Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two persons were injured early Tuesday in a 2- car collision."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One died and two hurt when this car was involved in a three vehicle crash on S Shields and SE 95 late Friday."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One die and two were hurt when this car was involved in a three- vehicle crash."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fire followed the collision of a gasoline truck and a wheat truck on the Northwest highway and MacArthur Blvd. Friday A 27-year-old Wayne man miraculously escaped a fiery death Friday Morning when his gasoline truck burst into flames following a collision with a wheat truck. Grover C. Teague, was traveling west on Northwest Highway when his truck collided with a semi-trailer driven by R.B. Blalock, 55, of 820 N Meuller, at intersection of Northwest highway and MacArthur. Leaford Browning, Warr Acres assistant police chief, said the Groendyke gasoline truck turned over twice and burst into flames. It traveled 269 feet, coming to rest in a small valley that was turned into a holocaust of flames, charred trees and boiling black smoke. Teague ws thrown from the cab of the truck 10 feet from the place where the tank came to rest in flames. A passerby, A.L. Garver Jr., of 3001 Emond St., and an unidentified man pulled Teague out of the oily patch to safety. Teague apparently suffered only from exposure from the heat and from the burns. Authorities of Baptist Hospital said Teague was not seriously injured. …

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "near Lexington."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "near Lexington."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "near Lexington"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A 22-year-old woman miraculously escaped injury Wednesday when a car careening out of control after an accident knocked her 22 feet over a fence and into a yard at NW 4 and Lee. Miss Bobbie Doris Streetman, of 3001 SW 12, walked away from St. Anthony Hospital, where she was rushed after the accident, a bizarre auto-motor scooter- pedestrian affair. Ran Stop Sign: Patrolman AZ. S. McLaughlin said Miss Clara E. McCurley, 17, of 340 SE 52, ran a stop sign and slammed into the motor-scooter, driven by Charles Tharp, 38, of 616 N Francis. Her car then careened northeastward. Miss Streetman leaped from the street onto the sidewalk, but was still struck by the out-of-control car. Tossed Into Yard She was tossed into a near by yard, and the car followed her, tearing up a parking meter and the fence en route. Doctors at St. Anthony hospital said Miss Streetman was unhurt. Tharp suffered cuts and bruises . Miss McCurley was given a ticket charging her with running a stop sign."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This is scene after motor scooter and pedestrian were hit."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WEEKEND TRAFFIC got off to a bang-up start Saturday morning when this truck, driven by Carl Wallace, Luther, and a car driven by Miss Alice Mae Doran, 2808 NW 27, collided at NW Highway and MacArthur." Photo by John Gumm, Original photo 08/26/60, published on T-08-27-60."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "COMFORTING HIS SON with the aid of Officer O.W. Ardery following a collision Saturday afternoon at NW 5 and Harvey is Don Arnold Tilley, 65, of 2416 E Madison"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "NOSE DIVE into Lightning Creek was the aftermath of a collision between this car and a truck at the intersection of SE 25, and Shields Thursday afternoon."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A jumbled mass of track, wheat and boxcars was left Thursday night when a Santa Fe train was derailed. Ten cars of a Santa Fe Freight train, bearing an estimated 600 tons of wheat, overturned immediately east of the Britton Road-Western Ave. intersection Thursday night."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Twenty-eight cars of a Purcell bound Santa Fe freight train were derailed shortly before 8 a.m. Friday just south of NW 71 and Shartel."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "WRECKAGE IS CLEARED from the Sante Fe Railroad main line at NW 71 and Shartel with the aid of two railroad cranes Saturday."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "WRECKAGE IS CLEARED from the Santa Fe Railroad main line at NW 71 and Shartel with the aid of two railroad cranes Saturday. The railroad's right of way was blocked Friday when 28 cars of a 123-car train were derailed."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "THE CULPRIT in a 10-car Santa Fe freight derailment near the intersection of Britton Road and Western Avenue Thursday night was this overheated journal, being examined by railroad agent W. A. Badley, 3147 SW 20."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two citizen members of the board of trustees of the new Oklahoma City Municipal Improvement Authority, which will take over the Atoka water project, received their first briefing Monday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "R. Lewis Barton, Oklahoma City civic and business leader and founder of the Barton movie theater chain, died Wednesday in Banos, Calif., after he was struck by a car."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CHAMPION PEEWEE 2 TEAM IN THE TAFT district this year were the Cleveland Bulldogs with 17 wins, four losses and two ties."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "OKLAHOMA'S BEST in the midget division are the Monroe Redbirds, who won the OK kids Association championship. They also swept two in the Oklahoma City-Amarillo Friendship series."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "STATE PEEWEE champion is Sequoyah. The Bobcats won 30 of 42 games over the season."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "MAYFAIR'S CHIPMUNKS, WON THEIR PEEWEE 1 LEAGUE AND WERE CHAMPIONS in the district tournament."