acre farm at Gardn er, Kansas, and is now
busy gettin g a new tractor and all th e oth er
equi pment th at goes with raisin g corn ,
wh ea t, oats, hay, sto ck and other produ cts
common to this area. Onl y a 29·mil e dri ve
from the front door of his United Amuse·
ment Com pany. Carl now has in a corn
crop that he expec ts to fi ll hi s hu ge crib
and plans to do so me winter feedin g of
stock for market. Also a new barn is on
th e prog ram.
Steve O ' Ha ra who wen t f rom th e U nited
Amusement Co. to Chicago, recentl y to
work for Bud Li eberm an, i now back in
town.
R u sse ll Thomas is now at th e h elm at
Ciga rette Service, operatin g th e "smoke"
vendors over an ex tensive M isso ur i-Kansas
a rea. With a staff of 20 men thi s is on e
of th e larges t operator outfits of its kind in
th e market.
Ca ndy bar merchandis ing via vendors is
still attracting strong attention from local
Confection Ca binet reports
operators.
their best summer ever, and point out
that new merchandi sing th emes h ave made
some summer months b etter than last year's
cold months, which is some kind of a
record.
G. L. Atkeson , General Vendor Manu-
fa cturing Co., P resident and Sales Man-
age r, announces that h is company is now
preparing to laun ch na tion-wide distribu-
tion of th e firm 's coin co ntroll ed vendor
whi ch clamps on top of regular Coca-Cola
cool er boxes and oth er manual beverage
vendors. Contrary to th e pract ice by this
market, General is givin g the regular Coin
Machine distributors first crack at dis-
tribution.
Accordin g to Atkeso n, all areas are open
with the exce ption of th e P ac ific Coast
states and th e Mi ssouri·Kansas area.
Generally speaking, the tax picture 3'S
regards cigarettes remai ns unchanged. Af-
ter a flurry in th e State Legislature at
Jefferson City, th e representatives went
home with out takin g fin al action wh ich
means that for som e tim e, at least, th e
Kansas City tax will remain. Operators
are still hopeful that an additional National
Defense levy will be made and machin es
may b e moved up in price to a stand ard
20 cents per pack.
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