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Ruston, Louisiana

Index Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1]

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A. L. Williams (American football)

Albert Lawrence Williams Jr., known as A. L. Williams (born March 11, 1934), is the retired former head football coach for the Northwestern State Demons and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

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Abbeville, Louisiana

Abbeville is a city in and the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States, west of New Orleans and southwest of Baton Rouge.

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Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in West Texas, United States.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American frontier

The American frontier comprises the geography, history, folklore, and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion that began with English colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last mainland territories as states in 1912.

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Amplitude modulation

Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave.

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Andy Hamilton (American football)

Ladelle Andrews Hamilton Jr. (born April 8, 1950) is a former American football wide receiver who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints.

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Ark-La-Tex

The Ark-La-Tex (also stylized as Arklatex, ArkLaTex or more inclusively Arklatexoma) is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma abut.

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Arthur T. Prescott

Arthur Taylor Prescott, Sr. (11 June 1863 – 16 May 1942) was a political scientist and educator who was the founding president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Baylor Bears and Lady Bears

The Baylor Bears are the athletic teams that represent Baylor University.

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Beautification

Beautification is the process of making visual improvements to a person, place, or thing.

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Bernice, Louisiana

Bernice is a town in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Berry Hinton

Frank Berry Hinton, known as Berry Hinton (February 6, 1910 – January 22, 2000), was from 1943 to 1967 a champion baseball coach at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Bert Jones

Bertram Hays Jones (born September 7, 1951) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and the Los Angeles Rams.

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Bethel Christian School (Ruston, Louisiana)

Bethel Christian School is a private preK-12 Christian school located in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Billy Guin

Billy James Guin, Sr. (born November 14, 1927), is a retired businessman and engineer from Shreveport, Louisiana, who was from 1977 to 1978 his city's last public utilities commissioner under the former commission system of municipal government.

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C. E. "Cap" Barham

Charles Emmett Barham, known as Cap Barham (September 28, 1904 – February 23, 1972) was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, who is credited with having made the office independent of the governor.

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C. E. Byrd

Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr. (December 14, 1859 – February 26, 1926), was a prominent educator in the U.S. state of Louisiana during the first quarter of the 20th century.

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C. E. Byrd High School

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Cajuns

The Cajuns (Louisiana les Cadiens), also known as Acadians (Louisiana les Acadiens) are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and in The Maritimes as well as Québec consisting in part of the descendants of the original Acadian exiles—French-speakers from Acadia (L'Acadie) in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Centennial

A centennial is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century, a period of 100 years.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Charles C. Barham

Charles Clem Barham, known as Charlie Barham (April 20, 1934 – May 3, 2010), was an attorney in private practice for thirty-nine years in Ruston, Louisiana, and a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 35, nonconsecutively, from 1964 to 1972 and 1976 to 1988.

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Charles Jacobs (Louisiana judge)

Edward Charles Jacobs, known as Charles Jacobs (born May 13, 1970), is a lawyer from Springhill, Louisiana, who is one of the six judges, all Republicans except for one vacancy, of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court, encompassing neighboring Bossier and Webster parishes in the northwestern corner of his state.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) was a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Circulatory System (band)

Circulatory System is a psychedelic rock musical ensemble formed by musician/painter Will Cullen Hart, and featuring Derek Almstead, Suzanne Allison, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Charlie Johnston, and Heather McIntosh.

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Clarence Faulk

Clarence Eugene Faulk, Jr. (January 9, 1909 – March 5, 2010), was an American journalist who published from 1931 to 1962 the Ruston Daily Leader, the daily newspaper in Ruston in north Louisiana.

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Claybrook Cottingham

Claybrook C. Cottingham (May 4, 1881 – August 17, 1949) was an educator who served as the third president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville and the tenth president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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College town

A college town or university town is a community (often a separate town or city, but in some cases a town/city neighborhood or a district) that is dominated by its university population.

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Combined statistical area

A combined statistical area (CSA) is composed of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage.

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Conference USA

Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Dixie Center for the Arts

The Dixie Center for the Arts, also known as the Dixie Theater or simply the Dixie, is a theater-style venue located in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Don Shows

Donald Harrison Shows, known as Don Shows (February 15, 1940 – March 3, 2014), was an American athlete of five sports, a coach of the Northeast Louisiana Indians (renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks in 2006) and the Northwestern State Demons.

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Dub Jones (American football)

William Augustus "Dub" Jones (born December 29, 1924) is a former American football halfback who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and the old All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily for the Cleveland Browns.

