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Blind and Deaf Woman Escapes Massillon Ward Finds School Life Again
Nellie Zimmerman, 71, who spent 19 years in Massillon State Hospital ward kept quiet by mute display, reconnects with the world through a Malones College program for seniors. Volunteers aided her release after a long isolation, and she now attends tuition-free classes and teaches as a translator.
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Rosemary Armac Canton
UPI
Nellie Zimmerman
Massillon State Hospital
Miss Zimmerman
Malone College
Massillon
Miss Street
James A. Schneck
Applecreek State Institute
Wooster
Schneck
Nellie
Malone
Social Security Administration
Ohio Services
Stark County Welfare
Ohio Board of Mental Health and Retardation