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Show City Has Ordinance to Protect Blind Persons Peoria, 111. A city ordinance making it compulsory for drivers of vehicles to stop and remain Immovable while blind persons, walking with specially designed red and white canes, cross streets was adopted recently by the Peoria city council. The canes have been provided blind persons here through efforts of the Lions club, which also was instrumental instru-mental In obtaining passage of the ordinance. The movement to offer protection pro-tection to the blind through the use of the colored canes has been taken up nationally by Lions clubs in other cities. The cane is white with a red Up. Congressman William R Hull of Peoria recently presented United States Senators Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma, and Thomas D. Schall, Minnesota, both blind, with colored canes in connection with the plan. |