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Born in Shreveport to ''The Journal'' publisher [[Douglas F. Attaway, Sr.]], and the former Bessie Fisher (1884–1967), Attaway graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and held degrees in journalism and business from the [[University of Missouri]] at Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1934, he joined ''The Journal''  staff as an advertising proof runner. He became an ad salesman, assistant bookkeeper, reporter, and then in December 1941 the managing editor,<ref name=bio>John Andrew Prime, "Former Journal publisher dies at age 83", ''The Shreveport Times'', February 22, 1994.</ref> a position which he held until his father's death in 1957. Then Attaway followed his father as the president and publisher of ''The Journal'' and remained at the helm until the paper was sold in 1976 to the industrial and philanthropist Charles Thomas Beaird. (1922-2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scripts.lsus.edu/libarchives/tags.php?tag=5946|title=Shreveport Journal Collection (1921-1990)|publisher=lsus.edu|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

Born in Shreveport to ''The Journal'' publisher [[Douglas F. Attaway, Sr.]], and the former Bessie Fisher (1884–1967), Attaway graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and held degrees in journalism and business from the [[University of Missouri]] at Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1934, he joined ''The Journal''  staff as an advertising proof runner. He became an ad salesman, assistant bookkeeper, reporter, and then in December 1941 the managing editor,<ref name=bio>John Andrew Prime, "Former Journal publisher dies at age 83", ''The Shreveport Times'', February 22, 1994.</ref> a position which he held until his father's death in 1957. Then Attaway followed his father as the president and publisher of ''The Journal'' and remained at the helm until the paper was sold in 1976 to the industrial and philanthropist Charles Thomas Beaird. (1922-2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scripts.lsus.edu/libarchives/tags.php?tag=5946|title=Shreveport Journal Collection (1921-1990)|publisher=lsus.edu|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

From 1953 to 1971, the [[conservative]] journalist George Washington Shannon was the editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>  

From 1953 to 1971, the [[conservative]] journalist George Washington Shannon (1914-1998) was the editor of ''The Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Shannon&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53533197&df=all&|title=George Washington Shannon|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>  

    

    

In 1972, Attaway wrote an article on a total eclipse, the phenomenon in which the moon totally blocks out the rays of the sun, which occurred on July 10 of that year. Attaway and his long-term photo editor, [[Jack Barham]],  traveled to [[New York City]] to observe the two-minute eclipse and located their most desirable point of view beyond the Verrazano Bridge in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/files/EclipseHistory-Shreveport.html|title=Douglas Attaway and Jack Barham, "Eclipse Splendor: Two Minutes of History," July 28, 1972|publisher=nauticom.net from ''The Shreveport Journal''|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

In 1972, Attaway wrote an article on a total eclipse, the phenomenon in which the moon totally blocks out the rays of the sun, which occurred on July 10 of that year. Attaway and his long-term photo editor, [[Jack Barham]],  traveled to [[New York City]] to observe the two-minute eclipse and located their most desirable point of view beyond the Verrazano Bridge in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nauticom.net/www/planet/files/EclipseHistory-Shreveport.html|title=Douglas Attaway and Jack Barham, "Eclipse Splendor: Two Minutes of History," July 28, 1972|publisher=nauticom.net from ''The Shreveport Journal''|accessdate=June 13, 2012}}</ref>