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October, 1975
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In the Valley of the Moon
In nn InduSlry hurtling rou h t e Spac A ,ther IS
lillie room lor dinosaurs You probably won' find any In
th v II y wh r At an Inc m k S ItS horne, 11 b Ing
C nt r 01 lectronlc and co mput r technology Associa te
dltor Sonny Albarado III d thiS r port on what makes
A tan Alarl alt I a r c nt Vi Sit to t e company
The Fantasy Builders
staff
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At Atarl 's lan ts, am s do no appear mag ically , but go
through a II orous proc SS that IS d sc nb d In thiS article
Reading the Cards
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Editor and Publish r Ralph C Lally II p red In to hiS
crystal all nd cas t th s pr dictio ns lor the luture of the
Indu try nd li S op r tors. Th article was cu lled from a
sp ech Lally gav to the Flonda Amu semen t and
M rchandlSln Assocla llon
departments
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Editor and Publisher .
Ralph C Lally II
ASSOCiate Editor .
Sonny Albarado
Edltonal ASSistant ·
Del Leggell
Internallonal Edllor :
David Snook
East Coast Contributing Editor :
Robert E Halm
T c hnlcal Editor : Perry E. Miller
Produclion ASSis tant s
Mary Cialf Bla eman
Lynn Z, IInskl
Eddie Brosse lle
Clfculatlon Manag r:
Lynn Zielinski
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Skyblfd Typography
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Ralph C Lally II
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Mailbox ........................ .. .... .. . ............... 12
Coinman of the Month .. ........ ...... .. .... . ... .. .. .... 14
MOA Pre Ident Fr d Collins Jr on opera ting and MOA
Operating ...... ... .... ...... ... .. ... ..... .... ..... ... .. 18
MOA pr view . commill es,
hlbltors, sta e show
Music Programming ........ ........ . .. ... , .... .. .... 38-43
Wh at to do In Chlca
.lcylin e cover. cou rt"y of th e
Chicago AJJociation of Com m.,a and Indu stry.
Ku T. Chang: "Coinman" photos, Ralph C.
Lally II: " Chicago hindig" phot o. court"yof
MOA and individual artisl "puStn t alivtS:
.. iliron Gulch" and " Realizing Fantnsies"
photo •. So nn y Albarado and Ralph C. Lally II:
'Tomorrow Today" ph 0 10. Ralph C. Lally II:
.. /Jr ili.h Pool " photo .. cour lny Da vid
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On the Move ............. ...... ...... ..... ... .......... 48
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