1963 Press Photo Noble Harold C. Close, Shrine of North America, Roosevelt Hotel

New Orleans is being considered as the site for the 1968 National Shrine Convention, the Imperial Potentate of the 840,000-member organization has disclosed. Noble Harold C. Close, leader of the Shrine of North America and a resident of Hartford, Conn., said yesterday at the Roosevelt Hotel he could see no reason why New Orleans shouldn't have a good chance t secure the convention.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.