Obituaries
Bradford Beaton managed New England Newspaper Supply Co. (NENSCO) for nearly 45 years.
Jean Elizabeth Conlon was co-owner and editor of The Progress newspaper, which covers the news of six New Jersey cities.
While serving as book editor, Paul Pintarich helped to build up the newspaper's book review section and championed the Northwest's literary voice.
Tom Kowalski started his Lions reporting at the Oakland Press, with one of his biggest stories being the 1982 Super Bowl in Detroit. He started covering the Lions for Booth Newspapers in 1997 and later became a key contributor to MLive.com.
William L. McLean III was editor and publisher of Philadelphia's Bulletin newspaper from 1975 to 1980.
Bob Weed spent a lifetime in the newspaper business, starting as a reporter in Minnesota.
Creed Black had also been been an assistant secretary for legislation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, and a former president and chief executive officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Earl Herman Voss was a reporter and sports editor with the La Cross (Wis.) Tribune as a young man, then during World War II served in the Army as a radar technician and public information officer. From 1951 until 1964, Mr. Voss wrote foreign news and served as the Washington Star’s diplomatic correspondent.
Edward D. Bell began his newspaper career as news editor of the Lancaster, Wis., Grant County Independent before joining the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph as a general assignment reporter in 1951. In 1973, he joined the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a copy editor, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992.
Jim Pate was a former president of the Oklahoma Press Association and the National Newspaper Association.
Dave Solomon joined the staff of the Hartford Times on Nov. 24, 1973, graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1974, and then moved to the New Haven Register when the Times closed in October 1976. Dave's career at the Register spanned 35 years, during which he covered everything from schoolboy sports to the pros.
Ruth and James Ottaway Sr. met in 1932. They married, bought their first newspaper, the Endicott, N.Y., Bulletin, in 1936 and built their company from headquarters next to their home.
Michael Coakley made it into the newspaper business as a copyboy at the former Camden Courier-Post in 1964. He worked his way up to night rewrite, and won the 1968 Best Writing Award of the Philadelphia Press Association.
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