THE LiLlta,zltteHARLAN BUSETH NAMED

VICE PRESIDENT , OPERATIONS

" VOLUME 17, NUMBER " MARCH 12, 1971

ZD liAS PROGRAMa rblue chip' program ••••

"His ability is unquestioned, and his"uture promis es even greater succes s es. II

his quote, taken from a Librazette arti­cle dated August 1955, has proven truetoday, as Harlan Buseth was named VicePres ident, Operations, by M. Center,Pres ident.

A neighbor's suggestion in August 1942,that he seek employment at a then little­known Burbank firm specializing in com­puting devices, led Harlan Buseth toLibrascope's door. During his earlydays with Librascope, Buseth worked asa drill press and lathe operator. Laterhe was promoted to leaclman and fromthere was advanced to foreman of theMach ine Shop.

Buseth became supervisor of the MethodsDepartment, and was pro'moted to FactorySuperintendent in 1952. He became Pro­duction Manager in 1956, and was pro­moted to Operations Manager in 1964.

Buseth joins the ranks of Librascope vicepres idents: J. L. Deitz, Vice Pres identand Chief Engineer; H. F. Penfold, Vice'Jres ident, Products; and R. O. Vaughan,Vice Pres ident, Marketing.

The ZD/lmproved Action Suggestion Pro­gram is the employee's voice in themanagement of the Company, and nowemployee's cost savings suggestions payoff better than ever - with blue chipstamps!

For every IAS accepted for implementa­tion, the employee receives a blue chipstamp certificate worth 4,800 stamps ...or 4 blue chip stamp books.

First place monthly award winners re­ceive a 24, 000 stamp certificate (worth20 books); second place winners an 18,000stamp certificate (worth 15 books); andthird place winners a 12,000 stamp certi­ficate (worth 10 books).

Stamp certificates can be redeemed at anyBlue Chip Stamp Store.

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James R. Gannett (center left), slated tobe chief test pilot for the Boeing super­sonic transport, examines latest model ofL-2C Head- Up Display during a recentvisit to Librascope. Al White (left),Pres ident of Al White and As soc iates,aeronautics consultants to Librascope onthe L- 2C program, points out features ofthe device. J. G. Nettleton, Jr. (centerright), Vice Pres ident, Marketing, forAerospace and Marine Systems Group ofThe Singer Company, and R. O. Vaughan(right), Librascope Vice President, Mar­keting, act as hosts.

FAMILIAR FACES BACK

Familiar faces are back as former el'n­ployees return to fill job openings createdby new work requirements at Librascope.

Approximately eighty manufacturingpersonnel have been recalled under .theformal recall procedure formanufactur­ing personnel, and anqther nineteen per­sons have returned to fill other clas s ifi­cations throughout the Company.

Dick Macumber, Employment Manager,stated, "It is the Company's foremostobjective whenever job oPrnings occur,to first contact former employees beforerecruiting from the outside."

Among those former employees who wererecently rehired are: Phillip Batson,Steve Brinkley, Kathy Burnett, JeanEckert, Carl Frain, John Grieshaber,Charles Hayes, James Holmes, NormanJones, Paul Kleszcz, Les Kruger,Martha Lotgering, Ruth Lucas, BernardMartin, William O'Mara, Elwood Patey,Charles Rooks, Viola Taylor, and VeraZele.

L1BRASCOPE EMPLOYEES GIVE RECORDAMOUNT TO UNITED CRUSADE

Librascope employees contributed$31, 000 to the United Crusade in 1970,making their total contribution $190, 000since 1965, the start of the United Cru­sade program at Librascope. The totalemployee contribution is in add ition to anannual corporate contribution given to theUnit ed Crusade by Singer-Librascope.The recent 1971 Aid Club drive resultedin $36,600 pledged by Librascope em­ployees for distribution this year toUnited Crusade agencies throughout theLos Angeles County, emergency aid toLibrascope employees, and employee'write - in' charities.

