HEAR Receives $2075 GiftFrom Christmas Card Charity

For the third year in a row, theHEAR Foundation found itself therecipient of a post-Christmas checkfor $2075.11, the fiscal result of theannual Librascope Christmas CardCharity. Dr. Ciwa Griffiths, Execu-tive Director of HEAR, was onhand earlier this month to receivethe collective gift of the Librascopeemployees.

"We can't express our heartfeltgratitude for this wonderful gift,"Dr. Griffiths said, upon presentationof the check by President W. E.Bratton. "Both the children and Ithank all Librascope employees whomade this possible."

A month earlier, Dr. Griffiths wasthe recipient of a check for $1001from Librascopers who had listedHEAR as one of their Aid Clubcharities for 1960.

Due to these and other generousgifts, Dr. Griffiths has been able toexpand the scope and operation ofthe foundation. Over the past year,

new equipment such as the auditoryscreening device for infants de-veloped for HEAR by LibrascopeEngineer Leonard Ludvigsen, be-came a reality.

Because of the remarkable stridesthe foundation had made with hard-of-hearing children in helping themto a full and happy life, inquiriesfrom all over the nation have beenpouring in. Such interest and en-thusiasm resulted in a new HEARFoundation group established in Tu-lare County this past year.

Commenting on the growing suc-cess of HEAR, Dr. Griffiths said:"We are moving ahead in hearingeducation through auditory re-search, but our work is far fromcomplete. It is only through gen-erous donations such as thosereceived from the employees ofLibrascope that we may further ourwork with these infants and chil-dren who are afflicted with a hear-ing problem."

GIFT TO HEAR—President W. E. Bratton presents a check for $2075to Dr. Ciwa Griffiths, Executive Director of the HEAR Foundation. Thecheck was the result of the Christmas Card Charity Fund, in which somany Librascopers participated. The Group pictured above includes H.F. Little, Precisioneer Charity Drive Director, Dr. Griffiths, PresidentBratton, J. F. Studdard, Precisioneer President, and L. E. Ludvigsen,Glendale branch engineer, who has spent a great deal of his spare timein developing auditory devices for HEAR.

LIBRASCOPE D . V . S .GENERAL PRECISION, I

SUBROC IntegratesWith Glendale Branch

E X C H A N G E O F N E W S A N D K N O W L E D G

Vol. 8, No. 7

Advanced Research AwardedFive New Air Force Contracts

A signal honor was accorded Librascope and its AdvancedResearch group last month, with the announcement of an AirForce contract for the support of four basic research projects.In addition, notification was received early this month fromthe Air Force Office of Scientific Research of its acceptance ofa fifth basic research project to be separately funded.

Income Tax FormsState and Federal Income Tax

forms will be available for allLibrascopers after Feb. 1 at theBenefits and Services Office inBldg. 3.

Also available are request ap-plications for those employeeswho hired in during the pastyear and who may be eligible forSDI refunds, A! R. Pederson,Benefits and Services Super-visor, announced.

Two engineering groups, temporarily divided to provide aseparate structure for the initial phases of the SUBROC pro-gram, were reunited this month under the banner of the Glen-dale branch. SUBROC, which was separated from the former

January, 1961 Shipboard Engineering group two years ago, has been reinte-grated into Glendale branch engineering in a new structuredesigned to capitalize on its total experience and personnel.

A. D. LARSON, who was Direc-tor of SUBROC, has been appointedChief Engineer of Glendale branchby Manager T. D. Bryant. Larsonwill continue to be responsible forthe SUBROC program, as well.

"WE ARE CERTAINLY grati-fied by the confidence registered inour activities," H. J. Hamilton, Di-rector of Advanced Research, toldLIBRAZETTE. "It is particularlynoteworthy when you realize thatcontracts for such research are al-most exclusively awarded to univer-sities or non-profit foundations."

Rarely in the limelight, basic re-search at Librascope has beenunderway for better than fouryears. Active support and encour-agement of basic research placesLibrascope in very select companyin industry. The Air Force projects,however, mark the first time thata contract has been negotiated forbasic research by an outside agency.

