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''The Journal'' opposed most Kennedy-Johnson policies in its editorials. In 1968, the paper endorsed the American Independent Party presidential candidate, then former Governor [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]], who won Louisiana's then ten electoral votes by plurality but lost the election nationally to Republican [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Wallace came to Shreveport in 1971 to speak at Shannon's "appreciation dinner".<ref name=findagrave/>​

''The Journal'' opposed most Kennedy-Johnson policies in its editorials. In 1968, the paper endorsed the American Independent Party presidential candidate, then former Governor [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]], who won Louisiana's then ten electoral votes by plurality but lost the election nationally to Republican [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Wallace came to Shreveport in 1971 to speak at Shannon's "appreciation dinner".<ref name=findagrave/>​

After he left ''The Journal'', Shannon was associated for several years with ''The Citizen,'' a monthly [[magazine]] of the Citizens' Council published in the capital city of [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. ''The Citizen'' succeeded the former newspaper called ''The Citizens' Council,'' published from 1955 to 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizenscouncils.com/|title=''The Citizens' Council''|author=Euan Hague|publisher=citizenscouncils.com|accessdate=June 25, 2015; no longer on-line, access denied}}</ref> Self-identified as "the official journal of the Citizens' Councils of America," the publication opposed the [[civil rights]] movement. ''The Citizen'' began in 1961 and halted production in January 1979, as segregation fell into disfavor across the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00072.html|title=Periodicals: ''The Citizen''|publisher=olemiss.edu|accessdate=June 25, 2015}}</ref>  Shannon c. 1977 returned to Shreveport, where he remained for the rest of his life.<ref name=findagrave/>​

After he left ''The Journal'', Shannon was associated for several years with ''The Citizen,'' a monthly [[magazine]] of the Citizens' Council published in the capital city of [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. ''The Citizen'' succeeded the former newspaper called ''The Citizens' Council,'' published from 1955 to 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizenscouncils.com/|title=''The Citizens' Council''|author=Euan Hague|publisher=citizenscouncils.com|accessdate=June 25, 2015; no longer on-line, access denied}}</ref> Self-identified as "the official journal of the Citizens' Councils of America," the publication opposed the [[civil rights]] movement. ''The Citizen'' began in 1961 and halted production in January 1979, as segregation fell into disfavor across the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00072.html|title=Periodicals: ''The Citizen''|publisher=olemiss.edu|accessdate=June 25, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>  After his time in the Mississippi capital, Shannon returned to Shreveport, where he resided for the rest of his life.<ref name=findagrave/>​

Meanwhile, Douglas Attaway sold ''The Journal'' in 1976 to Shreveport businessman [[Charles T. Beaird]], an avowed liberal Republican who had once served on the Caddo Parish Police Jury, since renamed and reorganized as the Caddo Parish Commission.  Under Beaird and editor [[Stanley Tiner]], a Democrat and later an unsuccessful congressional candidate who was retained from Attaway's staff, the editorial policy of ''The Journal'' switched firmly to the political left.  Beaird announced the closure of ''The Journal'' on January 29, 1991, effective March 30, after ninety-six years of production. In the previous decade, the newspaper had lost more than half its circulation from a high of nearly 40,000 to barely 16,000 as well as vastly reduced advertising sales. "There just comes a time when it becomes uneconomical to go on. It was a very tough, sad decision," Beaird said.<ref>"Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 30, 1991, p. 1.</ref>​

Meanwhile, Douglas Attaway sold ''The Journal'' in 1976 to Shreveport businessman [[Charles T. Beaird]], an avowed liberal Republican who had once served on the Caddo Parish Police Jury, since renamed and reorganized as the Caddo Parish Commission.  Under Beaird and editor [[Stanley Tiner]], a Democrat and later an unsuccessful congressional candidate who was retained from Attaway's staff, the editorial policy of ''The Journal'' switched firmly to the political left.  Beaird announced the closure of ''The Journal'' on January 29, 1991, effective March 30, after ninety-six years of production. In the previous decade, the newspaper had lost more than half its circulation from a high of nearly 40,000 to barely 16,000 as well as vastly reduced advertising sales. "There just comes a time when it becomes uneconomical to go on. It was a very tough, sad decision," Beaird said.<ref>"Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' March 30, 1991, p. 1.</ref>​