CALENDAR
CALENDAR
July 24-26
24-26
July
Amusement, Music
Music Operators
Operators of
of
Amusement,
Texas Annual
Annual 1986
1986 Trade
Trade Show,
Show, La
La
Texas
Mansion Hotel,
Hotel. Austin,
Austin, Texas.
Texas. Contact
Contact
Mansion
Don McCollough
McCollough at
at (512)
(512) 454-8626.
454-8626.
Don
August 14-17
14-17
August
Michigan Tobacco
Tobacco &
& Candy
Candy Distribu-
Distribu-
Michigan
tors and
and Vendors
Vendors Association
Association Annual
Annual
tors
Convention. Boyne
Boyne Mountain.
Mountain.
Convention,
Contact Walter
Walter P.
P. Maner
Maner at
at (517)
(517)
Contact
372-2323.
372-2323.
11-13
September 11-13
September
West Virginia
Virginia Music
Music and
and Vending
Vending
West
Association Convention,
Convention. Olegaby
Olegaby
Association
Park, Wheeling,
Wheeling, W.Va.,
W.Va .. call
call (304)
(304)
Park,
949-3289.
949-3289.
September 12-14
12-14
September
North Carolina
Carolina Coin
Coin Operators
Operators Asso-
Asso-
North
ciation 1986
1986 Music
Music and
and Games
Games
ciation
Expo, Charlotte
Charlotte Marriott,
Marriott, Tyvola
Tyvola
Expo,
Interstate 77.
77. Contact
Contact Bobby
Bobby
Road, Interstate
Road,
Earp at
at (919)
(919) 584-4388
584-4388 or
or write
write to
to
Earp
NCCOA. 2213
2213 Westover
Westover Terrace,
Terrace ,
NCCOA,
Burlington, NC
NC 27215.
27215.
Burlington,
September 18-20
18-20
September
Michigan Coin
Coin Machine
Machine Operators
Operators
Michigan
Association convention,
convention. Flint
Flint Hyatt
Hyatt
Association
Regency, Flint,
Flint. Mich.
Mich. Contact
Contact Walter
Walter
Regency,
P. Maner,
Maner. (517)
(517) 372-2323.
372-2323.
P.
October 23-26
23-26
October
National Convention-Exhibit
Convention-Exhibit of
of
National
Vending and
and Foodservice
Foodservice Manage-
Manage-
Vending
ment. McCormick
McCormick Place,
Place. Chicago,
Chicago. III.
Ill.
ment,
Organized
by
the
National
Automa-
Organized by the National Automa-
tic Merchandising
Merchandising Association.
Association . Con-
Con-
tic
tact
Walter
W.
Reed
at
(312)
346-
tact Walter W. Reed at (312) 346-
0370 . 6,000
6 ,000 registrants
registrants are
are
0370.
expected.
expected.
November 6-8
6-8
November
AMOA Expo
Expo '86,
'86. the
the Amusement
Amusement &
&
AMOA
Music Operators
Operators Association's
Association's 37th
37th
Music
international exhibition
exhibition and
and seminar
seminar
international
for the
the coin-operated
coin-operated games,
games. music,
music.
for
industry,
Hyatt
Regency
and
vending
and vending industry, Hyatt Regency
Contact Amusement
Amusement &
&
Chicago. Contact
Chicago.
Music
Operators
Association,
111
E.
Music Operators Association, 111 E.
Drive. Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL 60601;
60601;
Wacker Drive,
Wacker
(312) 644-6610.
644-6610.
(312)
lntematlonal Shows
Shows
International
October 8-9
8-9
October
JAMMA 24th
24th Annual
Annual Amusement
Amusement
JAMMA
Ryutsu Center
Center
Machine Show,
Show. Tokyo
Tokyo Ryutsu
Machine
(TRC), 1-1,
1-1 , Heiwajima
Heiwajima 6-chome,
6-chome,
(TRC),
Tokyo 143.
143. Organizers:
Organizers:
Ota-ku. Tokyo
Ota-ku,
Manu-
Japan Amusement
Amusement Machinery
Machinery Manu-
Japan
facturers' Association,
Association, Room
Room 704,
704,
facturers'
Nagata-Cho TBR
TBR Bldg.,
Bldg .. 2-10-2,
2-10-2 .
Nagata-Cho
Chiyoda Ward,
Ward, Tokyo
Tokyo
Nagata-Cho. Chiyoda
Nagata-Cho,
100, Japan.
Japan . Telephone
Telephone 593-
593-
100,
2563/4.
2563/4.
10
10
La. pay-phone
pay-phone operators
operators
La.
seek lower
lower tariff
tariff
seek
Operators in
in Louisiana
Louisiana have
have
Operators
formed
the
Louisiana
Pay
Phone
Asso-
formed the Louisiana Pay Phone Asso-
ciation and
and are
are seeking
seeking support
support for
for
ciation
their efforts
efforts to
to change
change the
the current
current tariff
tariff
their
law on
on customer-owned
customer-owned coin-operated
coin-operated
law
telephones
(
COCOTs
).
telephones (COCOTs).