The United Crusade achievement awardfor generous per capita giving has beenawarded Librascope employees for thefifth year. The award, symbolizing themany silent 'thank yours' from the thou­sands of people who are helped by thecontributions made by Librascope em­ployees, is on display in the EmployeeServices Office, Bldg. 3.

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A NEW YEAR ...a new publication

Since its beginning in 1942, the em­ployees' publication has been presentedin a variety of formats. It has been asbig as 11 x 16" and as small as 5% x 8%",with as many as five columns per page toa two column spread per page, from aweekly to a bimonthly publication. Fromthe first typewritten, ditto copy, to theaward winning 'mini-mag', the publica­tion has continued to convey its messageto employees - news concerning theircompany, their jobs, and fellow employees.

Naturally, the cost of publishing an em­ployees' publication has increased overthe past twenty-nine years. Expenses in­volved in such a publication include pro­fessional writing, programmed typing,photo graphy, graphic des ign and layout,and printing.In view of the current cost reductioneffort throughout the Company, theLibrazette has had to reduc e its cost.Even with the low cost mini-mag, publi­cation costs had to be reduced even more.

By changing to a more informal news­letter format, many costly publicationsteps have been eliminated. Even better,the newsletter format takes les s time toprepare, which means that the Librazettecan be published on a more timely bas is,reporting news almost as it happens.

The format of the Librazettemay change,but its role as an employee communicatorremains the same.

News item suggestions from employeesare always welcome. Call or mail yournews to the Librazette Office, Bldg. 3,ext. 1225.

Nancy Laughlin, Editor

The Librazette is published monthlyfor the employees of Librascope bythe Industrial Relations Department.Editorial offices are located at 808Western Avenue, Glendale, Calif.91201. © 1971

Singer-General Precision, Inc.

Librazette

PEOPLE IN THE NElNS ....The promotion of Howard L. Stahle.to

p Supervisor, Logic Des ign has been

announced by J .' 'L.Deitz, Vice -Pres identand Chief Engineer.

Stahle will be respon­si.ble for the super-vis ion of Product Engi­neering Logic Design.

Stahle joined Libra­scope in 1957 as asenior engineer, andwas most recently astaff engineer.

Prior to that, Stahle attended the Univer­sity of Washington in Seattle, where he re­ceived his bachelor of science degree inphysics and math.

Marvin M. Olson has been named thenew Assistant Treasurer. Olson, for­

merly Manager, Gen­eral Accounting,joined the Companyin 1960, as a GeneralAccountant. Heattended the Univer-s ity of Minnesota,where he majored inaccounting and re­ceived his bachelorsdegree in businessadministration.Olson attends UCLAextens ion cours es in

management accounting and real estate.He is currently a member of the Ameri­can Institute of CPA's, California Societyof CPA's Accounting Research Associa­tion, and the National Accounting As soc­iation.

C. PlummerN. HutchinsonA. Villa

Charles E. Plummer has been promotedto Supervisor, Budgets. Plummer joinedLibrascope in 1969, as a Budget Analyst.

Arthur G. Villa has been named Manager,General Accounting. Villa joined Libra­scope in 1966 as a Staff Accountant. Heattended the University of Arizona and wasgraduated at Woodbury College, where hereceived his bachelors degree in businessadministration.

Norman W. Hutchinson has been namedManager, Budgets and Cost Accounting.Hutchinson joined the Company in 1962,as a Staff Accountant, and was most re­cently Supervisor, Cost Accounting.

William F. Bell, formerly AssistantTreasurer, has accepted the position ofManager, International Financing with Link,Binghamton, New York. Bell joined

Librascope in 1951, asa Cost Accountant, andlater became Super­visor of the PriceAnalysis Group. In1956 he was namedSupervising Auditorfor the Company'sInternal Aud it Group.In 1964 Bell becameManager, Taxes andInsurance, and twoyears later he wasappointed Director,

Internal Audit. In 1967 Bell was namedAssistant Treasurer. A graduate of USCwith a bachelor of science degree inindustrial management and accounting,Bell was Librascope's first GeneralAuditor.

