Play Meter
Issue: 1979 August 15 - Vol 5 Num 15 - Page 71
in ... Bulletin ... Bulletin ... Bull etin ... Bulletin ... Bulletin ... B 1
News Briefs
..... Tournament Soccer , in conjunction with Alca Electronics , has announced
its plans for this year ' s British and European championships . The British
championship finals will be held in London February 9-10 , climaxing the usual
TS series o f location playoffs . Then , on April 26 - 27 in Birmingham , the 25 , 000
pound ($50 , 000 ) European championships will take place .. . ...... . .... . .. . . . .. . . .
... . . An Atari reorgan ization i s in progress . Don Osborne has been moved to
national sales manager a n d Sue Elliott will take over as international sales
manager . Meanwhi l e , Frank Ballouz has been appointed director of marketing for
the California video manufacturer ........ .. .. . . .. .. .. .... .. . . .. .. . . ..... .. . . .. .
.. ... Eli Ross Distributors of Miami , Florida has been placed into a Chapter 11
bankruptcy . While the company structures a way to pay its creditors , it will be
allowed to continue doing business under the present organization . The Jack-
sonville pffice of Eli Ross is not affected by the Chapter 11 ... . ........ . .... .
: ... . Bal ly has expanded its operation in Denmark with the takeover of Dansk
Grammofon Automat A/S of Copenhagen . The company , which will remain in business
under the same name and leadership , is an inn , cafe , and bar operation ......... .
. . . . . Chuck Williams wil l be the instructor when Cinematronics opens a series
of service schools for distributor technicians . Cinematronics recently ac-
quired the patent rights to the vectorbeam principle and will be helping tech-
nicians to ' understand and repair the system better through these schools to be
offered at Lieberman Music in Minneapolis , Empire in Chicago and Detroit, and
Cleveland Coin and Monroe in Cleveland .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . .. : . . ... .. . .
. .... And in Lockland , Ohio, the political war rages on . Councilman Jim Brown and
his democratic colleagues took advantage of the absence of two republican coun-
cilman to override a mayoral veto and legalize coin-operated pool tables for
the city . But locations anxious to get a head start on the market were taken
aback shortly thereafter when it was announced that Mayor Thomas Mooney ' s veto
would stand. The technicality? Two-thirds of elected council members and not
two-thirds of those present at a meeting are required to override a mayoral
veto. Mooney and Brown are the opposing candidates in this fall ' s Lockland
mayoral elec:;:tion ......... . ......... . ..... . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .
72
PLAY METER, August, 1979
News Briefs
..... Tournament Soccer , in conjunction with Alca Electronics , has announced
its plans for this year ' s British and European championships . The British
championship finals will be held in London February 9-10 , climaxing the usual
TS series o f location playoffs . Then , on April 26 - 27 in Birmingham , the 25 , 000
pound ($50 , 000 ) European championships will take place .. . ...... . .... . .. . . . .. . . .
... . . An Atari reorgan ization i s in progress . Don Osborne has been moved to
national sales manager a n d Sue Elliott will take over as international sales
manager . Meanwhi l e , Frank Ballouz has been appointed director of marketing for
the California video manufacturer ........ .. .. . . .. .. .. .... .. . . .. .. . . ..... .. . . .. .
.. ... Eli Ross Distributors of Miami , Florida has been placed into a Chapter 11
bankruptcy . While the company structures a way to pay its creditors , it will be
allowed to continue doing business under the present organization . The Jack-
sonville pffice of Eli Ross is not affected by the Chapter 11 ... . ........ . .... .
: ... . Bal ly has expanded its operation in Denmark with the takeover of Dansk
Grammofon Automat A/S of Copenhagen . The company , which will remain in business
under the same name and leadership , is an inn , cafe , and bar operation ......... .
. . . . . Chuck Williams wil l be the instructor when Cinematronics opens a series
of service schools for distributor technicians . Cinematronics recently ac-
quired the patent rights to the vectorbeam principle and will be helping tech-
nicians to ' understand and repair the system better through these schools to be
offered at Lieberman Music in Minneapolis , Empire in Chicago and Detroit, and
Cleveland Coin and Monroe in Cleveland .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . .. : . . ... .. . .
. .... And in Lockland , Ohio, the political war rages on . Councilman Jim Brown and
his democratic colleagues took advantage of the absence of two republican coun-
cilman to override a mayoral veto and legalize coin-operated pool tables for
the city . But locations anxious to get a head start on the market were taken
aback shortly thereafter when it was announced that Mayor Thomas Mooney ' s veto
would stand. The technicality? Two-thirds of elected council members and not
two-thirds of those present at a meeting are required to override a mayoral
veto. Mooney and Brown are the opposing candidates in this fall ' s Lockland
mayoral elec:;:tion ......... . ......... . ..... . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .
72
PLAY METER, August, 1979
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).