Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Lingering, deadly ammonia gas handicapped rescue efforts at Wilson plant as workers donned gas masks."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Seven highway patrolmen were acting like ducks Wednesday, and it was all in the line of duty. The seven wet troopers in the picture are members of the newly organized special detail and rescue sqaud. They are being trained this week at the YMCA pool on sscuba diving is case they have to ever go underwater on a search on rescue. the squad of seven men are being trained to be available for all types pf emergency duty. Shown in the YMCA pool are Lieut. Gene Frusher, Sid Berry and Leo White, Oklahoma City, Dan Combs and Arthur Hackney, Clinton, and Dan Cannon and Jim Snider, Tulsa."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Collaping roof-top ice plant sheared through floors, all the way to Wilson basement."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking up from inside a building through a ripped-off/heavily-damaged roof with powerlines and more in the air.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Old and new blend in many ways in Putnam City Baptist Church, which recently completed the new sanctuary and steeple. The new section is strictly colonial in all respects. The new spire seperates the new building from an old education section that has served the congregation many years."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Looks like those beautiful feathery trails left in the sky by giant jet planes, but it isn't. This is an aerial photograph pf speeding boats skimming over Lake Hefner. Basically, it's a sure sign spring is here but it also means there's plenty of water in Oklahoma City's lakes. Lake Overholser is practically full, Hefner is just 4.65 feet from the top and this with 90,00 acree feet in rented storage at Canton represents a 23-month city supply. And water enough to offset our current usage is flowing down the North Canadian."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a backside/alley side view of a burned two-story building, possibly still burning, stairs breaking down in the center, lookd to be sparks at upper center, power/phone cables across the top, and more)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Above looking down photo of a destroyed area with the wood, brick, and more scrambled.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of an office/room destroyed with stuff all around)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Dense Clouds of smoke mark just one of six forest and brush fires which flared up Tuesday afternoon in Northeastern Oklahoma County. Refinery workers, county employes and volunteers quicly thought this one blaze under control before it could spread. The location is just north of the Raymond Gary Expressway, approximately eight miles northeast of Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a storage/work room with its ceiling falling in, some meat tubes still hanging, and other stuff scattered.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This view of downtown skyscrapers in the Times' contribution to the ancient "which was is up" argument. Photographer Bob Albright snapped it from the middle of Park avenue. He says it's the view recently-runover pedestrain gets. For that matter, since this is the view from the middle of the street, it's what someone about to get hits sees when he isn't looking. That's First National Bank on the bottom, Liberty National on top."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Somewhere beneath this rubble mountain lie bodies of two Wilson & Co. employees trapped in Tuesday's building collapse. Photo taken from sheared off landing on west wall opposite the tottering east wall shows salvage workmen through the second floor opening, which was battered to reach the inside debris."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rumbling like an earthquake, a massive ice-making installation atop the Wilson & Co. packing plant here, crashed through seven floors Tuesday killing at least five workers and injuring 16 others. Firemen and rescue workers late Tuesday were still searching for the bodies of two men pinned beneath tons of debris. The men, James "Arky" McIntosh and Claude "Red" Wilkinson, both beef workers, were believed to be dead. One of those killed was an off-duty fireman who worked in a beef cutting department on his days off. He was identified as Ronald G. Porter, a fireman at station No. 23. Other dead: Ruben McDowell, 47, an elevator operator, of mustang; Herman Simmons, a beef cooler employe; Paul Ferrell, a worker in the central packing area, and Sam S. Miranda, 61, 1639 Birch, a 32-year emplye in the beef cutting department.................Manuel Galindo, a veal tagger was nearly drowned when tons of icy brine poured through the sixth-floor ceiling. He was rescued by fellow worker, Gene Clayton. Noah Clark, 1621 SW 61, was working alongside the missing "Arky" McIntosh in the cooler when the ceiling came tumbling in."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo inside a damaged building looking down into a room/area with the stuff spread out and compacted.)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking at a broke-down wall/other with utility needs for the building, brick wall in the back, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Thousands lined up at the doors of the new Baptist Memorial hospital for its first public show Sunday. Crowds like the one above kept official guides on their toes in an effort to keep people moving theought the hospital's seven floors. Doors were kept open well past the scheduled closing hours so that everyone could see the modern structure. Officials expect to be open for business by April 6 with 83 beds avaliable."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At right, the fire finished the job thieves started on a late model sports car. The car, already stripped of tires and wheels, was destroyed when the flames ignited its gas tank."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking up from inside a building through a ripped-off/heavily-damaged roof with powerlines and more in the air.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Triangular bracings support the bridge north of Moore that collapsed nearly two months ago, injuring 11 men. Work again is well under way on the bridge, part of the Raymond Gary Expressway. The braces are so thick, you can hardly see through them."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a finished grass fire with a tree and wire fence in the foreground, a wind mill in the center background, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A coffee break saved nearly three dozen Wilson & Co. employees from possible injury or death Tuesday. Moments before an ice house on the top story rumbled and fell seven floors to ground level, about 36 men left the beef and veal coolers on the fourth floor for the 11 a.m. coffee break. The huge cooling system and brine tanks on the sixth floor crashed through the space where many of the crew had been working. "There were only five of us in the veal cooler," said James Hendrix of route 5, west of the city. "James McIntosh, Noah Clark, Manuel Galindo and Gene Clayton, as I remember." "I heard this rumble and crash, and I ran for the door," he continued. "just as O got to the door, I heard someone yell and I ran back to see Clayton dragging Galindo away from the crash.........."It's really amazing how few were hurt," commented Oliver W. Gaffney, general manager for the plant....The packing plant is located in Oklahoma County, surrounded by Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma has its share of "All American" honors, but few in the Sooner state know they also can claim the "All American" voice as far as the federal airways are concerned. Pilots flying the airways and using Federal Aviation agency radio and navigational aids are helping along by the clear voices of group of Oklahomans at the FAA Aeronautical center at Will Rogers field. Main use of the voices is on the automatic radio station. One Carries Rating A pilot coming into Oklahoma City turns his radio dial hunting the station here. With the automatic identifiers he doesn't have to listen for the radio code for when he gets the right band a clear voice says: "Oklahoma City radio...Oklahoma City radio..."...At present, Ralph W. Rea, 2213 SW 69, chief of the facilities material division of the center, is the only "All American" voice in FAA...The tapes for the identifiers are cut at the center and sent to the various centers. They must be replaced about every six months as they operate 24-hours a day seven days a week. Master tapes are kept by Rea in a library at the …

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Worshipers kneel in prayer at Corpus Chrsti church on Good Friday, continuing a nine-yeat perpetual prayer chain."