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Irma Thomas records local hits Cry On, I Did My Part, It s Raining during the 60s. Gallery owner Larry Borenstein turns his gallery at 726 St. Peter Street into Preservation Hall. Ernie K-Doe records ³Mother-in-Law² with Minit Records. Art Neville cuts ³All These Things² |
Victor Schiro becomes Mayor. John G. Schwegmann of Schwegmann Brothers Giant Super Market is elected to the state house. For the first time the company s grocery bags serve as a medium for political endorsements and editorials on a wide range of topics and candidates. (See 1968) | The Vieux Carré Courier will be edited and published by William Jennings Long (1899-1970) and his wife Edith until 1969 | NASA Missile Plant, Michoud Operations located in New Orleans East on September 7th. | Jesuit High School wins both the state football championship and the state baseball championship. On both teams is Pat Screen who will later become Mayor of Baton Rouge. Louisiana State celebrates a 10-1 football season. |
Jack Dempsey was one of the city s best and most flamboyant police reporters during his tenure at the Picayune. He was once hit over the head by the mother of a girl who lost a beauty contest he had judged, he was once arrested by FBI agents who mistook him for a bank robber and narrowly escaped death when the father of a rape victim, in error plugged most of the people in a police line-up. He covered Jim Garrison s investigation of Clay Shaw and the sensational murder of Diddie Cooper. |
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