Braille guides let blind audience see Miracle Worker opening
The Pittsburgh Playhouse opens The Miracle Worker with a 20 page Braille guide helping blind patrons follow scenes. The guide describes characters, movements, lighting and sound cues so Helen Keller’s struggle is understood without sight. Additional Braille scores Cassette descriptions and onstage previews expand access.
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Pittsburgh
Korene Kegg
Miss Kegg
Pittsburgh Playhouse Theater
Helen Keller
Carrie Lund
Playhouse
Florida
Linda Marcus
ROTC program boosts high school uniform enthusiasm
About 125,000 U S high school students will wear military uniforms to school one day in September as part of a revived Junior ROTC program. Officials say attitudes toward the military have shifted since the Vietnam era and cite economic factors aiding participation. The program offers Army history leadership training map reading and drill activities with potential pay advantages for those completing three years and choosing military service.
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Atlantic City
U.S. Army
Samuel F. Wilson
United States
Canada
Wilson
Anne C. Emery
Baltimore
Donald F. Miles
Fort Monroe
Miles
Emery
Congress
Ms. Emery
West Germany protests Soviet peace meetings
West Germany protests Soviet peace meetings as 600 Donetsk miners attend a staged 45 minute session during lunch. Speakers denounce NATO missiles while a Soviet TV crew films. A letter from workers to West Germany urged missiles be seen as defense, not attack.
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West Germany
Foreign Ministry
Alison Smale
Donetsk
U.S.S.R
Chelyatsin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Europe
Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union
Tass
Helmut Kohl
Mikhail Kukhar
Miners’ Union
Valentin Sokolov
Federal Republic of Germany
NATO
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Buck Wisner
Dick Oland
John W. Smith
Jake Norris
Paul W. Mossburg
Frank Adams
Carmi Sayler Jr
C. Kurt Holter
Mary Macvean
Helen
Anne Sullivan
Annie
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Grove Road
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