MARKETPLACE
"WHAT'S NEWS? "
PAGE 32, NOVEMBER, 1975
THRU THE COINCIRJTE
Sing out "Happy Dirthday" to: Fletcher Dlalock, Pensacola,1''la .; Clyde Love, Visalia,Cal.;
Herb Perkins , Chicago; John Mears, Great Falls ,Mont.; Dick Dell, Mineral Wells, Tex.; Den
Kos~, Dearborn,Hich.; B~l1 Swee ney, Pa~mouth,Mass.; Chas. Gibbs, Muskogee,Okla.; Hayo~
lori nsky, Omahn,Neb.; Bill Schaeffer, lueblo,Colo.; Jimmy Johnson, Sa.n Antonio,Tex.; Gene
Sanborn , ~elsonville,O. ; Al Morrison, Denver,Colo.; George DeNoya, Miami,Fla.; John N'Oilin,
Tulsn.,Okln.; Ed Wentzell, Biloxi,Miss.; John O'Drien, H.ed Creek,N .Y.; Bill DeSelm, Chicago;
llarry Niedzinski, Ilay City,Mich.; Dill Whitcomb, Columbia, S .C.; Les Rieck, Chicago; llolnnd
Jnrvis, \lilksboro,N.C.; Irv lloltzman, Westbury, N.Y. ; Charles (Jimmy) Johnson, Lighthouse
Poi nt, Fla .; Sam Ila.stings, Milwaukee,Wis.; T.H.. Styers, lfinston-Sal em,N.C.
Seems like Omaha's outstanding Mayor Eddie Zorinsky will join in the 3-way race for
the U.S.Senate from Nebraska. Tipoff was remark me.de by Papa llymie Zorinsky who said,
"If you know someone who'd make a good manager for our coin department send him over."
(If Mayor Eddie runs start calling him "Senator".) ••• Mucho interest in Komputer Dynam-
ics' competitive 2-player "Invasion Strategy". (Seemed to some they'd played the same type
game in Italy.) • • • "Jackpot" Sima le of Calumet Pk., Ill., is interested in antique arcade
games •••• Willie Blatt recuperating from surgery at home in Miami Deach,Pla •••• Take
a trip to the Salisham Lodge in Gleneden Beach,Ore., where Oregon Amuse and Music Opet=a=
tors Assn. open the new year with the first state coin convention, January 16, 17, 18,'76.
One buck a gallon for gasoline ? Can be here before you know it. Maurice Granville,
Texaco chairman, so stated •••• MGM plans to build hotel in Reno,Nev., with over 1,000
rooms and, of course, a most outstanding casino.
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Grand article in " Sports Illustrated'' (Sept.1 5 issue) on table soccer featuring E.
Lee Peppard and his soccer tournament organization •••• Johnny Winn of Las Vegas gave
us picture of Lena Horne with the Seeburg Select-0-Matic that dates back to '51 and the
old Jean Minthorne days. (Johnny, by the way, came into the coinbiz via Bob Gans in Los
Angeles.) • • • They're labeling Harry Williams - "A legend in his own time." (Certainly
most well deserved.) ••• Ray Galante of Musi-Vend, Seattle,Wash., may one dar find his
name in music history books. His firm was used to test Muzak background music being so
efficiently bounced off the RCA global satellite. (They'll be doing the same for coin-
phono operations spread out over many states, even from coast to coast, saving zillions
on recordings.) ••• Mark Schlesinger of Middletown,N.J., has a most interesting coll-
ection of old coin machines. (Just vait'll you hear what collectors are paying for your
25 and 30 year old phonos and games.) ••• To "Marketplace" subscribers in Japan who
commended past issues of this publication we can only say, "Arigatoh gozaimashita."
1"irst Cl ass Mail is now same as Airmail in the U.S .A. "Marketplace" First Class Mail
subscription remains 335 for the full year and will so remain regardless of forthcoming
postage hike on Dec. 26. (Get your "Marketplace" l~irst Class.) . • • With past Oct. 28th
new gov't regulation went into effect on all credit cards. Permits merchants to offer
up to 5~ discount if you pay cash •••• Sol Tabb of Miami,Fla., advises his son and his
staff of younge r mgrs now taking courses in electronics. "Just getting ready for the
new equip't that's coming out", Sol advised •••• U.S.Justice Dept. sues 6 big cigaret
makers for not prominently displaying health warning in their advertising •••• Lou
Corso of MOV (Music Operators of Virginia) advises Richard Peery, Roanoke,Va., elected
president. Others elected: Jay Waters, 1st V.Pres.; Arnoff Pantelides, 2nd V.l'res.;
Lou Corso, Sect'y-Treas. Directors: Arthur Dazaco, John Cameron, R.W.Claud,Jr., lta.lph
Craun, Jim Donnelly, Harry Fake, Harry Healy, C.lludson, M.L.llolland, Lewis Jones, ~
Lewis, Charlene Lesnick, Bob Lewis, Vernon Martin, Robert Minor, Ken O'Connor, Jesse
~rdson, Lynn Simmons, Claude Smith and Rex Whatley.
Drunswick Corp.,Skokie,Ill., share earnings plunged 68% to 66¢ a share from ~1.68 a
share for same period in '74 •••• AAV Companies,Solon,Ohio, earnings went up to 73¢ a
share for past 6 months compared to 70¢ a share for same 6 months in 1974 • ••• Vendo Co.,
Kansas City,Mo., sustained a loss of over S1.8 million for past 9 months but loss was cut
by $219,000 settlement from a lawsuit to S1.6 million •• •• Interstate United, Chicago,
per share net income dropped to 21¢ for 12 weeks ending 9/21/75 compared to 31¢ a share
for same period 1974.