Precisioneers Announce Site for Annual Picnic — 52?Center ElectedTo GPI Board

Maurice Center, Vice Pres.and General Manager, SystemsDivision, has been elected to theBoard of Directors of GeneralPrecision, Inc.

Center joined Librascope inMarch, 1963 and became divi-sion manager in 1964.

NEW VICE PRESIDENTS NAMED

LIBRAZETTEFOR EMPLOYEES OF LIBRASCOPE GROUP • GENERAL PRECISION, INC.

VOL. 12, NO. 6 JULY, 1966

Librascope HasNew Office at

Vandenberg AFBField Facility Will

Service AF ContractLompoc, Calif. — Formal rib-

bon - cutting ceremonies here,June 1, officially opened Libra-scope's new field office at Van-denberg Village, adjacent toVandenberg Air Force Base.

Officiating at the ceremonieswere Bichard W. Lee, Libra-scope president, and Hugh A.Young manager of the new USAF AWARD — Richard W. Lee. left, Librascope president, accepts

the Air Force "Zero Defects Program Participation Award certificatefrom Lt. Col. Charles W. Atterholt. District Chief. DC.ASD. See story

Off ic ia ls from \ andenberg below.A F B , Lompoccivic and busi-ness leaders,c o u n t y a n dstate o f f i c i a l sand members ofthe LibrascopeGroup and Sys

Company Receives USAFZD Participation Award

Librascope Group employees have been selected to receive aUnited States Air Force participation award for noteworthy

tems^Divis ion achievements in support of the Zero Defects program.staffs attended. Richard W. Lee. Librascopc Following the award prescn-

YOINC; The fac i l i ty , president, accepted the USAF tation at Group Headquarters,headed by Young, will serve as award certificate on behalf of Col. Atterholt and Jack S.a permanent sales office. Another Group employees from Lt. Col. Mooch'. Deputy Chief of DC-office, under the supervision of Charles YV. Atterholt, District ASD. were conducted on a tourHarry F. Gay, Project Manager, Chief of Defense Contract Ad-has been established on-base at ministrative Services (DCASD).Vandenberg AFB to enableLibrascope to quickly meet re-

In a citation accompanyingthe award, the Air Force praised

quirements of a new $187,000 Librascope Group and its em-

Continued on Page 2

Tilden Honored atGraduation Ceremony

USAF contract. ployees "for their voluntary par- Billy B. Tilden, supervisor ofUnder terms of the contract, ticipation in a ZD program customer training, this month

Librascope will analyze and re- which strives for efficiency and successfully completed a three-Continued on Page 3 perfection through people." year UCLA Business Manage-

ment for Technical Personnel

Wall IP FnaillPPrinP Ff forte i course and was honored atVdlUC Qllglliet llg Q l l U r i b | dinner-ceremonies in Los An-

Praised by Defense AgencyEmployee efforts in the field trator, and Al Leto, supervisor

of Value Engineering — aimed of Value Engineering,at reducing costs to the govern- Also commended were Phillipment while increasing reliability DeGrazio and Howard Shatkinof products — were praised re- of the Value Engineering group,cently in a letter to R. W. Lee, "The praise really should goLibrascope president, from W. to Librascope employees whoR. Meagher, director of produc- have contributed time and efforttion for the regional office of to the Value Engineering Pro-the Defense Supply Agency. gram," said Al Leto.

T., , , , . "In the past year, employeesMeagher s letter resulted from -

geles' new Music Center Pa-vilion.

Tilden beganthe six-semestercourse in 1963,shortly af terjo in ing Libra-scope, and re-ceived his grad-ua t ion cert if i-cate at the din-ner.

TILDEN Representinghave contributed V.E. ideas and Librascope Group at the cere-suggestions that have resulted mony and presenting Tilden'sin nearly $100,000 in cost sav- ce r t i f i c a t e was Rober t O.ings to the government," he Vaughan, Librascope Directorsaid. of Marketing. Also attending

"That's why I consider Mr. were Mrs. Tilden and Mrs.Meagher's letter an open com- Vaughan.

In his letter, Meagher com- mendation to our Value En- Tilden began his career atmended the Librascope Value gineering - minded employees," Librascope as an instructor inEngineer ing Program and Leto added. "Without their ac- the customer training sectionpraised the individual efforts of tive participation we couldn't after retiring from the U.S.Jack Flynn, contracts adminis- have an effective program." Navy in January, 1963.

a report on Librascope's V.E.program made by Major FrankHoskins, USAF, who recentlyvisited the company's Glendalefacility to inspect the Value En-gineering effort.

SALZER

Dr. Salzer andGeorge BradleyWin Promotions

Dr. John M. Salzer, direc-tor of Librascope's AdvancedTechnology Center (ATC),and George H. Bradley, Com-ponents Division GeneralManager, have been electedvice presidents of LibrascopeGroup, according to an an-nouncement by Richard W.Lee, Librascope President.

"I am delighted to announcethese well-deserved promotions,"Lee said.

Bradley's titlewill be Vice-President andGeneral Man-ager , Compo-nents Division.His duties willr e m a i n un-changed.

Dr. Salzer 'stitle will beVice-President -Technology andP l a n n i n g . Hewill continue asdirector of ATCand will assumeresponsibi l i tyfor coordinationof a l l Libra-scope's businessplanning activi-ties.

To support this new responsi-bility. James T. Parry and hisMarket Development and Plan-ning Group will report to Dr.Salzer. Lee said.

Dr. Salzer has been directorof the Advanced TechnologyCenter for the past two years.Before joining Librascope in1963, he held top-level scientificand management positions withTRW, Inc., Magnavox Co.,Hughes Aircraft Co., and Mas-sachusetts Institute of Tech-nology.

