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In 1975, ''The Shreveport Times'' published a picture by its chief photographer, [[Henry Langston McEachern]] showing Mayor Cathey destroying a pinball machine confiscated from the Turf Lounge, one of the nightclubs of the former Bossier Strip,<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', January 7, 1975.</ref> known for its [[country  music]]. The Strip was an entertainment district that flourished in the 20th century prior to the establishment of legal [[gambling]] and the construction of [[casino]]s along the Red River.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1068|title=Shreveport Sounds in Black and White|author= Kip Lornell and Tracey E. W. Laird, eds.|page=288|isbn=9781934110416|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

In 1975, ''The Shreveport Times'' published a picture by its chief photographer, [[Henry Langston McEachern]] showing Mayor Cathey destroying a pinball machine confiscated from the Turf Lounge, one of the nightclubs of the former Bossier Strip,<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', January 7, 1975.</ref> known for its [[country  music]]. The Strip was an entertainment district that flourished in the 20th century prior to the establishment of legal [[gambling]] and the construction of [[casino]]s along the Red River.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1068|title=Shreveport Sounds in Black and White|author= Kip Lornell and Tracey E. W. Laird, eds.|page=288|isbn=9781934110416|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

In 1976, Cathey and neighboring Mayor Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr. (1921-1991) of Shreveport hosted [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] in a question-and-answer session for local officials. Ford at the time was in Louisiana campaigning against former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] for the Republican presidential nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/diary/pdd760427.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford|date=April 27, 1976|publisher=fordlibrarymuseum.gov|accessdate=December 24, 2014}}</ref>

In 1976, Cathey and neighboring Mayor [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], of Shreveport hosted [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] in a question-and-answer session for local officials. Ford at the time was in Louisiana campaigning against former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] for the Republican presidential nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/diary/pdd760427.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford|date=April 27, 1976|publisher=fordlibrarymuseum.gov|accessdate=December 24, 2014}}</ref>

Cathey did not seek a second term in office in 1977, when victory went to [[Marvin Anding]], another Democrat. Cathey died in Bossier City in 1996 at the age of seventy-six. He is interred alongside his wife at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dlwc/>​

Cathey did not seek a second term in office in 1977, when victory went to [[Marvin Anding]], another Democrat. Cathey died in Bossier City in 1996 at the age of seventy-six. He is interred alongside his wife at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dlwc/>​