Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Seared Debris was all that was left of the St. Robert's Bellarime Catholic Church in Jones after flames gutted the $25,000 building early Friday. Almost all religious objects were destroyed. Residents, awakened at 6 a.m., saved the pews and a few of the objects. A new $20,000 annex and kitchen did not burn, but were badly damaged by water. Residents said they intend to clean up the annex and use it as a sanctuary until they can rebuild their church. It was the only Catholic church in Jones. Fire trucks from Oklahoma City, jones and Choctaw battled the blaze for an hour before it was brought under control."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Baseball fans attending the first 89er game Thursday night will have a choice of two parking areas. A 25-cent charge will be made for parking in the lot immediatley south of the new stadium in the state fair grounds. However, fans who don't mind walking a littl way can find free parking east of Grand Blvd. The stadium is just west of Grand Blvd. Mayor Norick, who also is chairman of the baseball trust, said Wednesday the paid parking area was in the original plans of the trust. The trust will get 25 percent of the revenue from the parking fees. The lot south of the stadium has not yet been paved or fenced, but those improvements are included in the stadium plans, Norick said."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo inside a heavily damaged building, Mary Jane statue on the left, the roof collapsing, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The sophisticated equipment firemen had in their arsenal in 1962 when fire gutted the Chastain Hotel on N Robinson is a far cry from the bucket brigades that battled fires in early-day Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Verden storm smashed barn owned by banker C.E. Nelson.`"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo with buildings all around, railroad tracks across the middle, "Coco-Cola" building below the tracks on the right, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Advertising signs projecting into air space above Lincoln Blvd. north of state capital are on the list of 41 encroachments listed by state highway officials as threatining loss of federal road money. Two guys wires at oil well in right foreground are among the items the state wants Oklahoma City to remove..."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Part of Oklahoma City's 2-year water supply is shown in this aerial view of Lake Overholse. The dam is shown in lower part of the picture. Canton reservior and Lake Hefner are full and Lake Overholse should be filled within a week, city officials said. This insures a 2-year water supply even if there's a long dry spell."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of town across the middle, large buildings at middle far right, open land all around, roads, and more. Backside handwriting: "Yukon & to the west.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Water poured from the left…"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "X" marks spot of the new State Capitol Bank at NE 39 and Lincoln in the growing northeast section of Oklahoma City. At lower right of his aerial photo by staff photographer Jim Lucas is new bowling alley. Just above that, with huge parking area, is new discount department store. Oklahoma City's skyline is at upper right, while the University Medical Center is shown at upper left, and the capitol complex is in upper center, at end of Lincoln on NE 23."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo with three ponds in the center with a building, great amount of houses all around, surface tanks at top left, and more. Backside handwriting: "Branding Iron Club."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Providing a connecting link to Southwestern Turnpike, left of bridge, is the new four-lane Newcastle bridge over the South Canadian River."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New medical facility for the northside is the Village Medical Arts Center now under construction at Surrey Pl. and Britton Rd. The $80,000 structure will house three doctors and two dentists, plus a prescription shop. The building should be ready for occupancy in June."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Topside Vie0w od Baptist Memorial Hospital looks like this, with the new nursing school building under construction at upper right. The domainating building is the 250-bed hospital with the doctors building to the far right and a Baptist church in the foreground. Located on the Northwest Highway west of May Avenue, the complex of buildings represent an investment of nearly $7 million to date. Another hospital fund raising campaign will be launced next year in an effort "to expand the present investment several times over," says Dr. T. B. Lackey of the Baptist General Convention."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Blinded by smoke, about 20 residents of the 3-story Chastain Hotel groped their way to safety early Tuesday as raging fire swept through the landmark at 611 N Robinson. Only one minor injury was reported as apartment hotel tenants fled through the dense smoke the dense smoke. the blaze, which started at ground level, quickly gutted the stone structure. Some of the occupants escaped on aerial fire ladder from a second-story porch overlooking N. Robinson Street. More than 80 firemen answered the three-alarm blaze and poured thousands of gallons of water on the fierce flames, which honeycombed the building in an hour's time......Hotel owner Colwell Chastain, who lives in the building, estimated damages at $82,000. he said he has no insurance....Routed from bed by smoke, third floor occupant Alfred Bettis apparently was the first to discover the blaze. Bettis quickly made has way down smoke-clogged stairways and awakened the Manager Chastain, who turned in the first fire alarm at 6:48 a.m."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "First step was taken Wednesday toward construction of a multi-million-dollar office building and apartment house complex on the banks and an island of Belle Isle Lake. An option forstudy and development was signed between Amderson-Roomey Co., owners and operators of Penn Square, and the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. Foundation, owners of about 13 acres in the tract. W. A. Anderson, president of Anderson-Roomey, estimated the 9-story office building, 20-story apartment and clinic building will cost "somewhere between $8 million and $10 million, depending upon the final plans." "It won't come tommorow. We're still in the process of study and planning. But we are far enough along that we can make a deal, get the idea out in the open and start writing definite contracts.....The project has been under study for some months. Coston-Frankfurt-Short, Oklahjoma City architecural firm that specializes in large commercial developments, submitted the proposals..........Anderson-Roomey is owned jointly by W. A. Anderson and the Rooney Brothers John E. Rooney and L. F. Rooney jr."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "County Roadbuilding Machinery is at work grading a parking lot at Exchange Avenue Baptist Church in this photo by Times photgrapher Cliff King. County Commisssioner Luke Miller, in whose district this occurred, said the practice of using county machinery for such church projects is common. He said he would not "send equipment on a special trip," but that such service would be furnished any church :if we've got a job nearby it." He said the grading usually required only a half-hour of work. Miller said county commissioners annually grade hundreds of little league baseball fields for the YMCA at no cost, "and that's illegal, too."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of man in a bedroom with his hand on the bed post, window behind him, and more. Backside handwriting: "Dr. Turner Bynum.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Mirage? If you think you're looking at the Oklahoma countryside, you're mistaken. As far as you can see in this photo, you're looking at cities in Canadian County since recent annexations. The photo, looking west from the Canadian River just south of NW 10, shows the Mustang power plant, left center, and the area beyond which is the site of the new General Electric plant. It's all in Oklahoma City. Beyond that are Yukon (outlined) and El Reno. If the photo were wider and you looked far enough you might see expanded Union City, upper left, or Calumet, upper right."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of two firemen on the street spraying upwards, two firemen on a fire engine's ladder spraying into a window, another ladder with a fireman on the top either spraying or to get on to the roof, and more.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo with with buildings and streets all around, "Coca-Cola" at bottom middle, two buildings with a skywalk between them, railroad tracks from top to bottom right, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "So you think driving expressways in confusing. Try building them! This is the Classen Circle area where something will have to give a connecting interstate route comes through the area."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Jerry Henderson leaps from the department's practice tower to a catch net's bull's eye below. The net isn't used often, but firemen still practice. An awkward fall can cause a slipped disc or break bones."