$26 Million Army Contract Received

OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE TACTICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM (TCS) is shown above in a simulated tactical exercise using a fullscale model TCS. at Ft. Irwin, Calif. The Company has received a $26 million contract from the Army for this equipment.

Inside . . .Promotions P-2TCT in Paris P-3New Business ..P-3New Singer Discount .P-3Christmas Dance .P-3Picnic Highlights ... P-4New Employees P-4Libravets P-6Retirees... ..P-6

Sept., 1979

LibrazetteLibrascope Wins Golf Tournment

In a tournament staged atEstrella Country Club in San Cle-mente, Librascope and Kearfottgolf teams fought their annual bat-tle for possession of the Joe RiddleMemorial Trophy.

Club spokesman Bill Girouardreported that six of Librascope'seleven two-man teams won themaximum possible three pointseach and Librascope finished withan impressive 21 to 12 score.Girouard added that this year's vic-tory is the fourth for Librascope inthe eleven years the contest hasbeen waged. Next year will markthe final competition as. by pre-vious agreement, the trophy willthen be retired and presented toJoe Riddle's widow. Joyce Dahl, asa permanent momento.

Joe Riddle was among the earlymembers of the Librascope GolfClub and, until his untimely pass-ing, was active in Kearfott 's clubafter he moved to San Marcos. Wethink he would have thoroughlyenjoyed these years of competition(and the fact that his team is themajority winner).

Ticket Agency HereTo make it more convenient for

employees to purchase ticketsfor the theatre and or sportsattractions, a Mutual TicketAgency service is available in theEmployee Services Office. Bldg.2. Ticket orders are taken duringthe lunch periods. There is nocharge to employees for thisservice.

LIBRASCOPE DEFEATED KEARFOTT in their annual tournamentheld this year at the Estrella Country Club in San Clemente. Cliff Dahl(left) watches partner Joe Fido sink a long putt for a winning score forthe Librascope team.

Singer LibrascopeWins Grand Prize

Singer Librascope won a grandprize award in the stainless steelcategory of the 1979 P/M Part-of-the-Year Design Competition fortwo small, thin-walled key bush-ings made by Asco Sintering Co.,Commerce, Calif.

The competition is sponsored bythe Metal Powder Industries Fed-

eration, the trade association forthe international metal powderp r o d u c i n g a n d c o n s u m i n gindustries.

The parts, an inner and outer keybushing, are used one inside theother to orient printed circuitboard location keys for shipboardnaval gunfire control systems.

Librascope has been awarded a$26 million contract by the U.S.Army CORADCOM to deliver Tac-tical Computer Systems and Ter-minals. The contract representsthe application of modern data pro-cessing technology to providetimely information to assist thebattlefield commanders in solvingsome of their tactical problems.

This contract represents thelargest single award the Companyhas ever received. The second larg-est was the Navy SUBROC con-tract which was initially awardedin 1958. The Company is stillinvolved in the SUBROC program.

Hank Pinczower, Program Man-ager, describes the Tactical Com-puter Systems (TCS's) as compact,militarized, highly mobile devicesused in higher-echelon commandcenters for data processing, situa-tion display, and general-purposecommunications throughout thebattlefield environment. Fieldcommanders will use TCS's to col-lect, analyze, document, and dis-t r i b u t e tact ical i n fo rma t ionthroughout their commands.

Tactical Computer Terminals(TCT's) are somewhat scaled downversions of TCS's, and will be usedsimilarly, but at lower organiza-tional echelons where the totalcapab i l i ty of a TCS is notrequired.

A highly responsive and sophisti-cated communication network canbe set up quickly in the battlefield,with TCS's communicating withTCT's and other TCS's. TCT's com-municating with other TCT's. andwith both TCS's and TCT's com-municating with computer centersof the Army's Tactical OperationalSystem (TOS).'The TCS and TCT accomplish

their functions in several modes.Operators enter data and commu-nicate with other terminals andcommunications equipment via akeyboard. Each unit displays on an8-1/2" square plasma panel textand/or graphics overlaid on chartsand maps. Hard copies of selectedmessages and graphics are pro-vided via a high-speed printer/plot-ter module. Voice communicationover the same network is alsoprovided.

