Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Mary Agnes ("Polly") Thomson, 75, longtime word-of-finger translator and "sister" to blind, deaf Author-Educator Helen Keller; after long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. Glasgow-born Polly Thomson, who never lost her Scottish burr, came to the U.S. in 1913, was hired by Helen Keller's formidable teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, as secretary, stayed on after "Teacher" died in 1936 asking that Helen and Polly-"my two children"-remain together. Polly's "talking" fingers, working at a rate of 85 words a minute tapping out letters in Helen Keller's palm, became Helen...
...Miracle Worker. Actress Anne Bancroft plays the Irish tutor who draws the deaf-mute child Helen Keller (Patty Duke) into the light of language. The play is uncoordinated, but the acting makes for a deeply moving evening...
...briefly with Rival Kennedy at the Intonville Airport. Shaking hands at a Kenosha factory gate, Humphrey was delighted to discover that more and more people were recognizing him. In the midst of his rising enthusiasm, the buoyant Humphrey still had pensive moments. After an overtime session of handshaking with deaf children at a school in Delavan, he was asked why he spent so much time with nonvoters. Replied Humphrey: "I guess it's because Jack's got a feeling he can win. Me, I'm not so sure, so I'm going to have some...
Conquest (CBS, 5-5:30 p.m.). A documentary on a difficult operation that has brought instant hearing to ears long deaf...
...orphan, was shipped off to Farmer Kolkman's place to work for a bed in the attic and 2.50 guilders (65?) a week. In those days the guilder went far, and young Bally never complained. By the time the first World War broke out, he was too deaf to be called up, and since his eyesight had also begun to fail, he soon stopped keeping track of the war news. He learned about World War II only because Farmer Kolkman docked him an extra 50 Dutch cents for the higher price of tobacco -and he learned about peace when...