Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A near disaster hospitalizes painter Perry Burris of Oklahoma City Thursday after he fell 60 feet from this scaffolding set up in the state capitol."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "I had a coffee man tell me we may never live to see coffee much below $2 a pound again," one grocer says. "I've even heard talk of $3 a pound in the long run."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Proving that more goes into a high school play than meets the eye, 36 John Marshall High School students spent several hundred hours working toward performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" Thursday and Friday nights, and at left, sophomore Cynthia Walters tediously applies eye makeup for her peasant-woman part in the play."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Christmas carols might have been the songs which Nita Wininger, left photo, is playing for Curt Schwartz at the Lyric Guild's (Festival of the Trees.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Christmas carols might have been the songs which Nita Wininger, left photo, is playing for Curt Schwartz at the Lyric Guild's (Festival of the Trees.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cary Sully, seated, and Dean A. McGee look over equipment in an eye examination room a the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "With all girl sax section in foreground, band swings into action."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Christmas luncheon provided an opportunity for members of Wadoy Asha to gather in the home of Mrs. Frank Miskovsky, center, recently. Visiting were Mrs. Vera Moulden, left, and Mrs. Mary Helms."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rising like a 20th century castle near the center of downtown Oklahoma City, the new federal office building will help taxpayers money by centralizing government operations in a federally owned structure."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Interior mess inside a house at 2920 NW. 23 typifies the crumbling decay of structures upon which Oklahoma City currently is waging war."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Gus Pekara mathematics professor at South Oklahoma City Junior College has been named southwest regional vice president of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hanging on for dear life is Jack Ward of Springdale, Ark., as he leaves the chute Thursday night during the bareback competition at the National Finals Rodeo."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hanging on for dear life is Jack Ward of Springdale, Ark., as he leaves the chute Thursday night during the bareback competition at the National Finals Rodeo."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "City book review clubs have been keeping up with their Christmas activities."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As his part of the bargain, Emil John Vandervate, 33, agreed not to file a damage suit against the city."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Follow the advice of "Sam" Wells, midwestern regional representative for a luggage manufacturer. She can pack 30 or so clothing items, organize them and have no difficulty knowing where each item is."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "CAR STRADDLES TRACKS at NW 13 and Santa Fe where Don Lloyd Hansen, 67, of 4028 NW 14, apparently suffered a heart attack when the car he was driving struck a Santa Fe freight train Tuesday afternoon."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Revs. Johnny and Juanita Bowman display mail-order diplomas."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Phase 1 of construction of the $2.5 million Cameron University fine arts center is under way in Lawton."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The sins of Lizzie Borden are discussed by OCU opera stars Jean Cantrell and Neil Nease."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "den, it feels like all of Niagara Falls is crashing upon your shoulders. But it's not bad. You love it. You scream at the top of your lungs with unsuppressed exhilaration that one feels only at moments of sheer ecstasy. That same feeling will no doubt be experienced this summer by two Oklahoma City men when they take a 225-mile float trip down the Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FIRE SAFETY gets a boost from children in these winning posters on display Saturday at Crossroads Mall."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Open house preparations find Dan Tipton, South Community Hospital administrator, examining a defibrillator in expanded emergency room facilities."