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Senate Leader Ellender Dies at 81 in Washington
Allen J. Ellender longtime Louisiana political figure and president pro tempore of the Senate died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 7:20 pm of a heart attack. The Democratic caucus named Mississippi's James Eastland to succeed him as pro tempore while Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan was expected to chair the Appropriations Committee. Ellender, a Huey Long protege who backed the New Deal early then became a fiscal and social conservative, was praised by President Nixon and colleagues for his deep imprint on the Senate.
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