Editor’s Note: From the July 29 editions of the American Press for 2010, 1995, 1970 and 1945

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10 years ago

Seven players from the McNeese Cowboys football team have been named to the preseason all-conference first team of the Southland Conference.

The following players were named: Defensive tackle Desmund Lighten; defensive backs Malcolm Bronson, Darrell Jenkins and Seth Thomas; running back Champlain Babin, and offensive linemen Miguel Gauthreaux and Jonathan Landry.

Cultural scene

SULPHUR — Matt Young told the Sulphur Kiwanis Club on Wednesday that he was there to “just talk about the fun stuff.”

Young, executive director of the Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana, said the “fun stuff is the meat and bones of what we do.”

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25 years ago

Deal hammered out

The city of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish and Port of Lake Charles hammered out a final agreement Friday to split anticipated tax revenues from the proposed $200 million Mirage casino resort.

Those attending Friday’s meeting were port attorney Mike Dees, Mirage attorney Winfield Little Jr., Mayor Willie

Mount, councilmen Buddy Prejean, Mike Huber, David Painter, police jurors Allen August, Charles Liggio, and Francis Andrepont, parish administrator Mark McMurry, parish planner Jimmy Vickers, and parish finance director Jerry Milner.

Celebrity partner

SULPHUR — It’s not often a celebrity comes to town, and even less often to meet a local business partner.

As of June 15, John and Dottie Trahan, both natives of West Calcasieu, became co-owners of the Little Miss Liberty Crib Company with actress Jean Kasem who is the wife of Casey Kasem, host of Top 40 countdown.

The Trahans met her through their business.

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50 years ago

Balancer donated

Cities Service Oil Co. has donated a Globe dynamic balancing machine to the McNeese State University Department of Engineering for use in its mechanical engineering laboratory, according to Robert V. Forest, manager of public relations for Cities Service.

Accepting for McNeese were Dr. Thomas S. Leary, president; Dr. William Bergeron, acting head of the Department of Engineering; and Lt. Col. James F. Williams, (USA Ret.), assistant professor of engineering.

Golden anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Alcide Faulk will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in the Christ the King Capel on Gulf Highway.

The Faulks are lifelong residents of Cameron Parish where Mr. Faulk served as a duck hunting guide.

He is now retired, and the couple reside in Lake Charles. They have two children, Anthony Ray Faulk of New Orleans and Mrs. C.W. Benoit of Lake Charles.

They have four grandchildren.

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75 years ago

(July 30, 1945)

Bronze Star recipient

John R. Carl, Tech. Fifth Grade of Lake Charles, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in connection with military operations with the 84th Infantry Division in Europe.

He helped build and maintain a battalion observation post in Baal, Germany, while under heavy enemy artillery fire and kept up communications between headquarters and the frontline throughout the night.

The next day he and others captured 21 prisoners and gave first aid to wounded Americans.

‘Quit or be destroyed’

Man-made destruction hit the heart of the Japanese empire again today as the U.S. Navy sent its bold Third Fleet in to shell one big industrial city and 1,500 American and British carrier planes ripped up 60 airfields and other military installations from Kyushu to Tokyo itself.

American war power, parading one momentous week into another, piled up triumph after triumph in a message of steel and fire that the Allied surrender ultimatum meant what it said — quit or be destroyed.

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