Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blessed event was well-timed, too, for Mrs. Gary Cross, 6610 NW 26, and her new son, Kenneth Wayne, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces early Monday at Mercy Hospital."

A daylight photograph of a fiery oil rig fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, that claimed the life of one man. Wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Flames erupt from an oil well south of Healdton that killed one."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A valiant effort to save heroine Mary Gordon Taft from the clutches of vilain Nick Denner sparks hero Jerry Gamble to action in the melodrama, "Her Fatal Beauty or a Shop Girl's Honor."

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An Oklahoma City air pollution ordinance drew 45 to 50 supporters to today's council meeting, some oratory and even some Brownie Scouts."

A daylight photograph of an oil well fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, were an Ardmore man was killed. Caption: "An Ardmore oil worker lost his life Monday on this blaze in Texas Pacific Joiner City Unit well 85, five miles south of Healdton."

A daylight image of an oil well fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, where an Ardmore man was killed. Blue and red wax pencil marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "That claimed an Ardmore man's life Monday when blaze occurred at the Texan Pacific Oil Co., rig near Healdton is fought unsuccessfully by emergency crewmen who will make another attempt Tuesday morning."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crowd listens intently to the science panel talk."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Extra Stillwater OSU research day art"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Highway Director Truman Branscum, right, and commissioner J. Cooper West, go over concession."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Easy does it. . . " Mary Ann Wiley persuades Karen McCormick."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Reminding his audience that "the only predictable thing about the market is its unpredictability," an Oklahoma City investments accounts executive told Downtown Sertomans "things could be on the upturn later in the year."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wells, Don - Canute, Oklahoma - 1970"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "J. Cooper West"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Don Wells, organizer of protest meeting, listens during session."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Robert L. Martin, president of Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts at Chickasha, receives his 'Doubting Thomas award from four members of Phi Lambda."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. William D. McElroy, Washington."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Canute mayor Vincent J. Kamphaus gestures to make a point."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dale Patrick, representing the Oklahoma City Speakers Forum, expresses opposition."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Keith Stanley, chief of air quality control section for the City-County Health Department speaks in favor of the ordinance while.. ."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The head of the nation's Science Foundation took advantage of Oklahoma State University's first Research Day Tuesday to give community leaders and educators a boost in achieveing research goals for the '70s. A major boost will come in the form of a $15,000 federal grant for statewide science policy planning in Oklahoma. The announcement came from Dr. William D. McElroy, Washington, in an address before an estimated 600 delegates. While hailing the award as an important aid, McElroy cautioned that the role of research in Oklahoma's future development is not simply to provide training oppottunities and a livelihood for a pool of professional scientists and other scholars...Jack Abernathy off Oklahoma City, president of the State's Frontiers of Science Foundation, recipient of the government grant, said a planning task force will be created within the next two weeks and will include 35 to 30 businessmen, educators and legislators from throughout the state. Dr. Robert Fite, and OSU proffesor in the extension division has been named coordinator of the planning project. Garland Hadley of Oklahoma City, executive director of the foundation, said that one of the principle objectives of the planning …