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enforce. The ordinance suggested a
per-machine tax of $9 for operators
with fewer than 35 machines and 93
cents for operators with 35 or more
machines. The latter group would have
paid an additional flat fee of $150.
The ordinance would have affected
the rest of the business community,
too, with rate structures proposed for
anyone engaging in any kind of busi-
ness in the county. Amusement and
music operators, however, were the
only ones who appeared before the
commission.
the coin-operated amusement business
in 1946 with Brandt Distributing. For
six years he was controller at Audio
Visual Amusements before retiring this
past May.
He served for 32 years in the U.S.
Naval Reserve and received a full mil-
itary funeral at Jefferson Barracks in
St. Louis.
Marsh is survived by his wife,
Gert, two daughters, and two broth-
ers. Remembered by his fellow
workers as a "quiet, kind, devoted
family man," Marsh will be missed by
the industry.
152 CIMPETE IN l•D
IAIT FINALS
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fter months of qualifying tour-
naments in the state, 152 play-
ers competed for $3,000 in the
first Ohio State Classic English Mark
Darts tournament in Dayton September
6-7.
Bill Rogers won over $480 for first
place in open singles and open dou-
bles, in which he paired with John
McCoy, who won $325. The mixed
doubles team of Al Finnery and Patty
Dewess won $300.
The top three finishers in each
event received trophies from Gem
Music and Vending, the tournament
sponsor. Arachnid, Inc., provided qual-
ifying kits, advertising in the Bull-
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Shooter English Mark Darts magazine,
the format for qualifying tournaments,
prizes, and the tournament director
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Arachnid's Russ Peters.
"For the first year, I think this
tournament went extremely well," said
Jim Hayes, president of Gem. Added
Peters, "These players are really
excited about darts. Several people
have already asked for details on next
year's tournament."
ynamo's Mark Robbins took first
place in the pro "A" division
of the $4,000 1986 Dynamo
Hockey national championship held
September 13-14 at The Bank Saloon
in Boulder, Colo.
Organized and sanctioned by the
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hanks to the efforts of a small
group of operators, commission-
ers in Manatee County, Fla.,
moved not to approve an ordinance
that would have enabled the collection
of an occupational license tax in that
county for the first time in 15 years.
Stan Seymour, a Sarasota operator
who was among six who appeared
before the commission, said the oper-
ators testified that the proposed
Manatee County Occupational License
Tax Ordinance was unfair unclear
and would be virtually idipossible ' to
U.S. Air-Table-Hockey Association, the
tournament featured 46 competitors in
pro, expert, amateur, novice, and
women's divisions. It was sponsored
by Dynamo, Wano-Coors, The Bank
Saloon, Video Station, and other
Boulder businesses.
Other pro A division winners
were Bob Dubuisson of Boulder
second; Robert Hernandez of H~uston
third; Phil Arnold of Houston fourth.'
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