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Inauguration Echoes Faith in Nixon Era
Clergy from Protestant Jewish Orthodox and Catholic faiths offer prayers as Nixon takes office. Invocation by Billy Graham and a 2000 word intercession frame the ceremony with reverent appeals for peace justice and national unity. Oaths recited on historic family Bibles Isaiah 2 4 vision cited by Archbishop Cooke and Magnin ties to creation light and American founding ideals.
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George W. Cornell
Billy Graham
Richard M. Nixon
Edgar F. Magnin
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United States
Iakovos
New York
Terence J. Cooke