Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Police Jury Association of Louisiana

Date Issued: 1991-01-06

Duration: 00:25:20

Subjects: Local governments | POLICE JURIES

Contributors:

• Johnson, Ken Narrator
• Carleton, Mark Interviewee
• Hays, James T. Interviewee
• Breaux, John Interviewee
• Rayburn, B. B. "Sixty" Interviewee
• Durand, Sydnie Mae Interviewee
• Comeaux, Walter S., Jr. Interviewee
• Fields, David M. Interviewee
• Henry, L.B. Interviewee
• Authement, Ray Interviewee
• McHugh, Tom Ed Interviewee
• August, Allen P. Interviewee
• Duhe, T.L. "Teddy" Interviewee
• Hilton, Betty Interviewee
• McMahen, Paul Interviewee
• Roemer, Buddy Interviewee
• Palmer, Raymond Interviewee
• Keller, Paul K. Interviewee
• Scarborough, James W. Interviewee
• Rawls, Arlan E. Interviewee
• Robinson, Patrick H. Interviewee
• Hickman, Sadie Interviewee
• Connella, Clarence E. Interviewee
• McMurry, S. Mark Interviewee

This program from January 6, 1991, focuses on the role of parish governments, or police juries, in Louisiana in the areas of economic development, transportation, health care and social services, recreation, public safety, and solid waste management. It also touches on the role of the Louisiana Police Jury Association. It includes interviews with: Dr. Mark Carleton, LSU history professor; James T. Hayes, executive director of the Police Jury Association; United States Senator John Breaux; State Senator B.B. “Sixty” Rayburn; Sydnie Mae Durand, St. Martin Parish; Walter S. Comeaux, Jr., Lafayette Parish; David M. Fields, Bienville Parish; L.B. Henry, Rapides Parish; Dr. Ray Authement, president of the University of Southwestern Louisiana; Tom Ed McHugh, East Baton Rouge Parish; Allen P. August, Calcasieu Parish; T.L. “Teddy” Duhe, Terrebonne Parish; Betty Hilton, Natchitoches Parish; Paul McMahen, Willamette Industries, Inc. in Bienville Parish; Governor Buddy Roemer; Raymond Palmer, Vernon Parish; Paul K. Keller, St. James Parish; James W. Scarborough, Natchitoches Parish; Arlan E. Rawls, Ouachita Parish; Patrick H. Robinson, executive director of the Ouachita Community Action Program; Sadie Hickman, St. James Parish resident; Clarence E. Connella, Fire Chief for Fire District 2 in Rapides Parish; and S. Mark McMurry, parish administrator in Calcasieu Parish. This program aired as a part of LPB’s Instructional Television block (ITV). This program was preserved through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s Transcribe to Digitize Challenge, a partnership with George Blood LP.