Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A spacious plaza will give an airy, open approach to fron of postal center."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the expressway from bottom left to middle right, main road from top center to center, buildings surrounding it all, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Lincoln Boulevard will split into the capitol expressway at NE 28, wrap around the capitol complex and lead to I.H. 40."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Towering crane saves workmen a lot of legwork."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Up, Up And Away go hundreds of helium-filled ballons as they were released Sunday morning by children of the First Church of the Nazarene, 901 NW 6, as part of the church's vacation Bible School. The children demonstrated their Christian witness with the ballons bearing messages and self-addressed stamped postcards, which the children hope will be returned by finders."

Photograph of Herbert Matlock, Murray County S&WCD cooperator, plants Bermudagrass under his pecan grove near Davis, Okla. The area is protected from being flooded by four watershed structures on the Kickapoo Sandy Creek of the Wachita Watershed. He sold $7,000 worth of pecans off of 90 acres this year.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of highway construction, paths coming from different directions from top left, Bricktown at bottom left, silo at middle right, and more.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of the Belle Isle Lakes at top right, Penn Square Mall top middle of the lakes, school at bottom left, highways around, housing all around, buildings, and more)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of a main road with cars on it, islands with turn openings, businesses and housing all around, and more)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of the expressway's path across the middle, state fairgrounds at center, housing neighborhoods all around, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Fairgrounds looking N.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Politics in the round at the Mummer's Theater Wednesday swept the audience into the midst of national convention hoopla for the opening of "The Best Man." The first nighters were greeted by a brass band and showered with confetti and serpentine as they approached the theater entrance to set the stage for the political maneuverings to follow."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of highway construction from bottom left to top right, highway pavement from bottom left to bridge at railroad tracks at center, silos at bottom middle, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Reno-Byers.")"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of downtown area the expressway cut through, silo at top center, Ford Mord Company plant at middle center, buildings all around, and more. Frontside handwriting: at bottom left is "Reno," bottom middle is "Exchange," and at bottom right is "Western.")"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the campus with the baseball field on the bottom middle, other buildings on the middle left, two adjoining buildings with a small tower in its center on the top left, the mall in the center, the chapel in the center right, the tennis courts below the chapel to the right, housing all around, and more."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo a main road, a few large building in the middle, large chuech at top middle, other businesses and housing throughout the photo, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Western" at top middle and "Classen" at bottom left.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the highway entrances/exits ramps in the center, housing across the top, cars all around, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Workmen install light fixtures inside the still-unfurnished building. Oklahoma City's new $5 million postal center is rapidly taking shape, and is expected to be in operation early next year. Two blocks long and a block wide, the new post office is bounded by SW 5, SW 7, Hudson and Harvey, and is oriented to the Santa Fe and Frisco railroads at Union Station across the street, and to the new Crosstown Expressway two blocks away. The site was purchased long ago by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and made avilable when the center was proposed. the building will be leased to the government by private owners. The main building covers 230,550 square feet, with an 8,650-square-foot vehicle building to the south."