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FEBRUARY 1974 - WEDNESDAY 20
FREDERICK A. DOUGLASS DIED 1895 - 51ST DAY - 314 DAYS TO COME

Call from Jerry D'Arcey (from Denver). Coming to N.Y. this afternoon and arranged to meet at Statler Hilton Hotel when Fair closed.
Call from Bob Abbott. In answer to his recent mailing he got a letter from a William Herring (which sounds familiar to me) who mentioned AGOG. Herring's new address is 309 Robin Hood Rd. 369 Robin Hood Rd. N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30309. He said that my book was a "Treasure Trove."

To Statler-Hilton.
- 3M tried to catch Keith Tuggle to talk about 2-hand SLEUTH. Missed him and tried his hotel room twice in the evening. No success.
- Crestline. Nothing I haven't seen.
- April House, Inc. They now have the "Sports Illustrated Games" in new large boxes with very striking color illustrations. New name also, which I didn't take down. Herbert Jacobs, the president, said that they intended to move into non-war games. Told him about my background and he seemed impressed. Took my card and said he'd contact me when they are looking. I took his card.
- Television Marketing Division of Premium Corporation of America, Inc. Was looking at a game - PARLOR POOL. It is played on a grid made to look like a square pool table. Object is to get a number of balls across the table, starting at different sides. Moves are by dice throw. When a ball hits another head on, the hit ball moves the remainder of the throw. When passing in a space next to a ball, the passed ball moves off at right angles. (Does the moving ball continue?) (Rough idea.) Spoke to, and exchanged cards with Dean K. Riser, Jr. The game is still being worked on and he'll send me a copy when it is ready.
They have taken over the game HUSKER DU? (which has been around for several years). He gave me a copy.
They are interested in adding new game items. that can be promoted on TV. He said he'd like to see my ideas and I'm to write to him.
The literature he gave me seems to say that they are marketing experts rather than manufacturers,
- Skor-Mor. Al Stack couldn't find his extra copies of PRIME TIME and the THE PETER PRINCIPLE GAME. He gave me 5IVE STRAIGHT and said he'd send the other two.
- Christopher Green Games. One game - GANGLAND (took sheet on
it and also a business card). Players get cards representing
various rackets, such as "fencing", "bootlegging", "loan sharking", etc.
and collect on them each turn. Other cards allow a stopping of a
racket, as long as a player has "hit men" and the money to pay
them. The owner of the racket can pay protection. The object is
to get the signature of half the others on a petition to
make you the boss. (In the Chicago version - the first is the
New York - you must get all. And there are other complica-
tions. Signatures can be bargained for, but usually you get
one when you have another player over the barrel. (Rough idea.)
(cont. on 2/23)