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Title
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1968_Sackson_119_April 10.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1968
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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 6, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1968
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
Wednesday 10 April 1968
Wednesday in Holy Week 101st day - 265 days to come
Called Fabio Coen's secretary. (He is in Europe.) She said to
return the contract with a note. I did.
Bill Bentzin called. He was approached about a charity auction
to be held at the Cheetah on 5/21. He wants to auction off
a set of Bookshelf Games with an evening of instruction
by "the world's foremost authority on games." I said sure. He
asked if $50 would be enough for me. Again, sure. He'll
keep me posted.
In evening made rough pieces trying to get the best
possible arrangement of discs for CIRCUIT. Tried to get
one that would use all 16 discs. Best I could do with
a satisfactory arrangement was 14.
Fay Baker called. She has an idea that would involve
[crossout] AT&T, Arthur Samuel (who is known for teaching com-
puters to play [crossout] CHECKERS), and me and would use
board games. She has already broached the idea to a V.P.
at AT&T and he is interested. She wants to tell Samuel
and me together. He will be in Atlantic City in the end
of April for a meeting. Fay would like me to come there
to meet him and her. I said O.K. with me if it is O.K. with
Samuel.
(cont. from 4/11) [4/11]
board they can be placed anywhere. On the opponent's side
they can only be placed orthogonally next to one of their
own. A card [crossout] can cover the opponent's of the same state,
provided it could otherwise be legally placed in that space.
Player who first gets a chain from his end of the board to
the opponent's (orthogonal connections only) gets the total
of all the electoral votes in the cards directly in the chain.
If a player on his turn has no space in which he
can play a card his opponent wins 51 points (I think.)
New rounds are played and the first player to get a
total equal to the total number of votes for all the states
wins the game. (I ordered this by mail on 3/19 but
haven't rcd. it yet.)
Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim with a mention from the
Jerusalem Post of a chemistry GAME for children &
adults. Put out by the Yissum Research Development Co.
[diary printed text in red below]
Have you filed your Federal Income Tax Report for 1967 and Estimated Declaration for 1968?
