1964 Press Photo Gilbert (Buddy) Groetsch, Pres. Louisiana Wholesale Grocers

The United States has total obligations on its books for the tidy sum of one trillion and 56 billion dollars, US Rep. Otto Passman declared in New Orleans Friday. He addressed the Louisiana Wholesale Grocers Association in the Roosevelt Hotel, where Gilbert "Buddy" Broetsch of New Orleans was elected president of the association board Friday.

Photo is dated 1964.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.