Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Ruth Churchill of Ardmore Chamber of Commerce staff checks photographs and maps of new housing facilities with J. A. Craig, Director of the Ardmore Industrial Development Authority."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Raymond G. Colvert Jr., general manager and secretary-treasurer of Colvert Dairy Products Co."

A daylight photograph of a fiery oil rig fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, that claimed the life of one man. Wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Flames erupt from an oil well south of Healdton that killed one."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former Sooner Tom Gibbs is the Thunderbird with the singed tail."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

A daylight photograph of an oil well fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, were an Ardmore man was killed. Caption: "An Ardmore oil worker lost his life Monday on this blaze in Texas Pacific Joiner City Unit well 85, five miles south of Healdton."

A daylight image of an oil well fire near Healdton, Oklahoma, where an Ardmore man was killed. Blue and red wax pencil marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "That claimed an Ardmore man's life Monday when blaze occurred at the Texan Pacific Oil Co., rig near Healdton is fought unsuccessfully by emergency crewmen who will make another attempt Tuesday morning."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Accused killer Hubert Wilkinson in court Tuesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The election of H. F. V. Wilson to the office of Carter County school superintendent is a milestone in Oklahoma history, according to F. D. Moon, an Oklahoma City Negro leader."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hubert Wilkinson, preliminary hearing was held Tuesday in Ardmore for 22-year-old Duncan man charged in the slaying of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "District Attorney Burke Mordy said in Ardmore that Hubert Wilkinson, 22, Duncan, was being held as a suspect in the slaying and kidnapping after his arrest at a home east town early today."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Hubert Wilkinson, Murder"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Replacing Morgan will be Pat J. Ryan, now southern division engineer for OG&E in Ardmore."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Because Healdton refused to accept defeat, this Carter county oil community will open the doors this year on the first hospital the town had more than 30 years. Bob Slate a local bank exdecutive is the chairman of the new hospital."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jack Thompson of Ardmore, right, new president of the Southern Oklahoma Development Association, talks with other officers of the association during thye fourth annual SODA meeting Thursday night at Lake Murray Lodge."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "warm up their vocal arrangement for "The Music Man," playing at Ardmore's new Goddard Center."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. M.G. Posey, manager of a new Ardmore apartment complex."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left to right, Gerald R. Orr, Dr. M.K. Patterson Jr., and Mrs. Hazel Johnson."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Friday night was very special for Healdton Homecoming queen Jo Linda Underwood."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bobby Heath - Stillwater"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Leah Hargrave, 18, Ardmore, said, "We should have a open hours."