found: Ohio's public universities' sponsored research ... 1977:letter laid in (signature: Vern Riffe, Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives; letterhead: 89th District, Vernal G. Riffe, Jr., Speaker)
found: His Whatever's fair, c2007:ECIP t.p. (Vernal G. Riffe, Jr.; Ohio House speaker Vern Riffe) data view (b. 06/1925; he is deceased)
found: Sharp, Nancy. American legislative leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994, 1997:pages 204-205 (Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. born in New Boston, Ohio on June 26, 1925. Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, rising to the rank of sergeant and was awarded nine bronze stars. He then attended Ohio University and Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1958, where he was the longest serving speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives in the history of that institution.)
found: Wikipedia, viewed January 21, 2021:under “Vern Riffe" (Vernal G. Riffe, Jr., born June 26, 1925 in New Boston, Ohio; died July 31, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. Served in Ohio House of Representatives for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995 and as Speaker in the Ohio House January 6, 1975-January 2, 1995.)