[trdcrdkid]

Here is Bob Jaspersen's article about the same convention from the September-October 1970 issue of Sport Fan. It's not nearly as long or detailed as Carter's account, but it does include one of the group photos that Carter mentioned on page 5. Note that Carter is the only one wearing a tie -- such get-togethers were still a new thing, and I'm guessing he got dressed up because he wasn't sure how formal or informal it would be. I've also scanned the back page of the issue, which shows that it belonged to Ray Medeiros, who was also at that 1970 convention, and is third from the right in the back row of the group picture. A lot of hobby publications in my collection (including all the Sport Fans from 1970-82) originally belonged to Medeiros, who always wrote the date he received each issue in the upper right corner of the front cover. This issue was postmarked October 14 and reached Medeiros on October 18.