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Biddeford Saco Journal in Biddeford, Maine

08 Aug 1962

Page 9

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Biddeford Saco Journal

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Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

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Aug 08, 1962

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9

Blind Girl Leads National Fight For Sight

New York AP profile of Mildred Weisenfeld who became head of Fight for Sight after losing her sight at age 23. She founded National Come to Combat Blindness, built a board, raised funds, and funded cornea research and other eye disease studies while balancing personal challenges and a busy schedule in New York.

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New York National Come To Combat Blindness Inc Fight For Sight Mildred Weisenfeld Mnyself Helping Weisenfeld Carnegie Hall New Jersey Virginia Miami Philadelphia W. 57Th St Albert Mosler Miss Weisenfeld
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Wainwrights Hair Whip on Display in Kansas Museum

Hair from the tail of Gen. Jonathan Wainwrights favorite mount, fashioned into a 22 inch horse hair riding whip by Army sergeant Alonzo Teasley, is in the Kansas State Museum. Teasley, a leather craftsman, served at Fort Riley where Wainwright was master of the hunt. The whip and Teasley's photo with Wainwright were donated after Teasleys death.

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