He holds an Sc.D. degree inelectrical engineering from CaseInstitute of Technology.

Continued on Page 2

Longer VacationsFor 20-Year Vets

A change in the employeebenefits program, allowing fourweeks of annual paid vacationfor non-bargaining unit em-ployees with 20 or more yearsof service, was announced bySidney L. Briggs, Vice Presi-dent, Administration for Libra-scope Group.

"It is a pleasure to announcethis change which acknowledgesthe contribution and dedica-tion of long-service employees,"Briggs said.

The new 4-week vacationplan is retroactive to Jan. 1,1966.

BRADLEY

JUL 5 1966

PAGE 2 THE LIBRAZETTE JULY, 1966

THE EDITOR'S MA1LBAGSUMMER DANCE A DANDY!

If you didn't make it to the Precisioneers Summer Dance,June 19 at the Burbank Moose Lodge, you missed a humdinger.Some 108 Librascope citizens danced, socialized and had arousing good time from 8 p.m. 'til Midnight. (See photo onPage 4).

Lisa Sands, Precisioneers Representative from Bldg. 3, andorganizer-chairman of the dance, should take a well-deservedbow. The music was great, the hall centrally located, refresh-ments excellent and the price of admission a paltry $1.25.

Why did only 108 employees attend? Frankly, that questionhas your Editor puzzled. If you know the answer, drop a lineto the "Editor's Mailbag."

LETTER TO THE EDITOR...Congratulations on the excellent job on the May issue of the

Librazette. It was newsworthy, reflected current achievementswithin the Division, which, I'm sure, pleased many employees.But, best of all, the article - "5000 Hours Under the Sea" -was breathtaking.

I'm sure looking forward to the next issue. Even people outsidethe Company are asking to be put on the mailing list.

Bruce Larson

WE MISSED A LIBRA VETThe name of a 5-year Libravet — Julia Stacey — was inad-

vertently omitted from the Librazette's anniversary list a coupleof months back.

Sorry, Julia!

PRECISIONEERS 3RD-BASEMANONCE WAS MOVIE STAND-IN

A former movie stand-in for film stars Robert Taylor andFernando Lamas is playing a starring role of his own these daysas 3rd-baseman for the Precisioneers Softball team.

The man? John Guarino of the Art Services Department. Hisbat and stellar defensive play have contributed much towardkeeping Librascope softballers in contention for the league title.

John did some work in the motion picture industry beforecoming to Librascope in 1961. A native of Brooklyn, N. Y., hewas a boyhood friend of singer Vic Damone. In fact, John andVic moved to California together and shared a Hollywood apart-ment while the singer sought to make his mark in the entertain-ment world.

FLAT TIRE REMEDY ... ORGLOVE COMPARTMENT BOMB?

Changing a flat tire can be a dirty and time consuming joband many people nowadays have come to depend on the "jiffy-flat-fixer" in an aerosol can that uses liquid gas and a latexpuncture sealant to handle the job in 60-seconds without mussor fuss.

But a notice from a Government agency reported that a canof this mixture recently exploded in the glove compartment ofa car parked in a sun-baked parking lot. The explosion blewout the windshield and did considerable damage to the dash-board and front seat. Another report told of a similar explosion,this time in the trunk of a parked car.

Chances are, if you'll check the directions on the can you'vebeen carrying around in your glove compartment, you'll discoverthat the manufacturer is most explicit about the dangers ofexcessive heat.

FATHER-DAUGHTER TEAM — Marlene McCoy, math technician inMath Analysis, discusses a hypothetical problem with her father,Marcus McCoy, senior engineer in Engineering Analysis. Marlene wasinstrumental in persuading her father to join Librascope.

Daughter Recruits Dad forEngineering Analysis Job

When Marlene McCoy, mathtechnician in Math Analysis,learned of the need for a seniorengineer in the EngineeringAnalysis Section, she decided tokeep the job in the family andset about trying to recruit herfather, Marcus McCoy, for theLibrascope job.

"We're glad she did," saidBud Biloon, manager of Engi-neering Analysis. "Her recruit-ing efforts helped us fill an im-portant position with a seasonedengineer with a wealth of diver-sified experience."

Aided by Jerry DeWitz, staffengineer in Engineering Analy-sis, a long-time friend of theMcCoy family, Marlene beganan all-out effort to get her fatherto move here from his positionat Atomics International.

"It took about four months tocomplete the recruiting," shesaid.

USAF AwardContinued from Page 1

of the company's Glendale fa-cilities.

"After viewing your ZD prog-ress at close hand," Atterholtsaid, "I am doubly pleased tohave been able to present thisaward to Librascope and its em-ployees."

Accompanying the Air Forcerepresentatives on the tour wereMr. Lee, Maurice Center, VicePresident and General Manager-Systems Division; George H.Bradley, Vice President andGeneral Manager - ComponentsDivision, and Jack R. Pelamati,Zero Defects Program chairman.

THE LIBRAZETTEPublished monthly as a service

to employees of Librascope Group,General Precision, Inc., 808 West-ern Ave., Glendale, Calif. 91201.

Editor Earl W. EricksonContributing Reporters: Bldg. 1 — Bill

Bietsch, Ext. 1222; Bldg. 2 - DonnaWilliams, Ext. 1126; Bldg. 5 — DaveGardner, Ext. 1564; Bldg. 15 — HerbBock, Ext. 1465; Bldg. 16 - Bob La-perle, Ext. 1803; Bldg. 17 - ChampVance, Ext. 1341; Washington Sales Of-fice — Carol Cogar, and Optics Tech-nology Center — Sbirlee Murray.

