1970 ONPA Annual Contest Winners
Photographer of the Year
Jim Gordon, Bowling Green State University
Category X
1st - n/a
2nd - n/a
3rd - Luke Black, Toledo Blade, “Sky Divers”
Fashion
1st - n/a
2nd - Otto Schmidt, Mansfield News Journal, “Not Now, Watching”
3rd - Steve Warren, Owens Corning Fiberglass, “The Dude”
Feature
1st - n/a
2nd -
3rd - Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Ballet”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Prenatal Caring”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “The Lonely Ones”
General News
1st - Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Proud Voter”
2nd - Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “The Devil is among us! Right now”
3rd - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Astroturf—Finishing Touches”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Two old Vet'rns”
Industrial
1st - Tom Hubbard, Cincinnati Enquirer, “I Beam”
2nd - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “Progress”
3rd - Dick Swaim, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Observation”
HM - Terry Armor, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “What have we Done?”
HM - Larry Miller, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., “Boy's Day Out”
Multiple Pictures Layout - Color
1st - James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Window Art”
2nd - n/a
3rd - n/a
Picture Story
1st - Ray Matjasic, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Robber Chased, Cornered, and Dies”
2nd - Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “Evangelist”
3rd - n/a
HM - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “In one Foot of Water”
Picture Story - Color
1st - James Hatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “The Mad Hatter”
2nd - James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Carol”
3rd - n/a/
Portrait/Personality
1st - n/a/
2nd - Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Leader”
3rd - Ted Walls, Akron Beacon Journal, “Reluctant Grad”
Sports Action
1st - n/a/
2nd - Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Sawdust”
3rd - n/a
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Three-Meter Board”
HM - Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Welcome Home”
Sports Feature
1st - n/a
2nd - Ran Cochran, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Sparky's Penant”
2nd - Lew Stamp, Kettering-Oakwood Times, “Defeat at East”
3rd - n/a/
Sports - Color
John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Hell Drivers”
Spot News (over 50,000)
1st - Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Police Brutality?”
2nd - n/a
3rd - n/a
HM - Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Arrest”
HM - Paul Schell, Youngstown Vindicator, “The Hard, Hard Way”
Spot News (under 50,000)
1st - John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Nurse Stops to a Life”
2nd - Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Urban Renewal”
Photographers of the Year
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