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<u>Phil Orbanes</u> called. He developed something for Hoi-Poloi which
they want to call <u>ORBIT</u>. I told him about Parker's and
Arrco's use of the name. Their lawyers found Parker's appli-
cation and an objection. He asked, as possible alternates
if they can't use <u>ORBIT</u>, about <u>REVOLVER</u>, <u>REVOLUTION</u>, and
<u>WHIRL</u>. These are O.K. as far as I know.
He is going to have Bob Hallowell call me next Tuesday
when Bob visits him and set up a date to see
<u>MANHATTAN MADNESS</u>. Bob is interested in doing something of  his.
He also [crossed out] reminded me to contact <u>Carl Eisenberg</u> for
him to come here. I said that I didn't have much finished
things around, but we agreed that I could discuss ideas
with Carl.
He asked me about <u>TROMINO GO</u>, thinking it would be
a good thing for Hoi-Poloi to put out in wood. Told him that
it had just been signed up with X. Told him that I could
come up with other strategy games using small pieces. They
can be colored or printed he said.
He is going to arrange a date with <u>John Anderson</u> towards the
end of June to play <u>KING HAMLET</u>. He suggested discussing
our plans then. I thought that wouldn't be fair to John &
that we should get together ourselves. He agreed.
<u>Dale</u> played BROADSIDE with Mark.
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<u>X-CHANGE-WORD</u>. She really like the latter. // Bought her sandwich.
To Skunk Works. Spoke to <u>Red</u> a short while. Got <u>FANTOCCINI</u>
and <u>LUFTWAFFE</u>. Red said that the end of June is O.K. for
my next column.
Rcd. a letter from <u>Arlan Tietel</u> confirming our talk on 5/20.
Rcd. a letter from { <u>Robert Braunwart III</u>, [address], Seattle, Washington 98105
He is working on a book of "Configurational Games" (no pub-
lisher as of yet) and would like permission to use 6 games
from <u>''AGOG''</u>: <u>SUIT YOURSELF</u>, <u>SOLITAIRE DICE</u>, <u>PLANK</u>, <u>NETWORK</u>,
<u>CUTTING CORNERS</u>, and <u>LAST WORD</u>.
Rcd. a spring-summer catalog from F.A.O. Schwartz. Contains
<u>PENTAGON</u>, <u>MASTERPIECE</u>, <u>AD-LIB</u>, <u>COMPUTAMATIC BASEBALL</u>,
<u>WILD LIFE</u>, <u>BOUNDARY</u>, <u>I PREDICT</u>, <u>PHILOSOPHER'S KNOT</u>,
<u>PGA TOURNAMENT GOLF</u>, <u>SMOG</u>, <u>DIRTY WATER</u>, <u>BRIDGETTE</u>.
(Book discarded. Pages with <u>I PREDICT</u>, <u>PHILOSOPHER'S KNOT</u>,
and <u>PGA TOURNAMENT GOLF</u> put in 1971 Ad Clips Folder.)
To <u>Al & Adela Richter</u>. Looked at <u>Stephen Barr</u>'s book
<u>''A MISCELLANY OF PUZZLES, MATHEMATICAL AND OTHERWISE''</u>. It did not
seem to be interesting to me.
(cont. on 5/31)