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C-2 Town Talk. Alexandria-Pineville, Wednesday, August 22. 1979 A Qualify for Secretary of State Department and, willun the department, served as director of the following divisions: Human Services, Administration and Planning. Management and Finance and Social and Rehabilitation Services. He was acting director of Aging Services and Charity Hospital in New Orleans.

Jeffers was also director of the Louisiana Commission of Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities, publisher of The Lake Charles Times and general manager of the Lake Charles News Leader. A former U.S. Marine. Jeffers is a member of Mount Zion First Baptist Church. He is married to the former Salomia Lawson, and the couple has one son, Benjamin II.

Four candidates are seeking the post of secretary of state in Louisiana in the Oct. 27 primary. The following is a brief biography of each of the candidates. ana State University Law School Student Bar Auxilliary and the Opti-. Mates of Baton Rouge.

The Thompsons have two children Beth, 13, and Ray, 11. James "Jim" Brown State Sen. James II. "Jim" Brown of Ferriday has represented a six-parish senatorial district since 1972. He is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Public Works and a member of the Finance Committee.

Brown attended the University of North Carolina and Cambridge University in England. He graduated from Tulane University Law School as its president in 1966. He was named in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges and was a member of the U.S. Track Team in 1962 and 1963. Brown is a partner on the law firm of Dale, Brown and Wooley, which has offices in Ferriday and Vidalia.

He is married and the father of three daughters, Cami, Gentry and Meredith. Benjamin Jeffers Benjamin "Ben" Jeffers, 34, is a Baton Rouge management consultant. He was undersecretary of the state Health and Human Resources 1- Dick Bruce Li. Sandra Thompson Dick Bruce Dick Bruce is president of Southwest a Kenner public relations firm which promotes tourism and industry In Louisiana and Latin America. Bruce, a Republican, has been a public relations executive since 1948 and has never held public office.

He is a member of the Young Men's Business Club, the Society of Public Relations Executives and the National Republican Congressional Committee Citizens SERVICE MEATS Ye Ole Meat Market 1 31 1 Windsor Place Ph. 487-4649 or 487-4596 Owned Operated by Sonny Sherry Murphy Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. SPECIALS GOOD 82379 thru 82979 i HEAVY BEEF BONELESS Advisory Council. He is also a sustaining member of the Republican National Committee and a former board member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Sandra Thompson Sandra Thompson, 32, of Baton Rouge was secretary of the state Culture, Recreation and Tourism Department from November 1976 until April 1978.

A Monroe native, she attended Northeast Louisiana University, where she met her husband, Ron Thompson, a Baton Rouge attorney. Mrs. Thompson was a state Revenue Department employee until 1971, when she transferred to the secretary of state's office. In 1972, she was appointed director of Atehafalaya Basin Division of the Public Works Department. She also served as coordinator of the Louisiana Trails Council and director of the Governor's Beaulification Program.

Mrs. Thompson was named "Outstanding Young Woman" by the Jaycee Jaynes in 1975 and "Louisia-na'a Outstanding Young Woman" in 1977. She received the 1978 Professional Conservationist of the Year Award from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, the 1976 Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award for excellence in the environmental field and the 1977 Headliner Award from the professional chapter of Women in Communications.

She was president of the Louisi- Dreyfus Affair Alfred Dreyfus, a staff officer in the French Army, was acquitted of treason in 1906, nearly 11 years after his first conviction and imprisonment on Devil's Island. After his first trial, new evidence showed another officer had sold secrets to Germany but had been protected by a friend of the general staff. This evidence was suppressed and novelist Emile Zola was imprisoned for denouncing the fraud in his novel "J'Accuse." Jim Brown Ben Jeffers HUGH ROAST 79 FRESH LEAN HEAVY BEEF HEAVY BEEF BONELESS ENGLISH ROAST $fl 89 10-Lb. Pkg. Fluffy Lb.

