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John James Maginnis (March 17, 1948 – May 25, 2014) was a writer of columns and commentaries on current political events in his native Louisiana [1] Maginnis' column appeared in newspapers and other sources statewide. [2]
Manship purchased his partner's interest in 1912. In 1925, he also began publishing The Morning Advocate to focus on national news. The Manship family [4] [5] went on to become an influential force in Baton Rouge, later adding radio station WJBO in 1932 (moving it to Baton Rouge in 1934) and television station WBRZ-TV in 1955. [4] [6]
Gilbert Lynel "Gil" Dozier (March 19, 1934 [1] – September 23, 2013), was an attorney, businessman, farmer, and rancher who served from 1976 to 1980 as the Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry.
John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist from Louisiana who served in both chambers of the Louisiana State Legislature as member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968, a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1968 to 1972, and a member of the United States Senate from 1972 to 1997.
Inaugural issue of The Louisianian from December 1870.. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Louisiana.It includes both current and historical newspapers.
William P. "Buckskin Bill" Black (1929 – January 10, 2018) was a Louisiana children's television personality and, later, school board member. [1] [2] He hosted what at the time were the longest-running children's television programs in the United States, Storyland and The Buckskin Bill Show, on Baton Rouge's WAFB-TV.
(Reuters) -A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there. Margaret Carpenter and her ...
Simoneaux was born in Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish on October 30, 1933, to Henry and Ann Simoneaux. [3] He graduated in 1954 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. After he served for two years in the United States Army , he resumed his studies and in 1961 was named as a Phi Delta Phi honor graduate of Louisiana State University ...