Interview with Lon Carter Barton, March 28, 1991
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Barton (House 1959-1964, 3rd district, 2nd district; Democrat) discusses his reasons for leaving the legislature and the various pieces of legislation he supported while in office, including the construction of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, and Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway. He concludes with his interests in education and historical initiatives. Part 3 of 3.Interview Accession
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'Happy Chandler' Bert Combs Community colleges Democratic Party) Earle Clements Edward Breathitt egg law Harry King Lowman interim committees Legislative Research Commission (LRC) Martha Layne Collins Paducah Community College Paducah Junior College Purchase Parkway sales tax Sales tax legislation State employee merit system Western Kentucky ParkwayInterview LC Subject
Barton, Lon Carter Barton, Lon Carter--Interviews Breathitt, Edward T., 1924- Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Collins, Martha Layne Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Express highways--Design and construction Graves County (Ky.) Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway Kentucky. Governor (1955-1959 : Chandler) Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lowman, Harry King, 1913-1977 Merit pay Merit pay--Kentucky Postsecondary education--Kentucky--Paducah Sales tax--Law and legislation--Kentucky Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky ParkwayInterview Rights
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Barton, Lon Carter Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 28 Mar. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Barton, L.C. (1991, March 28). Interview by J. Suchanek. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Barton, Lon Carter, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. March 28, 1991, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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