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However, one such clinic in Shreveport, La., survived for almost four years under the very able directorship of Dr. W.P. Butler. A letter written in 1920 from the Shreveport Commissioner of Public Safety to the Louisiana State Board of Health states...
...wish to say that from a police standpoint, the City of Shreveport is greatly benefited by its being here. It has practically eliminated the bootlegger who deals in narcotics, and in this way alone has reduced the number of possible future dope users...
...combination of luck and hard campaigning won a Louisiana Senate seat for J. Benneff Johnston Jr., 40, a Shreveport lawyer and former state senator. His good fortune occurred in July after Senator Allen J. Ellender died suddenly at 81. Johnston, who had already filed as Ellender's Democratic primary opponent, easily won the nomination. Former Governor John McKeithen, 54, attempted to become a late-starting Democratic candidate but was barred by the party. McKeithen waged an emotional campaign as an independent. But Johnston neatly sloughed off his charges that he was a "country club kid" to defeat "Big John...
...passing with either hand were not enough, Blue was also the team's best runner. "I remember when we played Booker T. Washington in Shreveport," says Baldwin. "We were ahead 13-0 at the half, and it started raining cats and dogs. So Vida ran the ball the whole second half; every play we had the ball he ran. We won 13-0." In his final season, Blue passed for 3,484 yds. Averaging 10.3 yds. a carry, he ran for 1,600 yds. more to pile up a total one-man offense...
MARGIE TOWNSEND Shreveport...