In the late 1960s, Shreveport was brimming with independent geologists who had ideas on how to get the oil and gas from the ground; they just didn’t have the staff and operating knowledge to operate themselves. That’s where L.R. “Bob” Brammer Jr. came in.

Deal and his wife, Louisa Marie (1866-1949), lived upstairs over their grocery store, and there they raised their family. The Deal Grocery Company also had one of the city’s earliest telephones (phone number: 8).

“The eyes are the window to the soul.” Just as one can often tell a great deal about a person by looking at their eyes, pediatric ophthalmologists can often look inside the eye and see a great deal about serious infections that can be affecting your baby’s eyes.

The event involved the Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant in Lockland, Ohio. In 1943, a committee headed by Sen. Harry S. Truman investigated complaints of improper inspection practices which resulted in defective engines and parts being delivered to the government.