THE FIVE NEW projects whichAdvanced Research will embarkupon are:

1. Digital simulation study ofnerve-nets based on cardiac gangliaof lobsters; (This work will beundertaken in collaboration withDr. T. H. Bullock, Professor ofZoology at UCLA and a leadingfigure in neuron theory.)

2. A study of some hypotheticalnerve-nets for the control of an-tagonistic pairs of effectors;

3. A study of the behavior andpossible roles of arrays of mutuallyinhibiting hypothetical neurons;

4. Research on the analogicalsimulation of neural behavior.

5. Study of classical associationpsychology as it relates to dataprocessing in digital computers.

"THESE STUDIES, which will besponsored jointly by Librascopeand the Air Force Office of Scienti-fic Research will lead, we hope, to

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Deadline Draws Near ForSpring Semester Enrollment

Spring semester courses at many of the universities, colleges,junior colleges, technical schools and adult classes in the LosAngeles area will begin the weeks of Jan. 30 and Feb. 6.

Bryant Larson

For employees planning to takeadvantage of Librascope's Educa-tional Refund Plan, applications forspring courses should be completedprior to enrollment, according toWayne Strong, Training Director.

COURSE CATALOGS, registra-tion schedules and application formsfor tuition refund are available atthe Training Section offices in Bldg.3.

Under the Educational RefundPlan, the company will refund amaximum of $200 a year to eachemployee enrolled in courses judgedto improve present or future workassignments.

Applications must be approved by

supervisors and the education com-mittee. Tuition costs for approvedapplication are refunded upon com-pletion of the course and evidenceof satisfactory grades.

THE REFUND PLAN does notcover cost of text books or supplies,and does not apply to individualsreceiving compensation under theGI Bill.

Of the many accredited schools inwhich an employee may enroll areUCLA, USC, L.A. State, Pierce JC,Reseda Adult School, Burbank Eve-ning School, Valley Institute ofTechnology, Glendale College andPasadena City College.

Major Proposals AnnouncedBranch sales organizations, in cooperation with Division

Military Sales and Division Contracts Administration,currently have proposals totaling almost $82,000,000under submission to prime contractors. The proposalsencompass both research and development and productioncontracts.

Among the firms and agencies involved are: Minne-apolis-Honeywell, Convair, various departments of theArmy and Air Force, Douglas Aircraft, General Electric,the FAA, Hughes Aircraft, the Navy's BuWeps and Bu-Ships, Autonetics, Kearfott, Martin, Boeing, Chrysler andBell Areo.

The joining-together of the twogroups was one of many develop-ments during January which sawthe Glendale branch take into itsranks more than 350 people whopreviously had been part of centralorganization engineering and ad-ministrative groups. Except for Ac-couting, Auditing and Data Process-ing services, which will continue tobe supplied by Division headquar-ters, Glendale is now a completelyself-contained branch.

Headed by Larson, the Glendaleengineering department now con-sists of the following sections:

ADVANCED PROJECTS — Dr.A. L. Stanly, director; ASW Sys-tems—D. E. Roof, director; Weap-ons Control—R. A. Potter, projectmanager; Digital Data Processing—J. L. Deitz, director; SurveillanceEquipment — W. L. Cloninger, di-rector; Installation (Systems) En-gineering—C. C. Buterbaugh, actingdirector; Technical Documentation—J. R. Pelamati, manager; Manu-facturing Support — F. T. Copple,manager; Publications—F. P. Hiner,manager.

As staff to Larson, J. H. Paquinis Technical Director and H. C.Applegate is Director of TechnicalPlanning.

IN THE MANUFACTURINGarea, Harlan Buseth, assistant Glen-dale branch manager, consolidatedall phases of circuit board manufac-ture into one section and has namedGeneral Foreman W. A. O'Mara tohead it. O'Mara, who was head ofthe Plating and Processing section,is succeeded by C. A. McCutehan,assistant general foreman.

