nEWS
the Marshfield Vandalism Committee.
told Play Meter that video game loca-
tions in Marshfield were places where
drug trafficking was suspected.
"I don't want my children super-
vised by those kind of people." Jackson
said.
He said the leading proponent in
Marshfield to ease restrictions on the
games so that they could be installed
in bars and restaurants had been
arrested in a recent drug raid.
Jackson was not any less critical of
the manufacturers of video games.
"They're making tons of money and
should be putting some of it back into
making the places better for kids." he
said. "Instead. they have only been
concerned about making as much
money as they can. as fast as they can.
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Eighty-nine percent of the games
are violent and "designed to be
addictive." Jackson claimed. and he
could only see bad results emanating
from them. He claimed there were nine
documented deaths due to violence in
arcades in 1982 in the U.S. and claimed
that locally. children were stealing to
get money to play the games.
Jackson said that when he began
his effort to have the games ba:1ned
from Marshfield. he got no help from
the city's police chief because there
had not been any police problems
related to the games. But. Jackson said.
" I would much rather prevent clime
before it happens."
Jackson said Marshfield's ban could
affect the way other cities in New
England regulate videos.
"Joanne Prevost (Boston Consumer
Affairs Commissioner) told me she
would have done the same thing in
Boston had she not feared that a ban
there would not hold up in court." he
said.
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GRAY AREA
MANUFACTURERS
ARRESTED
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The Connecticut state police have
arrested two " gray area" video game
manufacturers and charged them
with maldng. leasing. and possessing
gambling machines.
Arrest warrants for Irving Yaffa
(MA Irving Jeffries) of Status Game
and Dominic Sanzo of Game-A-Tron
PLAY METER. August 1. 1983