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Title
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1969_Sackson_360_December 06.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1969
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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 7, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1969
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 1969
340th day - 25 days to come
Rcd. a copy of PSYCHEDELIC-9 from Joe Weisbecker,
together with a letter thanking me for the
write up on DECISIONS-DECISIONS and a reprint from
Mathematics Magazine entitled Mathematical
Theory of THINK-A-BOT.
Called Bob Abbott, to tell him about Nov. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
and to say I have a book for him. He has both
already. I'll give him another copy of AGOG[A Gamut of Games] when I
see him. He invited us for dinner but I didn't
set a date, pleading the pleas[crossed out] pressure of
correspondence, etc.
His wife Marian (?) said she is not a game fan
but she really enjoyed PATTERNS.
Called Martin Gardner to check about the letters
he was going to send me. So far there are only
two of interest to me. He has rcd. quite a few
answers to his puzzle. He is expecting another
batch from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in a few days
and will then send those that concern me on to me.
Started writing a new introduction for Alex Randolph's KNIGHT CHASE.
Played COUNTERPOINT with Clara Karlan & Helen Sternberd using
the ideas of 12/2 & 12/3. The game was very defensive
with each player blocking the other by putting the same color
at the two places (when the opponent was in a double threat
illegible[crossed out] position) which the player could score in and then
keeping that color. Tried allowing a player to use any
two colors, except the one the previous player is holding,
and was not being forced to use the one he previously kept.
This was even worse.
Claude called. Nothing specific about games.
Ida Goldstein, a fellow worker at the navy yard called to
tell me of a listing of AGOG[A Gamut of Games] in today's N.Y. POST. Found it the[crossed out] and cut it out.
(cont. from 12/10) [12/10]
We decided that I will do reviews of LENSMAN, QUADS, VECTOR, & DYNASTY for my next column.
