly two Ronald do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United and to the Best of my protect and defend the Constitution of the United so help me hiring freeze at that moment the Hollywood actor turned politician assumed the Powers of the with his 70th birthday just 17 Days he is the oldest Man to take the oath of immediately Reagan signed an executive order carrying out a Campaign pledge by imposing a freeze on the hiring of government he also sent his Cabinet nominations to the Senate for reagans 20minute inaugural address we Are americans authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 276 doily Ond sunday january 1981 if 21855 a was a restatement of his Campaign promises to slash trim government spend boost the military and reestablish american preeminence in the we must act today in order to preserve he and let there be no misunderstanding we Are going to act beginning let us begin an Era of National renew Reagan let us renew our deter our courage and our let us renew our Faith and our we have every right to dream heroic a crowd estimated by police at Between and witnessed the Brief tens of thousands More lined the streets in 50degree rather to watch Reagan ride Down Pennsylvania Avenue leading marchers in the inaugural the ceremony that made Reagan the sixth president in 20 years lasted about half an before the Reagan and vice president George Bush had lunch with congressional former president Carter was driven to Andrews on his Way first to Home in Georgia and then on his Mission As Rea Gans special emissary to Greet the hos tages when they arrive at Rhei main Reagan made Clear in his inaugural address he intended to move quickly against big joblessness and the speech was almost Bris with Confidence in the capacity of a Republican administration to end the stagflation that has plagued the nation with soaring prices and chronic unemployment for More than a but it contained no specifics of the new administrations plans either on economic Price stabilization or government retrench it is time to reawaken this Industrial to get government Back within its and to lighten our punitive tax Bur Reagan these will be our first and on these there will be no putting America Back to work Means putting All americans Back to end ing inflation Means freeing All americans from the terror of runaway living Reagan All must share in the productive work of this new and All must share in the Bounty of a revived Rea Gan before Reagan ducked into the presidents room just off the Senate chamber to sign the first executive order of his the order puts a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees by All executive depart ments and the order is More symbolic of his pledge to trim government spending than a major since car Ter had already imposed hiring then he signed the nominations of All of his Cabinet Freedom for the hostages brought added Joy for republicans celebrating their return from the Depths of the water Gate scandal to control of not Only the White but the Senate As drama in capital reagans inauguration Day was one of High drama in the nations capital As he shared the spotlight with Carter and the hostage Reagan arose about and had breakfast of Orange danish pastry and an hour later Carter called him and told him the planes were waiting on the runway in Tehran to bring the hos tages at Reagan went to Johns episcopal Church across Lafayette Square from the White House for a 20mmute at the reagans went to the White House where they were greeted by continued on Page i  
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