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NEWS
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..... Universal USA is setting up a manufacturing facility in
the San Francisco bay area .. A work force will be staffed
there. Presently, the company is marketing its fourth video
game this year, the earlier offerings were Cosmic Guerilla,
Galaxy Wars, and Cosmic Alien. This time out the game 1s
ca.lled C"Fi'e"eky Mouse .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wildcat Chemical Company of Fort Worth, T~xas, is offering
as the grand prize in its lOth anniversary contest a trip
to Las Vegas, Nevada. The contest is underway now and will
run through November 30, 1980. The parts manager who produces
the largest percentage of increase in sales of Wildcat
products during t he five-month period will win the grand
prize. Cash prizes of $100 and $50 for second arid third
place ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. .. Congress is s t i ll considering the Danielson Bill (H.R. 997)
which would add $ 1 to t h e p resent $8 jukebox royalty fee
for distribution to r ec ord companies and performing artists.
The AMOA, of course , is opposing the bill, saying it would
create a new performa n ce a ll owance for record manufacturers
and performers. AMOA c it es Constitutional grounds for
its opposition, a n d me mbe r s are advised to write House of
Representative members on t he Judiciary Committee ....... .
..... Tournament Soccer ' s $1 50,000 World Championships of
foosball, staged in Chic ago, drew international attention
last month. The o p e n doubl es winners were Mike Bowers and
Tim Burns. More detai l s n ext month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... A bill that would p ermit casino gambling was being intro-
duced in the Ohio legis l a t ure in June. It reportedly was
limiting casinos to cit i es of 250,000 population or more,
with only one casino a ll owed in each city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA)
has filed a brief in federal court in Washington D.C., in
support of a suit by the National Soft Drink Association in
opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's com-
petitive foods regulation which went into effect July 1 ..
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PLAY METER, August, 1980