[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3650]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction of the multi-million dollar South Bypass got underway last week. The new super highway will link the southeast and southwest sections of Oklahoma City. it generally will follow SE 74 from Interstate Highway 35 westward. When another new highway, the West Bypass, is completed it will connect with the South Bypass at a point one-half mile west of May Avenue. the proposed West Bypass will run along the eastside of Will Rogers Airport. Another proposed highway will link the South Bypass with the southside of Tinker Air Force Base. Although not part of the Interstate System, the South Bypass is a federal highway project. Completion of the $3.3 million highway is expected in about two years. When the entire express way system is completed it will link Tinker with Fort Sill, Wichita Falls and Altus, all important military and missile installations. (picture undelay)Ten spades commemorate the beginning of construction on the south Bypass."
Date: March 8, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "To Wendell Keller, Westside YMCA director, it seems everbody wants to get in the swim! And he's not far from the wrong since one springboard diving class has had to be increased to three to accommadate the demand..........The instructor is Fred Allen, assistant director and music instructor, of Putnam City Junior High School. Dr. Tom Avery, 3908 NW 44, is chairman of the youth activities committee. (photo tag: Diving classes are creating a big splash at the Westside YMCA these days. Above, instructor Fred Allen signals, and a dozen or so youngsters hit the water.)"
Date: April 8, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Worst Spot for accidents in Oklahoma City is this intersection of NW 6 and Classen. The Oklahoma City Safety Council Tuesday declared it the most hazardous for last year, when a whopping 63 accidents happened there. Other dangerous intersections were identified by the council as NW 23 and Robinson; NE 36 and Lincoln; NW 16 and Indiana; SW 30 and Linn; NW 36 and May and NW Expressway and May. These intersections also produce the most serious accidents, the council said, and should be approached at reduced speed, with each motorist's foot on his brake pedal, ready to stop."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Unlce Sam's military planes are sort of like Mac Arthur - they don't die, they just fade away and then return. Proof of this can be seen from Douglas avenue bordering Tinker Air Force base on the east. It's here, in the southeast corner, that obsolete planes are lined up waiting the guillotine. Guillotine in this instance is a huge knife-like chunk of cemente used with a cane to demolish old planes and get then ready for the melting pot. Work is done by the redistribution and marketing service at Tinker. It revolves around the defense effort in that planes are melted down in order to demilitarize them...Once, the aluminum is in ingot form, it is sold to dealers and eventually winds up in new aircraft which is sold again to Uncle Sam. "It's sort of like selling a pig - the only thing we don't sell is the squeal," Lloyd Moon explained."
Date: September 8, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday noon signaled start of construction on the South Bypass in south Capital Hill. The four-mile expressway will run west from the SE 74 interchange on the Gary Expressway (I.H. 35) to a point a half-mile west of May. From there it will connect with U. S. 62 and 277 which will eventually be relocated a half-mile east. the highway now runs along the east side of Will Rogers Field. Total cost of the east-west bypass will be around $3.3 million. This includes a $980,000 contract with Frix & Foster Construction Co. of Muskogee for grading and drainage...Stanley Draper, managing director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, last week told chamber directors the expressway would help "put Oklahoma in the middle of the nation's missile defense program." The expressway will become a link between Tinker Air Force Base and Fort Sill, Wichita Falls and Altus, all important military and missile installations. (picture underlay) One more shovel and they have completed the whole project. As itwas, though, 10 groundbreakers spaded dirt simultaneosly Wednesday to start construction on the SE-SW 74 Expressway, more commonly known as the South …
Date: March 8, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "CHECKING THE MAP showing location of the 56 model homes entered in the Spring Festival of Homes, is committee member Paul Odom junior, member of the OK City Home Builders Association."
Date: May 8, 1961
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0970.0018]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction is underway on the new auditorium for the Mayfair Church of Christ."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Aviation Physiology room, with its altitude chamber and exercise treadmill, will be "showplace."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Architect's sketch of new church education building."
Date: July 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0974A.0176]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Controversial lot north of the Mid-Continent Life Insurance building stood empty Saturday after the company was fined $ 20 in municipal court on each of four charges of violating zoning regulation."
Date: July 8, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "MOTORISTS TRAVELING along NW 46 and Mattern Dr have had to detour the fomer mattern Dr bridge for three years when ever they want to cross deep fork creek."
Date: September 8, 1961
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mohamad Abdulkhalik, 1521 NW 27, checks new titles."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0979.0594]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New biology laboratory nears completion on second floor of OCU's old engineering building."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0966.0509]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A three-section drawing of the Salvation Army's proposed welfare center is pieced together by Col. George H. Marshall. Looking on is Brigadier Guy Hepler."
Date: March 8, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: September 8, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1387.0523]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maj. John L. Wade, pilot of the C-97 which crash landed Tuesday at Tinker, describes the landing to newsmen as he stands in front of the right engines of the plane, which are covered with fire-retarding foam."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Coming back in the hope of stepping up at least one more class in the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Livestock show here starting Sunday, are the Vore sisters, Karen, left, 14, and Bonnie, 11, of Cleo Springs, Major County."
Date: March 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A board of inquiry was ordered a Tinker Air Force base Wednesday, precipitated by the force crashed-landing by an Air National guard C-97 transport plane late Tuesday."
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hot cookies are tested by Burley Walker, left, state food and drug director."
Date: December 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Welch, where the ill fated trip started. The couple was murdered in Arizona."
Date: June 8, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0230]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "QUICK ACTION to clean up this "jungle" was prompted by a Yukon city council measure to use that city's new weed control law. charging cost of cleaning the lot to the property owner. The out-of-town property owner said he would clear the lot, at Ash Ave. and S. H. 4, as quickly as possible, officials reported."
Date: November 8, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Artist's conception of new Windsor Hills Elementary."
Date: June 8, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0126]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles B. Williams, tinker Air Force base Plastic Worker, Book Collector"
Date: December 8, 1961
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History