Braille Monitor 7/97

Braille Monitor 7/97

The Braille Monitor

Vol.

40, No. 7

July 1997

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille,

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The National Federation of the Blind

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Contents

Vol. 40, No.

7

July 1997

Dr.

Kenneth Jernigan Receives Honarary Degree

The Price of Cowardice:

Missouri State Agency Denies Services to the Blind

by Barbara Pierce

Arizona -- Another

Strong Braille Bill

by Bruce A. Gardner

Meet Kathie Mathis:

a Fellow Federationist

by Deborah Kent Stein

Patent Dispute Threatens

Prices of Braille Displays:

Alva Takes Aim at Everybody

Victory for Blind

Students in Maryland

Taking a Stand at Rye

Playland

by John Padilla

New Mexico Update

Internet Odyssey

by Peter and Mary Donahue

Forty Years a

Federationist

by Thomas Bickford

Will Madness Never

End?

by Bruce A. Gardner

The Power of Being

Plugged In

by Gerald Moreno

K.U. Grad Has News

for Doubters

by Heather Kirkwood

An Old Friend Is

Honored: Our Fight Against Insurance Discrimination Remembered

by James H. Omvig

Recipes

Monitor Miniatures

ISSN 0006-8829

Copyright 1997, The National Federation

of the Blind

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