Glendale PlantsTwice as SafeOver Past Year

Lost-time disabling injuriesamong Librascope employees of allGlendale plants reached an all-timelow in 1960, as twice during theyear previous safety records werebroken.

The final tally, according to R.W. Lee, Safety Engineer, revealedonly .67 lost-time injuries per onemillion man-hours of working timeduring the year, less than half ofthe 1.72 recorded in 1959.

A record 2,479,362 man-hourswith no disabling injuries in the135-day period from April 6 toAugust 19 also set a new record,exceeding the former high of 1,294,-849 man-hours set in 1956.

The accident-free 2,479,362 man-hours last year represents one manworking 40 hours a week, 50 weeksa year, for 2,480 years without anaccident, Lee explained.

"At the close of 1960, recordsshowed 79 days or 1,568,159 man-hours of accident-free work hadagain exceeded the former all-timehigh of 1956," Lee said.

Report Writing CourseWriting, analyzed from its

basis in fundamental grammarand then extended into technicalreport and letter writing, is thesubject of a new 12-week course,starting March 1.

The course, to be held in Bldg.3 conference room from 5:00 to7:00, will be conducted by Qual-ity Control Engineer W. E. Wa-terhouse, a former university ex-tension instructor. Since enroll-ment is limited to 25, applica-tions for the voluntary courseshould be in to the Training De-partment by Feb. 15, accordingto staff representative J. J.Schwarz.

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Research Group at GlendaleStudies New ASW Projects

In a move to broaden and diversify Glendale Engineeringmarkets, a research and development group has been formedto investigate the surveillance and classification problems as-sociated with the U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare.

Aldrich NamedTo EBW Study

With over 20 years experienceworking with sonar systems andsubmersibles, new Staff EngineerGerard T. Aldrich enhances theGlendale Engineering project forapplying Exploding Bridge Wire tounderwater sound detection.

ALDRICH, a native New Eng-lander, reports to W. L. Cloninger,who is directing various sonar proj-ects at the Glendale Branch.

At one time a school teacher inVermont and New York City, Aid-rich began his engineering careerin sonar systems with the Sub-marine Signal Company in Boston.

Later he headed research and de-velopment groups on sonar fire con-trol and monitoring systems at theNavy's Underwater Sound Labora-tory. At one time he was directorof electronics engineering on Proj-ect Michael for Columbia Univer-sity's Hudson Laboratories Divi-sion.

PRIOR TO joining Librascope,Aldrich was with Sanders Associa-tion of Nashua, N. H., where heheaded anti-submarine warfare ac-tivities creating, devising and latermarketing new applications and im-provements in sonar systems toNavy bureaus.

During a leave of absence fromSanders, Aldrich directed a projectto install an acoustics impact areafor Patricks Air Force Base inFlorida.

ALDRICH HAS a BSEE degreeequivalent, embellished with studiesin many other areas. He has at-tended the University of Massa-chusetts, Boston University, Uni-versity of Vermont, University ofConnecticut, New York University,Cornell and Columbia.

McMullinin WashingtonTo Recruit Engineers

A search for prospective Libra-scope engineers is being conductedthis month in the Washington, D.C.,area by F. S. McMullin, Profes-sional Placement Representativefrom the Division Engineering Em-ployment Office.

Aiding McMullin in the recruit-ment campaign are A. L. Stanlyand C. C. Buterbaugh, directorsrespectively, of Glendale BranchAdvance Projects and InstallationEngineering, both of whom are inthe nation's capital this month onBranch business.

Recruitment interviews are alsoscheduled by McMullin during astop-over in Chicago.

Several openings for senior en-gineers and other engineering staffpositions now exist at Librascope,McMullin told LIBRAZETTE. Heurged all Librascopers to referpossible candidates to the Engineer-ing Employment Office.

The R&D group, headed by W. L.Cloninger, Glendale's Director ofSurveillance and Classification, iscurrently working on various proj-ects relating to underwater sounddetection.

