U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Wolf Ruth
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Opinion Research Corporation 23 Orchard Road
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(Street)
Skillman NJ 08558
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
1/6/98
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3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Opinion Research Corporation (ORCI)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give Other (Specify
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Chief Executive Officer of Orc ProTel, Inc.
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form:
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
SEC 1473 (8-92)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities
Security cisable and Underlying Derivative Security
Expiration (Instr. 4)
Date
(Month Day
Year)
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Date Expira- Amount
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Title Number
of
Shares
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COMMON STOCK OPTION
(RIGHT TO BUY) 1/6/2000 1/6/2007 COMMON STOCK 200,000
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4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
or Exercise Form of Indirect
Price of Derivative Beneficial
Derivative Security: Ownership
Security Direct (D)or (Instr. 5)
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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$3.75/Share D (1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Options are held as tenants by the entirety with Allen Wolf.
/s/ Ruth Wolf 1/16/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
