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Speedy O. Long, former Louisiana congressman, dies (The Daily Comet) - 180 weeks ago

Speedy Oteria Long, one of the last surviving members of the Long political dynasty, died Thursday. Long, a distant cousin of Huey P. Long, died about 7:40 a.m. Thursday at his home in Trout, a community in LaSalle Parish, according to Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena. He was 78.

The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903 (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner) - 182 weeks ago

Fairbanks resident Rhoda Ellen Clarkson, 81, passed away Sept. 11, 2006, while visiting family in Salt Lake City. She was surrounded by family from Salt Lake and Fairbanks.

Kentucky deaths (The Kentucky Post) - 182 weeks ago

Wally Hennemann was a mechanical genius. "He could fix just about anything," said Mr. Hennemann's son, Terry Hennemann of Erlanger. "There would be about a thousand pieces of a transmission spread out on the floor and I would say, 'There's no way to put that back together.' He put it back together and made it work." Wallace "Wally" Edward Hennemann, 82, of Elsmere, died Sunday at Florence Park

Deaths (RedNova) - 183 weeks ago

Library Note: Multiple Versions May Exist Sidney Lee Barber; Wilma Blouin Barker; Rosalind Maggio Barrington; Jeanne "Irene" Becnel; Rosemary Rita Alonzo "Rose" Boudreaux; Thomas Byrd Dupree Jr.; Anthony Jewan Gooden; Rosalaia Effie Greene; Lawrence Boyd "Lonnie" Haynes; Marine G.

DEATHS (Part 1 of 2) (RedNova) - 183 weeks ago

Aaron Chase Arnold; Rita Jane Bordelon; Willard James Bourg; Mary Elizabeth Barry "Beth" Crochet; Serenity Dang; Shirley Ruth Ashford; Christine Brooke Garrett; Mercye Lee Guidry (Mrs. Leonard Guidry); Gary Allen Guy; Patricia Marie Braud Higginbotham; Thomas C.

Edwin H. Kessler (Shelbyville Daily Union) - 183 weeks ago

Edwin H. Kessler, 72, of Alexandria, LA, formerly of Stewardson, died at 2:20 p.m. Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence surrounded by all of his family.

M.Sgt. Dallas Lavell Vinson Webb, Jr. (RedNova) - 184 weeks ago

M.Sgt. Dallas Lavell Vinson Webb, Jr., USAF, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Born September 10, 1962 in Alexandria, La., passed away suddenly September 6, 2006 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Caroline Webb, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; daughters, Lea Catherine of Ft.

Political activity by public employees is still ill-advised (The Times) - 184 weeks ago

Public employee endorsements of political candidates is a slippery slope that pits an individual's right to exercise democratic freedoms -- to contribute, to advocate, to rally -- against a public expectation of governmental services delivered without regard to political clout or favoritism.