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{{Infobox person
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| name=Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.<br>
| name=Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr.<br>
LaBorde witnessed the state's transformation of rivalry betwee[[Huey Long|Longism]] and anti-Longism. Beginning in the 1960s, and the slow rise of serious [[Republican Party|Republican]] competition to the traditional [[Democratic Party]] majority. He saw the "good government" types battle the "old guard," and sometimes found little difference between the antagonists. He did not endorse candidates for office on the editorial page. (The newspaper has since abandoned this policy of neutrality.) He wrote extensively on leading figures of the region, state and nation.
LaBorde witnessed the state's transformation of rivalry betwee[[Huey Long|Longism]] and anti-Longism. Beginning in the 1960s, and the slow rise of serious [[Republican Party|Republican]] competition to the traditional [[Democratic Party]] majority. He saw the "good government" types battle the "old guard," and sometimes found little difference between the antagonists. He did not endorse candidates for office on the editorial page. (The newspaper has since abandoned this policy of neutrality.) He wrote extensively on leading figures of the region, state and nation.
His subjects included [[Governor]]s [[Jimmie Davis]], [[Sam Houston Jones]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], along with [[Bill Dodd]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], [[Russell Long]], high-profile [[attorney]] Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. (1915-2005), [[Charlton Lyons]], [[John K. Snyder]], and many others, including his perhaps most demanding subject, four-term Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=bio/>
His subjects included [[Governor]]s [[Jimmie Davis]], [[Sam Houston Jones]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], along with [[Bill Dodd]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], [[Russell Long]], high-profile [[attorney]] Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. (1915-2005), [[Charlton Lyons]], [[John K. Snyder]], state Representative [[Jock Scott]], and many others, including his perhaps most demanding subject, four-term Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=bio/>
===Promoting "good government"===
===Promoting "good government"===
Three ''Town Talk'' staffers, Larry Collins, Betty Luman, and Chet Hilburn, moved on to the larger ''Houston Chronicle''. Jack Harp came from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to ''The Town Talk'' at the age of twenty-two to work on the "wire desk." The technology changed so much over the following three decades that the term "wire desk" was replaced by "Metro desk." Rebecca Jo Tubb Mulkey (1949–1999), originally from Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], wrote feature stories before moving to the ''Torrance Daily Breeze'' in Torrance, [[California]]. William Chaze went on to become an [[Associated Press]] editor, foreign news editor for ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' and editor-in-chief of ''The Journal of Defense and Diplomacy''.<ref name=bio/>
Three ''Town Talk'' staffers, Larry Collins, Betty Luman, and Chet Hilburn, moved on to the larger ''Houston Chronicle''. Jack Harp came from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to ''The Town Talk'' at the age of twenty-two to work on the "wire desk." The technology changed so much over the following three decades that the term "wire desk" was replaced by "Metro desk." Rebecca Jo Tubb Mulkey (1949–1999), originally from Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], wrote feature stories before moving to the ''Torrance Daily Breeze'' in Torrance, [[California]]. William Chaze went on to become an [[Associated Press]] editor, foreign news editor for ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' and editor-in-chief of ''The Journal of Defense and Diplomacy''.<ref name=bio/>
LaBorde's tenure at the newspaper coincided with the management of publisher Joe Dorsey Smith, Jr. (1922-2008). ''The Town Talk'' was owned by Mrs. Smith's father. Thereafter, Joe D. and his first wife, Jane Wilson Smith, sold the paper to Central Newspapers, Inc., of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], which later sold it to the [[Virginia]]-based Gannett Company.<ref name=bio/>
LaBorde's tenure at the newspaper coincided with the management of publisher [[Joe D. Smith, Jr.]] ''The Town Talk'' had been owned by Mrs. Smith's father. Thereafter, Joe D. and his first wife, Jane Wilson Smith, sold the paper to Central Newspapers, Inc., of [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], which later sold it to the [[Virginia]]-based Gannett Company.<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/>
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/>