Art Services: Jim Norwood, Roy Brownand Andy Cook; Cartoonist: John Erick-son. Photos: Jim Avera and Bill Hoist.Printing: Librascope.

Marcus McCoy brings 40years of engineering backgroundto Librascope. A specialist inelectronic countermeasures, hehas several basic patents in hisname.

He was a senior engineer atAtomics International, directingstudies and development of theinstallation and operation of in-strumentation and controls forThermonuclear Electric PowerGenerators. Prior to that he wasa staff engineer and section headat Hoffman Electronics Corp.

Twenty-two Libravets cele-brate service anniversaries dur-ing the months of June and July,1966. Their names and servicedates are:

20 YEARSClarence R. Linsley, July 15

Ray E. Setty, July 2215 YEARS

James L. Hammer, June 11Ivan L. Mahoney, Jr., June 14Harry A. Callaghan, June 25

Laura S. Merritt, July 23Donald D. Christensen, July 23

10 YEARSJohn A. Mielkus, June 4

Theodore Chillman, July 95 YEARS

Edwin N. Alderman, June 5Whit F. Robinson, June 12Gordon P. Perkins, June 14Trudy L. Carrier, June 19

Mattie L. Robertson, June 20Cora S. Mutschler, July 3

Margie E. Barquero, July 10Stanley C. Ericsson, July 10

Mira Lawrence, July 11Richard H. Minson, July 11Harold M. Anderson, July 17

Rufus C. Threat, July 19Mark A. McDermott, July 31

New Vice PresidentsContinued from Page 1

Bradley has been generalmanager of Librascope's Com-ponents Division for the pastyear and was previously direc-tor of manufacturing.

Before joining Librascope in1964, he was Vice-President -Manufacturing, for SoundscriberCorporation and earlier held asimilar position with CapitolProducts.

JULY, 1966 THE LIBRAZETTE PAGE 3

Four SupervisorsGet Awards For

HousekeepingTrent Albizati's housekeeping

committee has named four sup-ervisors as winners of the MayHousekeeping Awards.

"Best Office Area" competi-tion for the month ended in adead heat with Jack Pelamati,manager of Logistics, and JohnD. Fatz, Timekeeping super-visor, finishing in a tie for thetop award. Both winning sec-tions are in Bldg. 2.

A similar situation resulted in"Best Office Area — Manufactur-ing" competition. This time thetie was between Jerry Snella,Manufacturing Estimating, andArt Steiner, foreman of Ship-ping, Receiving, Packaging andTransportation, both of Bldg.17.

Repeat WinnersCesar Goldstein's Model Shop

& Tool Room, Bldg. 1, won"Best Shop Area" honors forthe second month in a row. Alsoa repeat winner was Bob Peter-son, assembly foreman in theMk 48 Assembly Group, Bldg.17, winning the "Best AssemblyArea" award for the secondstraight month.

Honorable Mention awardsfor the "most improved" areaswent to the Shop Dispatch Areaand the Paint Storage Shed.

Lloyd Sommerfield, produc-tion superintendent for SystemsDivision, was "Guest of theMonth" and accompanied thecommittee on its tour of in-spection.

Winning supervisors receivecertificates of merit. Employeesin winning departments eachreceive five free coffee tickets.

Vietnamese OrphansFeatured Next Month

Several months ago Libra-scope's Precisioneers sent theentire proceeds of its 1965Christmas Card Fund ($831.50)to Foster Parents Plan, Inc.,with a request to "adopt" fourVietnam orphan-refugees.

This week, administrative de-tails concerning the "adoption"were concluded, the children'snames and photographs re-leased.

Watch next month's Libra-zette for pictures of your newchildren.

July 4th HolidayA three-day weekend is

ahead for Librascope em-ployees as the Company ob-serves Independence Day,July 4, as a paid holiday.Employees will not be sched-uled for work except as anemergency measure, accord-ing to Ray R. McDonald, di-rector of Industrial Relations.

Independence Day falls ona Monday, thus giving em-ployees their fourth long holi-day weekend of the year.And, there are three morelong weekends ahead in1966.

ZD TOUR — Lt. Col. Charles W. Atterholt, District Chief of DefenseContract Administrative Services, and Deputy Chief Jack S. Moody,center, listen intently as Richard W. Lee, left, Librascope presidentand George H. Bradley, right, Vice President and General Manager,Components Division, explain Zero Defects activities during a Glendaleplant tour. See related story on page one.

Credit Union is Seeking405 New Members in 1966

The Librascope EmployeeCredit Union (LECU) haslaunched a campaign to enlist405 new members by the endof the year, according to BuzzNewman. LECl" president.

Built around the theme."Your Credit Union .. . A FriendYou Need," the membershipdrive will emphasize insurancebenefits provided at no extracost to members and easy pay-roll deduction methods for sav-ings and loan payments.

"\\'c have two unique insur-ance policies." \ewman said.Both are provided to our mem-bers without additional cost.And I might add that this kindof insurance, when available,costs extra at any bank or sav-ings and loan agency."

Good ProtectionLoan Protection Insurance

(LPI) protects the borrower byinsuring that his or her loan willbe automatically paid off in theevent the borrower dies or ispermanently disabled.

"This kind of protection us-ually costs an additional 1% ofthe total loan amount at banksand loan companies," said New-man. "At LECU, it's free."

Life Savings Insurance (LSI),a protection for savers, providesup to $1000 worth of additionalfunds if the saver dies.

This insurance matches sav-ings — $5 worth of insurancefor each $5 savings share — upto a maximum of $1000, and isprovided at no extra cost tomembers.

