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28 MONDAY - AUGUST 1972 | 28 MONDAY - AUGUST 1972 | ||
<br>241ST DAY - 125 DAYS TO COME | <br>241ST DAY - 125 DAYS TO COME | ||
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BB took the rules for <u> | BB took the rules for <u>SIJJEH</u> and models of my <u>X-CHANGE-WORD</u>, <u>PAIR OFF</u>, and <u>SPELLBINDER</u>. Also gave her a note that Felicia had my <u>TANGLED WEB</u>, <u>WILD WOOD PILE</u>, AND <u>MAVERICK COUNTRY</u>. | ||
BB arrived at <u>Felicia</u>'s when she was showing <u>LOTTERY</u>. Then BB showed <u>PAIR-OFF</u>, but felt that Felicia would rather she left, which she did. | BB arrived at <u>Felicia</u>'s when she was showing <u>LOTTERY</u>. Then BB showed <u>PAIR-OFF</u>, but felt that Felicia would rather she left, which she did. | ||
<u>Irving Woods</u> of Western Publishing called. Apologized that he had not returned since I called him on 8/27 concerning their doing <u>ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS</u> for <u>WOMAN'S DAY</u>. He felt that 5,000 was a small number, but still wanted to talk about it. Gave him <u>Marvin Channing</u>'s number so that he could talk to him directly. I said that I'd be in the area of Western Publishing's office tomorrow and if they wanted me to drop off the model one of them should let me know. Didn't get a call. | <u>Irving Woods</u> of Western Publishing called. Apologized that he had not returned since I called him on 8/27 concerning their doing <u>ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS</u> for ''<u>WOMAN'S DAY</u>''. He felt that 5,000 was a small number, but still wanted to talk about it. Gave him <u>Marvin Channing</u>'s number so that he could talk to him directly. I said that I'd be in the area of Western Publishing's office tomorrow and if they wanted me to drop off the model one of them should let me know. Didn't get a call. | ||
Rcd. the first two batches of rules for <u>MIDGARD</u>. | Rcd. the first two batches of rules for <u>MIDGARD</u>. | ||
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<u>Felicia</u> called. Her meeting today was with <u>Dennis Merholz</u> (and his wife) who is the head of development for "American Greetings." | <u>Felicia</u> called. Her meeting today was with <u>Dennis Merholz</u> (and his wife) who is the head of development for "American Greetings." | ||
Felicia told him that she saw their games at the | Felicia told him that she saw their games at the Stationery Show and they're all knockoffs (or did he say they were knockoffs?). He said that 3M has only been doing knockoffs lately, and also that their sales are lousy. He'll send her copies of all their games about Oct. 1. She said she tried to stop him. I said that if she didn't want them I'd like them and she said she'd give them to me. | ||
Felicia showed him <u>AGOG</u> and he said he'd buy a copy. | Felicia showed him <u>''AGOG''</u> and he said he'd buy a copy. | ||
He knows about Hallmark. In fact they have an engineer working for them who had worked at Hallmark. He fancied himself as a game inventor but no one took any of his games. He, Merholz, said that Hallmark almost showed the games at this year's Stationary Show, but he is sure they'll be at next year's. Altho Hallmark is a competitor, he had only good things to say about them. | He knows about Hallmark. In fact they have an engineer working for them who had worked at Hallmark. He fancied himself as a game inventor but no one took any of his games. He, Merholz, said that Hallmark almost showed the games at this year's Stationary Show, but he is sure they'll be at next year's. Altho Hallmark is a competitor, he had only good things to say about them. | ||