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Dudley J. LeBlanc

Dudley Joseph LeBlanc, Sr. (August 16, 1894 – October 22, 1971), also known as Coozan Dud LeBlanc, was an American Democratic, Roman Catholic, and Cajun member of the Louisiana State Senate whose entrepreneurial talents netted him a fortune through the patent medicine he invented known as Hadacol.

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E. J. Bellocq

John Ernest Joseph Bellocq (1873–1949) was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century.

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E. R. Minchew

Elmer Reid Minchew, usually known as E. R. Minchew (January 26, 1908 – July 1, 2001), was a prominent Louisiana educator whose career spanned the forty-six years from 1929 to 1975.

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Edwin Richardson

Edwin Sanders Richardson, Sr., principally known as E. S. Richardson (August 31, 1875 – October 11, 1950), was an educator who served from August 14, 1936, until 1941 as the president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish.

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Elton C. Pody

Elton Clark Pody (December 1, 1938 – March 27, 2011) was from 1982 to 1990 the mayor of Ruston in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana and thereafter the 20-year president of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce based in Alexandria, Louisiana.

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F. Jay Taylor

Foster Jay Taylor, known as F. Jay Taylor (August 9, 1923 – May 15, 2011), was a historian who served from 1962 to 1987 as the president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Fred Dean

Frederick Rudolph Dean (born February 24, 1952) is a former American football player in the National Football League, and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Fred W. Jones Jr.

Fred W. Jones Jr. (October 24, 1924 – October 22, 2000) was a judge of three levels of court in his native U.S. state of Louisiana, based in Ruston in Lincoln Parish.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Garland Gregory

Garland D. Gregory (March 8, 1919 – April 28, 2011) is a former American football guard who played two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

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Garnie W. McGinty

Garnie William McGinty (April 5, 1900 – April 22, 1984) was a historian whose career was principally based for thirty-five years at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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George B. Holstead

George Burnham Holstead, Jr. (July 31, 1924 – December 27, 2002), was an attorney in Ruston, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964-1980.

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George Busbee

George Dekle Busbee Sr. (August 7, 1927 – July 16, 2004), was an American politician who served as the 77th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1975 to 1983, and a senior partner at King & Spalding thereafter.

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George M. Lomax

George Madden Lomax (August 8, 1849 – May 13, 1917) was from 1892 to 1896 a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana.

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George Stone (pitcher)

George Heard Stone (born July 9, 1946), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

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George W. Bond

George William Bond (April 6, 1891 – May 14, 1974), an Arkansas native, was president in the first half of the 20th century of two public universities in Louisiana -- Louisiana Tech in Ruston and Southeastern in Hammond.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Grambling State University

Grambling State University (GSU) is a historically black, public, coeducational university, in Grambling, Louisiana.

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Grambling, Louisiana

Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Hadacol

Hadacol was a patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement.

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Hardin–Simmons University

Hardin–Simmons University (HSU) is a private Baptist university in Abilene, Texas.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Henry E. Chambers

Henry Edward Chambers, Sr. (March 28, 1860 – March 8, 1929), was an educator and historian from New Orleans, Louisiana, known principally for his 1925 work, History of Louisiana: Wilderness, Colony, Province, Territory, State, People, a principal source for much on the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.

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Hollis Downs

Hollis Homer Downs (born October 2, 1946) is an American academic and Republican former state legislator who represented District 12 (Lincoln and Union parishes) in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2012.

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Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas.

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Interstate 20

Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States.

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J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park

J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park is a baseball stadium in Ruston, Louisiana, United States.

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Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent.

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Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars are an American professional football franchise based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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James M. Goslin

James McCormick Goslin, Jr., known as James M. Goslin or Jimmy Goslin (August 27, 1915 – July 27, 2001), was from 1966 to 1976 the sheriff of Caddo Parish, based in Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana.

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Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum (born October 24, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the lyricist, vocalist and guitarist of the band Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as being one of the cofounders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company.

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Jimmy Childress

Jimmy Ray Childress (March 29, 1932 – July 12, 2015), known also as Chick Childress, was an eight-time Louisiana state champion high school football coach who in 2001 was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches.

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Jimmy G. Shoalmire

Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire (July 23, 1940 – July 31, 1982) was an historian of the American South originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, who specialized in Reconstruction and agricultural studies.

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Joe Aillet Stadium

Joe Aillet Stadium (formerly Louisiana Tech Stadium) is a college football stadium in Ruston, Louisiana and the home field of the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs football team, which competes in Conference USA.

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Joe Raymond Peace

Joe Raymond Peace, Jr. (born June 5, 1945), is the former Louisiana Tech University head football coach of eight seasons from 1988 to 1995.

