The Braille Monitor

NOVEMBER 1986

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

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

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230


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ISSN 0006-8829


Contents


NOVEMBER 1986

MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS
by Kenneth Jernigan

IN MEMORIAM
LAWRENCE (MUZZY) MARCELINO

by Kenneth Jernigan

MUZZY MARCELINO
MAN OF INTEGRITY

by Hazel tenBroek

SCHOLARSHIPS

CONFRONTATION WITH THE AIRLINES INCREASES
by Kenneth Jernigan

UNITED AIRLINES EXPOSED SHARON GOLD AND OTHER CALIFORNIANS ARRESTED
CHARGES DROPPED

UNITED AIRLINES DISREGARDS PASSENGER SAFETY
CAUSES LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

TWA BEHAVES AS USUAL
FRED SCHROEDER ARRESTED

MORE ABOUT TWA
BARBARA PIERCE WRITES A LETTER

AIRLINE BEHAVIOR
LIQUOR, INCOMPETENCE, AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR

by John W. Smith

NO TROUBLE WITH THE EXIT ROW
HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHO IS BLIND?

NEW YORK AIR PRACTICES ROUTINE RUDENESS

REPUBLIC AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVE SHOWS ENLIGHTENMENT

UNITED AIRLINES: EXCESS LIQUOR, WHIMSICAL BEHAVIOR
AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY

by David Ticchi

OF SPIDERS AND OTHER THINGS

OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION IN 1986

HAVE YOU HEARD???

THE ROMANCE OF BLINDNESS
by Lauri Klobas

THE ROCKY ROAD OF THIEL
by Kenneth Jernigan

PLEASE SAVE ME THE EXIT ROW SEAT
A FIRST TIMER'S LOOK AT A NATIONAL CONVENTION

by Dan Barrett

A READER COMMENTS ON "MR. SUNSHINE"

MR. SUNSHINE
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND GETS INTO THE ACT
JEFFREY TAMBOR COMMENTS

by Kenneth Jernigan

PROCLAMATION

FROM A RECENT LETTER FROM GERTRUDE WARD

BILL GRIMM AND COMPUTER AIDS CORPORATION MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS

RECIPES

MONITOR MINIATURES

Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1986