Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A change of administration at the statehouse is always a time of eager anticipation and great speculation. This is particulary true when the power of state government passes from one party to another. Oklahoma is going through that change this month as David Hall moves into the office of chief executive and Democrates also take over all secondery offices, ending eight years of Republican rule. If past experience is any guide, the big shakeup will not measure up to expectations. State government has grown so big and complex, it seems to coast along in about the same pattern, regardless of who sits in the driver's seat."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Huckins Hotel shudders and begins to crumble shortly after lasts are detonated."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of the camera focused on a man in a suit with white hair clapping, a woman sitting beside him, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Series of blasts in east wall bring the historic city landmark to her knees."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Midwest City Police Chief W. E. Bailey and officers survey pond. Three persons held overnight for questioning in a Midwest City woman's gunshot death were released from Pottawatomie County Jail shortly before noon today on a court order. Action came as 10 divers searched for weapons in a pond 2 1/2 miles southeast of Seminole where Mrs. Joan S. Drehmann's nude weighted body was found by three fishermen Thursday night. The sheriff's office said Dist. Judge Lloyd Henry ordered the three realeased when their attorney, Floyd Henson, presented a wtit of habeas corpus. "They were being held as material witnesses and the judge said that since no one had been charged, they were being freed," the sheriff's spokesman said. They three are Chuck Burnside, 38, Wewoka; Herbert Leon Rust, 34, and Leticia Cook, both are from Shawnee. Mrs. Cook was identified as Burnside's sister."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a group of guys on the shore of a pond, two of them in police uniform, the rest not formal, two guys in a boat, one guy in the pond wearing a diving suit, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The once-proud 10-story Huckins Hotel became a two-story pile of rubble Sunday morning in no more time than it would take you to knock down a row of Dominoes. The 62-year-old building, which once served as the state capitol, was the first structure in Oklahoma City to be demolished by the controlled-explosives process. "It was a perfect shot," said John D. "Jack" Loizeaux, the man who pushed the button to set off more than 200 pounds of explosives in 260 charges. Fire Marshal E. L. Buddy Koch agreed... (photo tag: Nothing but rubble remains of the Huckins, once Oklahoma's capitol and the proudest hotel in the area.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a guy in diving suit swimming in a pond. Backside handwriting: "Cpt Hershal Coomer Shawnee Fire Dept.")"

Photograph of Tom McDonald working in an office. He is sitting behind a typewriter. A man is sitting at a desk behind him.

Photograph of Clint Bourland in an office. He is using a typewriter. Behind him are several desks.

Photograph of Clint Bourland sitting behind a worktable with film reels. He is smiling at the camera. Behind him is a window.

Photograph of Clint Bourland sitting behind a worktable with film reels. He is using one of the machines on the table. Behind him is a window.

Photograph of Tom McDonald at a worktable. He is using film reels. McDonald is wearing a button-up shirt with a tie and slacks.

Photograph of the Board of Directors of Beaver county reviewing the 5000th Great Plains Contract of Oklahoma. Left to right; Charles Custer, Member, Glen Myers, Member, Raymond Watson, Vice-Chairman, John T. Riley, Jr., DC, SCS, J.S. Shaffer, Chairman, Jimmie Cole, Secretary-Treasurer.

Photograph of two TCU buildings. The building on the left is rectangular in shape, tan and gray in color. The building on the right is tan with a red roof. A few people can be seen walking around the buildings.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Crumpled concrete and steel are all that remains of the Huckins Hotel today, and it took only seconds and 200 pounds of explosives to destroy the Oklahoma landmark which had stood in downtown Oklahoma City for 62 years. The Huckins, which served briefly as the state capitol in its early history, was demolished Sunday as part of the city's urban renewal effort. Times Photographer Bob Albright was there."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A long, lonely road came to an end Monday for David Hall, but at the end he found 7,000 sooners cheering. Counting Hall's unsuccessful attempt in the 1966 primary, it took him four elections, a recount and six weeks of waiting to realize his goal. But Monday, Hall sat in the governor's chair. At Hall's inaugruation, his smile and that of his wife, Jo, indicated they believe the two primaries, the run-off and the general election - not to mention four years in between - were well worth the effort......With Hall on his big day were all but one of the state's living former governors. Only Roy J. Turner, suffering from influenza, was absent. Also there was Carl Albert, speaker-designate of the U. S. House of Representatives, who will take over the nation's second most powerful office next week; U.S. Sens. Bellmon and Fred R. Harris; Congressmen Tom Steed and Ed Edmondson and most of the state's elected officials. Tuesday, the festivities will be over, and the Hall Administration will begin the day-to-day routine of governing Oklahoma. The "lonely" may be gone, but the road ahead is still long."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of large cloud of dust coming up from the ground, a 30+ story building just behind, building's sign of "Hotel Skirvin" on the back lower left, and more. )"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Hall did not dance all night, like the song says, at his inaugural ball. There wasn't room. His inaugural ball at Shephard Mall drew a crowd which was estimated by Chief Byron Hollander and Fire Marshall E. L. Koch at 35,000. By 8:45 p.m., uniformed highway patrolmen and National Guardsmen had sealed off the mall temporarily, turning back people with inviatations in hand. Even caught outside was Patrick Williams, one of the new governor's law partners amd master of ceremonies at the inauguration earlier Monday.........People started showing up as early as 6 p.m. and, by 8 p.m. the mall was pretty well packed. A store at the north end of the mall closed and locked its doors at 8:45 p.m., 15 minutes before its regular closing time. Those who planned the ball called it a success, others called it a disaster. "This is ridiculous," one woman said, "I've been to two inaugral balls in Washington, and at least you could get in and have a place to sit down." One line of chairs was set along easch side of the (continued on page 2, col. 5)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Close-up photo of large cloud of dust coming up from the ground, a 30+ story building just behind, and more. )"

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) construction crew setting grade stakes for repair and riprap of sloughed off front toe. OK-4192-7.

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) construction crew setting grade stakes for repair and riprap of sloughed off front toe. OK-4191-7.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Crowded conditions cast a pall over Gov. Hall's Shepherd Mall Ball for a while Monday night, until some of the 35,000 celebrants departed to leave room for dancing. The mall was packed solid to top off Hall's inauguration day. Among leading well-wishers on hand, below, were the new governor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. "Red" Hall, 3715 Chicago."