ONE PROJECT, actively understudy for the Navy's Bureau ofShips, is the application of Explod-ing Bridge Wire as a controlledsound source for long-range under-water detection.

For the past six months Clon-inger's group has worked with Li-brascope's Sunnyvale Branch onthis study and has recently con-cluded a preliminary test programat the Naval Electronics Laboratory(NEL) in San Diego.

Joining Librascope for the proj-ect is Staff Engineer Gerard T.Aldrich, formerly with Sanders As-sociation of Nashua, N. H. Otherkey personnel from Glendale in theR&D Group are Engineer M. D.Hankins and Physicist R. C. Vinetz.

TEAMING UP closely on thesonar study will be R. C. Maninger,Manager of the Sunnyvale Branch,and his staff engineers who haveplayed a pre-eminent role in theresearch and development of EBWfor modern applications.

Sunnyvale Engineers B. V. Carl-son and M. J. McBeen have beenamong those laying the earlygroundwork for Glendale's EBW-sonar project.

In the application of EBW as asource of sonar sound, Cloninger'sgroup are attempting to harnesscertain side effects—the tremendousamount of light and shock energy—produced and released during abridge wire explosion.

IN THE FIRST phase of testingat NEL at San Diego, Cloninger re-ports encouraging substantiation ofearly paper study on the project. Asecond test phase is planned at theNavy laboratory this month.

In addition to the EBW-sonarstudy, Cloninger also explainedother surveillance and classificationprojects in progress at Glendale:

1. Development of a computer forsonar ray-tracing — one that com-

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Kliebert EntersCouncil Election

Paul J. Kliebert, a buyer in Glen-dale's Purchasing Section, has filedfor candidacy in the April electionfor Los Angeles city councilmanfrom the Seventh District.

The district embraces the valleyarea of Van Nuys and PanoramaCity. The seat was vacated by for-mer Councilman James Gormanwith his November election to the22nd Congressional District.

KLIEBERT, a resident of Pano-rama City, is amember of theVan Nuys Cham-b e r o f C o m -merce and poli-tical educationchairman of theNorthridge Re-publican Club.

He has beensince October,Librascopewith

1959.A native of Milwaukee, Wis.,

Kliebert received his B.A. Degreefrom Marquette University, major-ing in Business Administration.

PRIOR TO JOINING Librascope,he was at Hughes Aircraft in ElSegundo and Culver City. He alsoworked for PCA Electronics inSepulveda.

In 1955 he campaigned for a seaton the Los Angeles Board of Ed-ucation, but was defeated. As amember of the Van Nuys Chamberof Commerce, he has served on thePolitical Education, Taxation andAirport Committees.

NEW LOOK—The architects rendering above is the new engineeringoffice building of GPL. The new million dollar structure, to be erectedon GPL's 69-acre Pleasantville property, will add about 75,000 square feetto the present facilities.

The GPL Story: CreatingProducts in Many Fields

(The following article is the second ofa three-part series, in which LIBRAZETTEtakes a look at the operations of the sisterdivisions of Librascope within the GPIfamily—Kearfott, Link and GPL.—Ed.)

The GPL Division of General Pre-cision, Inc., is an experienced andprolific team, continually generat-ing new products in such areas asairborne navigation systems, airtraffic control, communications, dataprocessing and closed-circuit tele-vision, and motion picture projec-tion equipment for theaters.

GPL, formerly General PrecisionLaboratory Inc., was the first com-pany to design, develop and manu-facture airborne Doppler naviga-tions systems. An internationalleader in the field, the firm has pro-duced more than 2,000 Doppler

Navy ApprovesNew Integrator

Librascope's new high-torqueball-and-disc integrator, an impor-tant part of many of our ownanalog computers and fire controldevices, and one that is used byother computer manufacturers, haspassed exhaustive tests by theNavy.

One immediate result of the testsis an order to modify 3,300 earliermodels of the integrator now inuse throughout the Navy, to bringthem up to our new standard. Asizeable order for manufacture ofentire units also is anticipated.