Unique Policy"To the best of my knowl-

edge," Newman added, "Nobank or savings and loan agencyoffers anything to compare withthis policy."

Current LECU membershipstands at 2113 accounts butonly 1095 of these are memberspresently employed at Libra-scope. The difference, 1118 ac-counts, is made up of family

members (wives and children)and former employees.

Throughout the balance ofthe year, membership campaigncommittecmcn will be solicitingnew members.

"Remember," said Newman,"This is your Credit Union.There is no easier or better wayto save, no more convenientplace to borrow. Your CreditUnion is truly a Friend YouNi 'cd. Take advantage of it. to-dav."

VANCE YAPP

Yapp, Vance NamedTo Credit UnionBoard of Directors

The appointment of two newmembers to the Board of Direc-tors of the Librascope EmployeeCredit Union was announcedthis week by E. D. "Buzz"Newman, LECU president.

Appointed were Frank Yapp,compensation manager, Indus-trial Relations Department(Bldg. 3), and Champ Vance,staff assistant to the Manufac-turing Manager/Systems Divi-sion (Bldg. 17).

Yapp replaces former Bldg.3 board member Marie Sagar,who has transferred to Libra-scope's new field office at Van-denberg Village, Lompoc, Calif.Vance will fill the board vacancyleft by former Bldg. 17 repre-sentative Don Derrington, whohas resigned due to an increas-ingly heavy workload.

Both appointments are ef-fective immediately.

NewVandenbergField OfficeTo Serve USAF

Continued from Page 1organize the vital communica-tions systems records at Vanden-berg AFB, home of the StrategicAir Command's First StrategicAerospace Division.

"While our initial efforts willbe in direct support of this im-portant communications proj-ect," Lee said, "our office inVandenberg Village will becomea permanent addition to Libra-scope's extensive facilities.

"We look forward to beingan integral part of the growingindustrial community in theLompoc area," he added.

Well-Suited to TaskLibrascope is well-suited to

the tasks set forth under thenew USAF contract, accordingto Lee.

"We've had considerable ex-perience in the design andmanufacture of digital com-munications equipment, infor-mation processing and otheradvanced computerized equip-ment," he said.

Gay, a senior engineer withmore than 20 years of experi-ence in the communications field,will have a staff of 12 at theVandenberg service office. Heand his staff will work closelywith the 4392nd Communica-tions Squadron in analyzing andsolving the base's complex com-munications problems.

Staff MembersStaff members and adminis-

trative personnel assisting Youngand Gay at the Vandenbergoffices include Marie Sagar, Ad-ministrative Assistant; RichardKoenig, Communications Equip-ment Engineer; Thomas Neely,Circuit Design Engineer; EricJohnson, Outside Plant En-gineering Supervisor; ManualBracken, Ronald Calvert, FrankMajor and James Piechnik, Out-side Plant Technicians; LindaJarrett, Line Assignment Clerk;Patricia Burke and Jean Hite,General Clerks.

Libravets' DaughtersAre Honored Queens

Diane Sommerfield and DianeHeighe, daughters of Libra-scope's Lloyd Sommerfield, Sys-tems Division Production Super-intendent and Lee C. Heighe,Budget Financial Analyst, havebeen installed as queens theInternational Order of Job'sDaughters.

Miss Heighe was installedJune 5 as Honored Queen ofBethel 131 in Glendale. MissSommerfield became HonoredQueen of Bethel 226, La Cres-centa, on June 11.

Both proud fathers are activeparticipants at functions of theInternational Order of Job'sDaughters. Sommerfield is As-sociate Guardian of Bethel 226,Heighe holds a similar positionin Bethel 131.

PAGE 4 THE LIBRAZETTE JULY, 1966

PRECISIONEERS' SUMMER DANCE — Some 108 Librascope employees attended the Precisioneers'Summer Dance June 19 at the Burbank Moose Lodge and according to crowd reaction, the event was asmashing success. If there is sufficient interest in this type of activity, additional dances may be planned.

It's New... Librazette Classified...FOR SALEBOAT-8 foot car-topper. Tough,non-destructive plastic dinghy. Likenew. $25. Bruce Larson, ext. 1208.DRAFTING MACHINE-Bruning.Asking $65. Bill Jordan, Ext. 1574.

RIDE WANTEDCar Pool Wanted—from the CanogaPark area (anyplace). Work hours7:45 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Mondaythru Friday. Daniel Hirsch, Bldg.17. Ext. 1339.

PERSONALSDear Precisioneers—Thank you forthe lovely flowers. They made myroom much more cheerful. FLOR-ENCE HENRY.

Thank you Precisioneers. The flow-ers were beautiful and helped tobrighten my days in the hospital.ERMA BROWN.

Dear Precisioneers. The flowerswere just beautiful. Thanks sovery much. MARIE CHIAPEL.

Precisioneers — Your kind andthoughtful expression of sympathywill be remembered with sincereappreciation. MARGARET DAVISAND FAMILY.

Dear Precisioneers — The flowers"were lovely and so was the thought.Thank you. PAT HA'O.

Dear Friends—Thank you for thelovely flowers you sent me while Iwas at the hospital. They weregratefully appreciated. CAROLINEPOLLINA.

Dear Precisioneers—Your graciousgift of Gladiolus, Daisies and Stockin memory of Clem, along with allthe kind expressions of sympathyfrom Clem's Librascope friendsare deeply appreciated. WILLAABBOTT.

Precisioneers — Your kindness andyour thoughtfulness meant morethan words can say. Many Thanksto all of you. LARRY McDON-ALD.