KEY POSTS FILLED IN FINANCE ANDTREASURY DEPT.

Organization changes in the Finance and

( .> Treasury Department were recently~announced by N. J. Cronk, Director.

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ZDjlMPROVED ACTION SUGGESTION PROGRAM .(continued from page 1)

There can be up to three winners permonth, with any combination of winnersin a given month; i. e., all winners couldbe "first place" winners.The class of award is based on the suit­ability for implement.ation and the amountof cost savings. Bonus awards for extra­ordinary cost savings suggestions areawarded monthly winners who submit ex­traordinary cost savings suggestions.

A fir st place bonus award winner willreceive a 48, 000 stamp certificate (worth40 books), and a second place bonusaward winner will receive a 24, 000 stampcertificate (worth 20 books).

In addition to blue chip stamp books, em­ployees submitting accepted improvedaction suggestions are eligible for IASluncheon drawings and IAS submarinetour drawings. Each time an employeehas an IAS accepted, his name goes intothe IAS Spec ial Award "fish bowl". Thena"mes are drawn at random. Winnersare eligible for one luncheon and one sub­marine tour during the year. Those whowin the same special award for the secondtime will rece ve an alternate award.

There were three "first place" winnersduring the first period of the 1971 IASprogram. These winners were: PeggPolacek, Superviso'r, Billing; CarlCulver, Supervis or, Production Expe­diting; and Don Cowen, Senior QualityControl Engineer. For submitting firstplace improved action suggestions, eachof these employees received a 24, 000stamp certificate worth 20 blue chip stampbooks, plus a 4,800 stamp certificateworth 4 blue chip stamp books for havingtheir IAS accepted for implementation,which gave each winner a grand total of24 blue chip stamp books! In addition,each of the winners is eligible for an IASluncheon drawing and an IAS submarinetour drawing.

Pegg Polac ek' s award winning cost savingssuggestion resulted in the reduction of jobrelease paperwork involving several de­partments. As a result, the total numberof weekly bookings are now combined into

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IAS "FIRST PLACE" WIl'JNERS (from leftto right): Pegg Polacek, Carl Culver andDon Cowen shown deciding how to spend24 blue chip stamp books apiece!

a single job order (with the exception ofmajor contracts), thereby reducing thenumber of booking actions.

Carl Culver's first place cost savings ideaconcerned changing a procedure in Opera ­tions, whereby all records on "d irectshippable ite"ms" are to remain in back or­der status until sold to the government (orthe DD250 form is typed). In this way thestatus of any direct shippable item can betraced at any time. Prior to this new pro­cedure, all back order status records werecleared after issuance of the direct shippa­ble item by the Stockroom and after releas eby Scheduling and Records Control, (be­fore inspection, packaging and shipping).This new procedure represents a consider­able savings in time spent in locating thestatus of a given direct shippable item forpurposes of inspection, packaging andshipping, and to forecast what items areto be shipped.

Don Cowen's award winning improvedaction suggestion was to remove the Quali­ty Control Department from the distribu­tion list for copies of all RD's (customerapproved revision directives), EO's (engi­neering orders), and associated prints,(many do not necessarily involve the QCde­partment). A substantial co st savings willbe realized in the labor and material re­quired to print and distribute an estimated

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2000 copies of these documents to the.Quality Control Department over a twelvemonth period.

Many other excellent cost savings im­proved action suggestions have been sub­mitted by employees and are now being im­plemented throughout the Company. Em­ployees who submitted'accepted lAS'sthrough February 11, received stamp certi­ficates worth 4,800 stamps ... or 4 bluechip stamp books. lAS's accepted for im­plementation were from: Ruth Guriel,Steven Mitchell, Leonard ~oper, Don Mann,Harry Cornelius, Margaret Baumgarten,David Knapp, William Woodham, PeggPolacek, Robert McDonald, WarrenDouglass, Fred Nabor, Carl Culver, DonCowen, Kathleen Friend, Anita Langham,Larry Lemery, Joseph Cannata, RobertElkins, Dorothy Haire, Emery Fekety, LeoHeinz, Judy Nevins and Charles Morgan.

