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IETER UPDATE EDITION Volume 3, 3, Number Number 24 24 Volume December15, 15, 1977 1977 December agreement Seeburg, Taito Taito agreement Seeburg, Seeburg Industries, Industries, Inc. Inc. has has Seeburg reached an an agreement agreement to to sell sell the the reached business and and certain certain assets assets of of its its business Chicago-based products products division division to to Chicago-based Taito America America Corp., Corp., an an affiliate affiliate of of Taito Seeburg's Japanese Japanese distributordistributorSeeburg's ship. ship. Negotiations reported reported earlier earlier to to Negotiations sell the the products products division division to ~o a a sell group of of Seeburg Seeburg distributors distributors group (PLAY METER METER UPDATE, UPDATE, SepSep(PLAY tember 14, 14, 1977) 1977) were were terminated. terminated. tember The terms terms of of the the new new agreement agreement The call for for Taito Taito to to acquire acquire about about $7.3 $7 .3 call million of of the the products products division's division's million assets for for cash, cash, notes, notes, and and asasassets sumption of of current current liabilities. liabilities . sumption The agreement, agreement, according according to to The Edward D. D. Miller Miller of of Taito Taito America America Edward Corp. in in Chicago, Chicago , allows allows Seeburg Seeburg Corp. Industries to to retain retain ownership ownership of of Industries the products division's Chicago the products division's Chicago plant together together with with its its machinery machinery plant and equipment. Taito will be be and equipment. Taito will leasing these these from from Seeburg Seeburg IndusIndusleasing and, according according to to Miller, Miller, will will tries and, tries be holding holding an an option option to to buy buy them. them . be noted that that the the purchase purchase Miller noted Miller plan has has yet yet to to be be approved approved by by the the plan entire board board of of directors directors but but that that entire the target target date date for for that that board board of of the director's decision decision is is set set for for-the end director's the end of December. December . of "With this, this , we we will will get get the the "With Seeburg name," name," said said Miller. Miller. Then Then Seeburg he added, added , "Our "Our plan plan is is to to strengthstrengthhe en and and continue continue that that name. name . The The en primary thrust thrust of of this this agreement agreement is is primary that there there will will be be aa continuation continuation of of that the Seeburg Seeburg products products line line and and the the the Seeburg products products division." division." Seeburg When asked asked ifif the the change change of of When ownership would would represent represent any any ownership change in in the the final final product, product, Miller Miller change said , "We "We plan plan to to institute institute many many said, improvements in in the the product product line line improvements and overall overall operation.' operation." and "There's aa great great future future for for music music "There's this industry," industry ," continued continued Miller. Miller. in this in "The revolution revolution that that has has come come to to "The the games games industry industry has has yet yet to to come come the to the the music music industry, industry, and and we we hope hope to to bring bring about about that that kind kind of of to change ." change. The products products division division of of Seeburg Seeburg The manufactures coin-operated coin-operated phophomanufactures nographs and and post-mix post-mix vending vending nographs equipment. equipment. The transaction transaction does does not not affect affect The Seeburg's other other operations. operations . SeeSeeSeeburg's burg will will continue-through continue-through its its burg Choice-Vend , Williams Williams ElectronElectronChoice-Vend, Qualitone , King King Musical Musical InInics , Qualitone, ics, strument , and and entertainment entertainment dividivistrument, sions-to manufacture manufacture and and market market sions-to bottle and and can can vending vending machines, machines , bottle coin-operated amusement amusement games, games , coin-operated hearing aids, aids, musical musical instruments, instruments, hearing and operate operate aa theater-in-thetheater-in-theand round. round. Anti·pinball ordinance ordinance quashed quashed Anti-pinball An anti-pinball anti-pinball ordinance ordinance which which An had been been in in effect effect since since 1961 1961 in in had Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana has has been been Baton overturned, and and the the time time to to appeal appeal overturned, that court court decision decision has has passed. passed. that A Baton Baton Rouge Rouge ordinance ordinance which which A had prohibited prohibited persons persons under under 18 18 had years of of age age from from playing playing pinball pinball years games was was quashed quashed in in June June by by the the games City Court Court of of Baton Baton Rouge. Rouge . But But at at City that time, time, the the city city of of Baton Baton Rouge Rouge that announced that that itit planned planned to to appeal appeal announced the decision. decision. However, However, according according to to the La Branche, the the attorney attorney who who Max LaBranche, Max represented aa Baton Baton Rouge Rouge arcade arcade represented in the the case, case , the the city city has has operator in operator and the the failed to to register register that that appeal; appeal; and failed time allotted allotted for for• that that appeal appeal has has time passed. passed. June decision decision Therefore, the the .· June Therefore, in favor favor of of the the which was was decided decided in which now res res judicata. judicata. arcade operator operator isis now arcade Th e 16-year-old 16-year-old anti-pinball anti-pinball ordiordiThe nance has has been been quashed. quashed. nance LaBranche told told PLAY PLAY METER METER LaBranche that the the Baton Baton Rouge Rouge ordinance ordinance that pre-dated aa law law passed passed in in 1966 1966 by by pre-dated the Louisiana state legislature which the Louisiana state legislature which outlawed gambling-type gambling-type pinball pinball mamaoutlawed chines. That law, said LaBranche, chines. That law, said LaBranche, amusementspecifically exempted exempted amusementspecifically type f!ipp~r games from the ban and, and , type flipper games from the ban in effect, effect, made made itit unconstitutional unconstitutional for for in a municipality to outlaw amusementa municipality to outlaw amusementtype pinball pinball games. games . type LaBranche also also argued argued that that other other LaBranche coin -operated amusement amusement devices devices coin-operated such as as foosball foosball tables, tables , pool pool tables, tables , such and arcade arcade pieces pieces were were not not prohibitprohibitand ed by by the the Baton Baton Rouge Rouge ordinance. ordinance . ed