The state
state tariff
tariff currently
currently is is based
based on
on
The
measured (or
(or timed)
timed) service
service and
and cost
cost
measured
replacement . The
The association
association pro-
pro-
replacement.
poses
a
rate
structure
based
on
a
low
poses a rate structure based on a low
base-rate access
access charge
charge each
each month
month
base-rate
plus a
a moderate
moderate per-call
per-call charge
charge and
and
plus
on
a
message
rate
instead
of
a
mea-
on a message rate instead of a mea-
sured rate.
rate . The
The group
group has
has filed
filed a
a
sured
motion for
for review
review of
of the
the tariff
tariff with
with the
the
motion
Louisiana Public
Public Service
Service Commission.
Commission.
Louisiana
According
to
Carl
Trapani,
vice
According to Carl Trapani, vice
president
of
sales
and
marketing
for
president of sales and marketing for
Lashover Distributors,
Distributors, Inc.,
Inc., of
of Metairie
Metairie
Lashover
and media
media coordinator
coordinator for
for the
the asso-
asso-
and
ciation.
"We
want
support
from
the
ciation, "We want support from the
industry to
to help
help us
us in
in the
the fight
fight to
to
industry
change the
the existing
existing tariff,
tariff, which
which keeps
keeps
change
operators out
out of
of the
the marketplace."
marketplace."
operators
Operators
seeking
more informa-
informa-
Operators seeking more
tion on
on the
the association's
association's activities
activities may
may
tion
write Trapani
Trapani at
at 3237
3237 Metairie
Metairie Road,
Road,
write
Metairie, LA
LA 70001,
70001. or
or call
call toll-free
toll-free 1-
1-
Metairie,
800/ 358-5465. They
They also
also may
may call
call asso-
asso-
800/358-5465.
ciation members
members Jim
Jim Mackey
Mackey of
of
ciation
Acadian Pay
Pay Phone
Phone at
at (504)
( 504) 293-8111
293-8111
Acadian
or J.S.
J.S. Shows
Shows of
of Sunbelt
Sunbelt Telecom
Telecom at
at
or
( 318) 292-2426.
292-2426.
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·
THE
THE
machine locations,
locations. and
and
machine
5. to
to provide
provide incentives
incentives to
to main-
main-
5.
tain dart-playing
dart-playing activity
activity during
during the
the
tain
playing
season.
playing season.
Charter members
members are
are D&R
D&R Star
Star of
of
Charter
Rochester, Minn
Minn.;
Twin City
City Novelty
Novelty of
of
Rochester,
.; Twin
Bloomington, Ind
Ind.;
Hart Novelty
Novelty of
of
Bloomington,
.; Hart
Bellingham,
Wash.;
Ed's
Distributing
of
Bellingham, Wash .; Ed's Distributing of
Lansing,
Mich.;
Madison
Coin
Machine
Lansing, Mich .; Madison Coin Machine
Co. of
of Monona,
Monona. Wis
Wis.;
Ramco, Inc.,
Inc., of
of
Co.
.; Ramco,
Cedar Rapids,
Rapids, Iowa;
Iowa; Jack
Jack Eiser
Eiser Sales
Sales
Cedar
Co. of
of Fort
Fort Wayne,
Wayne, Ind
Ind.;
Hastings Dis-
Dis-
Co.
.; Hastings
tributing of
of Milwaukee;
Milwaukee; Casey
Casey Coin
Coin
tributing
Machine Co.
Co. of
of South
South Sioux
Sioux City,
City, Neb
Neb.;
Machine
.;
Watson Vending
Vending Service
Service of
of Sheyboy-
Sheyboy-
Watson
gan, Wis
Wis.;
Red's Novelty
Novelty Ltd.,
Ltd., of
of West
West
gan,
.; Red's
Allis,
Wis
;
Amuse-0-Matic
of
Fort
Allis, Wis .; Amuse-O-Matic of Fort
Dodge, Iowa;
Iowa; Jim
Jim Stansfield
Stansfield Vending,
Vending,
Dodge,
Inc.. of
of LaCross,
Lacross. Wis
Wis .; .; Winnebago
Winnebago
Inc.,
Coin,
Inc.,
of
Fond
du
Lac,
Wis.;
War-
Coin, Inc., of Fond du Lac, Wis
.; War-
ner's Coin
Coin Machine
Machine of
of Erie,
Erie. Pa
Pa.;
Velas-
ner's
.; Velas-
quez Automatic
Automatic Music
Music Co.
Co. of
of Chicago;
Chicago;
quez
Rockford Star
Star Games
Games of
of Rockford,
Rockford, Ill Ill.;
Rockford
.;
Just Darts,
Darts. Inc.,
Inc.. of
of Indianapolis;
Indianapolis; and
and
Just
T.D.M . of
of Antigo,
Antigo, Wis.
