Questions and Answers
Betty Woodward and an
April Fool's Day snowman made by husband Bruce
Questions and NFB Answers
by Betty Woodward
From the Editor: Betty Woodward is
a member of the NFB of Connecticut Board of Directors and President of the
Greater Hartford Chapter. She takes every opportunity she can to educate the
public about blindness and the work of the National Federation of the Blind.
This is what she says
One cold winter morning a fifth grader
To and From the Convention Hotel
Norma Crosby
To and From the Convention
Hotel
by Norma Crosby
From the Editor: Now that 1998 is
actually here, it is time to begin making serious plans for attending the National
Convention, July 4 to 11. The first step is making your hotel reservation.
For your convenience, here is the information you will need: room rates are
singles, $41; doubles and twins, $43; triples, $45; and quads, $47, plus a
Science Museum's Hands-on Exhibits
The Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History
Science Museum's Hands-on
Exhibits Let Visitors See Dinos,
Reach for the Stars
by Kelly Melhart
From the Editor: The following article
appeared in the June 22, 1997, edition of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It
gives families one more idea about things to do in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
before or after the convention this summer. The article is reprinted by courtesy
Emerson Foulkes Dies
Emerson Foulke, 1929 to
1997
Emerson Foulke Dies
by Marc Maurer
On Monday, December 29, 1997, Dr. Emerson
Foulke, a long-time member and leader in the National Federation of the Blind,
died of cancer at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Foulke was well known
in the field of research regarding blindness and Braille. He established the
Research Laboratory at the University of Louisville, where he served as a professor
Monitor Miniatures
Monitor Miniatures
Braille Books Needed:
Monitor readers may remember that in
the March, 1997, issue we carried a notice from Judith Kramer offering free
Braille books while her supply lasted. The response to the notice was overwhelming.
Long after the books were gone, she received the following letter from Ethiopia:
November 12, 1997
Dear Mrs. Judith Kramer,
I am a blind teacher of history in Ethiopia.
I also study law in evening classes. When I read in the Braille Monitor that
Braille Monitor 2/98
The Braille Monitor
Vol. 41, No. 2 February 1998
Barbara Pierce, Editor
Published in inkprint,
in Braille, on cassette, and
the World Wide Web and FTP on the Internet
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION
OF THE BLIND
Marc Maurer, President
National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975
Web HomePage Address: http//www.nfb.org
Letters to the President,
Special Note From The Editor
The Jury Comes Down Hard on Maxi-Aids:
A Special Note from the Editor
Occasionally in the blindness field a circumstance so
extraordinary arises that it demands unusual treatment in these pages. The recent U.S.
District Court decision in the Eastern District of New York in the case of Independent
Living Aids versus Maxi-Aids is such an instance. The entire March issue is, therefore,
devoted to telling the story of this case as it unfolded. We have tried to do so chiefly
A Note from the Editor
A Special Note from the Editor
Barbara Pierce
Occasionally in the blindness
field a circumstance so extraordinary arises that it demands unusual treatment
in these pages. The recent U.S. District Court decision in the Eastern District
of New York in the case of Independent Living Aids versus Maxi-Aids is such
an instance. The entire March issue is, therefore, devoted to telling the story
of this case as it unfolded. We have tried to do so chiefly in the actual words
The Jury Comes Down Hard on Maxi-Aids
Summary
and Brief Excerpts from the Trial
by Barbara Pierce
Note: As background for this article,
Monitor readers may wish to review the article entitled "Was it Swiss
or Hong Kong: The Story of Maxi-Aids," which appeared in the December,
1994, issue of the Braille Monitor.
On November 5, 1997, a jury of four men
and five women filed into a United States District courtroom to hear the case
The Copyright Question
The Copyright
Question
According to Marvin Sandler's
testimony, Independent Living Aids was started in 1977 as one of several companies
owned by the Sandler family. In April of 1987 he and his wife actually bought
ILA from the family and actively took over its management themselves. His wife
held 60 percent of the stock, and he held the rest and acted as president.
In February, before this transfer, the ILA catalogs of several of the Sandler