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8/23 8/21 WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER First Day of Autumn 1970 266th day - 99 days to come

Wrote to Michael Dummett. Invited him to get in touch and set up a visit. Called Tom Nelson to thank him for the picture he sent. Told him that I was on the Randy show, John Wingate, and on "WEVD." He's not trying for any of these. Told him of my operation. He said not to let the possibility of a radio appearance influence my plans.

Called Mickey Mackay. Lunch day next Monday. I'll call in morning to confirm details.

Claude called. He bought a copy of book on card games marked down from $6 to $3. He saw another copy and asked if I'd like it. Yes.

Called Jack Davis. He hadn't written up the report on the "Hallmark" demonstration - too busy. Also (as I knew from Felicia) he hadn't called her. I suggested that it would be politic for him to do so. He said he'd do it right away.

Jim Dunnigan called while I was out and I called him back. He was afraid that I felt he had cut me off in our last conversation - which I didn't. He rcd. the rules of ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR II which I sent him. However he located his file on it and had all the info. The "Press Card" is ordered but not ready yet. He is supposed to sign the contract with Vidmer tomorrow. Sent DIG to Jane Jordan, 1st Class. Olita called before, apparantly not knowing the Jane called yesterday. I told her it will go today. [crossed out] Rcd. the sets of blank cards Jim Kraus sent to me. They are completely blank, without any back designs. Rcd. the steel shelving we ordered from "Sears."

Thinking some more of a PUZZLE which I had thought of previous (but hadn't entered in the diary). There are irregular pcs. which fit together to form a 4 x 4 square. There are 4 layers of these, the bottom layer being solid, the second layer having small holes in each of the 16 sections, the next having larger holes, and the forth having the largest. The object is to place the 4 layers so that in each section the 4 colors show. A possible arrangement of pcs. could be as shown, each layer having the same sizes but different colors and layout of the pcs. 7 different possible layouts are shown: (cont. on 8/23)