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= Tuesday 10 December 1963 344th day - 21 days to come =


Picked up DATA & CARRE @ I/S. Looked at following stores & saw only 1 thing new: - Abercrombie & Fitch, Brentano's (saw WHAT"S THAT ON MY HEAD?),Doubleday's, Saks, F.A.O. Schwartz, Riis Bros., Bloomingdale's, Rappaport's. At F.A.O. Schwartz saw: - THE GAME OF 5000 (by Brooks). Played with 6 dice. Any number of players. Choose for last, as going last is an advantage. Players in turn throw the 6 dice trying for scoring combinations of either 1, 3, or 6 dice as follows: -

5 - 50 pts. 222 - 200 pts. XXYYZZ - 1500 pts. 1 - 100 pts. 333 - 300 pts. XXXYYY - 1500 pts.

                                                 444 - 400 pts.                                      123456 - 2000 pts.
                                                 555 - 500 pts.                                      XXXXXX - 5000 pts.
                                                 666 - 600 pts.
                                                 111 - 1000 pts.