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Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Congressman Ken Hechler (West Virginia); unidentified man; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Area Redevelopment Administrator, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back); Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), in back; Congressman John M. Slack, Jr. (West Virginia); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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