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- ↑ "2004OH002 Leg 066 - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History". kentuckyoralhistory.org. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Interview with Richard Turner, November 26, 2003". uky.edu. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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