Lambert Makes Public His Income Tax Records By The Associated Press D)uis Lambert has joined the candidates for governor of Louisiana making public their income tax records. Lambert said he wants everybody to know "my life is an open book." "We live in a day when people have the right to know about how we make our income, about our involvements and about our activities," Lambert said Tuesday night in New Orleans. The tax returns cover the years of 1972-78. They show the Gonzales lawyer, who also is chairman of the state Public Service Commission, enjoving increasing prosperity in recent years. His income rose from $32,622 in 1976 to $79,876 in 1977 and $93,677 in 1978.

"1 am a businessman and I think the people want someone as their governor who is fairly successful," said Lambert. Lambert said he draws a full partnership share from his law firm in addition to $17,500 a year for his work as commissioner and emphasized that the law firm does not handle cases or clients involved with the commission. In other developments in the governor's race: State Sen. Kdgar B. "Sonny" Mouton, with special attention to the women's vote, installed a statewide coordinator of women's organizations Maurice Durbin, wife of a Denham Springs lawyer.

"Women will not be fooled by slick TV spots and flashy good looks," she told a political luncheon in New Orleans. State Hep. E. L. "Bubba" Henry wound up a H-hour day of talking and handshaking with a fish fry at a park in Bogalusa.

Rep. David Treen, panned for votes in Baton Rouge, shaking hands and talking at numerous points around the city. Others in the race are Lt. CJov. Jimmy Fitzniorris of New Orleans, Paul Hardy of Baton Rouge, L.

I). Knox of Winnsboro, Ken Lewis of Baton Rouge and Greg Nelson of New Orleans. In New Orleans, attorney Keller withdrew from the slate Senate race Tuesday, saying he believed it would be too difficult to raise enough monev and support to mount a siicctissfiil campaign. His withdrawal leaves incumbonet Sen. Nat Kiefer and sports promoter Jack UiMaggio facing the Oct.

27 primary. 2 N.O. Councilmen Back Fitzmorris for Governor NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Two city councilman have endorsed Lt. Gov. Jimmy Fitzniorris, a former councilman, in his bid for the governor's job.

Councilmen Phillip Ciaecio and Mike Early made the announcements at a news conference Tuesday in council chambers at City Hall. The meeting was attended by Fitzmorris and three assessors who are also supporting him. Early and Ciaecio said Fitzmorris gained special experience in the areas (if transportation and crime during his 12 years on the council and also "has the most knowledge and experience in dealing with problems facing the Port of New Orleans." "Jimmy's experience in international trade and promotion will help New Orleans again achieve the prominence it deserves." they said in a joint statement. "Jimmy has traveled to Latin American countries, met with their leaders and helped establish new transportation and business partnerships." Councilman Frank Friedler has endorsed House Speaker L. "Bubba" Henry.

Deputies Say Klan Chief Stirred Metairie Trouble veillance. Babin and Samrow said they were taking pictures of those leaving the meeting when their car was surrounded. Babin said he and Sanirow were standing Ix-side their unmarked car when he heard someone say: "Let's turn over the vehicle." Samrow said Duke spoke to the crowd and the Klansmen began getting worked up. He said a second patrol car armed arid someone yelled: "There's some more of them. Let's get them." GHKTNA (AP) Four sheriffs deputies have testified in the trial of Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke that they feared for their own safely when their patrol cars were surrounded in a parking lot following a Klan rally.

Deputies Uirry Babin and Daniel Sanirow told the court Tuesday that Duke led a group of 70 to 10(1 who surrounded their car, calling them "commie spies" and "commie Jews." Duke, leader of a small Klan group, is charged with inciting a riot at the Metairie hotel parking lot in SeptemlxT 197ti. He and James K. Warner were convicted on that charge in 1977, but the state Supreme Court reversed the verdict on grounds the state had introduced illegal evidence relating to the defendants' political and religious beliefs. Duke, of Metairie, is on trial for a second time on the same charge, but Warner has pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace und will be sentenced next month. The charges stemmed from the incident following the Klan meeting which Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies were keeping under stir- PUT AN END TO PAINTING! Install aluminum Vlnyl-Stacl Houi Siding.

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