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==Newspaper career==

==Newspaper career==

Hanna was also a columnist, whose ''One Man’s Opinion'' appeared in numerous weekly newspapers across the state.<ref name=obit/> He was on friendly terms with virtually all Louisiana governors beginning with [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], whose last term extended from 1956 to 1960. He appeared in numerous documentaries, particularly on the Public Broadcasting Service, and was considered an expert on the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the dominant [[Democratic Party]].<ref name=obit/> Among Hanna’s most acclaimed columns were among his last ones in 2005: (1) a study of Elliot D. Coleman, the [[sheriff]] of Tensas Parish from 1936 to 1960,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/tensas/court/elec0001.txt|title= Public Elected Officials, Tensas Parish, Louisiana|publisher=usgwarchives.org|accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref> and a state police bodyguard present at the assassination of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] and (2) another on the premature death from the after effects of a household fall of Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), which tells of Hanna's friendship with McKeithen’s father, [[John J. McKeithen]], the governor from 1964 to 1972 and a native of nearby Columbia in Caldwell Parish in northeast Louisiana.<ref name=lpa>{{cite web|url= http://www.ouachitacitizen.com/news.php?id=73|title=Press Association honors the late Sam Hanna, Sr.|date=May 18, 2006|publisher=ouachitacitizen.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>

Hanna was also a columnist, whose ''One Man’s Opinion'' appeared in numerous weekly newspapers across the state.<ref name=obit/> He was on friendly terms with virtually all Louisiana governors beginning with [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], whose last term extended from 1956 to 1960. He appeared in numerous documentaries, particularly on the Public Broadcasting Service, and was considered an expert on the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the dominant [[Democratic Party]].<ref name=obit/> Among Hanna’s most acclaimed columns were among his last ones in 2005: (1) a study of Elliot D. Coleman, the [[sheriff]] of Tensas Parish from 1936 to 1960, and a state police bodyguard present at the assassination of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Coleman, Elliot D.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> and (2) another on the premature death from the after effects of a household fall of Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), which tells of Hanna's friendship with McKeithen’s father, [[John J. McKeithen]], the governor from 1964 to 1972 and a native of nearby Columbia in Caldwell Parish in northeast Louisiana.<ref name=lpa>{{cite web|url= http://www.ouachitacitizen.com/news.php?id=73|title=Press Association honors the late Sam Hanna, Sr.|date=May 18, 2006|publisher=ouachitacitizen.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>

In 1965, at the age of thirty-two, Hanna purchased his first newspaper, ''The Concordia Sentinel.'' He also owned tfrom 1967 to 1988 the ''Jonesville News-Booster'' in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. In 1974, he bought the Winnsboro paper. In 1996, he and his son, Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969),​

In 1965, at the age of thirty-two, Hanna purchased his first newspaper, ''The Concordia Sentinel.'' He also owned tfrom 1967 to 1988 the ''Jonesville News-Booster'' in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. In 1974, he bought the Winnsboro paper. In 1996, he and his son, Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969),​

purchased ''The Ouachita Citizen''.<ref name=obit/> Hanna said that one of his more significant​

purchased ''The Ouachita Citizen.''<ref name=obit/> Hanna said that one of his more significant​

stories concerned the failure of the Delta Security Bank in Ferriday, which had ties to​

stories concerned the failure of the Delta Security Bank in Ferriday, which had ties to​

[[organized crime]] boss Carlos Marcello.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimbrownla.com/Jim_Blog/?m=200601|title=Archive for January 2006|publisher=jimbrownla.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Another Delta Bank still operates in Ferriday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deltabk.com/|title=Delta Bank|publisher=deltabk.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> Hanna was a director of the Concordia Bank & Trust Company in Vidalia, the largest independently owned bank in Louisiana, which has branches in Ferriday and other locations. He was twice president of the Ferriday [[Chamber of Commerce]] and a former president of Rotary International in Ferriday. He served on the founding board of directors of the private, Huntington High School in Ferriday.<ref name=obit/>​

[[organized crime]] boss Carlos Marcello.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimbrownla.com/Jim_Blog/?m=200601|title=Archive for January 2006|publisher=jimbrownla.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Another Delta Bank still operates in Ferriday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deltabk.com/|title=Delta Bank|publisher=deltabk.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> Hanna was a director of the Concordia Bank & Trust Company in Vidalia, the largest independently owned bank in Louisiana, which has branches in Ferriday and other locations. He was twice president of the Ferriday [[Chamber of Commerce]] and a former president of Rotary International in Ferriday. He served on the founding board of directors of the private, Huntington High School in Ferriday.<ref name=obit/>​

One of Hanna’s columns, "A Christmas Quail Hunt," which reflects his love of quail hunting, was published annually in his papers. His son still runs the column each December in the three Hanna papers in his father's memory.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=4567|title=A Christmas Quail Hunt|publisher=concordiasentinel.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>​

One of Hanna’s columns, "A Christmas Quail Hunt," which reflects his love of quail hunting, was published annually in his papers. His son still runs the column each December in the three Hanna papers in his father's memory.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=4567|title=A Christmas Quail Hunt|publisher=concordiasentinel.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>​

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