In January, 1979, Librascopereceived a $3.2 million contract toprovide Integrated Logistics Sup-port for the TCS and TCT equip-ments, inc luding Skill Per-formance Aids (SPA), trainingmaterials, technical manuals, andspare parts provisioning, bringingthe total 1979 awards to approxi-mately $30 million.

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THE LIBRASCOPE FAMILY PIC-NIC - If you happened to miss it, youcan still see it on pgs. 4 and 5 inside.

Blanche Erickson Frank Scheiner Gail Taylor

PromotionsDUANE VENNES from Sr. Qual-

ity Control Engineer to Supvr., Sys-tems, Procedures and OperationalAudits; PAT HA'O from Supervisor,Cost Accounting to Manager. CostAccounting; CARL FRAIN fromLead Journeyman Machinist toSupervisor, Machining; TOMMYJURADO from Sr. Computer Con-sole Operator to Programmer Assis-t a n t ; JON B E N K E N from Sr.Designer to Supervisor. Test Equip-ment Support; DON ARMANDOfrom Inspector Instrument to Qual-ity Control Engineer: DELORESHARRIS from Employment Assis-tant to Employment Interviewer;JONATHAN PATTEN from E & MInstrument Technician to Sr. Elec-tronic Technic ian ; BLANCHEERICKSON from Computer Opera-tions Coordinator to Programmer;FRANK SCHEINER from Compo-nent Technician to Sr. ElectronicTechnician; GAIL TAYLOR fromEstimating Assistant to Manufac-turing Estimator: PERRY CHRIS-TENSEN from Administrat iveAssistant to Marketing Planner;RICHARD VARNON from Sr.Installation Engineer to Supvr.-In-Service Engineering; RICHARDBURNS from Sr. Engineer to StaffEngineer; RICHARD ZEPF fromEngineer to Sr. Engineer; LYNNDOCTERMAN from Repro Typist

to Production Editor: ROBERTPETERS from Budget/FinancialAnalyst to Budget/Financial Ana-lyst-Senior; JOHN GRIESHABERfrom Engineering Storekeeper to Sr.Engineering Storekeeper; ROBERTWHITE from Electronic Technicianto Sr. Electronic Technician; DONBULLARD from Electronic Techni-cian to Sr. Electronic Technician;MICHAEL FORD from EngineeringAide to Calibration Technician;DANIEL BURR from CalibrationTechnician to Electronic Techni-cian; DAVID GOBBLE from Pro-grammer-Assist, to Programmer;CHARLES BRENNAAUN fromContract Administrator to ContractA d m i n i s t r a t o r - S r . ; R ICHARDHAYDT from Electronic TechnicianSr. to Engineer-Associate: ROB-ERT WHITE from Electronic Tech-nician to Electronic EngineeringAssociate: CAROLINA SASSETTIfrom Proofreader to MicrofilmTechnician; ROYAL JACKSONfrom Sr. Electronic Technician toElectronic Engineering Assoc.;DOLORES GUSTAFSON from Sec-retary to Sr. Secretary; MAURICEDELONGFIELD from Sr. Elec-tronic Technician to ElectronicEngineering Associate; MICHAELAIRITAM from Lab Assistant toCalibration Technician.

CONGRATULATIONS - Phil Toorvald, Vice President, Operations, con-gratulates Lawrence Jenkins on his recent promotion to Supervisor, Assem-bly. Jenkins joined the Company in 1966 as a Stockroom Clerk. He was mostrecently Final Assembler, Lead.

News, events and otherinteresting things...

Skinner Rejoins LibrascopeBob Skinner has rejoined

the Company as Director,Profit Planning & Asset Con-trol. The appointment wasannounced by Chuck Steele.Vice President-Controller. Inthis new capacity. Skinnerwill be responsible for operat-ing and long-range planningas well as systems andprocedures.

A Librascope employee formore than ten years. Skinnerbegan his career here as ani n t e r n a l a u d i t o r , l a t e rbecame budget supervisorand analyst, and then man-ager, cost accounting.