DESIGNED BY veteran StaffEngineer Willard Opocensky, thenew model C integrator was ratedas having all the capabilities weclaimed for it, plus even higherperformance, "without sacrifice ofany of the earlier model's desirablefeatures."

The 1-thousand-hour test showed"no apparent sign of damage orsignificant change . . . in accuracy,"the 26-page, illustrated reportstated. The tests were conducted bythe Navy's Underwater OrdnanceStation at Newport, R. I.

The Navy's report came as nosurprise to Opocensky. Before sub-mitting the new model for Navyscrutiny he had given his design a10-thousand-hour test — with thesame results!

navigators (more than any othermanufacturer in the world) forguidance of military, commercialand corporation-owned aircraft.

NEWEST MEMBER of the Dop-pler family is the commercialRADAN 500 navigator for military,business and corporate aircraft.With its companion TNC-50 tracknavigation computer, this light-weight navigator is automaticallyguiding the newest jet aircraft withan accuracy and reliability that pro-vides better flight scheduling andincreased fuel economies.

GPL also has the singular dis-tinction of being the only firm inthe country with a high resolutiontelevision system coming off itsproduction line. A successful 1,000-line system, it was designed and de-veloped to meet a Navy need fordata transmission aboard carriersand in shore-based operational con-trol centers.

One of the most dramatic of cur-rent GPL projects is the joint effortwith Librascope and Link in thedevelopment of an experimentaldata processing and display sys-tem for air traffic management forthe Federal Aviation Agency.

GPL WAS FOUNDED in 1945,with a group of scientists from theMassachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy Radiation Laboratory servingas the nucleus of the organization.Since its fledgling stage, GPL hasgrown to a firm of more than 2,000employees and more than 300,000square feet of facilities for re-search, engineering, environmentaltest, flight test, manufacturing andcustomer services. The main head-quarters is located in Pleasantville,N.Y.

St. Nick ScoresHit at Children'sChristmas Fete

Clov/ns, cartoons and a magic actcomprised the initial entertainmentfor the annual Librascope Chil-dren's Christmas party, but thehighlight—as it is each year—wasthe entrance of the great Christmasgentleman, Santa Claus

FROM TODDLERS to teen-agers, the crowd at the HooverHigh School auditorium voiced itsapproval as Santa strode down thecenter aisle to the accompanimentof "Santa Claus is coming to town."

By 4:30 that afternoon, Santa andhis Librascope helpers were apretty fatigued group. They haddoled out over 2,000 presents rang-ing from baby bells to hot rodracers.

THIS YEAR'S party, the largestyet, required the services and longhours of several Librascopers.Among those contributing to thesuccess of the Christmas eventwere: Charlie McKallor of Prop-Acctg who portrayed the portly,bearded gentleman; shipping clerkBud Ankrom, who supplied thetransportation for the movement ofall the gifts and Jim Manley, Glen-dale purchasing and Art Johnson,who donned the garb and grease-paint of circus clowns for the enter-tainment of the kids.

Among the many others whodonated their time and energy werePat Hansen, Al Akins, George Pop-pa, Howard Miller, Bob Faust,Howard Little and former Pre-cisioneer president Bob Garrett.

Lee, Hamrick InGlendale Switch

An intra-departmental shift inthe Glendale Personnel Departmentinvolving the transfer of Safety En-gineer R. W. Lee to Wage andSalary and W. F. Hamrick, Train-ing Instructor for Special Courses,to the position of Safety Coordina-tor was announced this month byC. P. McKeague, Director of Em-ployee Relations.

THE MOVEMENT also willswitch responsibility of all Safetyand Medical functions from theTraining Section to the Benefitsand Services Section.

Lee, head of Safety since hejoined Librascope last April, willnow be a Wage and Salary Analyst,reporting to H. G. Boehm.

HAMRICK'S new position will beone of coordinating all safety ac-tivities. He will report to A. R.Pederson, director of Benefits andServices. A member of the Libra-scope Training Section since Au-gust, 1958, Hamrick was formerlySafety Engineer and Auditor forthe State Compensation InsuranceFund in Los Angeles.

