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August, 1975
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PLAt' ItIETER
Volume 1/ No. 8
features
Willi See You In September?
30
MEMBER
staff
Associate Edi tor Sonny Albarado provides an Insightful
prob of the back bon o f th COtn amus ment machtne
Industry tn his report on the rampant sp culatlon that th e
Industry may lose ano ther ph onograph manu facturer thi s
yea r. H,s concl usions abou t that speculation are drawn
from co mm n ts glv n by two phonograph man ufac tu rtng
offic ials and from events of the past few mon th s.
dlt or an d Publi sh r
Ralph C Lally II
dttor
Sonny Alba rado
dtt ortal Assis tan t
o I Leg
ett
Int Inatl on I d,tor
departments
From the Editor
9
Editorial
10
Mailbox
11
Coin man of the Month
14
Harry W ilhams , ttlt Inven tor and gangster
fighter
19
Operating
OVid Snook
as t Cos t Contrtbu tl ng Editor .
Rob rt E Halm
Technical dtto r
Perry Miller
fl.rt O,r c tor
Roy Willis
Produc tion Assistan t
St v Hebert
Tommy Manntng
Cif ula tlon Man 9 r
Carol P Lally
Ty 0 raphy
Adcom
Adv rtlsln R pr S ntatlv s
Covu photo b)' Tomm )' Manning: "MAG-
I FICE T Marb /~ Machin~, .. co urt ~ .)' of
ational Broadcasting Co. and Daphn t! Chill g:
"Coillman " p hotos co urt~s)' of Digital Gam".,
Inc.
Network los s marbles, feeds plngame growth pills
Music Programming
.
28
Pocket Change
35
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Technical Topics
36
Distributing
38
Manufacturing
39
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On the Move
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On the Move
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New Products
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