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...arrived in the Senate in 1949, Russell Billiu Long was the Teddy Kennedy of his day. A 30-year-old lawyer, he had held no posts weightier than president of the L.S.U. student government, and executive counsel to Louisiana's Governor-who happened to be his Uncle Earl. Russell's biggest political asset was a remarkable physical resemblance to his father, Huey. the Kingfish himself. He was dubbed the Princefish. That was all right with Russell; at 13, he had said of his father: "When I grow up. I want to be exactly like him." But somewhere along...
Leading Deadhead. In the earthy forum of Louisiana politics. Russell has always held his own. Just three years after he went to the Senate, he opposed Uncle Earl by supporting Representative Hale Boggs for the governorship (both Boggs and Earl's candidate lost). Earl, who had previously called Russell "an improvement on his uncle and also on his father," decided he was. instead. "Louisiana's leading deadhead." Russell is not without the Long gift for homey summary himself, once demolished the present Governor, Jimmie Davis, in one simple statement: "He's only got his own personality...
...Crimson Key Society last night elected officers for the coming year. Elected were: John A. Purvie '64, of Dunster House and Denver, Colorado, president; Chase W. Johnson '64, vicepresident; William M. Byrd '64, secretary; Bernard S. Rappaport '65, treasurer; Benjamin F. Stapleton III '64, chairman of schools committee; Earl M. Leiken '64, chairman of the athletis committee; Donald S. Stern '64, chairman of the university guides committee; and Robert T. Kudrle '64, chairman of the freshman orientation committee...
...EARL L. PRICE...
Prime Minister Clement Atlee apopinted him Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1950, one year before the Conservatives returned to power. Gaitskell became head of the Labor Party in 1955, when Atlee was named an earl and joined the House of Lords...