He returns from a one

Bob Skinner

year's absence as manager,cost accounting, with the Olgacompany in Van Nuys.

New EmployeeServices Office

The Employee Services Officehas moved to Bldg. 2, (next to theArt Department). Some of theservices offered through thisoffice for employees include:club activities, travel, theatretickets, mutual ticket agency,food services, bulletin boards,discount cards to Southern Cali-fornia attractions, blood dr:

a candy certificates, vita-mins, notary publ ic , serviceawards, and special events.

NEXT COMPANYBLOOD DRIVEFRL, NOV. 16

(Donor cards will be distributedNov. 1)

Big Savings

If you or anyone in your familyis a movie buff, and attend eitherMann or General CinemaTheatres located throughout thesurrounding areas, you can saveup to 50% on the cost of tickets bypurchasing discount coupons forthese theatres. Each coupon isonly $2. is good for one movie.and can be used any timethroughout the year, seven days aweek. With ticket prices at $4 to$5 each, this is a big savings foremployees and their families.

The coupons are on sale in theEmployee Services Office, Bldg.2. A listing of the General Cin-ema and Mann Theatres whichhonor these coupons is posted onb u l l e t i n boards, or can beobtained through the EmployeeServices Office, X-1210.

A GIFT FOR THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER...Janis Carter(left), Director of the Women's Resource Center in Glendale,receives a useful gift from the Company presented by Delores Harris,Employment Interviewer. The typewriter and stand were donated tothe organization for their new center located in the Glendale YWCA.The WRC, a non-profit organization, offers career guidance anddevelopment to women throughout the community.

"A new order of military com-munications technology, secure,reliable and fast, is needed tomake the Army's electronicallyguided weapons and automatedcommand systems work."

Maj. Gen. Wm. HilsmanCommander of the ArmySignal Center

LibrascopeShows TCTAt ParisAir Show

The TCT, a fully militarized Tac-tical Computer Terminal devel-oped for the U.S. Army byLibrascope, was introduced duringthe two-week Paris Air Show in LeBourget, France in June.

The show is an aeronauticalexposition sponsored by the Frenchgovernment and attended eachyear by world-wide aerospacecontractors.

The TCT was demonstrated tomany of the allied forces in Europeand NATO personnel.

The Company has been awardeda $26 million contract from the U.S.Army for the TCS (Tactical Com-puter Systems i and TCT equip-ments., (see ful l story on pg. 1 ) .

l Ait ken / center >. Librascope Marketing Manager, explains Tactical Computer Terminal iT('T) and Printer Plotter to ArthurA. Hariman ilefl). I tilled Stales Ambassador lo France, at Ihe Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. France. Assisting Aitken is TedIlithliiiril. supporting lechntciau. The TCT is currently being developed by Librascope for the I ' . S . Army.

$26 Million Army ContractContinued from Page I

The procuring agency, theArmy's Communications Researchand Development Command, hascharacterized the equipment as thenext generation of command, con-trol, communication and intelli-gence equipment for tactical use inground warfare.

OTHER NEW BUSINESS...

Royal NavySubmarine FireControl System Study

A contract has been receivedfrom the Royal British Navy to per-form a feasibility study to incorpo-rate the Royal Australian Navy(RAN) Submarine Fire ControlSystem into a new class of subma-rine being designed by the UnitedKingdom.

Wide Angle DisplayVisual Simulator

A study contract has beenreceived to determine the feasibil-ity of providing a high resolution,bright, wide-angle display for thenext generation of flight simula-tors. This program will be per-formed in conjunction with theLink Division.

$1.4 MillionTACINTEL ContractReceived

A $1.4 million contract for RD-433 Mass Memory Subsystems foruse in the shipboard TACINTEL

LIBRASCOPE FAMILYNIGHT AT DISNEYLAND

Fri., Oct. 19,8pm 'til 1 amTickets - $5.50 ea.

