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'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
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'''Aubrey Walsworth Young''' (May 1, 1922 – April 7, 2010) was a public official in the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]], who between 1965 and 1999 established multiple drug and [[alcohol]] treatment programs through the Department of Health and Hospitals in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=mns>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100410/NEWS01/4100307/Young-legacy-to-go-beyond-politics|author=Johnny Gunter|title="Young legacy to go beyond politics"|date=April 10, 2010|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref> A political activist, Young organized his contacts from [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] to support the election of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] as [[governor]] of Louisiana in the 1963-64 election cycle.<ref name=obit/>
'''Aubrey Walsworth Young''' (May 1, 1922 – April 7, 2010) was a public official in the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]], who between 1965 and 1999 established multiple drug and [[alcohol]] treatment programs through the Department of Health and Hospitals in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=mns>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100410/NEWS01/4100307/Young-legacy-to-go-beyond-politics|author=Johnny Gunter|title="Young legacy to go beyond politics"|date=April 10, 2010|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref> A political activist, Young organized his contacts from [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] to support the election of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] as [[governor]] of Louisiana in the 1963-64 election cycle.<ref name=obit/>
==Background==
==Background==
Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to the former Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>
Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to the former Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>
Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>
Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>
==Gubernatorial aide==
==Gubernatorial aide==
Young's connections through AA caught the attention of John McKeithen, then a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who had entered the crowded race to succeed the term-limited Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. McKeithen won the Democratic nomination in a runoff election over deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), the former [[mayor]] of New Orleans, and then defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]]. As governor, McKeithen promptly named Young a colonel with the Louisiana State Police and as his gubernatorial aide de camp. The appointments required his relocation to Baton Rouge, where Young resided for the remainder of his life.<ref name=obit/>
Young's connections through AA caught the attention of John McKeithen, then a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who had entered the crowded race to succeed the term-limited Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. McKeithen won the Democratic nomination in a runoff election over deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), the former [[mayor]] of New Orleans, and then defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]]. As governor, McKeithen promptly named Young a colonel with the Louisiana State Police and as his gubernatorial aide de camp. The appointments required his relocation to Baton Rouge, where Young resided for the remainder of his life.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, Young was recognized by the state legislature for his work in evacuating Louisiana residents during Hurricane Betsy. He was honored with a concurrent resolution citing his "new and more meaningful concept of public service." Young served as a mentor for newer legislators and as a contact person for state employees seeking liaison with lawmakers. In 1966, Young handled security arrangements for a visit to Baton Rouge by [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], an LSU alumnus.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, Young was recognized by the state legislature for his work in evacuating Louisiana residents during Hurricane Betsy. He was honored with a concurrent resolution citing his "new and more meaningful concept of public service." Young served as a mentor for newer legislators and as a contact person for state employees seeking liaison with lawmakers. In 1966, Young handled security arrangements for a visit to Baton Rouge by [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], an LSU alumnus.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, McKeithen asked Young to meet with A. Z. Young, an [[African American]] [[civil rights]] figure in Bogalusa in Washington Parish, in an attempt to defuse tensions during a march staged by black activists. The demonstrations followed by a few months the better-known Selma to Montgomery marches in [[Alabama]]. The procession completed its march with few disruptions, and the two Youngs struck up a longstanding friendship.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, McKeithen asked Young to meet with A. Z. Young, an [[African American]] [[civil rights]] figure in Bogalusa in Washington Parish, in an attempt to defuse tensions during a march staged by black activists. The demonstrations followed by a few months the better-known Selma to Montgomery marches in [[Alabama]]. The procession completed its march with few disruptions, and the two Youngs struck up a longstanding friendship.<ref name=obit/>
