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| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
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'''Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.''' (December 12, 1912 – March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and columnist for ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', the largest [[newspaper]] in central [[Louisiana]]. He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>
'''Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.''' (December 12, 1912 – March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and columnist for ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', the largest [[newspaper]] in central [[Louisiana]]. He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>
He married Blanche Bordelon, also of Bordelonville, and they started a family. Later, while living in [[New Orleans]], LaBorde did a newscast in [[French language|French]] for radio station WWL (AM). He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during [[World War II]]. The manual was called ''Roger, Wilco.''<ref name=bio/>
He married Blanche Bordelon, also of Bordelonville, and they started a family. Later, while living in [[New Orleans]], LaBorde did a newscast in [[French language|French]] for radio station WWL (AM). He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during [[World War II]]. The manual was called ''Roger, Wilco.''<ref name=bio/>
During World War II, LaBorde served as a lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]] Air Corps. Married and with two children, he was assigned to various posts in the United States. Blanche and their two children (a daughter and son) accompanied him to his stations: [[San Antonio]], Arkansas City, [[Kansas]], and [[Abilene]] in Taylor County]], Texas. A second son, their third child, was born after the war, when they had returned to Louisiana and settled in Alexandria.<ref name=bio/>
During World War II, LaBorde served as a lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]] Air Corps. Married and with two children, he was assigned to various posts in the United States. Blanche and their two children (a daughter and son) accompanied him to his stations: [[San Antonio]], Arkansas City, [[Kansas]], and [[Abilene]] in Taylor County]], Texas. A second son, their third child, was born after the war, when they had returned to Louisiana and settled in Alexandria.<ref name=bio/>
==Journalism career: ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''
==Journalism career: ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''
*LaBorde received the Edward J. Meeman Conservation Award by the Scripps-Howard Foundation for "distinguished journalism in the field of conservation."<ref name=bio/>
*LaBorde received the Edward J. Meeman Conservation Award by the Scripps-Howard Foundation for "distinguished journalism in the field of conservation."<ref name=bio/>
*On January 28, 2012, LaBorde was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120129/NEWS01/201290325/La-Political-Hall-inducts-former-Pineville-mayor-5-others |title=La. Political Hall inducts former Pineville mayor, 5 others |author=Warren Hayes |publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |date=January 29, 2012; no longer on-line.</ref>
*On January 28, 2012, LaBorde was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120129/NEWS01/201290325/La-Political-Hall-inducts-former-Pineville-mayor-5-others |title=La. Political Hall inducts former Pineville mayor, 5 others |author=Warren Hayes |publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |date=January 29, 2012; no longer on-line.</ref>
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