Weekly newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Officials loading people until an ambulance. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Officials placing victim into a vehicle. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Billowing black smoke poured from a gaping hole on OBU`s Shawnee Hall minutes after the light plane, piloted by Robert E. Lawson, crashed."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "SMOKE POURED from a hole in Oklahoma Baptist University's Shawnee Hall, left, after plane piloted by Robert Lawson, Inola, intentionally crashed into the building Tuesday."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "at the cancellation of space flight which would have taken their son and grandson, Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper jr., into orbit were Mrs. Hattie Cooper, left, and his grandmother, Mrs. Orena Herd, in Mrs. Herd's home in Tecumesh."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "is studied by Lucille Hamblin and Harold Gearhardt, high school students in Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gordon Cooper in Shawnee."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Grandmother's house in Tecumseh was scene of vigil by astronaut Gordon Cooper's grandmother, Mrs. Orena Herd, and his mother."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "While most young men between the ages of 14 and 16 are concerned with girls, a car of their own and the latest singing rage, George del Valle, now a student at St. Gregory's College in Shawnee, was learning of hate and how to kill."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mowing a lawn in front of this church, Earlsboro's most outstanding citizen, L. F. Casteel, was stricken with a heart attack and died August 2. Monday, the town was in shock again, over closing of Casteel's band and a reported shortage of $250,000."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Guy Lyall, Oklahoma Baptist University senior from Tonkawa, will be presented in a voice recital by the Warren M. Angell College of Fine Arts at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in University Auditorium."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Path of death made by pilot who crashed his light airplane into Oklahoma Baptist University building Tuesday is traced by arrow. Robert L. Lawson, 44, smashed his plane into Shawnee Hall, once the administration building, now a classroom building. Lawson, a former OBU student, was unaware when he gave a warning to clear the administration that a new building (2) had replaced Shawnee Hall. Final examinations were in progress when Lawson's plane burst into an un occupied room."

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

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As a young man Ruf was conscripted in the German army, later served for France."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ruf is pictured in his Shawnee home with his wife, right, and their daughter."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Emile Ruf points to his hometown of Mulhouse, Alsace, where he was caught in the European struggles over the vital industrial area."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fellowship of $1,800 for a year's study toward her master's degree at Purdue University has been awarded to Fran Walker, Oklahoma Baptist University senior psychology English major, from Union, Mo., by the national Institute of Mental Health."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among newest buildings on OBU campus is Thurmond Hall, completed in 1954 at a cost of $675.000."

Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.