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Coffee Slot Machines Create Street for Vet Inventors
Two ex soldiers Lloyd Rudd and Cyrus Melikian built a vending coffee machine after wartime work, forming Rudd Melikian Inc. They opened with a $3,000 investment, now boast 400 machines in use and 500 by year end, with gross sales around $750,000 and 40 employees earning about $15,000 monthly payroll.
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Philadelphia
Easy Street
Lloyd K. Rudd
K. Cyrus Melikian
Wright Field
Dayton
Rudd
Corp. Melikian
Post Exchange
Java
Melikian
North
Rudd- Melikian, Inc
M Elikian
Erik Mahigian