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Title
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1963_Sackson_239_August 07.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1963
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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 1, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1963
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
Wednesday 7 August 1963
219th day - 146 days to come
To V.A. HOSPITAL @ 24TH ST.
SHOWED FOCUS, ROYAL MARRIAGE & POKE.
SHOWED MISS ANDERSON THREE BINGO TYPE VARIATIONS.
[DIAGRAM OF A 6 x 6 GRID POPULATED WITH NUMPERS RANGING FROM 1 TO 9. THERE ARE 4 OF EACH NUMBER.]
7 3 7 5 3 9
9 4 1 9 2 7
6 2 5 2 6 6
5 2 3 1 8 5
6 8 4 8 3 1
4 7 8 4 1 9
HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CARDS (THE NOS 1 TO 9 4 TIMES).
HAVE 25 CARDS WITH THE NOS. 1 TO 25. THESE ARE SHUFFLED & READ OFF 1 @ A TIME UNTIL 15 ARE USED. PLAYERS FOR EACH NUMBER RING UP 1 OR MORE NUMBERS IN A STRAIGHT LINE HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY THAT ADD UP TO THE NUMBER. A NUMBER ON A LAYOUT CARD CAN ONLY BE RUNG UP ONCE. MOST NUMBERS COVERED WINS. IN THE CASE OF TIE USE 2 MORE CARDS, ETC. FOR TYING PLAYERS ONLY. A PLAYER IF HE WISHES CAN SKIP USING A CARD EVEN IF HE COULD USE IT.
[DIAGRAM OF AN EMPTY 6 x 6 GRID. THE COLUMNS ARE LABELED 1,2,6,4,3,5 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE ROWS ARE LABELED 3,1,5,4,2,6 FROM TOM TO BOTTOM.]
EITHER HAVE DIFFERENT PRINTED ARRANGEMENTS OR LET PLAYERS FILL IN THEIR OWN NUMBERS. THROW 2 DICE & READ THEM OFF. TWO SPACES ARE DESIGNATED (EXCEPT WITH DOUBLES) AND PLAYER MAY CHOOSE EITHER. OBJECT IS TO GET BINGO TYPE ROW.
[DIAGRAM OF AN ASYMMETRICAL GRID TYPE AREA. IT IS 5 ROWS HIGH AND THE LEFT END OF EACH ROW IS MARKED WITH A DOUBLE-WIDE SPACE CONTAINING DIFFERENT RANGES OF NUMBERS. FROM TOP TO BOTTON THEY ARE: (1-4), (2-6), (3-5), (1-3), AND (2-2). IT IS STATED THAT "THESE ARE FILLED IN BY PLAYER." THERE ARE 9 SPACES ACROSS THE TOP ROW, 8 IN THE 2ND, 7 IN THE 3RD, 6 IN THE 4TH, AND 5 IN THE 5TH(BOTTOM) ROW.]
THREE DICE ARE THROW AND CALLER CALLS THE 3 COMBINATIONS. IN CASE OF A DOUBLE THE OTHER COMBINATION IS ONLY COUNTED ONCE. IN CASE OF A TRIPLE ONLY ONE OF THE DOUBLE[S] IS COUNTED. A BOX IS MARKED FOR EACH MATCHING COMBINATION THROWN. FIRST TO COMPLETE A ROW WINS. IN CASE OF A TIE, TYING PLAYERS CONTINUE UNTIL ANOTHER ROW IS COMPLETED.
