The Braille Monitor

June 1985

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs by

The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernican, President

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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ISSN 0006-8829


Contents


June 1985

FRONT LINES
by Peggy Pinder

SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN IN IOWA
by Peggy Pinder

A MAN WHO HAD NO EYES
by MacKinlay Kantor

COMMENTS ON CLOTHING

THE RIDE TO SELMA
by Jan Ottensman

THE MOYNIHAN CASE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ENGAGES IN DISCRIMINATION

AGENCY ANTICS
by Gerry Paice

WOMAN SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS JOB ABOLISHED BECAUSE SHE'S BLIND

ROBERT ALBANESE VS. DELAWARE: MORE TROUBLES IN THE OFFING FOR BLIND VENDORS, THE FEDERATION RESPONDS

FINAL VICTORY NOW IN SIGHT: MORE GOOD NEWS IN THE PETE HOWE CASE
by James Gashel

PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE

RECIPES

MONITOR MINIATURES

Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1985