Wis.
T.D.M.
Only AMOA
AMOA members
members are
are eligible
eligible
Only
to join
join the
the dart
dart association.
association. The
The mem-
mem-
to
bership
fee
is
$150.
bership fee is $150.
For more
more information
information or
or to
to obtain
obtain a
a
For
manual, write
write AMOA,
AMOA 111
111 E.
E. Wacker
Wacker
manual,
Drive, Suite
Suite 600,
600, Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL 60601,
60601. or
or
Drive,
.
call
(312)
644-6610.
•
call (312) 644-6610.
U.S. Billiards
Billiards becomes
becomes
U.S.
Imagination
Leisure
Imagination Leisure
U.S. Billiards
Billiards has
~as announced
announced that
that
U.S.
effective
July
I
the
company
is
chang-
effective July 1 the company is chang-
ing its
its name
name to
to Imagination
Imagination Leisure,
Leisure,
ing
Inc., and
and discontinuing
discontinuing the
the production
production
Inc.,
of both
both the
the U.S.
U.S. Billiards
Billiards and
and K K lines
lines of
of
of
pool
tables.
pool tables.
The company
company will
will concentrate
concentrate on
on
The
games, including
including the
the SST
SST air-cushioned-
air-cushioned-
games,
table hockey
hockey game
game and
and Super
Super Bowl,
Bowl, a
a
table
big-ball
bowler.
big-ball bowler.
"Imagination is
is a a name
name that
that reflects
reflects
"Imagination
where our
our thinking
thinking lies,"
lies," said
said Dick
Dick
where
Simon, the
the company's
company's president.
president. "We
"We
Simon,
believe
the
growth
in
this
industry
will
believe the growth in this industry will
come from
from innovative
innovative ideas
ideas that
that are
are
come
translated into
into new
new and
and imaginative
imaginative
translated
games. That's
That's what
what we
we are
are currently
currently
games.
doing,
and
that's
where
we are
are
doing, and that's where we
heading.
We've
been
building
SSTs
heading. We've been building SSTs
and air-cushioned
air-cushioned game
game tables
tables for
for 13
13
and
years. Our
Our Super
Super Bowl
Bowl game
game is is work-
work-
years.
ing out
out well,
well, and
and a
a number
number of
of them
them
ing
have recently
recently been
been installed
installed at
at Dis-
Dis-
have
neyworld.
neyworld.
"We have
have discontinued
discontinued building
building
"We
pool
tables
because
we
accept
what
pool tables because we accept what
the
market
has
been
telling
us
for
the market has been telling us for
several years.
years. There's
There's just
just no
no growth
growth
several
left in
in the
the pool-table
pool-table market.
market. I'd
I'd rather
rather
left
concentrate
my
energies,
experience,
concentrate my energies, experience,
and financial
financial strength
strength in
in the
the parts
parts of
of
and
the industry
industry where
where significant
significant growth
growth
the
potential lies.
lies. That's
That's in
in the
the games
games
potential
area."
a."
are
Billiards was
was founded
founded in
in 1963
1963
U.S. Billiards
U.S.
by Simon's
Simon's father,
father, Al
Al Simon.
Simon. "There
"There is
is
by
no
way
we
could
be
concentrating
just
just no way we could be concentrating
exclusively on
on games
games and
and keep
keep the
the
exclusively
U.S. Billiards
Billiards name,
name, no
no matter
matter how
how well
well
U.S.
respected," Dick
Dick Simon
Simon said.
said. "Our
"Our pro-
pro-
respected,"
ducts.
our
people,
and
our
customers
ducts, our people, and our customers
will provide
provide the
the continuity
continuity with
with the
the U.S.
U.S.
will
Billiards past.
past. Imagination
Imagination Leisure
Leisure will
will
Billiards
prove the
the thrust
thrust for
for the
the future."
future."
prove
The
company's
address
remains
The company's address remains
251
Dixon
Ave
..
Amityville,
N.Y.
11701;
251 Dixon Ave., Amityville, N.Y. 11701;
telephone (516)
( 516 ) 842-4242.
842-4242.
•
telephone
More than
than 200
200 attend
attend
More
PAMMA
convention
PAMMA convention
The Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Amusement
Amusement and
and
The
Music
Machine
Association
(PAMMA)
Music Machine Association (PAMMA)
annual convention
convention May
May 30-31
30-31 drew
drew
annual
more
than
200
attendees
to
the
Shera-
more than 200 attendees to the Shera-
ton Valley
Valley Forge
Forge Hotel/Vally
Hotel/Vally Forge
Forge
ton
Convention and
and Exhibit
Exhibit Center
Center in
in King
King
Convention
of Prussia,
Prussia, Pa.
Pa.
of
PLAY METER,
METER, June
June 15,
15. 1986
1986
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