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Johnston was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the attorney John Bennett Johnston (1894–1977) [1] and the former Wilma Lyon (1904–1996). [2] [3]After Southfield, Johnston attended and graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. [4]
Danny Ray Mitchell, state representative; Cecil Morgan (1898–1999), state legislator, led impeachment of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., in 1929; later Standard Oil Company executive. James George Palmer (1875–1952) Mayor of Shreveport, 1930–1932; Buddy Roemer (1943–2021), Governor of Louisiana; Phil Short (born 1947), state senator from St ...
Ray Crawford (February 7, 1924 – December 30, 1997) was an American jazz guitarist who originally played tenor saxophone, [1] until tuberculosis prevented him continuing with the instrument. [2] He made notable contributions to albums by Ahmad Jamal , Gil Evans , and Sonny Criss , and pioneered a technique of rhythmic bongo-style guitar ...
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His Royal Majesty Rex LXXV Christian Basinger Frierson, a fifth-generation farmer, will rule over the 75th Anniversary of the Cotillion, "L'Esprit Rococo" on April 12 at the Municipal Auditorium.
Overton Brooks (1897–1961), U.S. representative, 1937–1961, representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district based about Shreveport, born in Baton Rouge, D [44] Chad M. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016, lives in Plaquemine, former Baton Rouge resident [45]
Crawford said that travelling is up, with the Shreveport Regional Airport seeing fuller planes. The industry average for capacity on aircrafts is 83% full, but in February, Shreveport saw a 91% ...
The name The Journal was adopted on February 17, 1897. Previously the publication had been known for several years as The Judge.William E. Hamilton, another of several early owners, obtained the newspaper about 1900 and held it until 1911, when it was acquired by the Journal Publishing Company, with A. J. Frantz as the president and Douglas F. Attaway Sr. as secretary.