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Tragic Detour in His Long Trip Home...
Two weeks ago restaura-eurs Tony and Jim Moran surmised their maitre d? Patrick ..ePetit by telling him they vere giving him a trip to his lative Paris.
That trip ended in tragedy "uesday when the Eastern jet arrying LePetit crashed out-ide New York City. His body /ill be flown to Paris Friday, ccompanied by his New Or-eans wife Cathy, who had riven her husband to the air-ort Tuesday, and his parents ho flew from Paris to New ork to identify their son.
Tony Moran paused Thurs-ay to recall the happy mo-lent when he informed his nploye and friend of the trip. Just after I told him, the tone rang," he remembered, ?at was so excited he drop-?d the phone.?
LePetit, 33, had worked for ie Moran brothers for 11 tars. ?He had not seen his rents in four and one-half ars,? Moran said, ?He was ?ays talking about wanting see them, so we decided to ?at him to a trip to Paris.? vloran, also in the travel siness, planned LePetit?s Terary which would have st taken him to Rome to visit >ran family friends in the taurant business there, then Pisa because ?he had ?ays wanted to go there.? itPetit was scheduled to re-
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Lafitte, La., on Monday* October 23, 1967, af 3:30 o'clock p. m., RUBY GAUTIER, wife of the late Ferdinand Cassanova by first marriage and Lo-borlo (Buddy) Chemento by second marriage/ mother of Louis J., Ray and Roy Cassonova, daughter of the lote Collie McKean and Honora J. Gautier/ sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Green, Mrs. Eva Mae Dufrene, Mrs. Ophelia Marte, Mrs. Idelle Hatty, Mrs. Rita Canty, Joseph, John L., and the late Norman C. Gautier, also survived by 12 grandchildren and 1 greatgrandchild, age 62 years, a native of SIkJell, La., and a resident of Lafitte, La., for the past 5 years.
Relatives and friends of the family, also employes of Walker-Roemer Dairies/ inc., are invited to attend the funeral.
Services from Westslde Funeral Home Co./ 5101 Westbonk Expressway, Marrero, La., on Wednesday, October 25, 1967, at 2 o?clock p. m. Religious services at Westweoo Tabernacle Church. Reverend Parfolt officiating.
Friends may call after 6 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, October 24.
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j Moore today began-an investigation1, Ito fix responsibility Jtor the drown-^ |ing yesterday of a New" Orleans Iman in the plunge of his automo-lbile into the Mississippi river from* fthe West Bank pontoon landing of }? [the Napoleon av?. ferry.
Xha-victim^'yorrill Byrd. 50, 16S4; i j)j) inter, pushed wijp from .tile submerged car and1: ?she W6s	as	he	drowned	*?	'
Officials have often criticized th\i ferry landingfof Jaclutf gaiety pn? (;autton& ajnd Moore said he wifij look Into the accident to determine whether the condition of the pon-' toon i was responsible for the?car's j plunge into the .river. ' ?	|
'?From what atcounts T have; read of the accident it appears /iat the man drove his car off the landing,? Moore said.
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p *?I don?t knpw whether the accident reflects the condition of the ferry or the landing but 1 will look into it to find out what caused the accident.?
y Moore last week petitioned the tivil district/court for an injunction to force the ferry cgmpan* operated by Cupt. William A. T ?fO. to repair it^ facilities,
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Judge Frank J. Stich to sh Friday why it should ?
CASTIKfi-i-OX 212B Laurel St., at Southern iBapUut Hospital, on Thursday. Feb. 16, 1951, at 6:05 o'clock a. m., JOSEPH
i A. CASTINE, SR.. beloved husband of ' Lena Nuschler, father of Joseph A. Cas-tine, Jr., son of Michael N. Castine and the Ute Margaret McCay, brother of Mrs. Joseph Bouillon and Mrs, Efeira Welnmunson and Michael J. Castine. Sr.. ase 42 years, a native and a resident of this city.
Relatives and friends of the family, also the employes of American Paint Works and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Uptown Exchange), ere respectfully Invited to attend the funeral from the funeral home of P. J. Donegan, 839 Jackson Ave.? corner Laurel St.. on Friday evening. Peb. 16,	19M, at 3
o?clock, followed by religious service* at Jackson Avenue Evangelical and Relorm Church.
Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
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