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The Nation - News from July 28, 1987

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The National Federation of the Blind called on airlines to end “arbitrary and inconsistent” policies that cause incidents of harassment and mistreatment of blind travelers. The incidents persist despite a law enacted by Congress to end such discrimination, said Mark Harris, vice president of the federation’s St. Louis chapter. The statement coincided with the publication of a two-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal profiling several such incidents.

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