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In 1955, Lastrapes went to work as a [[reporter]] and newscaster for the newly opened Lafayette television station KLFY-TV, Channel 10 ([[CBS]]). He left the station to go into [[radio]] but soon returned to KLFY as news director, a position that he maintained until 1970.
In 1955, Lastrapes went to work as a [[reporter]] and newscaster for the newly opened Lafayette television station KLFY-TV, Channel 10 ([[CBS]]). He left the station to go into [[radio]] but soon returned to KLFY as news director, a position that he maintained until 1970.
In 1957, Lastrapes married the former Rhonda Rougelot (born 1936); she was also born in New Orleans but reared in [[Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]], and thereafter Lafayette, where she finished high school. The Lastrapeses, who divorced in 1989, have two sons. William Dean Lastrapes (born 1958) is the head of the Department of Economics at the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens, where he lives with his wife and two children. Bryan James Lastrapes (born 1959)<ref name=genealogy/> is senior vice president at QRI; he lives with his wife, twin daughters, and son in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].
In 1957, Lastrapes married the former Rhonda Rougelot (born 1936); she was also born in New Orleans but reared in Chattanooga, [[Tennessee]], and thereafter Lafayette, where she finished high school. The Lastrapeses, who divorced in 1989, have two sons. William Dean Lastrapes (born 1958) is on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens, where he lives with his wife and two children. Bryan James Lastrapes (born 1959)<ref name=genealogy/> is senior vice president at QRI; he lives with his wife, twin daughters, and son in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].
In 1970, Lastrapes became a public relations officer of the former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Lafayette, later Chase Bank. In 1973, he went into the health and life [[insurance]] business. He worked in that capacity until he became mayor. He returned to his insurance business in 1992, after his mayoral service ended.
In 1970, Lastrapes became a public relations officer of the former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Lafayette, later Chase Bank. In 1973, he went into the health and life [[insurance]] business. He worked in that capacity until he became mayor. He returned to his insurance business in 1992, after his mayoral service ended.
==Lastrapes and Bowen==
==Lastrapes and Bowen==