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Vending in Haledon. Ed Silverstein of
CUe Vending in Clifton. Frank Seninsky
of Alpha -Omega Amusements in
Edison. Jim Feinberg of Mannie's
Cigarette Service in Jersey City. Joe
Corrao of Wayne Vending in Wayne.
Mike Fricchione of Camelot Amuse-
ment in Garfield. Ed Lettieri of Belson
Enterprises in Moonachie. Vinnie
Storino of S&S Amusements in Toms
River. and Jim Cuccio.
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and previous experience with a parts
manulacturer in the coin-operated
industry.
Mondial has executive offices in
New York City. and showrooms and
service facilities in Springfield. N .J. •
Telestrategies hosts
exhibition showcase
Telestrategies of McLean. Va ..
hosted an exhibition showcase for the
pay-phone industry November 20-22
in Washington. D.C.
Among exhibitors at the showcase
were Vend-A-Phone. Inc .. Raytronix
Corporation. Rand of Phoenix. Inc ..
and AMCOT ( American Coin Oper-
ated Telephones).
A pre-conference seminar was
conducted on November 20 by Dr.
Jerome Lucas. president of Telestra-
tegies. on "Understanding User-Owned
Pay-Phone Technology. Economics.
and Start-Up Basics."
Other seminar topics included
competitive pay-phone opportunities.
credit-card phones. an update from
the National Pay Phone Association.
and views on the regulatory outlook. •
Capcom 's George Nakayama. left gets a
plaque from Taito America's Poul Moriarity
for scoring a hole-in -one.
Padmos joins Mond.ial
Louis J. Padmos has joined Mondial
International Corp. as a sales repre-
sentative covering the New Jersey
area . Anthony P. Yula . Mondial
general manager. has announced.
Padmos has a sales background
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Rock-Ola sponsors
store promotion
Rock-Oia Manufacturing Corp .. in
conjunction with its Ohio distributor.
Monroe Distribut ing Co.. recently
sponsored a promotion at 15 Shillito-
Rikes department stores in Ohio and
Kentucky.
The promotion extended through
the back-to-school days and featured
a Rock-Oia 490 jukebox in each store
and a drawing for a jukebox. which
was won by Beth Hall of Cincinnati.
After the promotion. Shillito-Rikes
stores decided to keep Rock-Ola juke-
boxes in several stores permanently
and to include the jukebox as the main
theme for its advertising aimed at
teenagers. Advertisements featuring
Rock-Oia were sent to 870.000 house-
holds.
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AMOT schedules
pool tournament
The AMOT (Amusement and Music
Operators of Texas) has scheduled its
sixth annual Texas State Eight Ball Pool
Tournament for April 26. 1986.
Qualifying tournaments are being
conducted in fall and winter.
The tournament. which offers a
$6.000 purse. is held in the Texas Sta-
d ium in Irving . Professional pool
p layer Willie Elder will officiate at the
day-long event. Participation in the
tournament has doubled each year. •
Capcom visits Atlanta
Executives of Capcom Co.. Ltd ..
visited Atlanta recently to help Digital
Controls. Inc .. (DC! ) and Taito America
introduce Ghosts ·n Goblins to U.S. dis-
tributors.
DC! and Taito America formed a
joint venture to manulacture and mar-
ket the game in North America.
Kenzo Tsujimoto. Capcom presi-
dent. and George Nakayama. mar-
keting director. attended distributor
meetings. Nakayama scored a hole-
in-one in a golf game with Capcom
and DC! staff members and received
a plaque from Paul Moriarity. Taito
America president. to commemorate
the occasion.
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vision commerical.
For more information. call Atari at
( 408) 434-3 750.
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Atari offers T-shirts. buttons. player tips.
and advertising materials to promote
Gauntlet
Atari develops
Gauntlet promotion
Atari Games Corp. of Sunnyvale.
Calif .. is offering promotional items for
its Gauntlet video game. Player lips.
Gauntlet buttons. and T-shirts are
available through Atari customer ser-
vice for direct-to-player promotions in
operator locations.
The company also is offering
advertising materials. including art-
work. a player newsletter. a radio
script and tape. and an animated tele-
TBI Games holds
Mark Darts open
TBI Games of Rockford. Ill.. recently
held its Fourth Annual $5.000 English
Mark Darts Open. attracting more
than 400 entrants to the two-day.
double-elimination tournament on 24
English Mark Darts 5000 and 4500
dart boards.
Tom Pace of Rockford won the most
valuable player award by finishing
first in four events. The four-person-
team 50 I event was won by Pace.
Wally Meredith. Steve Johnson. and
Sam Zammuto: Stan Celner. Bob
Conant. Herb Healey. and Dale Person
placed second.
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PLAY METER. November 1 5. 1985