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| birth_date =March 9, 1927

| birth_place=Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana

| birth_place=Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana

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| death_date=May 22, 2023 (aged 96)

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| death_place=West Monroe, Louisiana

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'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927),<ref name=voterportal>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3850794|title=Click Walter Hatten, 71291,, March 1927|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> is a former [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight", in ''The Ouachita Citizen'', a weekly in West Monroe.  

'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927 &ndash; May 22, 2023),<ref name=voterportal>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3850794|title=Click Walter Hatten, 71291,, March 1927|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> was a [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight," in ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' a weekly in West Monroe.  

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