On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Walter P. Smith wrote:

..... To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the brain
teaser, .....

That would make it 1980. Is that right? I think Cube-Lovers started in
1980, but I have just been reading some early stuff from Singmaster dated
1978 and 1979.

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Robert G. Bryan (Jerry Bryan)                jbryan@pstcc.cc.tn.us