SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 1969
Pilgrims Landed 1620
Fourth Sunday in Advent
355th day - 10 days to come
Wrote a card with a note to Paul Greenough. Then cards to Mary Hilt, Bob Engel, Tom Atwater, Phil Orbanes, Chris Wagner, Jared Johnson, Phil Cohen, Martin Gardner (with the patent on the sliding block puzzle), Jim Dunnigan,
Times had ad for SUDDEN DEATH FOOTBALL @ A&F.
Dad brought me the 11/23/69 Times. Had ad for GROUP THERAPY with a good picture. The ma book review section had ad for VENTURE.
Dec. PLAYTHINGS came. Nothing of particular interest
Rcd. letter from Stan Harris with two sets of rules for SNAFU.
Gave dad a copy of AGOG to give to Richard.
Dad took the Czech grammar & dictionary. I'll get reproductions of MALÉ CARLO and he will translate it for me.
(cont. from 12/22) [12/22]
dice which have the numbers from 1 to 8 (I think) in different amounts, which determines favorites and long shots.
Dana bought me a box of file folders as an X'Mas present.
(cont. from 12/23) [12/23]
shown. The object is to get the 5 tops to add up to a series of target numbers of ascending difficulty. 22 is the hardest, having a unique solution.
[Table inserted here. Five 2 x 3 grids, each with 2 columns and 3 rows. Each grid is filled with numbers ranging from -11 to 19.]
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