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- ↑ "Kentucky League of Cities".
- ↑ "The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on September 21, 1947 · Page 14".
- ↑ "The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on May 8, 1953 · Page 9".
- ↑ "The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on September 21, 1956 · Page 17".
- ↑ "Ashland Man Is Elected President of Kentucky Municipal League". The Cincinnati Enquirer . Cincinnati. Associated Press. 18 November 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 30 June 2018– via Newspapers.com.
New officers for the Kentucky Municipal League were elected this afternoon just before the league closed its fourth annual convention here. Edgar B. Hager, Mayor of Ashland, was elected President, to succeed Paul Morton, City Manager of Lexington. Mr. Hager is the retiring Vice President.
- ↑ "Want State Placed Under Southern Textile Code". Messenger-Inquirer . Owensboro, Kentucky. Associated Press. 19 November 1933. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Mayor Barnes elected KLC president".
