I don't know Don Ortolani, but I have a lot of his old hobby publications from that era, mainly Ballcard Collector and The Trader Speaks.
Also, I just noticed that the acknowledgements include Terry Gross of WUHY Radio. That's the same Terry Gross who has done the "Fresh Air" program for NPR for many years, and she had just started the local version of it in Philadelphia that year. I wonder if she had had a baseball card collector on her show to promote the convention.
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