Deaf blind learn independence at Helen Keller Center
Deaf-blind residents at the Helen Keller National Center in Port Washington train to cook, manage a home, communicate, and move in ordinary communities. They use sound-feel methods, palm printing, and devices like Braille on phone lines, Teletouch, and vibrating floors to learn speech and daily living skills.
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Port Washington
Long Island
Barbara Hausman
Helen Keller
Helen Bachko
Sands Point
The
United
Herbert Cohen
History Institute curator to speak at CW Round Table
Michael J. Winey curator of the U S Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks Pa will speak at the February 25 meeting of the Hagerstown Civil War Round Table The talk titled The Hardtack Regiment A History of the 154th New York Regiment Infantry Volunteers traces the 14th from its 1862 organization in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties to mustering out in 1865 The program at Herman Lewis Memorial Hall Chewsville Community Center on Whitehall Road begins at 8 p m with a dinner at 7 p m by reservation only Ed Wennick can be reached at 733 3403 in Hagerstown The public is invited to attend
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Michael J. Winey
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Carlisle Barracks
154Th New York Regiment Infantry
Winey
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
New York
154Th
Gettysburg
Mark Dunkelman
154Th New York
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Middlehur
Millersville State College
Cooperstown
Office of State History
New York State Museum
Albany
N.Y
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Bureau of Museums
Herman Lewis
Chewsville Community Center
Whitehall Road
MD. 64
Chewsville
Ed Wennick
Hagerstown
Two resignations hit Frederick County ECDC
The Frederick County Economic and Community Development Commission will see two departures. Economic development coordinator H Gregory Reid will resign March 18 to return to Lynchburg Virginia and seek private industry work. He has led county business recruitment for four years and cites Frederick County's growth as a joint effort. Catherine M Icard, secretary in the housing office, will also leave in March.
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Frederick County
Economic and Community Development Commission
ECDC
H. Gregory Reid
Lynchburg
Reid
Lynchburg College
Tricounty Economic Development Association
Virginia
Catherine M. Icard
Ms. Icard
Commission
Donathat
Reiskin
Women of the Moose Chapter 347 Host February Chapter Night
The Women of the Moose Chapter 347 held a February Chapter Night with Hospital Chairman Nancy Bradley in charge. Senior Regent Gladys Carey presented a corsage and checks for Mooseheart Scholarship and Maintenance Fund and Moosehaven ceramics. Prizes, games, door prizes, and refreshments followed. Next Chapter Night is March 3.
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Women of the Moose
Nancy Bradley
Gladys Carey
Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Deaf and blind couple pioneer independent living at home
Michelle and Bob Smith, both deaf and blind, live alone in their own home using a system created at the Helen Keller Center. A pocket receiver and front door transmitter relay vibrations guiding the search for each other, allowing them to coordinate from separate rooms.
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Port Washington, N.Y
Michelle
Bob Smith
Helen Keller Center
Smith
Williams' father denies son displayed violent temper at trial
ATLANTA AP Wayne Williams' father Homer Williams disputed prosecutors claims of a violent temper that led to beating his elderly parent over money and a rental car. He countered key fiber evidence and testified his son was at home the night a witness placed him with a murder victim.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Homer C. Williams
Wayne Williams
Clarence Cooper
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Cater
Payne
Homer Williams
Georgia
FBI
Hal Deadman
Bobby Short Leaves Saloons For Broad Career Moves
Associated Press reports pianist Bobby Short plans a Spring shift from the Cafe Carlyle New York to larger venues and a new Elektra Records album Moments Like This. He describes three Wilmington Del concerts honoring Porter Gershwin and Rodgers Hart and discusses balancing intimate club work with symphony tours and TV appearances while aiming for serious career change.
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Cafe Carlyle
Carlyle Hotel
New York
Elektra Records
Manhattan
Georgia
Grand Opera House
Wilmington
Del
Cole Porter
Empire Brass Quintet
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