1AM MembersElect Stewards

In the recent balloting for officersof IAM Precision Lodge, Local ItiOO,Max Mennen and George Cookewere once again named chief stew-ards, for the forthcoming year. Thelocal membership also voted in 40other stewards, 30 of which werere'ected(r).

IN ADDITION to Mennen, thestewards elected from Bldg. 1 in-clude: H. J. Henderhan (r), N. J.Glance, R. W. Youniacutt (r), T.J. Cherry (r), B. A. Beck (r), P.N. Shaul ( r ) , H. J. Newbanks (r),Ruth Flynn (r) , J. W. Cruz, G. E.Wood, V. L. Thompson (r) , F. R.Murtha (r), Helmer Gustafson andF. A. Trott (r).

From Bldg. 2: H. H. Hanzer, A.J. Conrad, J. G. Jerina (r), JohnDominguez (r), L. E. McCullough(r), A. C. Fisher (r), R, W. Boss-ley (r), M. D. Wandry (r) , EricSeif (r), and H. B. Pace (r).

NAMED STEWARDS fromBldgs. 10, 10A, 17, 5 and 15 areW. J. Lassly ( r ) , A. L. Davis (r), F.B. Hancock (r), A. E. Saenz, M. M.Kurey (r) , C. D. Gilbrech (r) , D.M. Fein ( r ) , Dan Hochmann (r) ,Barry Katz, G. J. Burg, and W. E.Moore.

In addition to chief stewardCooke, other night-siders electedinclude: A. L. Dapelo, C. D. Davis,W. R. Sherwood (r) , R. L. Corbinand B. P. Hoinmiller (r).

New Standards SectionPromotes D. G. Franken

Donald G. Franken, former Stand-ards Coordinator, has been pro-moted to Standards Analyst, re-porting to J. R. Kay, Director ofthe new Standards function inthe Division Operations PlanningGroup.

In his new position, Franken isresponsible for Librascope's Stand-ards coordination with other GPEaffiliates.

Franken joined the company inJuly 1958 as a draftsman. Then astudent at Glendale City College,he was hired as a result of hisfirst-place entry in the Librascope-sponsored drafting incentive con-test held at the school.

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KING OF LINKS—General foreman Carl Culver (left) registers a widegrin upon presentation of clock trophy from Bob Bruce after capturingthe 1960 Librascope Golf Club playoff. For the story on Culver and hisfour fine rounds of golf, turn to page 8.

A PACKED AUDITORIUM—A portion of the hundreds of children in attendance at the annual LibrascopeChildren's Christmas Party gather around clowns Jim Manley (left) and Art Johnson, awaiting the entranceof Santa Claus. Following the entertainment, Santa (Charlie McKallor) arrived and the children charged enmasse, hoping to gain the knee of the kindly old gent in red. One of the first to mount Santa's lap (bottomright) was Michael Christie, son of Acctg Clerk Mary Christie. Having arrived, however, young Mike was alittle reluctant in discussing his Christmas needs.

1961 Aid Committee and RepsPLACE YOUR BETS—Junior Achievement members of the Librascope-sponsored Chop-A-Block Company watch versatile LGP-30 computer"wheel and deal" a game of black-jack during the JA's tour recently at theBurbank Branch. Kenneth Howard (second from right), Digital SystemsTest Supervisor, puts the computer through its paces. The JA group,accompanied by their Librascope advisors, also visited the GlendaleBranch and attended a luncheon presided over by Librascope PresidentW. E. Bratton.

1961 AID COMMITTEE—Pictured above are the Li-brascopers who will guide the Aid Club ship-of-statethis year. From left to right: Evelyn Robideau, re-elected secretary-treasurer; Harold Newbanks; Bill

Ryan; Dick Wilson, newly-elected chairman; and BilliePayne. Not in attendance are C. F. White, retiringchairman, and nightside committeeman Steve Jackman,re-elected at the recent election.