Dear Precisioneers—Thank you forthe lovely flowers sent to me aftermy recent surgery. Since the hos-pital did not allow flowers, theywere delivered to me shortly afterI arrived home, where I appreci-ated them and the thought behindthem all the more. MRS. CLAR-ENCE KANE, JR.

IN MEMORIAMCLEM A. ABBOTT, a retired Lib-rascope employee, died May 18 ina Glendale hospital. He was 68years old.

A veteran of World War I, Mr.Abbott was barn at Honey Grove,Texas. He moved to Glendale in1939 and joined Librascope inJanuary, 1947.

Mr. Abbott was a StockroomClerk (Leadman). He retired inAugust, 1965, after 18K years ofservice.

Graveside services were con-ducted at Forest Lawn, Holly-wood Hills.

PrecisioneersAnnual PicnicSet July 30

The annual Precisioneers Pic-nic for employees and theirfamilies will be Saturday, July30, at Soledad Sands Park, Ac-ton, Calif., it was announced byKay Small, picnic chairman.

The Soledad Sands Parks site,the same as last year, was se-lected because of the variety ofactivities available, ChairmanSmall said.

Special RidesAgain, there will be special

rides for the children, the cus-tomary games, contests, free popand cotton candy for the kids.The park has a spacious poolfor adult swimmers, a wadingpool for children.

There will be organized ac-tivities for adults, too, plusdancing to the music of a five-piece combo. Food and bever-ages will be available at boothsstaffed by Precisioneers.

The gates will open at 10a.m., closing time is 5 p.m.

Problem SolvedDuring last year's picnic, food

and drink concessions sold outearlier than expected. Later, itwas discovered that other pic-nickers at the park had appar-ently been taking advantage ofthe good food and low pricesat Precisioneers booths.

Identification"This year, however, we've

taken steps to see that Libra-scope people don't go awayhungry," Kay said. "Each em-ployee and family member willhave a Precisioneers stamp onthe back of his hand for identifi-cation purposes. Unidentifiedpicnickers won't be permitted topatronize our booths."

A "check-in" booth adjacentto the park entrance will handlethe identification and stamping.

Watch your employee bulle-tin board for further details.

Dear Precisioneers. Thank you so Dear Friends-It was so very nicemuch for your thoughtfulness. The to receive your get-well packagelovely flowers were much appreci- while l was in the hospital. Yourated and very much enjoyed, friendly wishes and gift contributedCONNIE DAYTON.

How To Use The New'Librazette Classified'The Librazette prints classi-

fied advertisements as a serviceto employees of LibrascopeGroup / General Precision, Inc.There is no charge for thisservice.

To use the 'Librazette Classi-fied', simply submit your ad inwriting (no adds will be takenby phone) to The Librazette,Bldg. 3, Glendale. Ads shouldbe as brief as possible and mustbe accompanied by the em-ployee's name and telephone ex-tension number.

This is an exclusive servicefor Librascope employees. Nocommercial advertisements willbe accepted.

The Librazette reserves theright to edit or omit ads.

to my recovery. I'll be back soon.Many Thanks. PAUL GLASS.

Librascope Precisioneers -- Yourkind expression of sympathy isgratefully acknowledged and deep-ly appreciated. CLOYD HOOVER.

Dear Precisioneers—Hank van derVelden asked me to relay his deepappreciation for the lovely flowersthat were sent to his wife, his sonsand himself at the hospital afterhis accident. The flowers are beingenjoyed very much and do muchto brighten their hospital roomsand spirits. CAROL VIECELI.

************PEACE COSTS MONEY

BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS

************

COMPUTER TALK—Horace Roden, left, assistant programming spe-cialist, explains the intricacies of Librascope's L-2010 Computer tophysicists Paul Eisenhauer, C. E. Miller and Marlow Henne, all of theU.S. Navy Mine Defense Lab at Panama City, Fla. The visitors spenta week at the Glendale plant familiarizing themselves with the L-2010which is to be used by the Navy lab in a mine-hunting application.

JULY, 1966 THE LIBRAZETTE PAGE 5

SYSTEMS DIVISION — April ZD award winners left to right, front row, are Rose Pascone, Anna D. Bermudez, Lois Freeman, Ida Tripoli,Margaret La Haie, John Blake, Assembly Superintendent, Maurice Center, Vice President and General Manager — Systems Division, Bob Peter-son, Foreman — Mk 48 Assembly Group, Ida Zahm, Charlotte Webberson, Susan Polizzi, Eustolia Rivera, Lucille Spitza, and Twilah Bilger.Back row, left to right — Jack Naimoli, Mary Butler, Twilah Harmer, Fred Andree, Phyllis Abele, Anita Langham, Mary Cormier, Alice Pitcher,Dixie Robertson, Kathy Bauer, Lenore Vela, Julia Stacey, Elaine Robinson, Deforest McClintoch, Lounena McClanahan, Ann Galetka, BonnieGranger, Malinda Boyd, Ann Binyon, Ruby Burron, Rita Schnell, Susan Kovalchik, Harry Lanzowski, Walter Dalawrak and Kenny Madaus.

Peterson, Geno Groups Win ZD HonorsAccountants ElectClancy, HugginsTo Chapter Offices

Robert L. Clancy, assistanttreasurer for Librascope Group,and Mrs. Mildred L. Huggins,manager of receipts and dis-bursements, Accounting Depart-ment, have been elected to officein the award-winning San Fer-nando Valley Chapter of theNational Association of Ac-countants (NAA).

Clancy will serve as Presi-dent for 1966-67. Mrs. Hugginswas elected to the post of PublicRelations Director.