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John Ardis Cawthon

John Ardis Cawthon (March 16, 1907 – October 5, 1984) was an educator and regional historian from Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana, who was affiliated with Louisiana Tech University from 1939–1940, 1948, and from January 12, 1954, until retirement on May 31, 1972.

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John Clint Williamson

John Clint Williamson is a U.S. diplomat and prosecutor who has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government, the United Nations, and the European Union.

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John D. Winters

John David Winters (December 23, 1916 – December 9, 1997)John D. Winters obituary, Ruston Daily Leader, December 10, 1997 was a historian at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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John R. Conniff

John Robinson Conniff, Sr. (January 20, 1874 – January 20, 1957), was an educator from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served from 1926 to 1928 as the seventh president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana.

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John S. Hunt II

John Smoker Hunt II (June 21, 1928 – January 14, 2001), was a nephew of Governors Huey Pierce Long Jr. and Earl Kemp Long who served on the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission from May 1964, to December 31, 1972.

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John Simoneaux

John Simoneaux (born April 24, 1967, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) John became well known in Ruston, LA, playing in the bands Blue Monday and Howard Shaft Horns, and hosting the "Tuesday Night Blues Jam" at the Sundown Tavern in Ruston with his friends backing him as the house band.

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Jonesboro, Louisiana

Jonesboro is a town in and the parish seat of Jackson Parish in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Josh Scobee

Joshua Taylor Scobee (born June 23, 1982) is a former American football placekicker.

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Justin Wilson (chef)

Justin E. Wilson (April 24, 1914 – September 5, 2001) was a southern American chef and humorist known for his brand of Cajun cuisine-inspired cooking and humor and storytelling.

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K. D. Kilpatrick

Kenneth Dale Kilpatrick, Sr. (June 14, 1928 – March 14, 2010), known as K. D. Kilpatrick, was a funeral home owner in Ruston, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for a single term from 1972 to 1976.

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Kansas City Southern Railway

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, owned by Kansas City Southern, is the smallest and third-oldest Class I railroad in North America (just behind Union Pacific Railroad and Canadian Pacific Railway) still in operation.

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KAPI

KAPI (88.5 MHz FM) is a radio station licensed to Ruston, Louisiana broadcasting a religious format.

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Karl Malone

Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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KBNF-LP

KBNF-LP is a radio station broadcasting an 1980s rock music format.

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Keith M. Pyburn

Keith M. Pyburn, Sr. (December 21, 1910 – May 22, 1967), was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Shreveport in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Kenny Wright

Kenneth Dewayne "Kenny" Wright (born September 14, 1977) is a former American football cornerback.

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KGRM

KGRM (91.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety format.

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Kim Mulkey

Kimberly Duane Mulkey (born May 17, 1962) is the head women's basketball coach at Baylor University.

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Kix Brooks

Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks III (born May 12, 1955) is an American country music artist, actor, and film producer best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn and host of radio's American Country Countdown.

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KLPI

KLPI is a non-commercial educational college radio station owned by Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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KNBB

KNBB (97.7 FM, "Sports Talk 97.7") is an American radio station broadcasting a sports talk radio format.

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KPCH

KPCH (99.3 FM, "The Peach") is an American radio station licensed to serve Ruston, Louisiana, United States.

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KRLQ

KRLQ (94.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format.

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KTOC-FM

KTOC-FM is a radio station broadcasting a religious format.

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KWXM

KWXM (102.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting 80's Classic Hits music format.

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KXKZ

KXKZ (107.5 FM, "Z107.5") is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format.

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Kyle Williams (defensive tackle)

Kyle Derrick Williams (born June 10, 1983) is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).

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L.D. "Buddy" Napper

Laurice Dean Napper, known as L. D. "Buddy" Napper (January 19, 1925 – March 6, 2013), was an attorney and civic figure in Ruston, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1964.

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Lawson Swearingen

Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr. (born May 27, 1944), is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 34 (Ouachita Parish) from 1980 to 1991, and a former president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, whose tenure extended from 1991 through 2001.

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Leon Barmore

William Leon Barmore (born June 3, 1944) is a college women's basketball coach best known for his 35-year association with the Louisiana Tech University Lady Techsters.

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Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction.

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Lincoln Parish School Board

Lincoln Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana, United States.

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Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Lincoln Parish (French: Paroisse de Lincoln) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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List of Governors of Georgia

The Governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Louisiana railroads

The following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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List of micropolitan statistical areas

The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 536 micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for the United States and five for Puerto Rico.

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List of municipalities in Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.

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List of parishes in Louisiana

The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (French: paroisses) in the same manner that 48 other states of the United States are divided into counties, and Alaska is divided into boroughs.

