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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1978

Page

6

Pinball Addiction Lights Up Winchester Venues

A Winchester feature explores why pinball draws players from ages nine to ninety across locales like the Back Room Lounge and Seven-Elevens. The piece notes the communal thrill, competition, rising profits split with Quick Music of Strasburg, and cautions about alcohol in game rooms.

Winchester Seven-Eleven Winchester Billiard Center Northside ABC Board Quick Music Company Inc. of Strasburg Quick Music

Slot machine take varies by placement and weekly take

The weekly income from a slot machine depends on its location and machine type, typically ranging from 25 to 100 dollars to be shared by the manager and supplier. Rotations occur when earnings dwindle, with a new machine used to revive interest and generate more quarters.

Vastly Expanded Rape Law Proposed

In Richmond the Virginia State Crime Commission proposes a broad rewrite to spur reporting of rapes. The bill would outlaw spousal rape, extend rape definitions to include forced sexual penetration and fondling, limit defense questioning of a victim, allow conviction on a victims testimony alone, and criminalize rape of men as well as women.

Richmond Virginia State Crime Commission C. Stanley Walker Norfolk Crime Commission General Assembly Commission Evelyn Hailey

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