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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1973
Page
3
A mother recalls discovering her son Steve was blind from infancy then lost most sight due to detached retina at seven. She reflects on the doctor’s blunt warning about parenting shaping his character, Steve’s early friendships, color perceptions, and the courage as Steve adapts to total blindness seeking independence with cane use and daily tasks.
A Garden City family recalls a moments of faith and resilience as Steve, blind, asks during prayer for something to aid his flute music in braille. The author reflects on blindness as a hardship not tragedy and on the miracle of acceptance and independence.
Betty Friedan urged cooperation between men and women as key to equality at a New York NOW fund raiser. She criticized lesbians as a divisive issue, while noting recent gains for women and urging focus on partnership, with attendees ages 6 to 60 and about 10 men present.
In 1897 the San Jose scale devastated about two million fruit trees across the Niagara Peninsula, a landmark agricultural blight that reshaped local orchards and farming practices.
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