In this fourteenth annual report in the series of bulletins on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and nonpublic high schools, an overview of a 10-year period (1959-1969) is presented in addition to the usual analysis of data for the graduating class of 1969. Comparative data are presented on the holding power of Kentucky schools, Kentucky births, and whereabouts and employment status of the 42,877 graduates of Kentucky schools. Ten charts and 14 tables are used to explain the current data (Part I) and the trends and other related data (Part II). The data are organized on a statewide, regional, and individual school basis. A related document is ED 036 368. (AN)