Play Meter
Issue: 1979 October 01 - Vol 5 Num 18 - Page 2
In no uncertain terms
Vol. 5, No. 18
October 1, 1979
staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Mike Shaw
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Zac Oliver
Correspondents :
Pat Matthews
Roger C. Sharpe
Joseph Arkin
Douglas McCallum
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising :
Valerie Cognevich
Typography :
Vickie Lofton
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , October 1, 1979.
Volume 5, No . 18. Copyright 1979 by
Skybird Publishing Company. PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is publish-
ed twice monthly on the 1st and 15th
of the month . Publishing offices: 112
North Roadway, New Orleans, La.
70124, P. 0.
Box 24170, New
Orleans, La . 70184 . Tel. : 504 / 282-
0261 . Subscription rates : U. S. and
Canada - $25; Europe and Japan -
$45; elsewhere - $50 . One order
subscription : 2-9, $20 each ; 10-24,
$17 each; 25 or more , $15 each .
Advertising rates available on re-
quest. No part of this magazine may
be reproduced without expressed
permission . The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
New Orleans 70113 and additional
mailing offices . -Postmaster: Send
Form 3579 to PLAY METER , P. 0 .
Box 24170, New Orleans, 70184 .
European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, " Harescombe " Watford
Road , Northwood Middx. England ,
Northwood 29244.
Operators are responding to the
votes cast by their representatives
and senators on the Ernest F.
Hollings amendment . A vote against
the amendment was a vote to include
the jukebox operators within the
realm of the authority of the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal. (PLAY
METER published a complete voting
scorecard on pages 40-43 of its July
15, 1979 issue , listing each congress-
man and how he voted .)
An operator in Crowley , Louisi-
ana wrote to his congressman ,
Republican Representative David
Treen :
"When you voted for the Copy-
right Royalty Tribunal it was a vote
against jukebox operators.
" It would please me tremendously
if you would please refund the $100
contribution made to your campaign .
You no longer have my support ."
The same operator fired off this
memo to Democratic Representative
John Breaux :
"I have always voted for you in the
past , but you may be assured that
you will never get another vote from
me . "
Both Breaux and Treen are active
politicians who are considered to be
on their way up the political ladder .
Treen , in fact , is currently running for
governor of Louisiana .
Cowboys convene quietly
In Montana , the state legislature
meets but once every two years , and
since this is the in-between year ,
political rhetoric lies dormant in the
beautiful mountainous countrysides
there .
In the midst of this rugged
tranquility , the Montana Coin Ma-
chine Operators Association held
its annual summer convention . The
site was Jorgenson 's Holiday Motel
in Helena , in the latter days of July .
Although business was not to be
discussed until Saturday , Friday
found members already gathered to
enjoy leisurely hours at Frontier
Town , a unique old fort whittled out
of the side of the mountain that
overlooks Helena .
AMOA President Wayne Hesch
was on hand Saturday to bring the
Montana membership up to date on
the copyright issue , and Fred
Granger contributed sp irited words
on the history of the local chapter .
Montana chose John Stocksdale
of D&R Music and Vending in
Boseman to be the association 's
candidate for the AMOA board of
directors , and proceeded to elect two
local officers . Joe Callant of B&B
Distributing will preside over the
organization for the coming year and
Dick Carey of Capital Music Inc. ,
Helena will serve as vice president.
Since the convention , confirma-
tion has been received for Montana's
choice for its 1980 summer conven-
tion at the Outlaw Inn in Kalispell .
Calendar
October 11-13
Conrad Hilton , Chicago
West Virginia Music & Vending
Association , Ramada Inn , South
Charleston
October14
Deutsche Wurlitzer Distributors Meet-
ing , Hotel Croatia , Dubrovnik, Yu-
goslavia
October 25-28
NAMA national convention , McCor-
mick Place , Chicago
November 9-11
AMOA
international
exposition ,
January 18-20
Oregon Amusement & Music Opera-
tors Association , Valley River Inn ,
Eugene
January 18-20
Music Operators of Minnesota , Min -
neapolis
March 20-22
Amusement Operators Expo ., Fair-
mont Hotel , New Orleans
June 5-7
Music Operators of Texas , El Paso
Vol. 5, No. 18
October 1, 1979
staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Mike Shaw
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Zac Oliver
Correspondents :
Pat Matthews
Roger C. Sharpe
Joseph Arkin
Douglas McCallum
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising :
Valerie Cognevich
Typography :
Vickie Lofton
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , October 1, 1979.
