Update Edition
Vol. 6, No. 20
Nov.1, 1980
Staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Ray E. Tilley
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editors:
Jim Calore
Randy Fromm
Correspondents:
Pat Matthews
Roger C. Sharpe
Gerry Wise
Tony Licata
J . W. Sedlak
Dick Welu
Charles C. Ross
Art Director:
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Cognevich
Circulation Manager:
Renee' Pierson
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Staff //Ius trator:
Mars Walker
Advertising Manager:
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
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Promotions, " Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
Belam expands while
new Long Island home opens
Murray Kaye, general manager of
Belam Florida Corp., announced that
the Miami distributorship has ex-
panded it facilities, adding an adjacent
warehouse to its existing space. It was
the second expan ion for Belam Florida
within two year .
Meanwhile, the corporate head -
quarter
of parent company R .H.
Belam were being moved, effective
October 1, to One Delaware Drive,
Lake ucce. . on Long I land,
ew
York. N w faciliti
there would give
Belam an expand d pace for growth
over the next everal year . The new
headquarter will boa t a large how -
room and expanded parts and ervice
faci litie .
Lake ucce
i located in assau
ounty, le
than one mile from ew
York City, 15 minute from Kennedy
Airport and 10 minutes from La-
Guardia Airport. with acce by major
highways to the B lam building.
B lam Florida wa establi hed in
1976 when R.ll. B Jam Co., Inc
acquired the a sets of Seeburg'
factory -owned di tributor hip in the
tate. The company ha grown to be-
come the largest di tributor in Florida
and one of the leaders in the indu try .
R.H. Belam o. i the large t inter -
national di tributor in the indu try .
B lam Florida serves the parent
corporation a a key point to outh and
entral America and the aribbean,
a well as it Florida tature.
Belam Florida line in that tate
includ
Rock -Ola. Williams,
t rn,
Gottlieb, Game Plan, Atari. Exidy,
Midway, Univer al. Ir ving Kaye, and
. . Billiard .
The Belam export concern actively
ell
new and u ed coin-operated
machine
in nearly 100 countrie
throughout th world . Arm include
B lam/ Over ea (Belgium) and Belam
Bahama Lld.
The wages of vending vandalism
The cost of replacing or repairing a
coin -operated device will be included in
determining the entence given to
person convicted of criminal damage
to vending machine , under a bill
signed in Louisiana by Governor David
Treen.
Louisiana House Bill 631 was intro-
duced and pa sed through the effort of
NAMA and Louisiana State Council
member Alan Kronenberg.
William R. Brandstrader, NAMA
director of tate councils-who drafted
the bill-called the mea ure a unique
method to obtain felony -type punish -
ment even though the break -in law
might not specifically cia sify the
off en e as a felony.
If the crime re ult in machine
damage of $100 or more, the offender
can b fined a maximum of $2,000 and
be imprisoned for up to two years, or
both. Brand trad r said.
PLAY METER CALENDAR
September 23-25
October 1 0-12
Eurautomat. trade exhibition. Expo
Rogier Center. Brussels , Belgium
Wi s c ns in Mu ic Merc hants Ass o-
ciati n. fal l conventio n. Fox Hills
Re rt . Mi hicot
September 26-28
W est Virginia Music and V e nding
Association. convention. Ramada
Inn . South Charleston
October 10,11
Amus m en! and Music Operators of
Virginia .
annual
convention ,
Howard Johnson 's. Richmond
October 2-5
ENADA. Italian national amusement
machines exhibition .
Congress
building. EUR. Rom e
October 23-26
NAMA National Convention / Exhibi -
tion. Bartl
Hall. Kansas City.
Mi so uri
October 7-9
Deutsche Wurlitzer. annual inter-
national meeting, Aquitania Hotel ,
Bordeaux
October 8-1 0
Japan Amusement Trade Associa -
tion. annual convention , Tokyo
October 31, November 1, 2
19 0 AMOA Exposition.
Hilton . Chicago
Conrad
November 22-24
IAAPA (Parks)
New Orleans
Show .
Rivergate.