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Logan Paul

Logan Alexander Paul (born April 1, 1995) is an American actor, director, internet personality, screenwriter, rapper, and white collar boxer.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Louisiana College

Louisiana College is a private institution of higher education located in Pineville, in the central portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Louisiana Delta Community College

Louisiana Delta Community College is located in the town of Monroe, Louisiana in Ouachita Parish.

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Louisiana National Guard

The Louisiana National Guard consists of the Louisiana Army National Guard, a reserve component of the United States Army, and the Louisiana Air National Guard, a reserve component of the United States Air Force, under the United States Department of Defense.

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Louisiana Public Service Commission

Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) is an independent regulatory agency which manages public utilities and motor carriers in Louisiana.

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Louisiana State Legislature

The Louisiana State Legislature (Législature d'État de Louisiane) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Louisiana State Senate

The Louisiana State Senate (French: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana.

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters, commonly abbreviated La.

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team represents Louisiana Tech University in NCAA Division I college baseball.

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball program, nicknamed the Dunkin' Dawgs, represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Louisiana Tech University.

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program represents Louisiana Tech University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level.

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Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, colloquially referred to as Louisiana Tech or La.

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Louisiana Tech University Arboretum

The Louisiana Tech University Arboretum (50 acres, 20 hectares) is located on the South Campus of the Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Luke McCown

Lucas Patrick McCown (born July 12, 1981) is a former American football quarterback.

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Lumber

Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

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Martie Cordaro

Martie Cordaro is the president and general manager for the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.

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Matt Stover

John Matthew "Matt" Stover (born January 27, 1968) is a former American Football placekicker.

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Mayor–council government

The mayor–council government system is a system of organization of local government.

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Mickey Slaughter

Milton Eugene "Mickey" Slaughter (born August 22, 1941) is a former professional American football quarterback in the American Football League and assistant coach at Louisiana Tech.

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Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe (historically accessdate) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Monroe–Ruston–Bastrop Combined Statistical Area

The Monroe–Ruston–Bastrop Combined Statistical Area is made up of four parishes in northern Louisiana.

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Morgan D. Peoples

Morgan Dewey Peoples (February 1, 1919 – May 25, 1998) was a historian who coauthored with Michael L. Kurtz a biography of the Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.

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Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed in Ruston, Louisiana by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the late 1980s.

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New York Mets

The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic whites or whites not of Hispanic or Latino origin (commonly referred to as Anglo-Americans)Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster See original definition (definition #1) of Anglo in English: It is defined as a synonym for Anglo-American--Page 86 are European Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

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North Louisiana

North Louisiana (Louisiane du Nord) (also known locally as "Sportsman's Paradise", a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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North Louisiana History

North Louisiana History is an academic journal published twice annually in Shreveport, Louisiana by the North Louisiana Historical Association (NLHA).

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On the Road

On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.

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P. J. Brown

Collier "P.

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Patent medicine

A patent medicine, also known as a nostrum (from the Latin nostrum remedium, or "our remedy") is a commercial product advertised (usually heavily) as a purported over-the-counter medicine, without regard to its effectiveness.

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Patrick Ramsey

Patrick Allen Ramsey (born February 14, 1979) is a former American football quarterback.

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Paul M. Davis Jr.

Paul McMillian Davis Jr. (September 1, 1919 – February 12, 2007), also known as Mac Davis but unrelated to the singer Mac Davis, was an orthopedic surgeon, medical writer, and in his later years, a real estate developer in Alexandria, Louisiana.

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Paul Millsap

Paul Millsap (born February 10, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Petroleum industry

The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.

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Pineville, Louisiana

Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Polly Smith

Frances Sutah (Polly) Smith (December 29, 1908 – June 18, 1980) was an important Texas photographer whose work showcased Texas life to the world during the 1930s-1940s.

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Poultry

Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Ragan Madden

Ragan Dupree Madden (1910 – 1990) was a long-serving public official from Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Republican Party of Louisiana

The Republican Party of Louisiana is the U.S. state of Louisiana's organization of the national Republican Party.

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Robert C. Snyder

Robert Craven Snyder, Sr. (April 30, 1919 – June 8, 2011), was a professor and professor emeritus of English at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

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Robert Edwin Russ

Robert Edwin Russ (August 27, 1830 – January 9, 1902) was a planter and civic leader who founded Ruston, the parish seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

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Robert O. Trout

Robert Oren Trout (August 4, 1904 – March 15, 1995) was an American sociologist whose principal academic career was based at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, where he was the longtime chairman of the Social Sciences Department.

