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PLAt' ItIETER
Volume 1 / No.6
features
Economic Pinball
30
MEMBER
East Coas t Con trib u ting Editor Robert Halm turn s his
years o f exp rlen c In th Indu try tow ard an analysIs of
th
ff cts of I c s Ion on am an d phonog raph
produc tion and sal s I::x port and domes tic economic
11 lors hav c real d am short ag s, he sa ys.
Arcade Chico-The Elegant Game
staff
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r Oflll ' r AI<.lrl()mploye tUln d op lator turned
lourn Iism stud n t G ry Bradl y give some hint s about
wlldl rll <1~e s SliCC ss ful arcade chains by describing a
posh ('slahllstlinenlln Sail La k City , Utah, that has lot s
01 cI.1SS
departments
From the Editor
6
Reader Service
50
Mailbox
12
Operating
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Editor an d ' Publi sher:
Ralph C. Lally II
ASSOCia te Editor :
Sonny Albarado
EditOrial ASSistant :
OIL ggett
Eas t Coas t Con tributing Editor :
Rob rt E. Hai m
Technical Editor :
Perry Miller
Art Direc tor:
Roy Willis
Produc tio n Assistant :
Steve Hebert
Circulati on Manager:
Carol P. Lally
Typography :
Ad co m
AdvertiSi ng Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Del Leggett
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Crr d i/ j : Ma y Co va photo , Dd Lt!ggt! lI ;
" Coin man .. ph% j, Doublt!· O In c. , Chicago;
" Pinball jorcu y ·' ph% j , Ht!rb Gro .. , Roch·
rj/n,
~ I" York; " Gam t!j gal!>rt! " ph% l,
Gary Bradlq; " Tt!xaJ mU / j" ph% j, Ralph C.
Lally 1/; EI/on John photo, cour/t!$y o/Columbia
Pir /ur~j and Robu / S/igwood Organization ; all
illu $lra/ion j by R oy Willi$.
Pocket Change
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Music Programming
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Distributing
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Tile Colo rad o seven clay mll cct
Manufacturing
1\11 old
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ntl man mak s Ids happy
Chart s, & Singles magician
Coin man of the Month
13
1\11 Indlistl Y 9 ' nl , Jul s Millman
Technical Topics
47
On the Move
49
International Dateline
44
I\n 1I1I(!IndtIOIl New Products
Calendar of Coming Events
Classified
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