NEWLY ELECTED—December ballots cast by mem-bers of the Librascope Aid Club resulted in the elec-tion of the group pictured above as 1961 buildingrepresentatives. Back row, left to right: Robert Hohen-stein, Bldgs. 11-12; Robert Faust, Bldg. 26; ArthurWerner, Bldgs. 19, 20, 21, 22; Clarence Becker, Bldg.

17; Walter Tyler, Bldg. 5. Front row, left to right:•George Sandoval, Bldg. 2; Elizabeth Palkovic andRoberta Jones, Bldg. 1; and June Erwin, Bldg. 16.Reps not pictured are Marie Sugar (3), Alberta Davis(10, 10A), Elsie Klein (15), and Carol Sample (7, 14).

A SIMPLER WAY—Senior Engineer Gray Lange and Designer PeterIwakami (kneeling) are seen inspecting a portion of the point-to-pointwiring on the Micro Program unit for the Mk 130. The wiring on thefire control system was performed with tabulated wire listings, such asthe one held by Lange. The new time-saving and cost-cutting method ofwiring developed by Lange and Iwakami is the tabulated equivalent of awiring diagram, accomplished entirely by data processing equipment. Thework parallels a similar project undertaken by M. J. O'Neill of the Sunny-vale branch for the FAA data processor.

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The Day the Bank Was Filled...

BUSY SCENE at Librascope's second 1960 blood bank was the prelimi-nary physical checkup prior to each donor's gift of blood. Although therewere 8 rejects during the afternoon, 138 Librascopers went to the cots toreplenish the Librascope blood bank supply. Since the first 1960 Bloodmo-bile visit in May, 88 pints have been used by Librascope employees andtheir families.

TWO OF the busiest people on theafternoon of Dec. 28 were HowardLittle, acting chairman of the De-cember blood bank, and Mrs. ElmerC. Thomas, blood program chair-man for the Glendale chapter ofthe Red Cross.

RELAXED DONOR—Parts mover Edward Whiteseems to be perfectly at ease as Nurse Gertrude Con-nolly makes preparations for his donation of a pint

of blood. Like many others who came to the second1960 Blood Bank, White was a donor for the first time.

Blood Bank Roll of HonorFred T. AndreeLottie R. AtwoodCharles C. BaileyEpbert C. BalkeRichard L. BartonRobert L. EarthBernard V. BattistessaDon R. BaughmanNancy L. BernetteStephen H. BrinkleyDonald BradburdDorothy O. BrandCrystal I. BowhayBette J. BuschJohn L. CairnsGeorge E. CarrickConrad N. CarterGeorge L. Carpenter, Jr.Robert C. CassellThomas W. CataniaJoan B. CooneyJames N. ConwayNick D. CostantiniEarl H. CrawfordJack W. CruzJames C. CusickAldo L. DapeloAlberta L. DavisThomas C. DavisDonovan F. DayDale G. DeanRudolph D. DeleonWilliam M. DiehlWarren EisenbergJo Anne ErickJames H. FalletDaniel E. FedeleRobert E. FelkerHerbert J. FrankenbergRichard W. GoetschBernard J. GogginDavid M. GoldmanGeorgia L. GravesPatricia M. GuenetteNprris C. GuyRichard E. GuzmanDenzil N. HallLeo J. HeinzPaul R. HickeyVera E. HoehnJack L. HoughJack JoaquinSewell F. JohnsonRoberta V. JonesJack JungFred J. KillipsMaurice KimmelRichard A. KornCarol J. KratzerMarguerite C. LeahyJohn G. LeightonJohn G. LincolnHoward F. LittleJudyth Y. LongJack D. McLearPatrick W. McMannCharlie E. MarcumNorman P. MarshallJoyce Anne Miles

