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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

16 Dec 1968

Page 5

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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1968

Page

5

Blind craftsman builds business from Talladega to Decatur

Sanderson, blinded in an industrial accident, trains at Talladega Technical Trade School for the Deaf and Blind to make brooms and mops. He returns to Decatur to run blind made goods through the Vocational Rehabilitation Service and support his family. He encounters other handicapped locals and advocates local employment.

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Libby Jarman Larkin Sanderson Sanderson Technical Trade School Talladega Decatur 3Rd Ave Vocational Rehabilitation Service Randolph Sheppard Morgan County Floyd Mason Mason Decatur General Hospital 13Th Ave Masons Goodwill Industries ePhey Goodwill Sanderson and Mason Lee St Arthur Billions Trinity Ed Hyde Business Enterprise Program
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Oceans Mineral Wealth Key Target for Oceanic Mining

American expert John L. Mero of Ocean Resources Inc. outlines vast undersea mineral potential in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans. He cites high grade manganese copper nickel cobalt and rare earths with lower production costs than land deposits and notes the sea could become a major, cheaper source of global minerals.

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THE TIMES London John L. Mero Ocean Resources, Inc la Jolla Calif Mero Pacific Africa North America Ocean
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Injured Vietnamese Tots Finding Temporary Homes

Five Vietnamese children injured in the war were brought to the United States by the Committee of Responsibility for War Burned and War Injured Vietnamese Children. The boys Sam and Yen live with foster families in New York area. Yen may walk unaided in 12 to 18 months with a brace, while Sam adjusts to life far from home. The group, formed in 1966, has 47 children in care, with two already returned to families.

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New York Times News Service New York le Sam Elliott Gross Monsey N. Y New York City Sam South Vietnam Flo Pomona van Doan Yen Alvin Thaler Yen da Nang United States Committee of Responsibility For Hawaii Massachusetts Nyack Hospital Nyack Thalers Nguyen Thoa SSS E U. S Haverstraw John Meeneghan Stony Point Madison Avenue Hospital Vietnam
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