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." February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Shannon was born in El Dorado, the seat of Columbia County, in southern Arkansas. He began his career as a reporter and sports editor at the El Dorado News-Times. In 1935, he joined the staff of the Shreveport Times, a morning daily, and became assistant city editor. In 1938, he was hired by the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, then an afternoon daily and Sunday morning publication and the largest newspaper in central Louisiana. The veteran Alexandria editor, Adras LaBorde, came to The Town Talk after Shannon had left. El Dorado (pronounced to rhyme with tornado (IPA: [εl doˈreɪdoÊŠ] or [εl dəˈreɪdÉ™])) is a city in Union County, Arkansas, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,467. ... Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Adras Paul LaBorde, I (December 12, 1912 -- March 6, 1993), was a hard-hitting reporter, editor, and columnist for the largest newspaper in central Louisiana, the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. ...

Shannon's career was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army in World War II. After the war, he joined the staff of the now defunct Shreveport Journal, an afternoon Monday-Saturday daily. Shannon was named Journal editor in July 1953 and retained that position until April 1971. At the time, the paper was owned by the family of the publisher Douglas F. Attaway (1910-1994), and it espoused staunchly conservative editorials. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 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: ...

Shannon urged the South to leave the Democratic Party. He first proposed "free electors" in 1964, but then editorially endorsed Republican presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona in the latter's ill-fated race against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Journal opposed most policies of the John F. Kennedy and Johnson presidencies. In 1968, the paper endorsed the American Independent Party presidential candidate, then former Governor George Corley Wallace, Jr., of Alabama, who won Louisiana's ten electoral votes by plurality. Wallace came to Shreveport in 1971 to speak at Shannon's "appreciation dinner". The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 _ May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963-1969). ... For other persons named John Kennedy, see John Kennedy (disambiguation). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The American Independent Party is a California political party. ... Governor George Wallace (in front of door) standing defiantly against desegregation while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach at the University of Alabama in 1963. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... A plurality, or relative/simple majority as it is also referred to outside the United States (especially in non-English speaking countries; in the US, simple majority has another meaning), is the largest share of something, which may or may not be a majority in the American sense of the...

Even in state politics, Shannon broke with the Democrats in the 1964 gubernatorial general election, when the Journal urged support for the conservative Republican candidate Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr., of Shreveport. Lyons ran strongly in northwest Louisiana but was decisively defeated statewide by the Democrat John Julian McKeithen. Shannon, however, opposed moderate and liberal Republicans, whose presence in the party, he believed, served to discourage Southerners at the time from switching their partisan affiliation. A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. ... John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 -- June 4, 1999), a Democrat from the tiny town of Columbia in Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, was the first governor of his state to serve two consecutive terms. ...

After he left the Journal, Shannon was associated with The Citizen, a magazine published in Jackson, Mississippi. In retirement, he returned to Shreveport. Nickname: The Best of the New South; The Bold, New City Coordinates: Country United States State Mississippi County Hinds Founded 1822 Mayor Frank Melton Area    - City 276. ...

When the Attaways sold the Journal to Shreveport businessman Charles T. Beaird (1922-2006), an avowed liberal Republican who had once served on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (since the Caddo Parish Commission), the editorial policy, under editor Stanley Ray Tiner, a Democrat and later an unsuccessful congressional candidate, switched firmly to the political left. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Shannon's professional and civic involvements included the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National Conference of Editorial Writers, and the Downtown Rotary Club of Shreveport, one of the largest civic clubs in the nation. He was also a past president of the Shreveport chapter of the Reserve Officers Association. Logo of Rotary International Rotary International is an organisation whose members comprise Rotary Clubs (service clubs) located all over the world. ...

Shannon died of a sudden illness. Services were held in the Frost Chapel of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport on April 28, 1998. Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an evangelical, protestant denomination. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ...

Mrs. Shannon, the former Sidney Anita "Nita" Pearce (1906-1996), preceded her husband in death, having succumbed to complications following an accidental fall at their Shreveport residence. A native of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, she graduated from Bunkie High School and attended Alexandria Business College. The Shannons met while they were both living in Alexandria. Services for Mrs. Shannon were held on May 8, 1996, also at the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, with the Reverend Dr. Jon Stubblefield officiating. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Bunkie is a city located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. ... Avoyelles Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...

In 1962, the couple sued the Shreveport Transit Co. after Mrs. Shannon was injured on a municipal trolley. They collected some $12,000 for pain and medical bills but tried to amend the suit to claim $30,000. At the time of the accident, a student driver was behind the wheel of the trolley. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

The Shannons had no children. They are buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.

Shannon's archival materials are at the Noel Memorial Library of Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Louisiana State University of Shreveport (or LSUS) is a branch of the Louisiana State University System in Shreveport, Louisiana. ...

References

George Shannon obituary, Shreveport Times, April 27, 1998

http://www.lsus.edu/library/archives/guide/coll050.htm

Shannon v. Shreveport Transit Co., 149 So.2d 206 (La. App. 2 Cir., 1963)

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/caddo/obits/shannon.txt

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