Weekly newspaper from Muskogee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Muskogee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Muskogee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Muskogee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Muskogee and Okmulgee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Viewing fatal motorcycle wreck are Muskogee police officer George Abel, left, and Highway Patrol Trooper Ronald James. FUNERAL SERVICES PENDING FOR ED EDMONDSON'S SON--MUSKOGEE -- Funeral services are pending for John Martin "Tad" Edmondson, 22-year-old son of U.S. Rep. and Mrs. Ed Edmondson, who was killed early Friday when his motorcycle veered off a road in Muskogee and plunged through a wire fence. The victim's fiancee, Miss Verna Elizabeth Winburn, 21 who was riding with him, remained in serious condition at Muskogee General Hospital after undergoing surgery. Edmondson was scheduled to be married to the Muskogee school teacher later this month. Both had graduated from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah last fall. Young Edmondson had been assisting in his father's campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, while his fiancee taught in a Muskogee junior high school. Police said the accident which killed Edmondson and injured his fiancee happened just after midnight, but the couple lay un-noticed until shortly before 6 a. m. Officials say Edmondson apparently died shortly after the accident of head and neck injuries. Miss Winburn suffered multiple injuries. Police said Miss Winburn was able …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Campaigning in Altus, Rep. Ed Edmondson, center, is assisted by Mayor Hoyt Shadid, left, in meeting Bill Ray, back to camera."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sherida Jones will give Martin Luther King Speech at school show."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Star-Spencer's David Greshman holds the ball a safe distance from Muskogee defender Gary McVay in first round play Thursday in the Class 4A boys state tournament at Fairgrounds Arena."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "From left,Oscar Thomas, J.R.Palmer and John Romine,officers of a former prisioner of war club recently formed at Muskogee, stand at the site where club members hope to erect a monument to POW's and those missing in action at Muskogee's War Memorial Park."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Grady Woods loads his pickup truck with its precious cargo of firewood which will keep his ranch home near Warner warm for the winter."