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Norbert L. Blume, Louisville, Ky. (1922- ): Mr. Blume was a Kentucky state representative. He spent 14 years in the Kentucky Legislature and was elected speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1972. During his public service , he supported The Kentucky Civil Rights Act and championed legislation in 1966, to give enforcement powers to The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. He supported The Kentucky Fair Housing Law of 1968. A former union leader and employee of American Standard in Louisville, he helped resolve many discrimination cases in the workplace.