Ned Touchstone
| Ned O'Neal Touchstone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 27, 1926 Florien, Sabine Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | July 16, 1988 (aged 61) Lake Palestine near Tyler, Smith County Texas, USA |
| Resting place | Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton, Louisiana |
| Residence |
Shreveport-Bossier City Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor and publisher; Researcher; Journalist; Political activist |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | June A. McGehee Touchstone |
| Children | David Mark Touchstone Lia Touchstone Tippit Lauren Touchstone Webb |
| Parent(s) | Sam F. and Carrie Moore Touchstone |
Ned O'Neal Touchstone (September 27, 1926 – July 26, 1988) was a newspaper publisher who was a figure in the "Radical Right" in Louisiana politics during the 1960s. He was born in the village of Florien in Sabine Parish but resided in the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area for most of his life.
Touchstone was descended from Richard Touchstone, a settler of Maryland prior to 1650, and Benjamin Merrell, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered in North Carolina in 1771 in an early attack on the British crown. His family members were pioneers in 1798 in the settlement of Mississippi.
Touchstone was a professional researcher and writer and owned and operated the largest retail book store in Shreveport. He was an avid reader and was known for his extensive vocabulary and for remembering and quoting large portions of published books and poetry. For eight years, he published in his print shop in Bossier City numerous weekly newspapers in Louisiana and Texas, including the Bossier Press and the Waskom Gazette in Waskom in east Texas. Before owning and operating his newspapers, he worked on Capitol Hill as an administrative assistant for five years for Democratic U.S. Representative Overton Brooks. Touchstone researched and authored the bill to construct the Veteran's Hospital in Shreveport. An incident occurred during his years as a legislative aide when Touchstone encountered several Puerto Rican nationalists who were running down the steps of the Capitol. This small group of armed radicals had attacked several congressmen and wounded two in the arm. The radicals were fleeing when they encountered Touchstone, who was at the time entering the building with three other clerks. Touchstone, who was unarmed, ran up to the first armed man, knocked him to the ground, and took his weapon.
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