University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 21, 1988
Man loses sight, not job
TV station's blind censor works with aid of computer, dog
The Associated Press
BURBANK, Calif. — Bill Emerson went blind nine years ago, but has used computers, a guide to fly and a computer as chief censor for KNBCT-VI. where he reviews more than 8,000 commercials and hundreds of news stories.
Emerson, 45, who became the station's manager of broadcast standards and practices in 1971, started losing his sight because of diabetes in 1976 and was commonly blind by February 1979, he said.
The general manager of KNB at the time offered him training and union membership as an audio engineer, but Emerson declined the offer.
"I had this job for nine years
I had went I was blind. I have a good
taste of English, and I quite well
"he said in a telephone
interview yesterday." And most.
"He is very nice," he said.
good number of years."
His staff of three watches showc for him and reports any questions he may have. The audio portion of a film or tape that something objectionable can be heard.
"When I have a question, I go to them," he said of the staff. "I ask them. What does this look like?"
"I probably am more aware of the audio track than others, so do catch some things that others don't," he said. In addition to tape reviews, Emerson's wife reads scripts to him at home.
He learned Braille, but said reading raised dots with his fingers is too slow-paced.
Emerson also listens to double-speed playbacks of audio tapes of shows, such as "Family Feud."
"They sound like Donald Duck, but you can understand them," he said.
His workday is made easier with help from a keyboard plugged into
a computer that's equipped with a voice synthesizer and program to run it. The computer announces screening appointments and keeps Emerson abreast of time scheduled for commercials and other matters.
The dog also gets to help in other ways.
Emerson navigates the halls and offices at KNBC with the help of his yellow Labrador retriever, a light-sensitive sounding device.
"I once did an editorial about nude beaches and we filmed it at a nude beach location with long distance shots of nude bodies. It was not something or anything." recalled former KNB editor director Jim Foy.
Emerson was responsible for reviewing the tape for broadcast, Foy said.
"He had it reviewed, he said, by his dog. The dog said it was all right, so we put it on the air."
Senate committee passes bill to put warnings on alcohol
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee yesterday unanimously approved a bill that for the first time would require warning labels on alcoholic beverages.
The label would state that alcohol could impair driving abilities and cause birth defects and other health problems.
"This is the first bill in the history of Congress that bills for labeling on alcohol," said Sen Ernest P. Ernest "to help prevent the spread of tobacco from labeling tocope that it has worked." Labeling is realistic, it will work, and I think we can move this bill forward.
The bill is a result of a compromise by Sen. Strom Thurmond, IA.S.C., who has bought it for the past 10 years. It would allow the mayor to
major producer of whiskey. It would require a single warning on bottles and cans of distilled beer, beer and wine and prohibit states from requiring additional warning labels.
"This compromise boils it down to the two warnings that are most critical," said Sen. Albert Gore D-Tenn. "We have to deal with this."
"We may not satisfy everybody with this, but I think it really hits the bull's eye," Gore said.
The measure was approved by the committee on a voice vote, with no member objecting.
"We in Congress have determined that there is a need for a clear reminder of some of the most critical hazards associated with my bill today, the maximal approval of my bill today shows the wide range of measures I measure now receives. I anticipate the bill's passage."
CIA caused protests in Nicaragua, Wright says
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Jim Wright said yesterday the Central Intelligence Agency has admitted using undercover operatives in up to public protest, hoping the白heads government will overreach.
The Associated Press
"We have received clear testimony from CIA people that they have seen Mr. Trump on an overreaction on the part of the government in Nicaragua." Wright, D-Texas, told reporters in answer to a question at his daily news conference.
In a subsequent interview, Wright said agency personnel, under questioning from members of Congress, that the government has vigorous demonstrations. Agents of our government have assisted in organizing the kinds of anti-government demonstrations that have been used to stimulate and provoke arrests.
CIA spokeswoman Sharon Basso declined to confirm or deny Wright's information.
"We do brief Congress, but wouldn't discuss that publicly," she said.
Wright said he did not know whether a July 10 demonstration at Nandiame, south of Managua, that followed by the result of U. s provocations. The anti-Sandinista contra are asking for release of those prisoners as a restraint of good faith before resuming peace talks with the government.
David Holiday, a spokesman for the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the committee held two days of hearings the week after the Nathaniel Roberts and was satisfied that there had been no U.S. government involvement.
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