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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9241]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Four Were Hurt Monday night in a natural gas explosion in this garage apartment at 115 NW 12. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Foster; a guest, David Lee White, and Mrs. Foster's mother, Mrs. Vallie Prior, were treated for burns at Mercy Hospital after the explosion about 7:45 p.m. Firemen, seen here probing the wreckage, blamed a leaky gas pipe under the apartment. The blast was set off when Mrs. Ftarted to light her oven."
Date: December 5, 1960
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8726]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Bids will be opened January 16 for a $100,000-plus Salvation Army Welfare Center at SW 4 and Hudson, custome-tailored to the needs of overnight transients. Construction will start within 10 days after a contract is let. Completion is expected in late April or May, said Brig. Guy Hepler, Oklahoma Commander of the Salvation Army. The contemporary building, constructed of textured face, brick and concrete blocks, will h… more
Date: December 28, 1960
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9666]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo in court room, numerous people near camera sitting at a table, t.v. cameras in the background, and more.)"
Date: December 28, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9667]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three University of Oklahoma students charged with first degree manslaughter, were bound over the district court trial Wednesday following the longest preliminary hearing in court annals here. Justice of Peace Elmo McCallister permitted the three defendants, Harvey T. McCroskey, 21, Roy G. Woods jr., 20, and gary Don Magness, 19, to remain free on their bonds of $15,000 each. Judge McCallister made his ruling after a last… more
Date: December 28, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8047]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "It's still winter hereabouts, but Tinker Air Force Base's Sixth Weather Squadron already is thinking of spring. The kind of spring that spews tornadoes - that is. The squadron is readying equipment for its annual trek southward to begin storm-watching in "tornado alley." On Their Way They'll leave Tinker sometime in mid-February, loaded with portable radar sets and assorted other storm watching equipment. Mainten… more
Date: December 30, 1960
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4958]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Summer heat will add to discomfort of patients at Central State Hospital, Norman, where many wards like this one have only a single fan to cool the rooms. Hospital volunteers are seeking cooling devices to supplement the inadequate supply at the hospital."
Date: December 27, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0323]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Musicians by the "score," assembled from 10 junior high schools across the city, focus on Clarence Gates, Tulsa, guest conductor, at a rehearsal of the junior high school string orchestra. The 90 student presented a concert at Classen following this rehearsal shot which captures the Sound of Music. Schools represented were Capitol Hill, Classen, U. S. Grant, Roosevelt, John Marshall, F. D. Moon, Jackson, Northeast and… more
Date: December 2, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4373]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "McCurtain County supporters let Gov. Edmondson know where they stand at rally here. With signs to right are Doyle Keith, Jimmie Bates, Jewel Callaham and Harry Costilow, all of Broken Bow. Gov. Edmondson Sunday accused the opposition of "deceit and deception" and trying to protect the old guard political machine in the battle against his three initiative reform measures. He announced to a cheering crowd of supp… more
Date: December 10, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3745]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Lower of the two heavy lines on the above map shows the relocated route of S.H. 9 through Norman and east to the Little River reservoir. The new route was approved Monday by the state highway commission after the city of Norman and the University of Oklahoma objected to proposed rerouting on Timberdell Road, shown by the upper heavt line. The chosen route is one mile south. use of Timberdell would seperate OU from it… more
Date: December 6, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1131]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The Federal Aviation Agency's first high -altitude, jet navagational check labatory was completed and rolled out of the hangar here Wednesday morning. The laboratory, which will be used to check ground navigational facilities across the nation and in other countries, is a converted KC-135 jet, in-flight, refueling tanker purchased last fall through the air force. The huge, 600-mile-an-hour labrotory was modified a… more
Date: December 21, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8234]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Millions In Contracting Business were at stake here as intent faces scanned "bid sheets" during opening of bids Thursday on the Atoka water project. Apparent low bidders were Lock Joint Pipe Co., and a new firm, Okatoka Construction Co., which is a "joint venture" including the firms which made the original proposition. the city council chamber was jammed with interested construction firm people, memebers of the city … more
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8749]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Thre University of Oklahoma students charged with manslaughter in the death early Wednesday of a steel firm auditor were free on $15,000 bond each Friday. A preliminary hearing was scheduled December 16 for Roy G. Woods, 20, of 6911 Avondale dr., Nichols Hills; Don Magness, 19, of 1625 Camden Way, Nichols Hills; and Harvey T. McCroskey, 19, of 1309 Oxford Way in The Village. Full Recheck Ordered All are charged in… more
Date: December 8, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0972.0690]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This nativity scene, symbolizing Christ's birth in a manger, is installed in front of the Downtowner Motel Hotel, 1305 Classen Dr."
Date: December 19, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0974A.0369]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Angular structure on the NW corner of NW 32 and Classen has had people wondering what it is. It is going to be a drive-in cafe with concrete roof and tile walls. David Wilson, owner says it should be open about March 1." This business opened in 1961 as Quick's Hamburgers. It later became Neptune Subs.
Date: December 12, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0974B.0762]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Federal bureau of roads Wednesday approved an over-estimate bid on approaches to Oklahoma city's new may avenue bridges."
Date: December 21, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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