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David Rosen, chairman of Sega Enterprises, Tokyo,Japan and Burton Slotky, :halrman of
Armac Enterprises, Chicago, Ill., jointly announced (4/5/74) preliminary agre!ment in
principle had been reached for a combination of the tvo firms. Transaction is subject to
approval of boards of directors of both firms as well as Armac's shareholders , There are
about 1,225,000 Armac common shares outstanding. Under terms of agreement Arm~c sharehol-
ders to receive number of Sega shares. Sega is majority owned by Gulf & Western Industries.
Armac is reported to be world's largest producer of billiard tables also much leisuretime
equip't. Sega manufactures and distributes coin machines primarily in Japan. rhis opens
big int'l market for Armac products. Both Rosen and Slotky reported pleased to be join-
ing together •••• Second meet of Ohio Music & Amusement Assn in Columbus (4/5/74) resul-
ted in election of following officers: Don Van Brackel, Pres.; Mel Pearlman, Vice-Pres.,
Legislation; Mel Shone, Vice-Pres., Public Relations; John Elum, Sect•y; Dick George,
Treas.; Directors: Ray Lonsway, Ed Elum, Mayna.rd Hopkins, David George, Eliot De~,
Tony Schiavone, Clarence Neargarder, Jim Schlarb and Bill Levine. Tremendous enthusiasm
generated and membership already expanding at rapid rate. Meeting of officers and direc-
tors will be held in 30 days and belief is this will further stimulate membership.
Remember Charley Katz? Peel sure many will recall the lovable, rotund li t tle Charley
vho traveled all over the country representing various manufacturers. Harry Peair_l of
Miami ,Fla., phoned to advise and very sadly so that Charley nov destitute ancl, ,,,hat is
worse, is going blind. Harry feels many vho will recall Charley Katz may van·~ t 1) send a
fev bucks to help this lovable, little salesman. His address is: 690 Fort VaJhington Ave.,
Nev York, N.Y. 10040. • •• Larry (Gangbuster) Berke, Midway's salesmanager, u.ft1:tr being
told that double 2-Bits chutes on Midway's new gun, "Gangbusters", helping operators to
enjoy greater profits asked in surprise, "For what other reason did this guy thlnk we'd
feature double 25¢ chutes than to assure operators double profits?"
Once upon a time ago when mfrs ran short of ideas for nev games or didn't too much
care for what their engineers presented always turned back to one big favori1e -· the
card game. From reports we've read and heard, playing cards continue big sellers and
card playing still extremely popular with young and old. Could this be the time for a
return to card game? How's about "21" also known as "Black Jack"1 Can be speedy 2-player
or 4-player. First ball shot shows complete hand, of course with all shootin€ for the
"21" hand. Player, instead, gets 18 hand. Decides to stand pat. That's it, only one ball
shot. Either total or cards show on backboard. Next player shoots one ball, ~isses the
" 21", but gets "20". He's the winner. Also only one ball shot. If he va.nts to t r y for
big kill, for "21", shoots second ball. Goes over. Instead of winner, he becomes loser
on 2-player. So far only 3 balls shot by 2 players. Repeat the action for 4-flay·er game.
May all only shoot one ball each. Four players at 2-Bits each adds up to One Buck game.
Speedy play. Popular game. Let engineers work out the details. (So what do you think
of our idea for a speedy card game?)
Magnavox Co. filed suit in Chicago federal district court charging patent inf ringe-
ment of its home TV game, "Odyssey", against Atari,Inc., Bally Mfg.Corp., Empire Dist.,
Inc., Chicago Dynamic Industries and Allied Leisure,Inc. Bally Mfg.Corp. has alr eady
filed suit against Magnavox charging that the supposedly infringed patents are i nvalid.
Magnavox claims to have sold about 90,000 of its "Odyssey" home TV games in 197:3 ••• ·•
All-Tech Industries,Inc., Miami Lakes,Fla., reported sales of over $6.4 million and net
profit of $96,951 for first qua.r t.er ended Jan.31,'74. Justin J. Goldsmith, chairman of
the board reported, "We continued to achieve sales growth and improved earnings. The
achievements were made despite the continuing effect of steadily increasing costs and
e~enses in all areas of operations." ••• Bally's Tom Hata and Midway's Andy Ducay will
field engineer a service school at McKee Dist. Co., Portland,Ore., May 10 and 11, '74.
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