==Underworld connections==
==Underworld connections==
In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against fellow Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against fellow Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
Heavily involved in labor matters, Young also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
Heavily involved in labor matters, Young also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
''Life Magazine'' reported that Young had made fifty to sixty telephone calls from the governor's office to Carlos Marcello in 1966 and 1967, but East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent Pitcher conducted a probe and could not substantiate the magazine's claim. Young admitted to having received two calls from Marcello, one dealing with what became the now Mercedes-Benz Superdome and another in regard to Dalton Smith's attempt to bribe Edward Grady Partin. Pitcher said that the telephone used was actually that of Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs (1911-1985), a former state senator from Rapides Parish who was then Governor McKeithen's unpaid administrative assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1968/68-07/68-07-32.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title="B. R. Probe Finds No Proof of Marcella-Young Calls"|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|date=July 16, 1968|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> Another source alleges that Young was "tied" to Marcello.<ref name=novel>{{cite web|url=http://www.combat-diaries.co.uk/dairy18/diary18chapter_5.htm|title=A Short Encyclopedia of Modern Visionaries: Gordon Novel section|publisher=combat-diaries.co.uk|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
''Life Magazine'' reported that Young had made fifty to sixty telephone calls from the governor's office to Carlos Marcello in 1966 and 1967, but East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent Pitcher conducted a probe and could not substantiate the magazine's claim. Young admitted to having received two calls from Marcello, one dealing with what became the now Mercedes-Benz Superdome and another in regard to Dalton Smith's attempt to bribe Edward Grady Partin. Pitcher said that the telephone used was actually that of Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs (1911-1985), a former state senator from Rapides Parish who was then Governor McKeithen's unpaid administrative assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1968/68-07/68-07-32.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title="B. R. Probe Finds No Proof of Marcella-Young Calls"|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|date=July 16, 1968|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> Another source alleges that Young was "tied" to Marcello.<ref name=novel>{{cite web|url=http://www.combat-diaries.co.uk/dairy18/diary18chapter_5.htm|title=A Short Encyclopedia of Modern Visionaries: Gordon Novel section|publisher=combat-diaries.co.uk|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>
In 1981, Young and four others, including Marcello, New Orleans attorney Vincent A. Mannello, [[lobbyist]] I. Irving Davidson, and [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], a former aide to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], McKeithen 's successor, and the father of Edwards' second successor, [[Buddy Roemer|Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III]], were charged in U.S. District Court in New Orleans with [[conspiracy]], racketeering, and mail and wire fraud in a scheme to bribe state officials to give the five men multi-million dollar [[insurance]] contracts.<ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' March 31, 1981, p. 16.</ref> The charges were the result of a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] probe known as BriLab.<ref>''The New York Times,'' April 22, 1981, p. 17.</ref><ref>Bill Wayne "Bill" Clayton, a former Texas state representative and state House Speaker, was caught up in another phase of BriLab but acquitted of the charges against him.</ref>U.S. District Judge Morey Sear allowed the admission of secretly-recorded conversations that he said demonstrated political corruption at the highest levels of state government.<ref>''The New York Times,', May 18, 1981, Section IV, p. 13</ref> Young was acquitted of all charges.<ref>''The New York Times,'' July 8, 1981, p. 18.</ref>
In 1981, Young and four others, including Marcello, New Orleans attorney Vincent A. Mannello, [[lobbyist]] I. Irving Davidson, and [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], a former aide to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], McKeithen 's successor, and the father of Edwards' second successor, [[Buddy Roemer|Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III]], were charged in U.S. District Court in New Orleans with [[conspiracy]], racketeering, and mail and wire fraud in a scheme to bribe state officials to give the five men multi-million dollar [[insurance]] contracts.<ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' March 31, 1981, p. 16.</ref> The charges were the result of a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] probe known as BriLab.<ref>''The New York Times,'' April 22, 1981, p. 17.</ref><ref>Bill Wayne "Bill" Clayton, a former Texas state representative and state House Speaker, was caught up in another phase of BriLab but acquitted of the charges against him.</ref> U.S. District Judge Morey Sear allowed the admission of secretly-recorded conversations that he said demonstrated political corruption at the highest levels of state government.<ref>''The New York Times,', May 18, 1981, Section IV, p. 13</ref> Young was acquitted of all charges.<ref>''The New York Times,'' July 8, 1981, p. 18.</ref>
