August-September 1985
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ISSN 0006-8829
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1985
PRESIDENTIAL REPORT
by Kenneth Jernigan
BLINDNESS: THE PATTERN OF FREEDOM
by Kenneth Jernigan
STRIP-SEARCHED IN THE NAME OF SAFETY AIRLINE MADNESS
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
by Peggy Pinder
AIR TRAVEL AND THE BLIND
by Marc Maurer
AIR TRAVEL AND THE BLIND: SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND PUBLIC POLICY
OF AIRLINES, KOWTOWING, AND BRAILLE BROCHURES
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AIRLINES: WHIM, ABUSE, AND INSANITY
GREETINGS
by Gerald M. Kass
WHISTLING IN THE DARK
A LETTER TO PAUL HARVEY
by Jalil Mortazavi
RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD RUMBLINGS NCSAB THREATENS TO ACT
MISSOURI AND THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD ACT: A REVIEW
PHILOSOPHY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
by Fred Wurtzel
Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1985