- Title: U.S.A.: NATION'S FIRST WOMAN CHIEF JUSTICE SWORN IN.
- Date: 5th January 1975
- Summary: 1. SV PAN AND MV Justices looking as Justice Susie Marshall Sharp stands for oath-taking (2 shots) 0.13 2. CU Justice Sharp replying 0.21 3. GV Justice Sharp seated with other judges 0.27 4. CU Portrait TILT DOWN TO Justice Sharp as others look on (3 shots) 0.46 TRANSCRIPT: "The ceremonies were re-enacted late in the afternoon in the Supreme Court Chambers. Cameras were banned from the official oath-taking at eleven. Justice I. Beverly Lake administered the oath, while Justices Moore, Blanche and Huskins looked on. (.."to the constitution and laws of the United States, so help you God?" "I do.") With the swearing-in, Justice Sharp becomes the first woman Chief Justice in the nation. In a speech that followed, Justice Sharp praised former Chief Justice William Bobbit and Associate Justice Carl Al Higgins. The 77-year-old Miss Sharp led the Democratic ticket in November, winning more than 74 per cent of the votes from Republican fire-extinguisher-salesman James Newcombe. Justice Sharp was supported by all her fellow Justices in the election. This is Larry Starger reporting." Initials CL/1633 CL/1643 TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.
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