Volume 5, No . 18. Copyright 1979 by
Skybird Publishing Company. PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is publish-
ed twice monthly on the 1st and 15th
of the month . Publishing offices: 112
North Roadway, New Orleans, La.
70124, P. 0.
Box 24170, New
Orleans, La . 70184 . Tel. : 504 / 282-
0261 . Subscription rates : U. S. and
Canada - $25; Europe and Japan -
$45; elsewhere - $50 . One order
subscription : 2-9, $20 each ; 10-24,
$17 each; 25 or more , $15 each .
Advertising rates available on re-
quest. No part of this magazine may
be reproduced without expressed
permission . The editors are not
responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
New Orleans 70113 and additional
mailing offices . -Postmaster: Send
Form 3579 to PLAY METER , P. 0 .
Box 24170, New Orleans, 70184 .
European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, " Harescombe " Watford
Road , Northwood Middx. England ,
Northwood 29244.
Operators are responding to the
votes cast by their representatives
and senators on the Ernest F.
Hollings amendment . A vote against
the amendment was a vote to include
the jukebox operators within the
realm of the authority of the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal. (PLAY
METER published a complete voting
scorecard on pages 40-43 of its July
15, 1979 issue , listing each congress-
man and how he voted .)
An operator in Crowley , Louisi-
ana wrote to his congressman ,
Republican Representative David
Treen :
"When you voted for the Copy-
right Royalty Tribunal it was a vote
against jukebox operators.
" It would please me tremendously
if you would please refund the $100
contribution made to your campaign .
You no longer have my support ."
The same operator fired off this
memo to Democratic Representative
John Breaux :
"I have always voted for you in the
past , but you may be assured that
you will never get another vote from
me . "
Both Breaux and Treen are active
politicians who are considered to be
on their way up the political ladder .
Treen , in fact , is currently running for
governor of Louisiana .
Cowboys convene quietly
In Montana , the state legislature
meets but once every two years , and
since this is the in-between year ,
political rhetoric lies dormant in the
beautiful mountainous countrysides
there .
In the midst of this rugged
tranquility , the Montana Coin Ma-
chine Operators Association held
its annual summer convention . The
site was Jorgenson 's Holiday Motel
in Helena , in the latter days of July .
Although business was not to be
discussed until Saturday , Friday
found members already gathered to
enjoy leisurely hours at Frontier
Town , a unique old fort whittled out
of the side of the mountain that
overlooks Helena .
AMOA President Wayne Hesch
was on hand Saturday to bring the
Montana membership up to date on
the copyright issue , and Fred
Granger contributed sp irited words
on the history of the local chapter .
Montana chose John Stocksdale
of D&R Music and Vending in
Boseman to be the association 's
candidate for the AMOA board of
directors , and proceeded to elect two
local officers . Joe Callant of B&B
Distributing will preside over the
organization for the coming year and
Dick Carey of Capital Music Inc. ,
Helena will serve as vice president.
Since the convention , confirma-
tion has been received for Montana's
choice for its 1980 summer conven-
tion at the Outlaw Inn in Kalispell .
Calendar
October 11-13
Conrad Hilton , Chicago
West Virginia Music & Vending
Association , Ramada Inn , South
Charleston
October14
Deutsche Wurlitzer Distributors Meet-
ing , Hotel Croatia , Dubrovnik, Yu-
goslavia
October 25-28
NAMA national convention , McCor-
mick Place , Chicago
November 9-11
AMOA
international
exposition ,
January 18-20
Oregon Amusement & Music Opera-
tors Association , Valley River Inn ,
Eugene
January 18-20
Music Operators of Minnesota , Min -
neapolis
March 20-22
Amusement Operators Expo ., Fair-
mont Hotel , New Orleans
June 5-7
Music Operators of Texas , El Paso
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