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...Kentucky's Alben W. Barkley, speaking to Louisville cost accountants, had a mild word of protest about the subject assigned to him. Said the ex-Veep: "Frankly, I'm unable to understand why you asked me to talk on the cost of Government. I haven't cost the Government anything in nearly two years...
...record. His trouble lies in the class of field he's running in. It's Correlation Cooper, a fine horse, up against Hasty Road Barkley, and that's too much horse. With a regretful bow to John Cooper, it would be wonderful to have Alben Barkley . . . back on the track...
...hard drive up the mountainside. The day before, after a busy week in Washington, John Sherman Cooper had flown to Owensboro on the Ohio River for a busier day at the state VFW encampment. That night Republican Cooper and the Democrat who is running against him, grizzled old Alben Barkley, had spoken at a sweltering, shirtsleeve banquet (the 106-degree temperature, said a native, was not as hot as hell; it was as hot as hackydam -four miles below...
...Kentucky's Alben W. Barkley, 76, longtime Senator and former Vice President, who in recent months has left no stump unoccupied or baby unkissed, finally made it official. He will run for the Senate seat now held by able Republican John Sherman Cooper...
...Louisville. Kentucky's top Democrats met to pick their candidate against able Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, decided to call upon an old and willing war horse: former Vice President Alben W. Barkley. Said Barkley: "I am not ready to give an answer . . . Whether I can be of service to the state and nation will be my sole consideration." Barkley is almost certain to decide his services are absolutely essential...