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WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 1970

217th day - 148 days to come

Called Fabio about the deduction for Author Alterations on AGOG. He'll check and call me back. Called again about 2:30 and spoke to Fay. She is working on it and will let me know as soon as she gets it settled.
Also spoke to a girl in publicity who had her boss, Mrs. Selma Shapiro, call me back. She'll look into getting a flyer prepared for AGOG and also will get me 3 or 4 copies to have on hand. Will call me.

Deposit the 3M check at "United Mutual Bank."

Rcd. a letter from Jim Kraus:- Thanked me for my suggestions on OCTRIX.
The shortened "Search Deck" will probably do it for SEARCH. "You will receive our contract shortly, and I am sure you will be pleased."
PROFIT. "Good evaluations."

Martin Gardner called before I got home and I called back, having considerable trouble due to a problem with his phone.
He is working on a new book of columns from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and this one will include FOCUS. I will have until the end of the year to tell him of any changes I want. He has already incorporated the material on the symmetrical draw. He will mention AGOG and the Whitman edition of FOCUS.
This new book will not be put out by "Simon & Shuster." He doesn't like the junk they have been putting out lately and the way they handle his books. It will be put out by "W.H. Freeman", which is a subsidiary of "Scientific American."
I asked and learned that Martin uses all the columns except the "Dr. Matrix" which he put in a separate book. Sometimes the publisher rearranges the order.
In New England Martin picked up a game called TELBAX. It was patented around 1914 and consists of 18 DOMINOS cards. On the back is a red cross. The crosses are graduated in size so that if you can place the size you can tell which domino it is. (He paid $.50 for it and is mailing it to me.)
I told him of my leaving engineering.

Claude called earlier and I told him of the good outcome on the EXECUTIVE DECISION contract.

Read the rules for "Avalon-Hill's" THE STOCK MARKET GAME.