Roemer was thereafter convicted of one count of conspiracy<ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' July 31, 1981, p. 6.</ref> and imprisoned. He was released in October 1984.<ref name=bopgov>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Charles&Middle=E&LastName=Roemer&Race=W&Sex=M&Age=&x=66&y=14|title=Inmate Locator|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> Marcello was convicted of conspiracy and then indicted on additional charges involving an alleged attempt to bribe the judge.<ref>''The New York Times,'' August 6, 1981, p. 13.</ref> He was finally released from prison in October 1989.<ref name=bopgov/> Irving Davidson claimed that federal agents had used threats and offers of immunity from prosecution to convict Marcello.<ref>''The New York Times,'' July 9, 1981, p. 14.</ref> The Bureau of Prisons inmate locator does not indicate that Davidson or Mannello ever served time.<ref name=bopgov/>
Roemer was thereafter convicted of one count of conspiracy<ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' July 31, 1981, p. 6.</ref> and imprisoned. He was released in October 1984.<ref name=bopgov>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Charles&Middle=E&LastName=Roemer&Race=W&Sex=M&Age=&x=66&y=14|title=Inmate Locator|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> Marcello was convicted of conspiracy and then indicted on additional charges involving an alleged attempt to bribe the judge.<ref>''The New York Times,'' August 6, 1981, p. 13.</ref> He was finally released from prison in October 1989.<ref name=bopgov/> Irving Davidson claimed that federal agents had used threats and offers of immunity from prosecution to convict Marcello.<ref>''The New York Times,'' July 9, 1981, p. 14.</ref> The Bureau of Prisons inmate locator does not indicate that Davidson or Mannello ever served time.<ref name=bopgov/>
During this same period, Young joined [[Victor Bussie]] of Baton Rouge, president of the Louisiana [[AFL-CIO]], to establish programs in industrial plants and factories for the treatment and referral of alcoholics. He pushed for greater funding for the statewide substance abuse programs. Young was also the driving force behind the Drug Court program in Louisiana. Judge Bob Downing hailed him: "Aubrey, without you, this program would not have gotten off the ground." He remained active in state substance abuse programs as counselor and as the Governor's Coordinator for Substance Abuse through many administrations from McKeithen in 1965 to [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], in 1999. He also did advertising for Lieutenant Governor Robert "Bobby" Freeman, a Democrat who served from 1980 to 1988.<ref name=obit/>
During this same period, Young joined [[Victor Bussie]] of Baton Rouge, president of the Louisiana [[AFL-CIO]], to establish programs in industrial plants and factories for the treatment and referral of alcoholics. He pushed for greater funding for the statewide substance abuse programs. Young was also the driving force behind the Drug Court program in Louisiana. Judge Bob Downing hailed him: "Aubrey, without you, this program would not have gotten off the ground." He remained active in state substance abuse programs as counselor and as the Governor's Coordinator for Substance Abuse through many administrations from McKeithen in 1965 to [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], in 1999. He also did advertising for Lieutenant Governor Robert "Bobby" Freeman, a Democrat who served from 1980 to 1988.<ref name=obit/>
==Later years==
==Later years==
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Young died at his Baton Rouge residence at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, the former Kathleen Smith of Baton Rouge; three children, William Grant Young (born ca. 1960) of Durham, [[North Carolina]] (from a previous marriage), Ashley Young Munnerlyn (ca. 1977) of Baton Rouge, and Charles Anthony Young (born ca. 1979) and wife, Kristen, of Bradenton, [[Florida]]; three grandchildren; a sister, Ann Elizabeth Owens and her husband, Bill, of Shreveport, and mother-in-law, Mabel Smith of Baton Rouge. He was preceded in death by his parents and a five-year-old brother, William Earl Young, Jr. Services were held on April 13, 2010, at Jefferson Baptist Church, with pastor Tommy French officiating. Interment was at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>
Young died at his Baton Rouge residence at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, the former Kathleen Smith of Baton Rouge; three children, William Grant Young (born ca. 1960) of Durham, [[North Carolina]] (from a previous marriage), Ashley Young Munnerlyn (ca. 1977) of Baton Rouge, and Charles Anthony Young (born ca. 1979) and wife, Kristen, of Bradenton, [[Florida]]; three grandchildren; a sister, Ann Elizabeth Owens and her husband, Bill, of Shreveport, and mother-in-law, Mabel Smith of Baton Rouge. He was preceded in death by his parents and a five-year-old brother, William Earl Young, Jr. Services were held on April 13, 2010, at Jefferson Baptist Church, with pastor Tommy French officiating. Interment was at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>
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