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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, 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>

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=''The Ouachita Citizen''|accessdate=December 29, 2009, no longer on-line}}</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​ [[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; no longer on-line}}</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/>

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; no longer on-line}}</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/>

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==