Interview with Bert T. Combs

Partial Transcript: Judge Combs during your administration a lot was done for Appalachia.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses the Appalachian Regional Commission including how it was formed and that it was modeled after the Marshall Plan.

Keywords: Eastern Kentucky

Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Kennedy, John F. Marshall Plan

Partial Transcript: We had the decision, what would we concentrate on first.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses how the Appalachian Regional Commission focused on transportation and education first.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; Eastern Kentucky; Whitman, John

Subjects: Appalachian Regional Commission Education--Kentucky Governors--Kentucky Perkins, Carl Dewey, 1912-1984 Roads--Construction

Partial Transcript: A program in your administration has come on since then.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses the formation of KET and how it has evolved.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; Jefferson County schools; KET; Nunn, Louie

Subjects: Education--Kentucky Kentucky Educational Television

Partial Transcript: Another area that occupied your attention, at least at certain times in your administration was the emerging problems with human rights.

Segment Synopsis: Combs discusses his executive order that created Kentucky’s first Human Rights Commission. His order said that businesses that discrimination would be revoked.

Keywords: Civil Rights; Combs, Bert; Executive order; Louisville Independent Newspaper

Subjects: Governors--Kentucky Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996

Partial Transcript: There are a couple of other little events in your administration.

Segment Synopsis: Combs explains why he wanted a floral clock in Frankfort and how he got it made.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; Floral clock; Frankfort, Kentucky; Garden club

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