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==Background==
==Background==
LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in heavily Cajun Avoyelles Parish, south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He graduated at an early age from Bordelonville High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-06-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050328074230/http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm |archivedate=2005-03-28 |df= }}</ref> As a young man, he worked as a radio operator on a ship.<ref>[http://www.biblio.com/search.php?tid=0&auid=0&stage=1&author=&title=C+B+RADIO]</ref> During long voyages at sea, he developed his interest in serious reading. Largely self-educated, LaBorde read encyclopedias and serious works of nonfiction, always learning and eager to improve his employment prospects.
LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in heavily Cajun Avoyelles Parish, south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He graduated at an early age from Bordelonville High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-06-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050328074230/http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm |archivedate=2005-03-28 |df= }}</ref> As a young man, he worked as a radio operator on a ship.<ref>[http://www.biblio.com/search.php?tid=0&auid=0&stage=1&author=&title=C+B+RADIO]</ref>
During long voyages at sea, he developed his interest in serious reading. Largely self-educated, LaBorde read encyclopedias and serious works of nonfiction, always learning and eager to improve his employment prospects.
He married Blanche Bordelon, also of Bordelonville. 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, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], 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''==
Active professionally, LaBorde was the charter president of the Central Louisiana Press Club and held membership in the United Press Newspaper Association of Louisiana. Fluent in French, LaBorde promoted his cultural heritage through the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, better known by the acronym CODOFIL.<ref name=bio/>
Active professionally, LaBorde was the charter president of the Central Louisiana Press Club and held membership in the United Press Newspaper Association of Louisiana. Fluent in French, LaBorde promoted his cultural heritage through the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, better known by the acronym CODOFIL.<ref name=bio/>
==Environmental issues==
===Environmental issues===
LaBorde was a staunch conservationist. He worked to publicize issues and advance conservation in the region. He urged Governor Edwards to promote the state purchase of the Saline-Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area in Avoyelles Parish. He urged Edwards to acquire the land encompassing Spring Bayou He lobbied in his columns for removal of oilfield pollution from the Little River.
LaBorde was a staunch conservationist. He worked to publicize issues and advance conservation in the region. He urged Governor Edwards to promote the state purchase of the Saline-Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area in Avoyelles Parish. He urged Edwards to acquire the land encompassing Spring Bayou He lobbied in his columns for removal of oilfield pollution from the Little River.
The poem "Elegy for a Bayou," by his grandson the poet Christopher Cessac, is dedicated to him.<ref>https://www.rattle.com/elegy-for-a-bayou-by-christopher-cessac/</ref>
The poem "Elegy for a Bayou," by his grandson the poet Christopher Cessac, is dedicated to him.<ref>https://www.rattle.com/elegy-for-a-bayou-by-christopher-cessac/</ref>
==Political anecdotes==
===Political anecdotes===
*John McKeithen
*John McKeithen
In 1968, after Governor McKeithen failed to gain the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to run against Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]], he privately threatened to resign and turn over his office to Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987). McKeithen's executive secretary summoned LaBorde and publisher Joe Dorsey Smith, Jr., to Baton Rouge to talk McKeithen out of a hastily considered resignation.
In 1968, after Governor McKeithen failed to gain the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to run against Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]], he privately threatened to resign and turn over his office to Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-1987). McKeithen's executive secretary summoned LaBorde and publisher Joe Dorsey Smith, Jr., to Baton Rouge to talk McKeithen out of a hastily considered resignation.