Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total.
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
| Thomas Campbell, Poet (1777) |
| Vincent Canby, Critic (1924) |
| Donald Evans, Public Servant (1946) |
| Peggy Fleming, Athlete (1948) |
| Bobbie Gentry, Musician (1944) |
| Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (1916) |
| Juliana Hatfield, Musician (1967) |
| Norman Lear, Producer (1922) |
| Carol Leifer, Comedian (1956) |
| Richard Aldington, Writer (1962) |
| John Dalton, Scientist (1844) |
| Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1986) |

