Douglas F. "Doug" Attaway, Jr. (September 10, 1910- February 21, 1994), was from 1957 to 1976 the president and publisher of the defunct Shreveport Journal, a daily newspaper which circulated in northwestern Louisiana, east Texas, and southern Arkansas. He was also the chairman of the board of television station KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, from 1966 until the channel was sold to Viacom in 1979. He was a former chairman of the board of Newspaper Production Company and the Attaway Newspaper Group, Inc. is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Largest metro area Little Rock Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... KSLA-TV is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... : Port City , River City , Ratchet City : The Next Great City of the South United States Louisiana Caddo 117. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

Early years

Attaway was born in Shreveport to Journal publisher Douglas Attaway, Sr., and the former Bessie Fisher (1884-1967). He graduated from C.E. Byrd High School, as did many of his city's leadership class at that time. He held degrees in journalism and business from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He joined the staff of The Journal in 1934 as an advertising proof runner. He thereafter became an ad salesman, assis­tant bookkeeper, and a re­porter. He became managing editor in December 1941, a position that he held until the senior Attaway's death in 1957. Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... C. E. Byrd High School (BHS) is a science and mathematics magnet high school located in Shreveport, Louisiana. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... The University of Missouri System is the designated public research and land-grant university system of the state of Missouri. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Advert redirects here. ... A managing editor is a senior member of a publications management team. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...

Newspaper publisher

Former Journal editor George W. Shannon (1914-1998) said that Attaway, under whom he worked for some twenty-five years, was "a very active support­er of all good things in this com­munity." Shannon recalled that Attaway was instrumental in drumming up support for construction of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, still the largest covered sports stadium in the nation. George Washington Shannon (February 20, 1914 - April 25, 1998) was a career Louisiana journalist who was described by a friend as a dedicated, old-time newspaperman who dug for the facts and tried to tell it like it was. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Superdome redirects here. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

Under Attaway, The Journal hired Lane Crockett, then a 26-year-old veteran of the Vietnam War, as its entertainment editor. He later moved to the Shreveport Times, where he was subsequently syndicated by Gannett for a decade for his writing about television and film. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... The Times is a daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana. ... This article is about motion pictures. ...

In 1974, publisher Attaway named another Vietnam War veteran, then Shreveport Times reporter Stanley R. Tiner, as Journal editor. Tiner was retained as editor when the Shreveport businessman, professor, and philanthropist Charles T. Beaird bought the newspaper in 1976. Later, Tiner ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress, but his Sun Herald newspaper in Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi, secured a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for Hurricane Katrina reporting. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: [1]) varies. ... A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ... Charles Thomas Beaird (July 27, 1922–April 18, 2006) of Shreveport, Louisiana, was an industrialist, investor, newspaper publisher, philanthropist, philosopher, college professor, world traveler, and civic leader. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... The Sun Herald is a newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi that serves readers all along the states Gulf Coast. ... Map of Mississippi highlighting the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. ...

Attaway and Shannon were political conservatives, and the Journal's editorial page was highly critical of liberal causes and personalities. Though most of its readers were Democrats, the Journal endorsed Republican candidates Charlton Lyons for governor and Barry Goldwater for U.S. President in 1964. It also endorsed the Republican David C. Treen in his losing gubernatorial bid in 1972. Beaird, a liberal Republican, and Tiner, a Democrat, moved the paper sharply to the left. The Journal ceased daily publication in 1991 and thereafter became part of the op-ed page to the Shreveport Times, the larger daily paper in the area, through the last day of 1999. Conservative may refer to: Conservatism, political philosophy A member of a Conservative Party Conservative extension, premise of deductive logic Conservativity theorem, mathematical proof of conservative extension Conservative Judaism britney spears Category: ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–87) and the Republican Partys nominee for president in the 1964 election. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... David C. Treen David Conner Treen, Sr. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

Civic organizations

Attaway was a member of the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, and the original board of the Red River Navigation Association, a private trade association which successfully lobbied the Congress for navigation of the Red River from Alexandria to Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish and the largest city in northwestern Louisiana. Chambers of commerce are business advocacy groups which are usually not associated with government. ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... An industry trade group is generally a public relations organization funded, founded and formed by corporations that operate in a specific industry. ... The Red River is one of several rivers with that name, and of two rivers with that name in the United States. ... Alexandria is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Rapides Parish. ... Caddo Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

Attaway was affiliated with Kappa Alpha fraternity, Rotary International, Downtown Shreveport Unlimited, Coastal Gun Club, American Bowling Congress, Boy Scouts of America, the Shreveport Club, the Petroleum Club of Shreveport, American Newspaper Publishers Association, Texas Daily Newspaper Association, and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. He was the 1968 Cotillion King of the annual Holiday In Dixie celebration. In 1965, he was named "Shreveport's Best Salesman". The Kappa Alpha Order is a collegiate order of Christian knights. ... Look up fraternity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. ... For the Boy Scouting program within the BSA, see Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cotillion (disambiguation). ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

Death and legacy

Attaway died at his home in the Fairfield section of Shreveport. He was survived by his wife of fifty-seven years, the former Marion Sailor (September 17, 1918 - December 14, 1999), originally from the Memphis, Tennessee, area; son, Douglas Wesley Attaway (born ca. 1939) of Shreveport, and his wife, the former Sonya Shuler; daughters Susan Elizabeth Attaway of Shreveport and Diane Kathryn Attaway Bolen of Madill, Oklahoma; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Betty Attaway Wiemer (August 18, 1912 - July 7, 2007) of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Betty Wiemer was married to Robert F. Wiemer, who was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company. Like her brother, she was a graduate of the premier journalism school in Columbia, Missouri. Attaway also had a nephew and a niece (twins), Dr. Robert Wiemer of Houston and Betsy W. McLoughlin, Ph.D., of Grand Junction, Colorado. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Madill is a city located in Marshall County, Oklahoma. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Price Tower, located in downtown Bartlesville, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is the only one of Wrights skyscraper plans ever constructed. ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was founded by the merger of the Conoco Inc. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... This article is about the domestic group. ... This article is about the domestic group. ... Houston redirects here. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Mt. ...

Services were held on February 24, 1994 in Osborn Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Jon Stubblefield of the First Baptist Church, where the Attaways were members, and Dr. John Rogers of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Castle Ashby Graveyard Northamptonshire A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. ...

James A. "Jim" Van Hook, Sr., Attaway's friend since elementary school and the former attorney for the Journal, said that Attaway would "always be remembered for his unfailing politeness and his integrity." Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ...

The Attaways are remembered through the Douglas and Marion Attaway Professorships in Civic Culture at Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport. He was also a member of the Centenary board of trustees. The Attaway professorships are awarded to intellectuals who have made notable contributions to the public discussion of ideas, not as academics but as public thinkers and communicators in the area of civic culture. In 1966, Attaway was co-chairman of Centenary’s Great Teachers-Scholars Fund. The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Centenary College of Louisiana is an independent United Methodist, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. ...

He is also remembered by the Douglas F. and Marion S. Attaway Charitable Income Trust Fund and Doug Attaway Boulevard near Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport. Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ...

References

http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=SearchResults

John Andrew Prime, "Former Journal publisher dies at age 83", Shreveport Times", February 22, 1994

Attaway obituary, Shreveport Times, February 22, 1994

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