Employee Services Office, X-1210

System has been awarded by theNavy to Librascope. TAClS'TEL'Tactical Intelligence Communica-tions i is one of the Navy's mostadvanced Fleet Satellite Communi-cations systems. This award comesafter the subsystem successfullypassed both technical and opera-tional shipboard evaluation. TheCompany developed this unit dur-ing 1977-78.

The RD-433 will move to a "pro-duction" status in the Navy with"Approval for Service Use" whichhas now been provisional lygranted. This will provide otherNavy programs an awareness ofthe availability of this approvedMass Memory Subsystem andhopefully future contracts for theRD-433 will result.

Surface ShipASW Weapon ControlSwitchboard

A contract has been received forthe development of SwitchboardMk 377 for Fire Control System Mk116 Aegis application. This pro-gram, won in competition, furtherexpands the Company's activitiesin shipboard electronics.

$2.25 Million IMPOPOrdAlts & SparesAward Received

The Company has been awardeda $2.25 million contract for the fab-rication of additional IMPOPOrdAlts, Spares and associateddocumentation. These OrdAlts willbe installed by Librascope FieldService engineers aboard U.S.Navy Submarines to fur therenhance the performance of theTorpedo Mk 48 Weapon System.Deliveries are scheduled to startlate this year.

$1 Million "Universal"Weapon MonitorProgram Award

A new development program hasbeen received to start the develop-ment of a new "Universal" WeaponMonitor Panel Mk 19 Mod X. This$1 million development program isscheduled to be completed within ayear, with production starting late1980.

Spectral SonarCountermeasureStudy Award

This competitive exploratorydevelopment six-month study con-tract was awarded in June.

Company PlansChristmas Dance

Climaxing this year's socialevents at Librascope will be a galaChristmas dinner dance to be heldon December 7, at the CastawayRestaurant in the Mountain ViewRoom.

Music and entertainment will beprovided by Jim Starr and his quar-tet. Starr became a favorite ofLibrascope employees when hebegan entertaining at the annualCredit Union dinner meetings. Hehas appeared at the RivieraCountry Club, and as a backup forGlen Campbell.

Jack Fisher

Fisher NamedLibrascopeDiv. Counsel

Jack R. Fisher has beenappointed Librascope Divi-sion Counsel. Fisher was pre-viously with the PersonnelLaw office of The SingerCompany in New York.

Graduated from WesternReserve Law School, Cleve-land, Ohio in 1973 with hisJuris Doctorate degree, hecompleted his Masters in Lawin 1978 from New York Uni-versity Law School.

Prior to joining The SingerCompany, Fisher had a yearof general practice in Harris-burg, Pennsylvania, and fouryears in the Office of theSolicitor, with the U. S.Department of Labor.

T h e a n n u a l C H I L D R E N ' SCHRISTMAS PARTY will be held onSaturday December 15, at the HooverHigh School Auditorium in Glendale.Full details will be sent out to allemployees in November.

New DiscountThe Singer Sewing ProductsDivision announced new,lower retail prices on mostsewing machines, and a newemployee's discount of 20%off the established retail priceof Singer products andservices.

Soledad SandThe annual Librascope Employees' Picnic was held July 21 at Soledad Sands Park, and according

to attendees it was "fun and sun at Soledad" that day! There were a great many attractions tosatisfy the fun-filled interests of all the young and young at heart. There was a giant moon bounce,lots of games and prizes for all ages, lawn bowling, volleyball, swimming, bingo, and the ever popu-lar dip tank, to name just a few of the day's activities.

The most noticeable attraction at the picnic this year was the new Librascope T-shirt whichalmost everyone was wearing from the largest to the smallest person there. There were enoughbarbecued hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, cotton candy and sno cones to feed a small regiment,and the hot buttered corn-on-the-cob disappeared so fast, this writer didn't get any!

