Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The difference between 23 and 31 inches is eight."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Shirley Grimes, lead person in the gear department at U.S. Electrical Motors in Durant, inspects a drilling machine with its operator, James Rather."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Taming the Blue River south of Bokchito is this bridge on SH 22, which spans a newly widened river channel."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Durant Postmaster Edwin Wood shows off the Durant 747 post mark that has replaced the old "U.S. Postal 747."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "For a lot of Calera residents answering their telephone may not have afforded as much pleasure Saturday as it has in the past. The Cherokee Telephone Co. has completed installation of a one party system for their town eliminating all two and four party lines. Cherokee's owner Bill Young, said by mid March all of the Bryan County towns in the phone network will be switched to the one party system."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Colbert Fire Chief Malcolm Gage examines a new 'stack pack' acquired by his volunteer department."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Randy Stone kneels with his prize sheep."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rev. Ross Beal Nix could and would."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It is all in a family as barber Harvey Rochelle clips young Michael Taylor's hair as anut Mrs. Ruth Kelsey, foreground, and Mrs. Henry Roach look on."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dist. Judge Sam Sullivan of Durant."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction will begin this fall for a new industrial education technology building at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gene Tate points toward stacks of loaders for garbage trucks which are sold over a five-state area."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An advertisement he read while sitting in a foxhole in Vietnam brought Arnold Tani of Honolulu to Oklahoma."