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St. Paul Pair Wins $aJ,OOO .... ......... ..... ..... ........ aJ
Last year's runners-up became this year's winners of
Tournament Soccer's $125,000 World Championships.
Editor/ Publisher Ralph Lally was there for the action .
"Tomorrow's" Pinball ......... ........... ..... ........ . 35
Newsman Tom Snyder has a pinball machine in his
dressing room and now he's played it on national
television . National champ Steve Kirk and media guru
Marshall McLuhan joined Snyder on a recent program
dedicated to flippers . Resident critic Roger Sharpe
reports.
We Service What They Sell ..... ... ... ..... ... ... ....... 37
Kush n' Stuff may be the only company in our industry
that doesn't make anything . It's a service company.
Managing Editor Rick Dietrich talked to Bill Arkush and
John Pfaff of Kush n' Stuff to find out what that means.
departrn nts
From the Editor ... ......... .......... .... ...... . .. .. ..... 8
Mailbox .... ..... ... ...... ....... ......... ....... .... , .. 10
MEMBER
Volume 2/No. 10
Octobel, 1976
staff
Publ isher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Manag ing Editor :
Richard S. Dietrich
International Editor
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Ed itor :
Perry Miller
Correspondents :
Roger C. Sharpe
Thomas Borden
Timothy Jarrell
Dick Welu
Mary Claire Blakeman
Circulation Manager:
Carolyn Desmond
Production:
Earl Dupre
Hellen Seal
Carol Lally
Typography:
Skybird Typography
Photographic Adviser :
Paul Sylvester
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
Coinman of the Month ..... ... ... .. ........ .... ... ...... 14
Operating .. .. .......... .. ... .. .... ... ... ..... ........ .. 18
Credits: Cover photo and photo page
35 by Roger C. Sharpe.
Critic's Corner ... .. .. .... ... ...... .... ....... ... .... ... . 22
Music Programming ... .... .......... ..... ... ... .. ...... 26
Association News .. .. ... .... ...... ... ... .. ... ...... .... 28
Distributing ... ... .... .. ... .. ......... ..... .. .... ... .. .. 30
Manufacturing ...... ...... .... ... ....... .. ... .... .... .. 31
Technical Topics .. .... ... ...... ..... ......... .. ..... ... 33
New Products .. ... .. ...... ... ... .. .. ... ......... .... · .. 38
International Dateline ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ............ 40
Classified .. ... .. .. .......... ... ..... ..... ... .......... .46
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