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9/22
9/21
23 Tuesday - September 1975
First day of autumn - 266th day - 99 days to come

Wrote to Warren Buell telling him we'll try to hold 10/1, 10/2, and 10/3 open for his convenience.
Rcd. "Edmund Scientific Co." catalog 761. Nothing new in games.
Rcd. 1976 "Childcraft" catalog. Lists the following games and puzzles: SPARE-TIME-BOWLING, PERFECTION, QUIBIC, TENNIS, ANYONE?, SYNTACTICS, PACHINKO, KEEP QUIET, KLIK; THINK A DOT; JABBLE, CORNERED, THOUGHTWAVE, CHA-CHA-CHA, INSTANT INDECISION, MASATER MIND, CONCENTRICITY, A-MAZE-ING, TURNABOUT.
Call from Felicia. She read me a letter from Elizabeth Brower concerning "Let's Play a New Game" which she loves. And about BEYOND TIC TAC TOE, which she liked enough to take home with her (which Felicia says she rarely does). She had two criticisms. If VASARELY had been put last instead of first, all of the other games would be on two facing pages. Also the diagram in VASARELY wasn't consistant [sic] with play in only that cube. She'll probably review the book, mentioning these faults.
In her letter she asks if I'd be willing to answer letters on my article. Yes, if a SSAE is enclosed. Felicia thought that was a good idea.
There was some reference to the "Girl Scout Leader" and we weren't sure whether there the article would also be run there or whether there would be a reference to it.
She thanked Felicia for getting two such fine articles (the one on herbs) for minimal payment. (It is $50 and Felicia asked and I said sure, we would split it $25 - $25, like Eileen did.)
She had a long meeting with Shep Bentley and basically he is op- tomistic about the game program. He thinks that TOTALLY will do very well. They admitted that INTERSECTION was their fault (which doesn't help us much). They are sorry that they don't have TV ready for PUSHOVER (??) Felicia said that she never cared for it. As far as she knows, they haven't made any foreign editions of BALI, but they are sending the U.S. edition overseas in answer to orders.
She learned that our next royalty report will be in December. I asked if Aladdin is looking for new games. Not at present. She has heard that Irving Kossoff is leaving Brentanos. This may mean that the Aladdin games can get in Brentanos. Kossoff ban- ned them after fighting with their salesman- even tho he loved BALI.
Told her that I saw ACQUIRE discounted in the Value House catalog. She asked when we could get some money from Bob Gellman. Told her normally not until next January, but she could try to contact him- that he has been so busy that I have had dif- ficulty talking to him.
She is short of money again and is thinking of making a
(cont. on 9/22)

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