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THURSDAY (24) OCTOBER 1968
United Nations Day
298th day - 68 days to come

Audrey Pierce and Aileen Snoddy of Scripps-Haward syndicate here to intro interview me, with a photographer who took a lot of pictures, Hour
long at least. Featured BAZAAR & ACQUIRE but Aileen asked lots of rough questions, that is thought provoking questions. Made a few
goofs. When she asked games I didn't like BB led me to mentioning LIFE. Later I call told Aileen that it was no worse than many... other games that had a big production instead of a new idea, Also I told her that SHAKESPEARE was just an expensive PARCHISI. Also showed her this year's diary, open to 3/20 with Arnold Shapiro's it address. It probably will be ok, tho. It will appear in the X Mas season, not in the New York area however, Aileen promised to send me a tear sheet. Alice called me before and then after the interview, she has her 3rd quarter report from 3M: - ACQUIRE $ 36,039,541,441,58 BAZAAR #2), 231,46 $1,089. 26 VENTURE MONAD 2 530.84 Told Alice that Proctor & Gambel had used VENTURE as the name of a simulation game, the then have no protection on it not even a valid copyright. We also agreed that we both didn't like the name MONAD for INFINITE PLANE: She will write to Will with these comments: Felicia was wrong yesterday when she said that Alice had spoken to Will lately and had heard from him that EXECUTIVE DECISION wo had arrived. There is no word of this yet, she located the letter from Bolo Claude about THESE UNITED STATES, It said that their e examination had shown promise and they expected that the test panels would confirm it. She has written to Arnold Shapiro thanking him for their check and also asking him confidentially if their game programa would ever get off the ground, She is waiting to hear from Mr. Luongo of Selchow & Righter about the BALI They are taking their time, when she sees him again she'll sound him out on looking at games now. She has heard that he intends to make up a lot of their games himself... but he did tell her he would be looking - She expects that Mary Hilt of Whitman will be in soon and we'll get together and show her some things.

Called Lee Horn. Not in. Told her secretary that Pierce and Snoddy were here and for her to call me if she wanted to here about it, she never called back. "BB and I played LE TRUC with 5 cards each. BB suggested letting each player replace as many cards as they wish. This gave better hands and was good. Did some writing, played a couple of games with Morris and he liked it,