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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lillian Gillham, above, is a busy women these days."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "E. J. "Dutch" Harrison, the elder golfing statesman of the crowd, slipped in quietly with his fourth straight sub par round Monday while the gallery was trailing the young players and walked off with victory in the $15,000 Tijuana open."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here are two river bed views of the Canadian river bridge southwest of Norman, smashed under the weight of the ponderous truck shown here."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Blake Simmons, left, and Four ball partner Noble Birmingham are still in the thick of the fight for the city championship."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here are two river bed views of the Canadian river bridge southwest of Norman, smashed under the weight of the ponderous truck shown here."

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blake Simmons"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "V.E. Van Scoy, police whisky raider, inspects a whisky plant in a small kitchen cabinet which officers found in Lamar hotel, 421 N. Broadway, Monday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "city-waitress"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Americans are being disabled four times faster than existing agencies are able to rehabilitate them as useful, productive citizens."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A 73-year-old retired Oklahoma City antique dealer was fighting for his life early Saturday after being severely beaten and robbed at his home."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jackie Shields is beaming-or was while in Ardmore for the big golf show staged by Mr. and Mrs. Waco Turner-from ear to ear over his new job.. ."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The county attorney's office Monday carried its investigation of irregularities in the April 7 city election into City Hall."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of separated ballots spread out on the floor in rows and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 150-foot span of bridge collapsed into the Canadian river near Norman Monday, carrying three men and two vehicles with it into the river bed. The accident injured a former state supreme court justice, smashed a late model sedan, jammed a 16-tom Diesel earth mover along the twisted girders, shorted long distance telephone lines serving Blanchard and left that area of SH 74 and 9 blockes for the next 30 days. The span went down about 12:30 p.m., under a Diesel-powered Amis Construction Co. machine driven by Monore Barwick jr., 19, Kingston. A girder carrying full weight of the collapsing truss plummeled onto the hood of a car about 50 feet behind the earth mover. Prominent Attorney Injury Orel Busby, 63, widely-known Ada attorney, a passenger in the car, suffered a crushed vetebra. barwick and the other driver, Austin Deaton, Ada, escaped serious injury. Highway department engineers and maintenance crews, insurance men and highway patrolmen clambered across the wreckage all afternoon, trying to determine exact cause of the accident and extent of bridge damage. The bridge's posted weight limit is five tons. Highway patrol trooper V. R. Anderson said …

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gov. and Willie Murray ... these were happier days."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "ARDMORE, May 6-The best tournament in America tees off here Thursday with a field of at least 155 players-39 of them amateurs-for the fifth richest purse that professionals may shoot at and Dr. Cary Middlecoff of Memphis was taking more and more stature as a favorite after posting a subpar 69 in practice Tuesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's what happens when a 16-ton load rolls onto a structure capable of handling only five tons. Wrecked is a 150-foot span of the bridge over the South Canadian river near Norman. It collapsed when an earth-moving truck, right photo, weighing 16 tons, crossed it. The driver, Monroe Barwick, 19, Kingston, was not hurt, although he was badly shaken. A car, left photo, which was following about 50 feet behind the truck, was badly damaged and a passenger hurt seriously. Orel Busby, 63, Ada, former state supreme court justice, suffered a crushed vertebra. Driver of the car, Austin Deaton, also of Ada, escaped serious injury. The span on which the vehicles were traveling collapsed to the river bed. SH 74 and 9 in that area will be closed for a month as a result, officials estimate. Highway patrol tropper V. R. Anderson said Barwick had a permit to drive the huge truck almost across the state to the Kansas line, but that the permit specifically routed the vehicle around the Norman bridge. Barwick, after his truck was upended, crawled out of the cab and onto the wheels to …

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.