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8 WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 1973
220TH DAY - 145 DAYS TO COME

Two calls from Vivianne Meyers. She is sen having her lawyer draw up a contract on LOUVER (altho she doesn't use that name). She checked on marbles and found that she can get 9/16⌀ [standard size marbles, 14mm or 9/16 inch diameter] for $3.65 (I believe) a thousand. The fellow she spoke to said that 2⌀ isn't made anymore. She'll check some more.

Got a little mixed up on the royalties for the package of 5 p & p games and called Phil Orbanes to get it cleared up. He told me, confidentially, that Reiss had been trying to buy out Mag-Nif, mainly to put someone else in control instead of Bill Knox. Instead Bill Knox bought out Skor-Mor whose line of wooden items is in direct competition with Hoi Polloi. That is why Carl is looking for plastic items. They will finish out this year together but next year they will split up.
Among the Mag-Nif "Mental Hang Ups" series the best selling were OUTER LIMITS and DROP OUT. THE GREAT ESCAPE and DOUBLE CROSS were the worst. PLATO'S PLIGHT sells about 100,000 a year.
Among the p. & p. games WORDPLAY, VEGAS 13, and NINE TAC TOE are selling best. CHINESECHEK and DAM IT! are doing less well. Phil thinks it is because the latter two have a less interesting board.

Bought wood, brackets, and screws for a shelf for the south wall of the game room. Put up the brackets and painted the shelf.

Call from Claude at night, short because I was looking at a movie. Told him that I had TEN-Q already and would give him the copy I took Monday. Said I'd call tomorrow at 3.

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