Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Driver Disappears After Car Plows Into City House Police Friday were looking for the driver of this car after it crashed into the home of Miss Josephine Jackson, 70, of 1011 N Phillips, late Thursday night. Chargers of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident were filed against the license tag number of the auto. Damage to the house included boards and window screen broken, part of foundation and wall cracked and damage to a lamp inside. The car jumped the curb and traveled 56 feet before hitting the house."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mel Coffman, rangy 6-4 forward from Ponca City, is playing a key role in the fortunes of the Colorado Buffaloes, who invade Norman Saturday night for a Big Seven lost against Oklahoma."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Indian beadwork on a fancy billfold is a gift for Leon C. Miller, executive secretary-treasurer of the National Thespian society Cincinnati, Ohio from Mary Helen Deer, 713 NW 33, at a regional conference of high school Thespian societies Saturday at Central high school."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Boning up on duties are Rex Faris and friends"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "I like sincerely because it's a steady song, I think Earth Angel should be on the top of the hit parade."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City shortstop Jim Clark slides home safely in the first inning of Tuesday's game as Shreveport catcher J. W. Jones whirls to look for the ball."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Cherry is explaining to young son, Bracken, 3 1/2, how she made her new dress."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "United Dry leaders Dr. Earl Dorff, left, and Dr. Stanley Niles discuss a beer ban over coffee cups."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Armed robbery charges were being filed Friday against Orville Deal, 32-year-old city man who was captured less than one-half hour after he robbed a downtown hardware store of $19.55 late Thursday afternoon."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS 1955 to date, 427; Oct. 17 1954 to date, Oct. 9 Three members of a Texas family were killed and three children critically injured early Thursday when their late-model car sailed 60 feet through the air and crashed into a 15-foot ravine on U.S. 77 4 1/2 miles north of Norman. Dead are: Ira Carl Lampley, 30 Deer Park, Texas. Neva L. Lampley, about 30, his wife. An unidentified woman, about 60, believed to be Mrs. Lampley's mother. Girl reaches Road-- Critically injured were the Lampleys' three children, Joan, 15 Carl, 9, and a girl about 3. They are being transferred to Children's hospital in Oklahoma City from Norman Municipal hospital, where they were first treated."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Becky Sue Cole, 2, asks as she tries to pull the brush off her father, Bob Cole, Guymon chamber of commerce secretary who has spearheaded arrangements for Guymon's Pioneer Days."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Cleveland County's new assistant attorney is getting adjusted fast to courthouse life. Shown here in the district courtroom are Jim Fisk, left, and Hez Bussey, county attorney. Fisk replaces Elvin J. Brown who recently assumed duties as the new Cleveland county judge."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This crash on SH 33 within the city limits of Watonga threw Mrs. Artie E. Secrest, Lakewood, Colo., into the windshield and also sent her husband and son, G.F. Secrest, to the hospital about 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Secrest were in the car on the left, which struck the car on the right driven by Joe Christian, 63 Watonga, who is still in the car. He was injured slightly. Mrs. Secrest is in critical condition from severe cuts about the face and neck."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Looking right at home in his overalls in the midst of his latest construction project."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma Semi-Finalist for Rhodes scholarships are Oliver D. Johns, Seminole, left, and Rowland L. Collins, Bristow. They will compete in interviews December 10 at New Orleans with eight other youths from four other states before the final selection of four students who will receive scholarships to Oxford University in England next autumn."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Calvin Thomas, 19, of 127 SW 28, sadly surveys the family auto, which was smashed Sunday night by a train in a nightmarish accident. CAR DIES ON RAILS; BOY SAFE, CITY YOUTH CAUGHT IN REAL NIGHTMARE AS TRAIN STRIKES If you've ever had a nightmare of being stalled on railroad tracks in front of a onrushing train, you can sympathize with 19-year-old James Calvin Thomas of 127 SW 28. It happened to him Sunday night -- only it wasn't a dream. Young Thomas escaped injury when a northbound Santa Fe Train smashed his family's car, a new 1955 model, on the grade crossing at SE 29 and Shields. "It was just like a nightmare to sit here trying to start the car and watch that big engine getting closer," he said. CAR ENGINE STALLS, James, a Moore high school graduate who moved to Oklahoma City with his family last year, was going west on SE 29 when the accident occurred. "Just as my front wheels hit the tracks," the youth recalled, "the warning light started to blink. I jumped on the brakes and the engine died with the …

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It's "anchors aweigh!" for George William Cross, left. 19-year-old son of Dr. George L. Cross, University of Oklahoma president."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This Crumpled Car Was Death Trap for Three. Death car for a Texas couple and a Stillwater woman, this crumpled auto plunged into a ravine on U.S. 77 early Friday, critically injuring three children who also were passengers."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Colonel Luzerne M. Tidd (ret.), president of the Oklahoma County Reserve Officer's Association, Chapter No. 30, presents the Oklahoma County RCA 'Challenge Trophy' to Captain Eugene Fitch, captain of the 310th Replacement Group .22 caliber rifle team whose team garnered top honors among 18 other army reserve units in Oklahoma County, in the Oklahoma Military District rigle marksmanship program."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Trapped Cityan Freed From Overturned Auto. Dorothy Brown, 37, of 1811 NW 29, is shown being helped from her overturned auto following a three-car collision Monday at NW 30 and Blackwelder. She suffered a broken collar bone and was pinned inside her car for 10 minutes before being freed by other motorists."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "PAT ENT, 14, of 1226 NE 12 - I think the amount of discipline the parents give should depend on the child itself. P arents know their children and they should be the best judges."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New officers of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Physicians association are Dr. Howard E. Troop, Lawton. president-elect left, and Dr. William Vernon Davis, 201 NW 22, President."