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Show 75 YEARS OF FUN I Salem, Mass., first gained renown i j; Lhj&Km as the "games capital of America" j fify i h in 1883 when 16-year-old George W NT" 5UI Parker invented a board game , called "Banking." Bord 9am" cau9ht on and swept the nation. In ' popular Rook and Flinch ' " &0ys first ,ook hold- 1" 1924, VfcV ' JsJPSL 'he Mai Jongg craze be- ll TcX ' 9an ard soon after came mt' VlA' ' ' "T-'tjlf Camelot. When Monopoly ZS "tftVtfCl Jb rt'V was Published by Parker Hr rtyk Brothers of Sa,em in 1 935 && ' J i lar modern-day game and ft YU?J 's st'" an '"national Today, 75 years after Mr. jyiyX SiV A Parker's "Banking" made jfirc tV" r:V history, board games are Wlf'Si Cf&y more popular than ever. And 1 jxgJrT- X '2 . jiy-- Z Salem continues to turn out hr Aj'QX'r1 millions of old established ( Lr v" lu games as well as new ones 'V1 "X ( " "" like Clue, Sorry, Bird ' FSN? ij.vJU Watcher and Careers. II ffi ' wtffi K ' |