Employees are urged to submit any costsavings ideas they have pertaining to theirjobs and I or wo rk performed throughoutthe Company. The rewards are substantialfor the Company and the employee. Em­ployees who submit lAS's through May 13,which are accepted for implementation,will receive a stamp certificate worth 4,800stamps and will be eligible for the June IASluncheon and an August IAS submarine tour.

CREDIT UNION ELECTS OFFICERS

Champ Vance, Manufacturing Administra­tive Assistant, was named Chairman ofthe Credit Union, and Rose Hurst, a CostAnalyst, was re-elected as CommitteeSecretary. Supporting these CreditCommittee Officers are Ora Lee Price,Curt Bullard, and Chuck Brennaaun.The incumbent officers were elected tocontinue their assignments for the nextyear. These officers are Buzz Newman,President; Bob Nelson, Vice President;and Doris Eberle, Secretary IT reasurer.Roy Shephard was elected to head the Edu­cation and Publicity Committee, and VernMesick was elected Chairman, Leagueand Legislative Affairs. Mike Flanagan,Herb Jacks, and Andy Lee were appointedas Credit Committee alternates. RayGoodrich, Phil De Grazio, and Bill Tacka­berry, were appointed as appraisers.

March 12. 1971

CHRISTMAS CHARITY DRIVE NETS

$555 FOR EYE DOG FOUNDATION

Blind -youth, Vernon Crowder, shown be­low with his guide dog Brunie, extends aspecial 'thank you' from the Eye DogFoundation to Librascope employees whocontributed $555 to the foundation duringthe Christmas Card Charity Drive.

Vernon, a 19 year old Arcad ia youth, re­ceived Brun ie last August after extens ivetraining with the dog at the Eye DogFoundation training school in Beaumont,Californ ia. A new site for the foundationis underway in Thousand Oaks, wheremore than 120 blind persons a year willreceive guide dogs and training, abso­lutely free of charge through the Eye DogFoundation.

Uthank you"A student at Pasadena City College, Ver­non travels all over Southern Californiawith his guide dog. "I think the greatestthing about getting a dog was knowing Icould walk out that door and take the bus.Just knowing you can go wherever youwant gives you the greatest feeling of in­dependence."

special commendation

PBX operators Georgia Masulli andMarilyn Neary were on the switch­board less than one hour after theFebruary 9th earthquake, as after­shocks continued to rock the facility.Without regard for their own person-al safety they handled the many in­coming calls from stranded employees.

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Naval Sea Cadet Corps Recruiting

The for'mation of a new division of ;NavalSea Cadets for boys 14 to 17 years old iscurrently underway at the U. S. N.avalReserve Training Center, 1700 StadiumWay, Los Angeles (next to L. A. Dodger'sStadium) .

The Sea Cadet program is jointly sponsor­ed by the Navy and tne Navy League, acivilian organization of which Librascopeis a member,

Sea cadets are instructed by experiencednaval officers and senior enlisted men inseamanship, Navy rules/and regulations,and Navy courses such as electronics,sonar, radar, etc. They meet one night aweek. Cadets also attend a two weektraining cruise in the sum'mer aboardAtlantic and Pac ific fleet ships,

A Sea Cadet can discontinue membershipin the program at any time, and is underno obligation to join the Navy after gradua­tion from the program at age 18. How­ever, if a cadet joins the Navy within oneyear after graduation, he can do so at anadvanced rate (usually as a Seaman, whichwould normally take one year of regularNavy time to achieve).

Applications may be obtained by callingLCDR. J. S. Place, USNR-R, at482-7600, ext. 2247.

