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MAA: New York Deserves Better ...... 22
The New York State operators' association held its
annual get-together last month, and PLAY METER was
there.
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
How To Shop For Money .............. 24
David Pierson
Joseph Arkin tells operators where they can find business
loans.
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
W hat's Your Return? ................. 29
Managing Editor:
International Editor:
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Gene Beley
DickWelu
Paul Crankshaw
Art Direction:
Katey Schwark
Staff Cartoonist:
Norm Rockwell
Typography:
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , June 15, 1978.
Volume 4, No . 11 . Copyright 1978 by
Skybird Publishing Company . PLAY
METER is published semi-monthly on
the 1st and 15th of the month.
Publishing offices : 112 North Road-
way, New Orleans, La . 70124, P.O.
Box 24170, New Orleans, La . 70184.
Tel :
504 / 282-0261 .
Subscription
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New Orleans 70113 . Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to PLAY METER ,
P.O. Box 24170, New Orleans, La .
70184.
European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, 15 Great North Road,
Brookmans Park , AL 9 6 LV,
Hertfordshire, England .
Managing Editor David Pierson has an articla which will
help you determine what your "return on investment" is.
The Bag ThatWasn'tThere ............ 47
Dr. Harold Gluck examines the question of the operator
who deposits a bag of money in the night depository and
then finds out in the morning that it isn't there. Whose
responsibility is it?
W hat ToT e II A Ban k e r. ................ 48
A banker clues operators in to what bankers want to hear,
what's important, and what's not important in the
banker's frame of mind.
With Pinball, You Get All Sorts
Of Undesirables In Town .............. 52
Roger C. Sharpe shows that pinball isn't booming
everywhere. There are still townships that still look upon
the game as contributing to a loitering problem.
From The Editor ...................... ... 4
Guest EditoriaL ........................ 5
Coinm an of the Month .................. 8
Operating ............................. 16
International News ................... 32
Music Programming ................... 40
Distributing ........................... 44
Manufacturing ........................ 50
Critic's Corner ...................... .. . 54
New Products ........................ 60
OntheMove .......................... 63
Classified ............................. 65
PLAY METER, June, 1978
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