THE
CALENDAR
Octob.r 12
Washington Amusement & Music
Operators Associa ti on General
Meeting/ Election of Officers. Contact
Yvonne Kline, 509/ 457-5891 .
Octob.r 31-Nov•mb.r 2
AMOA 1985 International Exposi-
tion of Gomes and Music, Hyatt
Regency Chicago. Chicago. Illinois.
Contact AMOA. 111 East Wacker
Drive. Ch icago . Illinois 60601 .
Telehone ~12/644- 661 0.
To tt. announc.d (Nov•mb.,)
Music & Amusement Association, Inc.
(NY) Annual Meeting & Election of
Officers. Contact Ronald Koppel-
man. 212/245-7550
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F..,ruary 7-9
Amusement Operators Expo (AOE).
Mardi Gras weekend, New Orleans
Sheraton Downtown, New Orleans,
LA Telephone 504/488-700~ for
Information.
March 4-5
International Gaming Business Expo-
sition, Tropicono Hotel and Country
Club, Los Vegas. Nevada, USA. Con-
tact Conference Management Cor-
poration, 17 Washington Street, P.O .
Dox 4990. Norwalk. Connecticut
06856. Telephone: 20~/852-0500.
Telex 284997.
March 7-9
Amusement Showcase lntemotionol.
Expocentre . Chicago . Contact
Glosgow-Erikson Inc .. 72~7 Lake
Street, PJver Forest, Illinois 6ro05.
Telephone ~12/ 771 - ~290.
lnt•matlonal Shows
Octob., 10-13
ENADA. Congress Building. Rome:
Contoct,SAPAA Via dl Villa Potrizi. 10-
Cop 00161 . Rome. Telephone
84.41 .505.
Octob., 29-30
A.L. Preview, Novotel. Hammersmith,
London . Contact Howard and
Wikberg Associates. 27 Elizabeth
Mews, London NW~ . Telephone 01 -
722
517~
Nov•mb.r 22-24
lncomot '85. Messepolost, Vienna.
Organizers: Verbond der Munzouto-
motenwi rtschoft. 1200 Wien .
Wollenstelnstrobe 5. Austria. Phone
0222 332187.
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will be greatly affected. MIT! believes
that computer programs are deeply
related to industrial profit and unsuit-
able for treatment under copyright
laws. However. the Agency of Cultural
Affairs ( ACA) claimed that the revision
would have provisions for this type of
computer program.
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Monty Spiegel
passes away
On June 28. Monty SpiegeL active
in the coin-operated amusement
industry for many years. died at the
age of 71.
Born in Scranton. Pennsylvania.
Monty was affiliated with B.D. Lazar
company working in the Scranton and
Philadelphia offices. He left B.D. Lazar
to serve in World War II.
After the war. Monty formed his
own company. Harmony Music Com-
pany. in Vineland. New Jersey. which
he ran until his retirement in 1980.
Bruce Shollenberger of Harmony
Music said. "Monty was a true gentle-
man and will be missed by his many
friends in the area."
Monty is survived by his wife. Helen;
two sons. Richard and Larry; a
daughter. Lorraine Dutta; his mother.
Fanny Spiegel; a brother. Edward:
and two sisters.
Donations to his memory may be
made to Love a Utile One. Box 253.
Vineland. New Jersey; or the Ameri-
can Heart Association. 2 High Street.
Millville. New Jersey.
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Nomac sponsors
championships
Nomac Ltd .. manufacturer of Pub
Time Darts. is sponsoring a $20.000
Four State Championships for dart
players from Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Illinois. and Indiana. The tournament
will take place in conjunction with the
AMOA Expo in Chicago. November 1-
3.
The competition is open to all
players in the four states. after quali-
fying at the local level. Operators may
purchase qualifying kits which con-
tain everything the operator will need
to run four quali.fying tournaments
and a location championship .
including the four qualifying certifi-
cates which are awarded to the top
teams.
There is no limit to the number of
kits an operator may purchase. There
will be three categories of play at the
$20.000 tournament-Men's Doubles.
Women's Doubles. and Open Singles
( open to both men and women )-and
the operator may choose which cate-
gory of play he would like to run in his
location for each kit that he purchases.
( For example. an operator may
choose to buy just one kit and run
qualifying tournaments for just one
event. or he may purchase three or
more kits and run qualifying tourna-
ments for all three categories.)
Statistics will be kept during the
local qualifying tournaments which
will enable Nomac to divide the
players into different skills levels at the
S20.000 competition. There will be
three levels of play in Men's Doubles
("A" Flight. " B" Flight. and "C" Flight)
and two skill levels in both Open
Singles and Women's Doubles ("A"
Flight and " B" Flight).
There will also be a Mixed Doubles
category which will be open to all
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players with no qualification neces-
sary. There will be a $25 entry fee per
player for the Mixed Doubles event.
but there are noentryfeesfortheother
categories of play.
No mac is also sponsoring a $50.000
National Championships in spring
I 986 which will use the same type of
qualifying format as this $20.000 four
state tournament. A special bonus for
the players who compete in the
$20.000 tournament will be automatic
qualification in the same category of
play at the $50.000 National Cham-
pionships.
The $20.000 Four State Champion-
ships will take place at the Ramada
Hotel O 'Hare in the Chicago suburb of
Rosemont. Play will begin Friday
evening and continue through Sun-
day evening. All operators attending
the AMOA Expo are invited to stop by
the tournament and watch the action.
For more information on the Pub
PLAY METER. September 15. 1985