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operating
Fla. operators
set Tally Rally
Facing a possible three per cent
tax hike on their amusement mach -
ines, Florida operators need just t he
kind of legislative instruction plan -
ned for them M ay 11 -12 by their
association .
Based on the response it received
to last year' s first Tally Rally at the
state capital in Tallahassee, the
Florida Amusement-M erchandising
Association will treat amusement
and vending operators to a two-day
educational session on their state 's
legislative processes.
The sessions start M ay 11 with a
6-10 p .m. dinner and classroom
meeting on how the legislative
process works . May 12 will be
crammed with breakfast at 7:30
a. m. and operators attending com-
mittee meetings in the House and
Senate at 8:30 . Lunch at 12:15 p .m .
will feature an official of the House
Dept. of Commerce , fol lowed by a
return to the capito l at 1 :30 to watch
the Senate and House in session.
Record number
attends meet
in Oconowoc
A record 274 Wisconsin music
and games operators attended their
Music Merchants Association an-
nual convention in Oconowoc April
9-11, according to executive direc -
tor Len Roulier.
In his report to the convention -
goers, Roulier c ommended the
association's board of directors and
committeemen for increasing group
membership, the number of exhibit-
ors at the gathering and launching
the first stat e apprenticeship pro-
gram in the nation designed to rain
servicemen for the coin-operated
amusement industry .
Th e program is a joint project of
the WMMA and the state Vocat ion -
al, Tec hnical and Adult Education
system and Disvision of Apprentice-
ship through its M id-State Technical
Institute in Wisconsin Rapids .
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GETTING A LINE on $2, 500 in pnze
money offered last month at the
finals of the Midwest Amusement
8-Ball Billiard Tournament in Oma-
ha, Nebraska, is Randy Kaufman,
20, of Lincoln, NE, who beat Marty
Heldenbrand, 18, of Cameron, MO,
on the Ebonite Play-Right tables.
For hi:'> second-place showing a-
mong the 186 entrants, Helden-
brand took a $1, 300 check from
Willie M oscont; world billiard cham-
pion who heads Ebonite Billiards '
pro staff.
Greenman assumes duties
as GrB executive director
Millie M cCarthy, national coordi-
nator of the Games Tournam ent
Board (GTB ), ha s anno unced the
appointment of trad e veteran Milton
Gree nman as th e organization's first
executive director .
Th e post req uires Greenm an to
evalu ate and develop all th e support
programs for games operators out-
lined by GTB's member manufac t-
urers, distributors and operators at
th eir three preliminary mee t ing s
(Atl an ta, New York and Ch icago).
Init ially, Greenman will work from
his home in Hollywood, Calif.
Th e decision to appoint a full -tim e
director was made at GTB 's most
recen t meeting at th e O' Hare Hilton
Hotel in Chi cago . " W e discussed a
number of possible ca ndid ates, but
everyone agreed that Mickie had th e
best creden ti als for the post," Mrs.
M cCarthy declared . " W e are al l
extremely happy th at he accepted ."
Th e purpose o f th e GTB , Mrs .
M cCarthy outlined, "is to coo rdi -
na te activi ties in all tournaments and
act as liaison between manufactur-
ers, distributors , operators, players
and th e pu bli c, as w ell as to fost er
tourn amen t play on all types of coin
amusemen t equipme nt. Fu rther, to
publicize these sporting con tests on
national and local media and to
create a climate of accep tan ce and
support by the public as well as
state and local governmen ts. It is
now Greenman 's responsibility to
develop th ese concep ts in to solid ,
working services for the games
indust ry ."
Greenman 's background, accord -
ing to Mrs. M cCarthy , " was the key
to his selec ti on . He is an 18-year
vete ran o f United Press Internation-
al , where his specialty was sports
writing and film -making . He has a
degree in journalism and a masters
in marketing , plus he's had almost
10 years expe rience in th e coin
machine industry on all levels-- man -
ufacturing , distributing and operat-
ing ." (Most recently , Greenman
was national sales manager fo r
SEGA of America . )
Greenman 's fir st projec t for GTB
is th e production of a five ·minute
16mm color film on pinball tourna -
m ents. M ost o f th e footage was
sho t at th e April 23-24 New York
State Pinba ll Championship in Syr-
acus . Greenman , as p rodu ce r, will
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