The lucky $100 drawing winner was Tom Kokinda, Field Service, Bldg. 2, and a Weber barbecuewas won by little Misha Birch, daughter of Carnell Birch, Shipping & Receiving, Bldg. 17.

s RevisitedPicnics don't "just happen"

without the help of many finepeople who volunteer their timeduring the picnic to sell tickets,greet picnickers at the gate, helpwith the food, and/or get"dunked" in the dip tank....those grand people this yearincluded: Jack Naimoli. BobPeterson. Howard &: BernieStahle. Gary Rever. Diana Dun-can. Melba Puryear, Pat Luff ,Al & Marilyn Saenz, Cesar Fer-nandez & daughter Cathy, Jerry& Davie Henshaw, Howard &Toni Miller, Lenora Vela, DaveFein, Bob Kent, Cora Cox, RuthLucas, Marie Nyholm, BobRiley, Margaret Grimes, StanBucklein, Blanche Erickson,Juanita Rainwater, AudreyMoran, Sharon Ross, DonMoore, Jan Brazil, Ray McDon-ald, Bert Younker, Ron Brualdi,Maurice Delongfield, Jerry Ben-oit, and a special thanks to Mar-vin Richie who year after yeartransports an entire truckload ofpicnic paraphernalia to andfrom the picnic, and to Norman& Kay Lowe who spend manyhours buying the great bingoprizes each year!

CASHING IN on bringing in new employees (from left): Warren Douglass ($50); BillFuller ($50); employment representative, Carl Smith; and Ron Brualdi ($200).

Recruiting Efforts Reach New HighWith the increasingly heavy work-

load in Librascope's engineeringand production areas, the search forpersonnel has been an all-out effortfor the past several months. "Thishigh-pitched recruiting effort hasresulted in the acquisition of a size-able number of personnel." saidRusty Dunham. Mgr.. Employment& Training. "But we still have open-ings we need to f i l l . "

Current job openings are listed onbulletin boards throughout the plant.Employees can earn cash awardsfor bringing in new employees. Theawards range anywhere from $25 toS300 and are based on the job classi-fication filled by the referral.

Following is a list of new person-nel who have joined the Companywi th in the past two months

TOM FERGUSON. EngineeringDraftsman-Trainee: DAVID RESH.Calibration Technician: ROBERTVETTER. Staff Accountant; ARTOLMEDA. Mail Records Mgmt.Clerk: JUDY BECKER. Dept.Clerk; TAE PARK, Electrician;DAVID DYER. Sr. Technician;DEREL ABRAHAMSON. Engineer-ing Draftsman-Trainee. CAROLBORROWDALE. Sr. Programmer;L A N C E B A I L E Y . A s s o c i a t eAccountant : ELLIOTT MALET.Packag ing Design E n g i n e e r ;C A R O L B I N N E R . Assoc ia t e

Accountant; ANTHONY LeBRON,Custodian; RICHARD PARKER,Custodian; ANDREW GRICHT-MEIER, Field Service Engineer;KEVIN BLEIBAUM, Lab Techni-c i a n - T r a i n e e ; R O B E R TWOSKROW, Sr. Engineer; BAR-BARA PITCHER, DepartmentClerk; CYNTHIA GENDALE, Sec-retary; MANUEL CAMPILLO, MillMachinist; OLIVIA ANN HERNAN-DEZ. Department Clerk; SALLYM A N N A N , G e n e r a l C l e r k ;MARINA MACIAS, Receptionist;CANDYCE LATHROPE, Parts Lis-ter "B"; MARVIN RAISSNER,Machine Tool Room Grinder; HAR-LEY EDWARDS. Plater: JOHNROBERTSON . Technical Program-mer: CHAI LEE. Sr. Engineer;GARY APGAR. Programming Sys-tems Specialist: JOHN SERATA.Techn ica l Programmer; ROX-A N N A HARPER. Parts Lister "B" :WILLIAM CRAIG. Machinist-Mill-ing; DENISE AMARAL. TechnicalProgrammer; JOHN LAMERSON,Sr. Field Service Engineer ;DOROTHEA BUSCH. Sr. TechnicalIllustrator; DON BELCHER, Com-p o n e n t T e c h n i c i a n ; STEVENl.OVAS. Machinist-Journeyman;ROBERT SIMPSON. Sr. Staff Engi-neer: MARILYN WAPATO. Sr. Sec-retary; and RONALD HOWE,Engineering Draftsman.

