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Caption: Mrs. Maurine Neuberger smiles happily at her home with a group of friends as returns poured in last night at Portland, Ore., and she was elected the first woman U.S. senator in Oregon's history. Mrs. Neuberger, a Democrat, beat Republican, Elmo Smith, a former Oregon governor.
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