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Governor’s Wife To Be Sworn In Monday
Elaine Edwards wife of Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards will be sworn in Monday in Washington as the second woman in the Senate. Her brief term fills the seat after Senator Allen Ellender’s death. Edwards, 42, mother of four and grandmother of two, will resign after the November 7 election to let the governor’s chosen successor take office in January. She is Cajun by birth, married in 1949, with children Anna 22 Victoria 20 Stephen 18 and David 12.
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