Letters: Feb. 8, 1982

Video Games

To the Editors:

Legislators who want to shut down arcades featuring video games [Jan. 18] should close race tracks instead. If adults can waste their pay on the horses, then kids should be permitted to spend their allowance the way they want to.

Heidi J. Jamison

Pine Grove, Pa.

After a hard day at school with crabby teachers, I enjoy a few games. I also find an arcade a welcome sight in an otherwise dreary shopping mall.

Rudy Celis Jr.

LaGrange, Ga.

Would those people who are against kids playing video games be happier...

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