Softball Season EndsThe Librascope men's Softball

team has concluded another fineseason of competition in the Glen-dale Men's Industrial SoftballLeague.

Led by manager. Bill Dunawayand coach, Leonard Allen, the Libra-scope entry posted an overall recordof 4 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie.

The enthusiastic team tied forsecond place during the first half ofthe ten game season.

"We scored a lot of runs...9 to 10 agame," said manager Dunaway,"but still not enough to win some ofour games. At least we were a verycompetitive team!"

LIBRASCOPE SOFTBALL TEAM - "The Fearless Six" (The rest of theteam was on vacation when this picture was taken immediately after arather shorlhanded and losing game with the Glendale J.C.'s. "We're nottalking about this one!" one player was overheard saying. Pictured (left,rear): Ted Bass (Bldg. 18); Mark Derksen (Bldg. 17); Gary Mellor (Bldg.17) - (left, front): Chris Gill (Bldg. 1); Bill Dunaway (Bldg. 2); and LeonardAllen (Bldg. 17). Other team members not pictured: Ken Mandeville (Bldg.2); Bob Barrett (Bldg. 3); Al Peppi (Bldg. 1); Paul Marin (Bldg. 1); andGreg Gill.

Libravets

Nate Sands25 Yrs.Engr. Admin.

Leonard Soper25 Yrs.Functional Test

Jerry Henshaw25 Yrs.Final Assembly

A. J. Pankratz25 Yrs.Engr. Admin

Paul Russell25 Yrs.Ckt. Bd. Plating

Marie Sugar25 Yrs.Purchasing

Pat Ha'o20 Yrs.Finance

Herb Meyer20 Yrs.Product Assurance

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ftRobert Tapia20 Yrs.Ckt. Bd. Plating

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Bob Curran20 Yrs.Mfg. Engineering

Olivia Ballesteros Jim Avera20 Yrs. 20 Yrs.Prototype Repair Photo Lab

Charles Norcutt20 Yrs.Contracts

Pat Keegan20 Yrs.Logic Design

Bill Girouard20 Yrs.Operations

Anthony Esposito20 Yrs.Occupancy

Tom Smith20 Yrs.Maintenance Engr.

Art Brown15 Yrs.Finance

Clarence Kane15 Yrs.Systems Design

Chuck Steele15 Yrs.Finance

Richard Yee15 Yrs.Engr. Admin.

Mary Brown15 Yrs.Executive Office

NOT PICTURED:

25 Years - Dick Korn, Twila Harmer20 Years - Dan Mange, Ken Luther15 Years - Jack Bromley

MORE LIBRAVETS:

10 Years - Royal Jackson, Howard Beringer, Johnnie Wagers, Harold Gaither, Oscar Castro5 Years - Timothy Bruse

retirements

Wilmor Young, 27 yrs., Plant Engineer-ing, receives a supporting embracefrom wife, Barbara Ann, at his retire-ment party.

"Smooth sailing and happy fishing" were some of the farewell wishes bestowedupon Ray McDonald on his retirement after twenty-five years with the Company.Personnel department members bidding goodbye include (from left): Chuck Henry,Carl Smith, Rusty Dunham, Frank Yapp, McDonald, Marion Daggett, Fleury Mid-daugh, Nancy Laughlin, and Diane Pinkston.

Lou Rotger (left), 20 years, ReceivingInspection, is congratulated by Super-visor, Gil Gallegos.

Jennie Pierson, 28 yrs., was presentedwith a "head start" on her retirementfund from well wishers.

Ida Zahm, 20 yrs., Circuit BoardAssembly, finds "money hidden inthe cookie jar." Looking on are(from left): Jerry Henshaw, HelenFlink and Juanita Robinson. Themountain "hide-away" tableauwas created by Margaret Grimes.

"A spot in the sun," for Les Kruger (second from left), is depicted in thedesert scene created by department secretary, Betty Cardona. Lookingon are Test Equipment friends, (from left): Don Moore, Royal Jackson,and Dan Burr. Kruger was with the Company for 22 yrs.