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'''Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.''' (December 12, 1912 &ndash; 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 &ndash; March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and political 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>

==Background==  

==Background==  

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''==

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LaBorde started at The ''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' in 1945.<ref name=bio/> George Washington Shannon(1914-1998) had preceded him as a staffer and later advanced to be the editor of the ''[[Shreveport Journal]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>  LaBorde learned the business from the ground floor. In 1950, he was named managing editor, a post that he held for twenty-seven years.<ref name=bio/>​

LaBorde started at The ''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' in 1945.<ref name=bio/> George Washington Shannon(1914-1998) had preceded him as a staffer and later advanced to be the editor of the ''[[Shreveport Journal]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>  LaBorde learned the business from the ground floor. In 1950, he was named managing editor, a post that he held for twenty-seven years.<ref name=bio/>​

Though LaBorde required his reporters to be objective regarding their subjects, he personally had a soft spot for another south Louisiana politician, his fellow "Cajun", U.S. Senator Allen Ellender from Houma in Terrebonne Parish, with whom he liked to swap "fish stories." It was said that with their dark-rimmed glasses, LaBorde and Ellender bore a physical resemblance, though Ellender was more than twenty years LaBorde's senior. Ellender died during his 1972 reelection campaign.<ref name=bio/>​

Though LaBorde required his reporters to be objective regarding their subjects, he personally had a soft spot for another south Louisiana politician, his fellow "Cajun", U.S. Senator Allen Ellender from Houma in Terrebonne Parish, with whom he liked to swap "fish stories." It was said that with their dark-rimmed glasses, LaBorde and Ellender bore a physical resemblance, though Ellender was more than twenty years LaBorde's senior. Ellender died during his 1972 reelection campaign.<ref name=bio/>​

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==Other journalism works==​

==Ransdell biography==

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In 1951, LaBorde published a biography, ''A National Southerner: Ransdell of Louisiana'' (Benziger Brothers), about the career of Democratic Senator Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) of Louisiana. An Alexandria native, Ransdell was a lawyer and district attorney in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish. He was elected  to the [Senate in 1912, the year of LaBorde's birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Senator Joseph Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> Ransdell was defeated for renomination in 1930 by Governor Huey Long.<ref name=bio/>​

In 1951, LaBorde published a biography, ''A National Southerner: Ransdell of Louisiana'' (Benziger Brothers), about the career of Democratic Senator Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) of Louisiana. An Alexandria native, Ransdell was a lawyer and district attorney in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish. He was elected  to the [Senate in 1912, the year of LaBorde's birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059|title=Senator Joseph Ransdell|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> Ransdell was defeated for renomination in 1930 by Governor Huey Long.<ref name=bio/>​

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*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>