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Issue: 1985 June 15 - Vol 11 Num 11

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Volume 11, Number 11/June 15, 1985
FEATURES
A Cause the Industry Should Rally Around
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Locating missing children is a cause the coin-op entertainment industry
could help promote, especially since our games happen to populate the
very places where many of these missing children may gather.
Todd Erickson: Coinman Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
He's on outspoken operator from Minnesota who insists operators are
cutting short the lives of their games by not making proper adjustments
and monufodurers ore not helping manufacturers if they won't move
toward equipment standardization.
The Home Run Theory and Other Mangement Models 29
Here's a pidure guide to managing your company, your employees, and
yourself. These tidbits of wisdom con help you focus on exodly how you
con improve your company's performance.
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DEPARTMENTS
6 Up Front
7 Letters to the Editor
10 News
32 Critic's Comer
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The National Play Meter
Gene's Gudgements
New Products
Classified
COVER: Special thanks to Eddie Boosberg and Jules Beauvais of New Orleans Novelty
for their assistance on this month's cover.
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