The chapter recently wasnamed first runner-up in nation-wide NAA competition and re-ceived the Remington RandTrophy award for outstandingachievement.

Chapters earn points towardnational honors through educa-tional programs, financial andadministrative reports, member-ship growth, publicity and spe-cial activities.

In competition with 200 NAAchapters located throughout theUnited States, the San FernandoValley Chapter earned 5,476points during the past year, just26 points behind the nationaltitle winner.

The NAA is the largest or-ganization of accountants in theworld, having over 55,000 mem-bers. The SF Valley Chapter isone of the newest additions tothe association, receiving itscharter in May, 1963.

Clancy and Mrs. Hugginswere officially installed in theirnew offices at the SF ValleyChapter's second annual dinner-dance June 18 at Nob HillRestaurant in Panorama City.

Help Keep

Our Economy

Strong

BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS

Zero Defects Group Perform-ance Plaques for the monthof April, 1966, went to BobPeterson's Mk 48 AssemblyGroup, Systems Division, andBob Geno's Production ControlGroup, Components Division.

Blue Ribbon awards for out-standing effort in the ZD pro-gram went to three group.? ineach division.

The Blue Ribbon awardswent to: Components Division— Willard Opocensky, PrecisionMechanical Facility; Bob Cur-ran, Production Machine Shop,and Hugh Smith, Purchasing.Systems Division — Jim Phillips,Assembly and Wire Prep Group;Bruce Luther, Customer ServiceGroup, and Harry Ford, Pro-gramming.

Roadblock RemovalOne top award, the Road-

block Removal Plaque, and fourBlue Ribbon awards were pre-sented in the Roadblock Re-moval phase of the Zero DefectsProgram.

Winning top honors wasLeonard Soper, ManufacturingAdjustment, Systems Division,for a suggestion for modifyingMk 75 test equipment. Whenincorporated, Soper's modifica-tion will permit more test datato be recorded at an acceleratedrate.

COST-CUTTINGCONTINUES TO

EXCEED GOALSLibrascope employees last

month continued to producenew cost-cutting methods andthe Cost Reduction/Cost Pre-vention program seems well onits way to another banner year.

Actual savings logged duringMay totaled $150,092, morethan $10,000 over the target forthe month. In April, $169,658in savings were recorded, nearly$20,000 over the goal.

Total savings for 1966(through the end of May)amount to $1,055,392, some$235,000 over the goal andmore than half-way toward theyear's target of $1.8 million.

Roadblock Removal Blue Rib-bon awards went to Jeff VanHoose, Manufacturing Adminis-tration, Components Division;Carl Krohn, Installation and In-Service Engineering, SystemsDivision; Betty Lang, Assem-bly. Components Division, andHarry Pace. Manufacturing Ad-justment, Systems Division.

Exceed GoalsGroup Performance Plaque

winners in both divisions metor exceeded their Zero Defectsgoals.

Bob Peterson's Mk 48 Assem-

bly Group set a goal to reducerework time from 2.5% to 1%.During the six weeks prior tothe award, the group reworkaverage was 0.8%.

The P r o d u c t i o n ControlGroup, headed by Bob Geno,consists of Production Control,Material Control and Shipping& Receiving. This group had agoal of "zero" errors on shoporder releases, assembly partslist releases and receivers.

Geno's Group achieved thisgoal for six full weeks prior tothe award.

ROADBLOCK REMOVAL—Award-winner Leonard T. Soper receivesthe Roadblock Removal Plaque from Maurice Center, Vice Presidentand General Manager, Systems Division. Looking on, left, is Soper'ssupervisor, James H. Gilliam, foreman of Production Test andAdjustment.

COMPONENTS DIVISION — Members of the ZD award-winninggroup are, left to right front row, Anne Sciandra, Linda Martin, BobGeno, manager of Production Control Group, and George H. Bradley,Vice President and General, Components Division. Second row, left toright, Louis Correia, Jules Bueller, Ron Herbert, Jerry Michaelson,Frank Marshall, Dick Minson, Leonard Taulbee and John Lalley.

PAGE 6 THE LIBRAZETTE JULY, 1966

GPE, Controls Co. Merger Approved by StockholdersThe merger of General Pre-

cision Equipment Corporationand Controls Company of Amer-ica, proposed by company di-rectors last February, has beenapproved by stockholders ofboth companies during annualmeetings held at Chicago, 111.,and New York, N.Y.

Controls Company stockhold-ers voted in favor of the mergerMay 17 in Chicago. GPE stock-holder approval came the fol-lowing day in New York.

Reveal TermsUnder terms of the agree-

ment, GPE acquired all proper-

ties and assets of Controls Com-pany in consideration of 800,703shares of common stock and266,901 shares of $1,60 cumula-tive convertible preference stock.

This represents an exchangeratio of 9/16 share of GPEcommon and 3/16 share of$1.60 convertible preferencestocks for each share of Con-trols Company of Americastock.

ReorganizationAlso approved was a plan for

reorganization calling for a newsubsidiary, called General Pre-cision Controls, Inc., to be es-

tablished within General Pre-cision Equipment Corp.

The new subsidiary will in-clude Controls Company ofAmerica, Graflex, Inc., theStrong Electric Corp., and Na-tional Theater Supply Co. Thelatter three formerly were sep-arate subsidiaries of GPE.

J. W. Murray, chairman ofGPE, told stockholders at theannual meeting that 1966 salesand earnings (excluding contri-bution by Controls Company ofAmerica) should show an in-crease over 1965 of approxi-mately 10%.

GPE sales in 1965 totaled$240 million.

The backlog of orders March31, 1966, Murray said, reachedan all-time high of $238 million,which is $47 million ahead ofthe backlog reported March 31,1965.