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Robert Schneider

Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American pop musician, music producer and mathematician.

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Robert W. Mondy

Robert William Mondy (September 4, 1908 – August 18, 1997) was an historian of the frontier experience in the American West and South, who spent thirty-nine years, from 1935–1974, on the faculty of Louisiana Tech UniversityMondy obituary, Ruston Daily Leader, Ruston, Louisiana, August 19, 1997 in his native Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Ruston Daily Leader

The Ruston Daily Leader is the daily newspaper in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana.

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Ruston High School

Ruston High School is a 4-year public high school located in the Lincoln Parish School District of Ruston, Louisiana, United States.

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Ruston Regional Airport

Ruston Regional Airport is a public use airport in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Ryan Moats

Ryan Moats (born December 17, 1982) is a former American football running back.

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Sarepta, Louisiana

Sarepta is a town in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Scotty Robertson

Robert Scott "Scotty" Robertson III (February 1, 1930 – August 18, 2011) was an American basketball coach.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport is the third-largest city in the state of Louisiana and the 122nd-largest city in the United States.

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Sonja Hogg

Sonja Hogg (born December 20, 1945) is the former women's basketball program head coach at Louisiana Tech University and Baylor University.

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Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States.

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Squire Creek Country Club

The Squire Creek Country Club is a private, members-only country club located in Choudrant, Louisiana, five miles northeast of Ruston.

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State school

State schools (also known as public schools outside England and Wales)In England and Wales, some independent schools for 13- to 18-year-olds are known as 'public schools'.

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Student publication

A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station produced by students at an educational institution.

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Terry Bradshaw

Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL).

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The Apples in Stereo

The Apples in Stereo, styled as The Apples in stereo, are an American rock band associated with Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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The Elephant 6 Recording Company

The Elephant 6 Recording Company (or simply Elephant 6) is a collective of American musicians who spawned many notable independent bands of the 1990s, including the Apples in Stereo, the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah, Elf Power, of Montreal, The Minders, and Circulatory System.

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The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control is an American rock band that was prominent in the mid-to-late 1990s.

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The Tech Talk

The Tech Talk is the student newspaper of Louisiana Tech University.

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The Times (Shreveport)

The Times is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Thomas Assembly Center

The Samuel M. Thomas Assembly Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Tim Floyd

Timothy Fitzpatrick Floyd (born February 25, 1954) is a former American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

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Tim Rattay

Timothy F. Rattay (born March 15, 1977) is the quarterbacks coach for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program and former professional American football quarterback who played in the National Football League and United Football League.

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Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country singer and actor.

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True Blood

True Blood is an American dark fantasy horror television series produced and created by Alan Ball and based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of novels by Charlaine Harris.

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Union Parish, Louisiana

Union Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Union) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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University of Louisiana at Monroe

The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is a coeducational public university in Monroe, Louisiana, United States, and part of the University of Louisiana System.

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Urban contemporary gospel

Urban/contemporary gospel is a modern form of Christian music that expresses either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.

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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Vermilion Parish (Paroisse de Vermillion) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Vic Frazier

Victor Patrick Frazier (August 5, 1904 – January 10, 1977) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1931 and 1939 for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Boston Bees.

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Virgil Orr

Virgil L. Orr (born February 2, 1923) is a retired engineering professor and administrator at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 12 (Lincoln and Union parishes) from 1988-1992.

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W. C. Friley

William Christopher Friley, known as W. C. Friley (July 12, 1845 – April 11, 1911), was a Southern Baptist clergyman and college president.

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W. C. Robinson (Louisiana educator)

William Claiborne Robinson, known as W. C. Robinson (April 25, 1861 – April 1, 1914), was a mathematics professor paid $800 per year who was elevated for one year, 1889 to 1900, as the second president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

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Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Western United States

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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Wiley W. Hilburn

Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr. (February 20, 1938 – January 16, 2014), was a journalist in Ruston, Louisiana, whose communications career began in the middle 1950s when he was a student at Ruston High School and then Louisiana Tech University.

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Will Cullen Hart

William "Will" Cullen Hart (born June 14, 1971) is an American pop musician and painter.

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William Y. Thompson

William Young Thompson (October 15, 1922 – April 12, 2013) was an historian affiliated from 1955 through 1988 with Louisiana Tech University at Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.

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Willie Roaf

William Layton Roaf (born April 18, 1970), nicknamed "Nasty," is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons.

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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball.

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1980s oil glut

The 1980s oil glut was a serious surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.

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2000 United States Census

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 Census.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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225th Engineer Brigade (United States)

The 225th Engineer Brigade is a combat heavy engineer brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruston,_Louisiana

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