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Vol. 4, 4, No. No. 18 18 Vol. Oct. 1,1, 1978 1978 Oct. doubles space do ubles sp ace Staff Staff Publisher and and Editor: Editor: Publisher Managing Editor: Editor: Managing International Editor: Editor: International Technical Editor: Editor: Technical Correspondents: Correspondents: Art Direction: Direction : Art Staff Cartoonist: Cartoonist: Staff Typography: Typography: Graphics company company Graphics Ralph C. C. Lally LallyIIII Ralph David Pierson Pierson David DavidSnook Snook David Editor, Coin Coin Slot Slot Editor, Robin Minnear Minnear Robin GameDoctors Doctors Game Pat Matthews Matthews Pat RogerC. C. Sharpe Sharpe Roger GeneBeley Beley Gene DickWelu Dick Welu Tom Howarth Howarth Tom KateySchwark Schwark Katey Norm Rockwell Rockwell Norm Vickie Lofton Lofton Vickie Administrative Assistant: Assistant: Administrative Valerie Mitchell Mitchell Valerie Circulation Manager: Manager: Circulation Gloria Dering Dering Gloria Advertising Representative: Representative: Advertising Ralph C. C. Lally Lally IIII Ralph European Representative: Representative : European Esmay Leslie Leslie Esmay PLAY METER, METER, October October 1, 1, 1978. 1978. PLAY Volume 4, 4, No. No. 18. 18. Copyright Copyright 1978 1978 by by Volume Skybird Publishing Publishing Company. Company. PLAY PLAY Skybird METERisispublished publishedtwice twicemonthly monthlyon on METER the first first and and fifteenth fifteenth of of the the month. month. the Publishing offices: offices : 112 112 North North RoadRoadPublishing way, New New Orleans, Orleans, La. La . 70124, 70124, P.O. 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Box Box 24170, 24170, New New Orleans, Orleans, La. La. P.O. 70184. 70184. European office: office : PLAY PLAY METER METER ProProEuropean 15 Great Great North North Road, Road, motions, 15 motions, Brookmans Park, Park, AL AL 99 66 LV, LV, Brookmans Hertfordshire, England. England. Hertfordshire, Advertising Posters Posters Company, Company , Advertising Chicago, Illinois, a 45-year-old Chicago, Illinois, a 45-year-old custom silk silk screen screen graphics graphics manumanucustom facturing firm , has doubled the facturing firm, has doubled the its production production and and square footage footage of of its square corporate facilities facilities inin order order to to keep keep corporate demand for for its its up with with the the increased increased demand up products . products. In July, July , the the company company moved moved all all its its In silk screen production and corporate silk screen production and corporate offices to to 2240 2240 W. W. Diversey Diversey Ave., Ave ., offices Chicago. The new location contains Chicago. The new location contains 95,000 square square feet, feet, which which isis about about 95,000 twice the size of Advertising Posters' twice the size of Advertising Posters' former facilities, facilities, allowing allowing more more than than former enough space to accommodate all enough space to accommodate all existing equipment equipment and and additional additional existing space for for future future expansion. expansion . space Started in in 1933 1933 in in Chicago Chicago as as aa Started custom silk-screener of posters and custom silk-screener of posters and store signs, signs, Advertising Advertising Posters Posters store shortly after after expanded expanded into into the the silk silk shortly screening of of game game boards boards and and game game screening glasses for for the the manufacturers manufacturers of of the the glasses coin operated operated game game business. business. Today Today coin its the company company continues continues to to increase increase its the production of of game game boards boards and and production game glasses. glasses. game In recent recent years years itit has has added added In Ad-Finishing Company, a service Ad-Finishing Company, a service operation which which paints paints metal metal parts parts as as operation a job shop for other manufacturers. a job shop for other manufacturers. This part part of of the the operation operation remains remains at at This i500 N. N. the 1500 the Halsted facility. facility . Halsted In addition to its custom silkIn addition to its custom silkscreened graphics, graphics, the the company company has has screened game recently introduced a line of recently introduced a line of game tables featuring featuring silk-screened silk-screened chess chess tables and checkers, backgammon, and tic and checkers, backgammon, and tic tac toe toe game game boards boards and and wall wall decor decor tac using pinball pinball styled styled graphics graphics from from the the using 1930s. 1930s. Auto Photo Photo Auto wins contract contract wins Auto-Photo Company Company of of Costa Costa Auto-Photo Mesa, California, California, has has been been awarded awarded Mesa, contract for for installation installation of of color color aa contract studios inin twelve twelve Sega Sega Centers. Centers. Most Most studios ih major of these centers are located of these centers are located in major regional shopping shopping malls malls in in southern southern regional California. California. Stephen Isacson, Isacson, director director of of Stephen operations for Sega of America, said operations for Sega of America, said that photographic photographic studios studios should should be be aa that part of any well rounded arcade part of any well rounded arcade program and/or and/ or family family entertainentertainprogram and was sure the the ment center, ment center, and was sure Auto-Photo Studios Studios would would conconAuto-Photo tribute significantly significantly to to increased increased tribute profitability of of the the Sega Sega Centers. 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