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Title
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1971_Sackson_203_July 02.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1971
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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 9, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1971
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
FRIDAY 2 JULY 1971
183rd day - 189 days to come
The RED LETTER contract that Felicia sent reached me. There was
no date and an error in my address. Called Felicia and
she told me to fill in the date and to correct the address.
Did and mailed it to Bob Edwards.
Called Post Office to inquire about the new foreign postage
rates. Postal letters are now 15 [cents]
1/2 oz. to Central & South America - 17 [cents]
1/2 oz. anywhere else in the world (except Canada & Mexico which
are same as U.S.) - 21 [cents]. [This is a reduction to Poland, etc.]
To Long Island with Claude and Anne.In Huntington saw
EXECUTIVE DECISION and SLEUTH in a big toy store.
I bought an 1969 copy of OFFICIAL RULES OF CARD GAMES (1969).
Had rules for BOURE or BOORAY.
In library had copy of AGOG. Also ABBOTT'S NEW CATD GAMES.
Mentioned to Claude about Hallmark and RED LETTER and their
saying that family word games are now top priority. He
said that he had an idea for a word GAME, which he hasn't
worked out completely yet. It is played with a deck of cards.
On the back are three letters, such as "N-E-M". On the
other side is one of the three letters. Players have a choice
of a number of cards placed back up in their effort to draw
cards to make words.
Claude asked if I would mind his submitting this to Hallmark.
Told him that undoubtedly other inventors are submitting word
games, so why shouldn't he.
In evening, back at their house, showed RECONSTRUCTION to
Claude and to Anne. They were too tired to do much on it.
Claude did see some resemblance to DEDUCTION. However it
certainly is not a copy, and other inventors could come up with
things like it. I said that I wouldn't submit it to Hallmark
until DEDUCTION is settled. He appreciated that.
Claude suggested that I could use different shaped fields
[illegible crossed out] as well as rectangular.
I mentioned that I had been thinking of making a newspaper
column out of RECONSTRUCTION. He had been thinking of this for
DEDUCTION before he submitted it to Hallmark.
At Claude's mother's apt. looked at some of Claude's books and
saw that he had THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR by
John Van Neamann & Oskar Morganstern (John Wiley - 1964). It is a
$2.95 paperback. Either I or Claude will get me a copy
for my library.
Borrowed the game RIDER'S UP which Felicia gave to Claude.