A pro'moter ofthe Sea Cadetprogram, RalphDellefave, is alsoa 9-year veteranof Librascopewith 28 years ofactive and re­serve duty withthe Navy. Delle­fave, presentlyan ElectronicsEngineer at

Librascope, ranks as a Senior Chief Sonar­man in the Naval Reserve, and is active-ly participating in the naval reserve pro­gram where he teaches sonar, basic elec­tronics and is a military counsellor.

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FREE INCOME TAX SERVICE

The Internal Revenue Service will figurethe tax for people with incomes up to$20,'000 who take the standard deductionand whos e income is fro'm salaries andwages, dividends, interest, pens ions andannuities. They will even figure the re­tirement income credit.

The procedure is not only free, it's sim­pIe! Specific instructions and a samplefilled- in form is included in the tax returnbooklet sent to taxpayers by the IRS. IRSwill figure the tax and send out the refundor a bill for any tax that may be due. Athirty day period is allowed for paying thebill without interest or penalty.

some medical insuranc~ payments

are deductible

If you itemize deductions when computingyour Federal Income Tax, the amount youpay each week for 'medical insurance canbe included as part of your "medicalpayments" allowable deduction.

Yau may include the following amounts:

no dependents 34~ per wk

one dependent 80¢ per wk

two or more dependents $1. 02 per wk

Salaried employees also may include thefull amount of premiums for their LongTerm Disability (LTD) insurance. Thisamounts to one -quarter of one percentof gross salary, not to exceed $1.25 perweek.

State disability insurance 0% of the first$7,400 in wages) also may be included asan allowable deduction.

CHECK YOUR W-2 FORMCheck the social security number whichappears on the W- 2 form recently mailedto you by the Company, to make certain itagrees with your social security number.Your social security number identifiesyour social security records throughoutyour lifetime, and beyond. You have alot at stake ... keep the record straight!

Librazette

Spring Cleaning 'all year long'••

S Employees are reminded that good house-keeping practices promote safety andeffic ient work patterns. Most impc>rtantlyhowever, Librascope employees are urgedto maintain neat appearing wo rk areas atall ti'mes. In order to provide economic

stability and pro­mote greatergrowth in the fu­ture, Librascopewill be applyingfor new contractsin 1971, and willbe interviewedby visiting sur­vey teams ,manyof whom comeunannounced.

Marti Anderson, SeniorSecretary- Cleaning Up!

For Librascope to be a successful con­tender for future contracts, these surveyteams must report favorably on Libra­-'3cope's overall qualifications. Thesea-lualifications include Librascope's techni-cal and managerial capabilities, and neatprofessional appearance. For thesereasons, the overall appearance of Libra­scope, including your individual work area,is of the utmost importance to your Com­pany and to you. Good housekeepingpractices may well shape your future!

1971 AID CLUB COMMITTEEMEN ELECTED

Two new committee'men, Jack Naimoli,Leadman, Final Assembly, and FrankYapp, Manager, Compensation and Em­ployee Benefits, were elected by Libra­scope employees to the Aid Club ExecutiveCommittee. The Executive Committee isco'mposed of seven persons, each servinga three year term on the committee.

Aid Club Building Representatives electedfor the year are: Bldg. 1- Larry Lemeryand R?y Youniacutt; Bldg. 2- Cesarfernandez and Jack Ramsey; Bldg: 3­v1ary Heathman and Fritz Held; Bldg. 17­Carmel Kirkpatrick and Norman Lowe.

March 12, 1971

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

Ca liente - April 18 - $11. /per person ­includes roundtrip bus ride leaving Libra­scope - roundtrip taxi fro'm border to racetrack - admission to race track with re­served box seat in the Turf Club - cocktailhour - lunch.

Ice Capades - Saturday, April 24 ­5:00 pm - Los Angeles Sports Arena ­regular $4.00 reserved seats especiallypriced for Librascope employees at $2.50for adults and $1. 50 for youths 18 yrs andunder.

Theater Party- Saturday, May 1 ­5:30 pm - Pacific Hollywood Theater ­"The Androrneda Strain!! - a sciencefiction thriller by Universal Pictures ­tickets especially priced at $2.00 perperson.