Commenting on the mergerof GPE and Controls Company,Murray said that total sales ofthe two companies last yearwould have been about $307million and would have repre-sented a balance of 42% com-mercial and 58% governmentbusiness.

PICTORIALHere are a few of the faces

of some 107 employees whorolled up their sleeves and do-nated pints of blood to replenishthe Librascope Blood Bank.

The event marked the secondstraight time blood donationshave exceeded themark.

Another visit byCross Bloodmobilescheduled later this year.

JULY, 1966 THE LIBRAZETTE PAGE 7

Similar to Precisioneers

OK Employees to FormNew Recreation GroupRockville, Maryland — An employee social and recreational

group similar to the Precisioneers is being formed at Librascope'sOptics Technology Center in Rockville, Maryland, according toShirlee S. Murray, OTC Personnel Manager and Librazettecorrespondent.

All OTC employees automa-^J^H tically become members of the

organization by virtue of theiremployment at the Librascopefacility.

Regular board members andofficers will be elected annuallyby the general membership. Un-til the first elections which arescheduled for January, 1967, agroup of OTC employees haveagreed to serve as interim of-ficers and temporary Board ofGovernors.

Temporary OfficersInterim officers and board

members include Harry Jewart,President; Roy Eiser, Vice Pres-ident; Barbara Scarff, Secretary;Ralph Wheeler, Financial Secre-tary, and board members DanEnglehardt, Dan Hubbard, WaltMartynuska and Bill Snyder.

The group plans to sponsorvarious employee activities suchas summer picnics, a Christmasparty, dances, a bowling team,Softball team, rifle or gun team.

Funds for operating the acti-vities will come from profits ofsales of coffee, cold drink, candyand cigaret machines.

Charles C. Myers

Friends HonorCharlie Myers

More than 100 employees andguests stopped by to say "fare-well" as a group of friends hon-ored Charles C. "Charlie" Myersat a retirement party May 26 atArthur's Village Inn, Glendale.

Myers, assistant security of-ficer at Librascope since 1960.retired May 31. Before joining _ , fthe company he was Guard -i -i OlL/UyChief for Gerber & Co., super- fn Seminar CoUrSC

150 seeuritv guardsvising 15 security guards atfour plants in the Burbank,Glendale and Pasadena areas.

A native lowan, Myers saidhe plans a trip back to the Mid-west soon to visit his son in DesMoines, Iowa.

"My wife and I will load upthe camper, drive to Iowa, pickup my son and his family, thenhead for Florida to do some fish-ing," Charlie said.

Other than the cross-countrytrip, the new retiree says hedoesn't have too much planned.

"We may do a little fishingand camping locally," he said,"but generally, I guess I'll justspend some time relaxing."

One thing certain, accordingto Charlie: "We'll be keepingin touch with our many friendsat Librascope."

Eleven Librascope men re-cently completed the month-long Control Gearing SeminarCourse at the Glendale plant,according to James R. Drugan,senior engineer - Math Analysisand director for the seminar.

The course consisted of fivesessions. Topics included funda-mentals of Gear Geometry, de-sign and specification of Stan-dard Gears, discussion of ProfileShifting Process and ContactRatio Considerations.

Completing the course wereRichard E. King, Joe Mercha-sin, Jerome A. Ziger, Daniel B.Mange, Thomas M. Walker,Luke Sullivan, George C. Ma-nus, Don K. Burton, Choi B.Byun, Emery E. Fekety andRobert S. Kostel.

\

EASY RETRIEVAL — Vendor catalog information is easily retrievedfrom the microfilm filing system now under trial at the TechnicalLibrary. Here, Nate Sands, librarian, prepares to place a microfilmcartridge in the reader-printer.

Saves Time, Space

Microfilm System Helps LibraryMaintain Vendor Catalog Files

"If the new ASCAM micro-film catalog filing system doesthe kind of job we thing it will,the need for filing individualcopies of thousands of vendorcatalogs will be eliminated,"said Nate Sands, supervisor ofLibrascope's Technical Library.

The library now devotes fourbookcase sections and some 30file drawers to vendor catalogs

BOOKCASE FILE—Clarine Mill-er, specifications clerk at the Tech-nical Library, shows the oldmethod of retrieving catalog infor-mation. At right are some of thebookcases filled with vendor cata-logs.

GRADUATES — Twenty Librascope men are recent graduates of a 12-week Effective Writing Course.Graduates pictured are (seated left to right), Ken Luther, Charles Cardea, Jack Rich, Bruce Luther, CarlKrohn and Carl Jakel. Standing (left to right) are Carl Doolittle, Tom Kokinda, Joe Schlegel, Ed Veesart,Oscar Schwartz, Bill Dayton, Dave Goldman, Jim Grant, Frank Haskins, Walt Hackman, Norm Bogan, CliffCulver and Angelo Leo. Not pictured, Dick Kennerknect.

and library personnel spendhours each month just keepingthe catalogs up to date.

With the new ASCAM sys-tem, some 4,000 vendor cata-logs are microfilmed on 16mmfilm and stored in alphabetizedcartridges for quick retrieval ofinformation.

When vendor information isneeded, a cartridge is placed ina Filmac 400 reader and in amatter of seconds the propercatalog page can be inspectedfull size on the reader viewingscreen.

"If a copy of the page isneeded, the Filmac's printer canreproduce a photocopy in sixseconds," Sands said.

The ASCAM system not onlyeliminates the need for storinglibrary copies of catalogs buthandles updating as well, thelibrarian explained.

"ASCAM updates the fileevery 60 days, adding newvendor information and we canrequest specific catalogs if wewish," he said.

