Word: broussard
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bayou folk swam, clung, gasped and prayed for their lives. Those lucky enough to reach specks of dry land found only more terror: with them were alligators and water moccasins, tossed out of the torrent, snapping and striking in their fury (Mrs. Stephen Broussard lost three children to the tidal wave-and a fourth died of snakebite). In Cameron, a fisherman stumbled sobbing through the streets. His father, his pregnant wife and two children were gone. He was swept into the Calcasieu River-and was rescued to continue his grieving. On the courthouse steps sat a towheaded lad in hand...
...SKIPPY BROUSSARD Lafayette...
...Alphe Broussard, a Lafayette cattleman and rice grower, years ago dedicated himself to buying Charolais. He wanted to cross them with Brahmas to produce Char-bray, a relatively new cattle breed that, according to preliminary tests, fattens with spectacular rapidity. At one time Broussard planned to buy an island off Alaska and keep the Charolais in quarantine there for a while. The Agriculture Department turned down the idea, but Broussard was not discouraged. He made an enticing offer to devout Henri Gilly, owner of the Mexican herd: if Gilly would sell him the cattle, Broussard would donate income from them...
...border was open to most Mexican cattle from September 1952 to May 1953, refused to let the Charolais in because they came from a tick-infested area. So early this year, without a by-your-leave from anyone, Gilly walked the herd across the drought-dried Rio Grande, and Broussard took them by truck to Louisiana...
...Broussard, arrested on charges of smuggling and concealing cattle, was released on $2,000 bond, and the U.S. demanded $1,080,000 (actual value of the herd by Government computation) in duty penalties. Last week federal officials were preparing to present their case against Broussard to a grand jury. Mexico demanded that the Charolais be returned, but the U.S., ever fearful of foot-and-mouth contagion and southern tick fever, wondered whether it shouldn't slaughter the cattle and wind up the case once...