Las Vegas - June 4, 5 & 6 - Thunder­bird Hotel - $37. /per person - packageincludes roundtrip bus from Librascope ­hotel and many other extras.

Picnic -- Saturday, July 31 - SoledadSands Park - watch bulletin board for moreinformation.

Tickets for the above events (excluding thepicnic) are now on sale .... contact BettySpeed, Lobby Bldg. 3, ext. 1210, or JackNaimoli, Bldg. 17, ext. 1191.

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Club News .GOLF CLUB

A membership drive is currently underwayfor the 1971 season. A Spring Tournamentwill be held on April 9, at the Valencia GolfCourse. Ex-members are invited to re­new their membership and all other Libra­scope golfers are urged to join the club.Details relating to membership can be ob­tained from any club official. The clubofficers for 1971 are: Carl Culver, Pres i­dent (Bldg. 17); Jim Drugan, Vice Presi­dent (Bldg. 1); Howard Miller, Secretary-

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LIBRA VETS .... Club news continued .

Harry Plunkett25 yr - Feb. 1

Charles Cole30 yr - Feb. 8

Lorraine Thompson20 yr - Dec. 11

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James Walsh20 yr - Dec. 11

Treasurer (Bldg. 17); Committeemen:Frank Copple (Bldg. 17), Chuck Norcutt(Bldg.! 17), Charlie Gilkey (Bldg. 2), JackRamsey (Bldg. 2), and Mark Ferry (Bldg.3) .

FISHING CLUB

Thirteen Librascope fishermen departedfrom Cisco's Landing, Oxnard, at 5:00 amon January 30, on a rock cod fishing ex­ped ition. The total catch for the day wasapproximately 1360 pounds of rock cod!Employees who missed out on the last tripcan sign up now for the next rock cod tripscheduled for March 20. The cost of thefishing trip is only $12 per person. Con­tact club president Carl Miller, ext. 1820,or Jerry Sikora, ext. 1518. Don'tmissthe boat ... make your reservations now!

BOWLING

VOLLEYBALL CLUB

Come join the fun ... co-ed volleyballplayed every Tuesday,S: 30 to 7: 00 pm atMcCambridge Gym, 1515 Glenoaks Blvd. ,Burbank. For more information, callCharlie Ha'o, ext. 1116.

SOFTBALL TEAM

The Librascope Mixed Five, the Tuesdaynight handicap bowling league is nearlythrough the season. Buzz Newman's Flubshave been edged out of first place by JohnMason's Flops. Flo Meyer's KD4's + 1are in second place. Bob Megee's Im­provers are having a hard time living upto their name in sufficient degree to beatDan Gibson's HiFlyers out of seventhplace.The Thursday afternoon Librascopemixedtrio scratch will finish their season inApril. Carol Goldthwaite's trio has push­ed Harry Kuruma and his gang out of firstplace. Currently bringing up the rear areJoe Schlegel and his buddies.

The Librascopemen' s softball team is nowconducting practice games fo r the comingsoftball season. More players are needed.Call John Guarino, ext. 1430.

N. Ross Mersman20 yr - Jan. 11

Elsie Stefurak20 yr - Feb. 26

Charles Pierson20 yr - Jan. 8

Thelma Robertson20 yr - Feb. 26

John Phillips20 yr - Feb. 26

David Conway20 yr - Dec. 26

15 Year Libravets: Don Tubbs, AI Leto

10 Year Libravets: Leah Field, Myrtle Bodin,Joseph )zentivanyi, Leona Mawer, GeraldineAnderson, Herbert Bock, Trent AI bizati

5 Year Libravets: Jerry Gidding, John Nessen,td Vessart, Helen Esposito, Dennis Brophy,George Gritton, Ray Cramer, Phil LaClair,Robert Lovejoy, Thomas Hite, Hendrik Si jgers,Emma Tirre, Michael Doni ey, Mark All ison .

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