A vendor index comes withthe system, helping the userlocate pages alphabetically byvendor and cross-indexed byproduct, making it a simple mat-ter to locate specific informationquickly.

Aid Club By-LawsSubmitted to Vote

Librascope Aid Club mem-bers, last week, voted on theacceptance of the new By-Lawsrecommended by the Aid Club'sExecutive Committee.

Copies of the By-Laws andballots were distributed June 22.Members were instructed tostudy the by-laws, then casttheir ballots to approve or dis-aporove acceptance.

Ballots will be tabulated andthe results announced in thenext issue of the Librazette.

PAGE 8 THE LIBRAZETTE JULY, 1966

City SchoolsOfficial

Visits P&RB. Gordon Funk, supervisor

of Industrial Education, Divisionof Secondary Schools, of LosAngeles City Schools, recentlyvisited Librascope's Printing &Reproduction section to obtainideas for modernizing printingshops in area high schools.

Ed Hill, supervisor of P & R,showed the visiting school offi-cial around Librascope's print-ing facilities and explained howhigh school print shops couldeasily affect a changeover tomodern printing.

High school shops through-out the Los Angeles area arestill teaching the old-fashioned"letterpress" method of printing.

Shining ExampleHill's P & R shop was recom-

mended to City Schools by Fair-child Camera Corporation as a"shining example" of a modemphoto-offset printing plant.

Fairchild Magazine recentlycited Hill's shop as "one of thefinest in-house printing plantsin the Los Angeles area."

To help the City Schools getstarted on the changeover, Lib-rascope has donated a RobinsonElectron Camera to the schoolsystem.

"While the Robinson is out-dated as far as our own opera-tion is concerned," Hill said, "Itwill be extremely valuable to theschools in setting up their initialoffset printing facilities."

Accompanying Funk on histour of Printing and Reproduc-tion was Tom McFadden ofDavidson Division of FairchildCamera Corp.

SEAFARING LIBRASCOPERS — Relaxing topside as the charter boat heads for home (photo at left) are,left to right, Lloyd Sommerfleld, Doug Linsley, Jerry Deitz, Keith Kinnaird and Bud Linsley. In rightphoto, Linsley shows off two of his "Log" Barracuda. The heaviest, a 10-pounder, won the trip jackpot.

Jackpot to Bud Linsley

Deep Sea Fishermen Hit Barracuda BonanzaThe second Deep Sea Charter

of the 1966 season left 22ndStreet Landing in San Pedro at2 a.m., June 4, and before dawnevery employee and guest aboard(with the possible exception ofKeith Kinnaird and Ted Lewis,who chose to sleep-in belowdecks) was up to his ears infun.

The charter boat had sched-uled a run to Catalina but turn-ed back to anchor off the PalosVerdes shore when the Captainlearned Barracuda were school-ing there.

The anchor had hardly rattledits way to the bottom whensleepy-eyed Librascope fisher-men were dropping hooks in thewater. And, in less than five

SCHOOL OFFICIAL VISITS — Ed Hill, left, supervisor of Printing& Reproduction, discusses modern offset printing techniques withB. Gordon Funk, supervisor of Industrial Education, during a recentvisit by the L.A. City Schools official.

minutes the afterdeck was wetwith wriggling Barracuda.

Jackpot catch of the day wasa 10-lb. "Log" Barracuda caughtby C. R. "Bud" Linsley. Budand his son, Doug, teamed upto take "most fish" honors with 9Barracuda, 5 Bass, 1 Jack Mack-erel, 6 Sculpin and a 20-lb.Shark.

"Things got a little slow afterthe first couple of hours," saidBuzz Newman, Deep-Sea-Tripchairman. "But from all reports,everyone had a good time."

Twenty-three Librascopersbrought back over 100 fish.About 40% of the fish caughtwere Barracuda.

The anglers included Dr. TedLewis, Bill and Use Newman,Ray Johnson, Lloyd Sommer-

OTC SchedulesSummer Picnic

The Optics Technology Cen-ter's annual family picnic willbe July 9 at Smokey Glen Farm,site of last year's popular outing.

Entertainment and fun sched-uled for employees and theirfamilies includes games for adults(Softball, volleyball, horseshoes,etc.) and supervised games andcontests for the youngsters.

Barbequed Chicken is themain course for diners. Plentyof liquid refreshment will beavailable to wash down thebarbeque.

The Picnic starts at 12, noon.All employees are invited toattend.

field, Jerry Deitz, Keith Kin-naird, Dick Williamson, JackEnglish, Steve English, DickWilliamson, Jr., Gary Deitz, Or-son Blackett, Scott Blackett, RayStein, Manny Stein, Rose Hurst,Dick Hurst, Bud Linsley, DougLinsley, Buzz Newman, andCarrie and Earl Erickson.

ToastmastersNominate SixFor Key Posts

Six members of LibrascopeToastmasters Club No. 1978have been nominated to serveas club officers for the last halfof 1966, it was announced re-cently by Dr. E. "Ted" Lewis,Toastmasters president.

Nominated were: for Presi-dent — Herb Meyer, Education-al Vice President — Bill Jordan,Administrative Vice President-Bill Walker, Secretary — DeanLynn, Treasurer — Ed Alder-man, and Sergeant-at-Arms —Phil DeGrazio.

The nominees were recom-mended by Nominating Com-mittee members Casey Inno-centi, Scott Dwire and BillTilden.

Elections are to be held atthe next scheduled meetingwith further nominations beingaccepted from the floor. Re-sults will be announced nextmonth and new officers installedat the Toastmasters InstallationDinner July 8 at the CarriageHouse in Burbank.