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Local man Billy Burchfield holds typing job despite blindness
William N. Burchfield, blind from birth, works as a transcribing machine operator and clerk-typist for the Solid Fuels Administration in Washington D C. He trained at Staunton Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Beaver High Bluefield College West Virginia Business College Berea College and has a Dictaphone certificate.
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William N
Billy) Burchfield
Billy
Washington, D. C
Bluefield
Solid Fuels Administration
U. S. Employment Service
Bess Burchfield
Wade School
Purp
Washington
Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
Staunton
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
Berea College
Kentucky
West Virginia Business College
Tional Dictaphone
Dictaphone Corporation
New York
Lois Adams
Interior Department Personnel Office
U. S. Employment Service Office
Bill
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