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14 Bank Failures In Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 21.—(AP)—The number of banks in Kentucky that have suspended operations during the week was brought to fourteen today with the announcement that Crestwood bank, a small institution in a suburb of Louisville, would not open this morning. W. A. Dicken, deputy state banking commissioner, said Friday he believed all Louisville banks not affiliated with the National Bank of Kentucky, first to close, were solvent. "If they were not," he said, "we would close them." Following the closing Thursday of two banks at New Albany, Ind., across the Ohio river from Louisville, other members of the New Albany Clearing House Association met and pledged aid to each other should runs develop. The Clearing House Association voted not to permit withdrawal of time deposits, saving accounts or certificates of deposit unless 60 days written notice was given, as required by Indiana law. Six Indiana Banks Closed INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 21.—(UP)—Six Southern Indiana banks were closed today by voluntary action of their directors, the state banking department announced. Officials of the department said the closing resulted from disturbed banking conditions in Louisville, Ky. The closed institutions were the New Albany Liberty State Bank, the American Bank and Trust Company of New Albany, the Crawford County State Bank of English, the Leavenworth State Bank of Leavenworth, the Jackson Township State Bank of Corydon Junction and the Old National Bank and Trust Company of Corydon. Refusal of the New Albany banks to honor payroll checks on Louisville institutions that had closed caused rumors that all checks were being declined and resulted in runs. Lenoir City, Tenn. Bank Is Closed LENOIR CITY, Tenn., Nov. 21.—(UP)—Peoples Bank of Lenoir City failed to open its doors today. Cashier Roy C. Cardwell said it was because of heavy withdrawals.