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== SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 1971 ==

30th day - 335 days to come
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Rcd. the rough SLEUTH rules from Jim Kraus. Wrote a 
letter to him with a few suggested improvements. Also 
asked him if he has rcd. my comments on 
THINKING MAN'S BASKETBALL.

Rcd. the 3M statement of 1970 earnings - $14,141.01.

Rcd. a letter from Mary Hilt. She has the contract 
for TRANSFORMATION on her desk and I'll be getting it 
soon. Also one will be coming for AIRLINE.
She is not sure if she'll be in NY for Toy Fair.

Rcd. ''THE GAMESLETTER'' (#24 - Jan '71). Also a penciled 
note that Don rcd. my article and that he'll write 
soon.

Showed Helen Sternberg how to play COMBINATION.
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(cont. from 2/23) [2/25]
representing Coke bottles, other bottles, and cans. Can either
return them for money or put them in garbage can. Latter
faster, but can be knocked over. First to get rid of all 
bottles and cans gets points. Money rcd. also counts as points. 
Felicia liked the idea.

To Pressman and met Gini Scott. She introduced me to 
[bracket] Dr. Howard Wexler 
160 West End Ave. 
NY, NY 10023 
799-7454 
He is a PHD in psychology who (he said) turned down a dean-
ship @ Fordham to take the job as psychologist in residence at 
Pressman. 
He gave me a copy of HI SPOT. 
He gave me a copy of their 1971 catalog. It contains:- 
CHECK-POINT - Gini's which is in the catalog but will only be pub-
lished if it gets in mail order catalog. 
BRAIN STORM - This is something like JOTTO, but with shapes and 
colors. Didn't have Howard tell me about it since there is a very 
distant resemblance to SLEUTH. 
DOUBLE DECKER, a straight knock-off of CUBE FUSION, and they 
didn't deny it. Howard had nothing to with it. 
OH FUDGE - A game Gini made up when they asked her to do something
on a candy box. (See catalog for picture) Under the 4x4 array
of chocolate pcs. Put "fillings" of 4 colors in a random arrang-
ement. Periodically the board is turned 90[degrees] to make it harder to 
remember the position. A card game similar to HEARTS is played and 
the winner gets a chance to take a candy. Some colors wroth more

(cont. on 1/23)

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SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 1971

30th day - 335 days to come

Rcd. the rough SLEUTH rules from Jim Kraus. Wrote a letter to him with a few suggested improvements. Also asked him if he has rcd. my comments on THINKING MAN'S BASKETBALL.

Rcd. the 3M statement of 1970 earnings - $14,141.01.

Rcd. a letter from Mary Hilt. She has the contract for TRANSFORMATION on her desk and I'll be getting it soon. Also one will be coming for AIRLINE. She is not sure if she'll be in NY for Toy Fair.

Rcd. THE GAMESLETTER (#24 - Jan '71). Also a penciled note that Don rcd. my article and that he'll write soon.

Showed Helen Sternberg how to play COMBINATION.

(cont. from 2/23) [2/25] representing Coke bottles, other bottles, and cans. Can either return them for money or put them in garbage can. Latter faster, but can be knocked over. First to get rid of all bottles and cans gets points. Money rcd. also counts as points.
Felicia liked the idea.

To Pressman and met Gini Scott. She introduced me to
[bracket] Dr. Howard Wexler
160 West End Ave.
NY, NY 10023
799-7454
He is a PHD in psychology who (he said) turned down a dean- ship @ Fordham to take the job as psychologist in residence at Pressman.
He gave me a copy of HI SPOT.
He gave me a copy of their 1971 catalog. It contains:-
CHECK-POINT - Gini's which is in the catalog but will only be pub- lished if it gets in mail order catalog.
BRAIN STORM - This is something like JOTTO, but with shapes and colors. Didn't have Howard tell me about it since there is a very distant resemblance to SLEUTH.
DOUBLE DECKER, a straight knock-off of CUBE FUSION, and they didn't deny it. Howard had nothing to with it.
OH FUDGE - A game Gini made up when they asked her to do something on a candy box. (See catalog for picture) Under the 4x4 array of chocolate pcs. Put "fillings" of 4 colors in a random arrang- ement. Periodically the board is turned 90[degrees] to make it harder to remember the position. A card game similar to HEARTS is played and the winner gets a chance to take a candy. Some colors wroth more

(cont. on 1/23)

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SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 1971