Former U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith checked out of a Chicago hospital and flew home to Maine, where she was admitted to another hospital. Smith, 91, was admitted to Maine Medical Center on Tuesday, said a nursing supervisor who refused to give her name.

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"She's here for a few days of recuperation before going home" to Skowhegan, said the supervisor.A Republican, she served in the Senate from 1948 to 1972.

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