The Braille Monitor
Vol.
40, No. 7
July 1997
Barbara Pierce, Editor
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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
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
ISSN 0006-8829
Copyright 1997, The National Federation of the Blind
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Updated May 20, 2002