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Title
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1972_Sackson_063_February 12.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1972
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1972
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
12 SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 1972
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - BORN 1809 - GEORGIA DAY - 323 DAYS TO COME
Rcd. a call from Mr. Stong who does the "Amateur Scientist" column
in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. He and some of his colleagues
have developed a scientific oddity, which started with a rock that is spun in one
direction, rattles, and then spins in the other direction. They now can make it
out of plastic and call it RATTLE ROCK. Martin Gardner got them
in touch with Tom Atwater who is quite enthusiastic with it.
Tom sent Stong a contract form but left his percentage blank. Stong checked
with Martin and he suggested talking to me. I told him that Tom probably
forgot to fill in the blank, and that his percentage would probably be
somewhere between 15% and 25%.
Stong thanked me and said he would send me a RATTLE ROCK.
Wrote to Frank Armbruster. Sent him Willard Allphin's article on
MONOPOLY and Dale's paper. Told him to send me a deadline
when he wants POTENTIAL.
Wrote to Jim Scully with my comments on his FORESIGHT. Also
mentioned 4 CYTE.
Played HOLIDAY with BB, the Karlans, and the Sternbergs. Very close at the end and they all liked it.
(cont. from 2/13) [2/24]
Sylvia Bailin called to say that on WMCA they had had the
author of a game book. She wasn't sure of the name.
I called WMCA and it was THE BIG BOOK OF FAMILY GAMES
by Jerome Meyer (Hawthorne).
In Manhattan stopped at Polk's. They had Guidon's
ALEXANDER THE GREAT for $7.95. It was very crudely
produced. Didn't look at the rules.
Frank Thibault here for supper. Showed him SKYSCRAPERS
and told him that Parker was interested in it. Gave him a copy
of NINE OF SWORDS.
3M is interested in CONTIGO. It is in competition with a game
PICKWICK. I remembered that Alex Randolph did this one.
Only info I had on it is that it is something like TANGLE.
At 3M Frank was told that after taking BREAKTHRU they
found that it was hopelessly biased and had to be changed
by 3M. Then they had the same problem with another
of Alex' games (which?).
Bill Caruson is now in charge of all the retail consumer products.
Frank said that Bill always speaks highly of me.
Frank's REGATTA has been cheapened. The board was cut in
size and the number of islands reduced to one. This size cut
could affect the play but they never checked with him.
When Frank started dealing with 3M they told him to call collect.
Then not to call collect. Recently Frank called and Keith (I believe)
(cont. on 1/29)
