Play Meter
Issue: 1977 August 19 - Vol 3 Num 16 - Page 2
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Volume 3/No. 16
August 19, 1977
Staff
Publisher and Editor :
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
International Editor:
Tiffany
David Snook,
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Correspondents :
Roger C. Sharpe
Dick Welu
Mary Claire Blakeman
J .W . Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewitz
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Circulat ion Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representatives :
Don Randon
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Industry Play Meter, August 19,
1977 . Volume 3, No . 16. Copyright
1977 by Skybird Publishing Com-
pany . Full editions of Coin Industry
Play Meter are published monthly the
first Friday of the month . The Update
new s edit ion is published monthly,
th e third Friday of th e month .
Publishing offices: 4136 W ashington
Ave ., P.O. Bo x 24170, New Orleans,
La. 70184 .
Tel. 5041827-0320.
Printing offices: Gibbs Inma n Co .,
P.O. Box 32030, Louisville, Ky .
40232. Euro pean Offices : Play Met er
Promotions, 15 Great Nort h Rd .,
Brookmans Park, AL9 6LB , Hertford -
shire, England . Subscription rates:
U.S. and Canada - $25; Europe and
Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50 . One
order multiple subscriptions : 2-9, $20
each ; 10-24, $17 each ; 25 or more,
$15 each. Advertising rates available
on requ est. No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without express
perm1ss1on .
The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts .
Appli cation to mail at second class
postage rates is pending at N~:w
Orleans, La . and other mailing office .
Postmaster: Send form 3579 to Play
Meter, P.O. Box24170, New Orleans,
La . 70184 .
Hamill
Rowe meeting
Rowe International has scheduled
its national distributor meeting this
year for the Sheraton National Hotel
in Arlington, Virginia September
29-30 .
This year's meeting will encom-
pass both music (the new phono-
graphs) and vending (something
new about several vendors).
The meeting will begin at 9:30
a.m. September 29, with w ork
sessions all that day and a half day
September 30 .
The Wisconsin M usic Merchants
Association has introduced legisla-
tion into the W isconsin state
assembly which would impose a $10
per machine license f ee in lieu of the
existing sales and use taxes in t hat
state.
The WMMA had tried to get
approval of a similar proposal in the
1977-78 budget, but it was narrowly
defeated .
The proposal would exempt juke-
boxes and other coin-operated
amusement devices from sales and
use taxes and would mean that $10
per machine per year would be, the
maximum tax operators w ould have
to pay.
After its introduction, the bill will
be referred to a committee for
study. If accepted , the measure
would go into effect January 1.
Kurz-Kasch buys
molding plant
Kurz-Kasch , Inc. , a Dayton , Ohio
manufacturer of test equipment f or
the solid state market, has pur-
chased a thermoplastic molding
facility in Madison, Indiana .
The new Madison plant encom-
passes 35,000 square feet and has
A
14 plastic mold ing presses .
compan y spokesman said that some
shipments in the future may be
directed to the new facility .
CALENDAR
September 16-18
Florida Amusement Merchandi-
sing Association , annual conven-
tion and trade show. Deauville
Hotel, M iami, FL.
September 22-24
West Virginia Music and Vending
Association, annual convention ,
M otor Inn,
Heart-0 -Town
Charlest on, W V .
September 23-25
Mercha nts
Wisconsin
M usic
Association , fall annual meeting,
Hilton Inn, Eau Claire, WI.
September 29-0ctober 1
Music Operators of Virginia,
annual convention, Hyatt House,
Richmo nd, VA .
member
State association
October 13-16
National Automatic M erchandi-
sing Association, annual conven-
tion and trade show. McCormick
Place, Chicago, IL.
October 28-30
Amusement and M usic Opera-
tors A ssociation, annual co nven-
tion and trade sh ow. Conrad
Hilton Hotel, Chicago IL .
November 18-20
A ssociation
of
International
Amu sement Parks an d Attra c-
tions Exposition, Rivergate, New
Orlea ns, LA.
M ay 19-21, 1978
The Music and Amusement
Association of New York, re-
gional convention and trade
show , Stevensville Country Club,
Swan Lake, NY .
