Caption: "Edward S. Correta, 212 W Kittyhawk, Midwest City, supervisor in an electrical maintenance unit at Tinker Air Force Base, reached back beyond World War I this week to give the children in the neighborhood a tight wire walking exhibition." Man walks on a tightrope while holding a parasol over his head.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Colleen Marie Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson survive plunge. Shawnee, Aug. 17-(Special)-Two teen-age Shawnee girls, non-swimmers, escaped possible death here Thursday night after their car plunged off a county bridge into the muddy water of the North Canadian river. The two girls, Colleen Marie Smith, 18, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson, 16, sisters, crawled through an open window and escaped with only minor scratches. They were assisted to the bank by several unidentified men who were fishing nearby. Car Plunges Off Bridge The car landed on the driver`s side in about five feet of water. Most of the last four or five months, the river has been bank-full and has had a swift current. But the last two weeks it had fallen four or five feet. If the river had been at the higher level, several feet of water would have covered the car. Mrs. Thompson said she was driving the car across the bridge, which is about a half mile east of Shawnee. She said the car slipped off the plank runners which are on the bridge flooring. When she tried to bring the car back …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "For the first time in Oklahoma history, people living in the Talihina and Clayton sections of the Winding Stair and Kiamichi mountains country can drive all the way to Oklahoma City on hard-surfaced roads."

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

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "J. M. HUME, FORMER SALES MANAGER UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It won't be long now until you can check a book out of this new Capitol Hill branch of the library."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Officer Bill Revels .. . 'free' parking is expensive."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Thomas"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Main street, looking north Wetumka, Okla., city of 2,715 where "Sucker Day" activities will be held August 18."

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