O’Connor in historic ceremony

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sandra Day O’Con nor ra ised her ri ght ha nd an d swo re the oath of offic e today as the 102nd Americ an – and the first woman – to sit on the Supreme Court. Vowing to “do equal right to the poor and to the r ich ,” the former Ari zona legisla tor and appeals court judge be came Justice O’Conn or dur ing a br ief ceremony in the marble and mahogan y courtroom of the nati on ‘s highes t cou rt. Presiden t Reagan , who broke a 191- year trad ition when he appo inted Mrs. O’Connor to the lifetime positio n, was a mong the 500 gues ts wh o wa tc h ed Chief Justice Warren E. Bur ger adm inister the oath of office , Also on hand wa s retired as soci a te ju sti ce Potter Stewart , whom Mrs . O’Connor repla ced . Two hours earlier , Mrs. O’Con nor had posed for-photographers an d tele vi• sion camera crews in the brillian t sun• light of the court’s mass ive fron t plaza. Burger, who accompan ied her , asked photographers , “Yo u’v e ne ve r seen me with a better looking jus ti ce , have you ?” Asked ho w sh e felt on the thresh- . old of histor y, Mr s. O’Connor sm iled and rep lied , “Jus t gre at.” She was dre ssed in the robe she wore as a state ju dge. “I’ ll bu y a new on e even tually ,” she said. “They do get old, you know . The arm s get a ll worn out.” Burger sugge sted Congress migh t be willi ng to appr opr iat e fun ds for a new robe . Mr s. O’Con no r , he r a r m held by Burge r, posed with her parents , Ha rry and Ada Mae Da y; her hu sband , J