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Related story on page 1
proposes fee
Volume 3/No. 16
August 19, 1977
Staff
Publisher and Editor :
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
International Editor:
Tiffany
David Snook,
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Correspondents :
Roger C. Sharpe
Dick Welu
Mary Claire Blakeman
J .W . Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewitz
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Circulat ion Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representatives :
Don Randon
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Industry Play Meter, August 19,
1977 . Volume 3, No . 16. Copyright
1977 by Skybird Publishing Com-
pany . Full editions of Coin Industry
Play Meter are published monthly the
first Friday of the month . The Update
new s edit ion is published monthly,
th e third Friday of th e month .
Publishing offices: 4136 W ashington
Ave ., P.O. Bo x 24170, New Orleans,
La. 70184 .
Tel. 5041827-0320.
Printing offices: Gibbs Inma n Co .,
P.O. Box 32030, Louisville, Ky .
40232. Euro pean Offices : Play Met er
Promotions, 15 Great Nort h Rd .,
Brookmans Park, AL9 6LB , Hertford -
shire, England . Subscription rates:
U.S. and Canada - $25; Europe and
Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50 . One
order multiple subscriptions : 2-9, $20
each ; 10-24, $17 each ; 25 or more,
$15 each. Advertising rates available
on requ est. No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without express
perm1ss1on .
The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts .
Appli cation to mail at second class
postage rates is pending at N~:w
Orleans, La . and other mailing office .
Postmaster: Send form 3579 to Play
Meter, P.O. Box24170, New Orleans,
La . 70184 .
Hamill
Rowe meeting
Rowe International has scheduled
its national distributor meeting this
year for the Sheraton National Hotel
in Arlington, Virginia September
29-30 .
This year's meeting will encom-
pass both music (the new phono-
graphs) and vending (something
new about several vendors).
The meeting will begin at 9:30
a.m. September 29, with w ork
sessions all that day and a half day
September 30 .
The Wisconsin M usic Merchants
Association has introduced legisla-
tion into the W isconsin state
assembly which would impose a $10
per machine license f ee in lieu of the
existing sales and use taxes in t hat
state.
The WMMA had tried to get
approval of a similar proposal in the
1977-78 budget, but it was narrowly
defeated .
The proposal would exempt juke-
boxes and other coin-operated
amusement devices from sales and
use taxes and would mean that $10
per machine per year would be, the
maximum tax operators w ould have
to pay.
After its introduction, the bill will
be referred to a committee for
study. If accepted , the measure
would go into effect January 1.
Kurz-Kasch buys
molding plant
Kurz-Kasch , Inc. , a Dayton , Ohio
manufacturer of test equipment f or
the solid state market, has pur-
chased a thermoplastic molding
facility in Madison, Indiana .
The new Madison plant encom-
passes 35,000 square feet and has
A
14 plastic mold ing presses .
compan y spokesman said that some
shipments in the future may be
directed to the new facility .
CALENDAR
September 16-18
Florida Amusement Merchandi-
sing Association , annual conven-
tion and trade show. Deauville
Hotel, M iami, FL.
September 22-24
West Virginia Music and Vending
Association, annual convention ,
M otor Inn,
Heart-0 -Town
Charlest on, W V .
September 23-25
Mercha nts
Wisconsin
M usic
Association , fall annual meeting,
Hilton Inn, Eau Claire, WI.
September 29-0ctober 1
Music Operators of Virginia,
annual convention, Hyatt House,
Richmo nd, VA .
member
State association
October 13-16
National Automatic M erchandi-
sing Association, annual conven-
tion and trade show. McCormick
Place, Chicago, IL.
October 28-30
Amusement and M usic Opera-
tors A ssociation, annual co nven-
tion and trade sh ow. Conrad
Hilton Hotel, Chicago IL .
November 18-20
A ssociation
of
International
Amu sement Parks an d Attra c-
tions Exposition, Rivergate, New
Orlea ns, LA.
M ay 19-21, 1978
The Music and Amusement
Association of New York, re-
gional convention and trade
show , Stevensville Country Club,
Swan Lake, NY .
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