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In that same election, Ned O'Neal Touchstone (1926-1988), a [[Shreveport]]/[[Bossier City]] bookstore owner and figure in the "Radical Right," challenged the second-term bid of Louisiana Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 6, 1967, p. 1.</ref> a major figure in the Democratic establishment at that time.​

In that same election, Ned O'Neal Touchstone (1926-1988), a [[Shreveport]]/[[Bossier City]] bookstore owner and figure in the "Radical Right," challenged the second-term bid of Louisiana Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 6, 1967, p. 1.</ref> a major figure in the Democratic establishment at that time.​

==The later years==​

==The later years==

 

Sometimes prior to 1973, Courtney relocated to [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] to serve as an aide to Democrat-turned-Republican Mayor [[Ed Karst]]. Though Karst was originally from New Orleans and like Courtney attended Tulane, records do not clearly reveal how the two became politically connected. Karst vacated the mayoral office in June 1973 as [[John K. Snyder]] began the first of his two nonconsecutive terms in the office. As mayor, Karst had not been particularly known for conservative policy issues. Karst later left the GOP; he first returned to the Democratic Party, then he became an Independent.

Sometimes prior to 1973, Courtney relocated to [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] to serve as an aide to Democrat-turned-Republican Mayor [[Ed Karst]]. Though Karst was originally from New Orleans and like Courtney attended Tulane, records do not clearly reveal how the two became politically connected. Karst vacated the mayoral office in June 1973 as [[John K. Snyder]] began the first of his two nonconsecutive terms in the office. As mayor, Karst had not been particularly known for conservative policy issues. Karst later left the GOP; he first returned to the Democratic Party, then he became an Independent.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not investigate the Courtneys, but Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] referred to them in a reply to an inquiry as "known rabble rousers and hate mongers."<ref>[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] file: HQ 94-57456,#6 (October 24, 1962).</ref>

The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not investigate the Courtneys, but Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] referred to them in a reply to an inquiry as "known rabble rousers and hate mongers."<ref>[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] file: HQ 94-57456,#6 (October 24, 1962).</ref>

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==References==​

==References==

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