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NUNS AT WHITE HOUSE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Johnson makes a special point to greet

nuns among delegates attending a White House Conference on the Status

of Women. Delegates were received by the President on the South Lawn

of the White House. In an address to the conference Mr. Johnson urged

the women to strengthen family ties in the city, suburbs and rural

areas. "Our society and its sucess is built around the family unit,"

he said. In a surprise remark, the President said he had considered

naming a woman to fill the Supreme Court vacancy to which Washington

lawyer Abe Fortas was appointed. He implied that he still might name

a woman to the nation's highest tribunal.

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