Carl A. MillerBernard F. MuntiferingJames J. MurphyTheodore A. NagyPaul NelsonRobert H. NelsonWilliam E. NewmanJames A. NewtonTheodore R. NicholsDaniel NovelliThomas J. O'ConnorSheldon OIneyOscar C. OrthRichard W. PannetonBerwyn D. PerrineRobert G. PetersonDavid D. PharmerRobert W. PutnamJames D. QuenemoenAlicia M. RayaconeFred M. ReynoldsFranklin D. RichMichael H. RifkenRichard L. RobinsonWallace H. RobinsonJames A. RogersThomas W. RunyanRoger J. St. ClairEloi R. SalazarJames F. SearcyDorothy J. ShaffoBenjamin M. ShindellOrin H. ShoemakerDonald A. SiebelsWilliam D. SiffermanVoyle H. SipesHarold R. SkinnerWilliam E. SlattenRobert C. SmithRobert R. SmithGeorge F. SnowJerry P. SolomonLeonard T. SoperCarl A. SorensenThomas P. Sorenson, Jr.Abigail E. StoddardWilliam G. StoddardFrancis X. SullivanDavid F. SweenerGordon J. TaitRoger TenutaAlbert E. ThompsonWilliam R. TownsendBill J. TripoliDon V. TubbsPeter P. TultsPaul J. UlloArthur Van EssenArthur L. VicentiArmando J. ViselliJames W. WalshMerten D. WandreyArthur K. WehlEdward E. WhiteJoseph V. WilliamsRonald K. WrayRobert C. WyckoffWilliam A. YoungCarl A. Zappitelli

NEW AND OLD—First- t imerJudyth Long, Production Control,and ninth-timer Fred Killips, nightgroup leader, Material Control,Glendale, pose for the news camerain front of the Red Cross Blood-mobile. In addition to Killips, twoother members of the original Li-brascope blood bank—Burbank Per-sonnel Manager Morrie Kimmel andCrystal Bowhay of the GlendalePrototype Shop — continued theirconsecutive string of donations.

San MarcosDrawings and specifications

for the new Aerospace Branchfacilities in San Marcos wereput out for bid this month, ac-cording to C. .E. Dahl, DivisionPlant Engineer.

Construction on the first unitof the 24,000-square-foot struc-ture is expected to begin in Feb-ruary.

Librascope State-of-the-ArtPresented at N.Y. Seminar

B&S HandlesClassified Ads,Lost & Found

Librascope provided a special look at the state-of-the-art inthe computer field for the trade and New York press last month,presenting "A Seminar on Computer Systems—Today and To-morrow," at the Dorset Hotel in New York City.

President W. E. Bratton, withsix other Librascope speakers, pre-sented the portfolio of Librascope'spresent capabilities, with a speciallook at future computer applica-tions.

THE SEMINAR, divided into amorning and afternoon session, wasopened by Bratton, who briefly de-scribed the history of Librascopeand the rise to its present positionin the computer field.

The assembled newsmen thenheard Project Engineer CharlesFoodim, representing the Aerospacebranch, discuss the airborne appli-cations of the ASN-24, the L-407and the CP-209.

Speaking for the Sunnyvalebranch, Project Engineer Lane Wol-man discussed the important roleLibrascope is now playing in thenew Air Traffic Control System,currently in production for theFAA.

A REVIEW of recent projectsundertaken by the Glendale branchwas presented by Frank Matthews,former senior engineer now in Li-brascope's Washington office. Mat-thews covered Librascope's con-tracts for POLARIS, ASROC andSUBROC.

Representing the Burbankbranch, Project Engineer JamesCass outlined to the press the fea-tures of the new RPC-4000 andRPC-9000 solid state computers de-signed and manufactured by Libra-scope for marketing by Royal Mc-Bee.

The subject of process controlapplications for Librascope com-puters was handled by J. T. Ator,Manager of the newly formed In-dustrial Systems group, located inPalo Alto. Ator also told of newapplications toward vehicle andmissile check-out with the Libratrol500.

CONCLUDING SPEAKER at thespecial press seminar, was R. R.Williamson, Director of MilitaryRelations. Williamson discussedsome of the problems presently be-ing worked on by the Applied andAdvanced Research groups, and thebreakthroughs in computer tech-nology which may be anticipated.

Hirsh AppointedSales ManagerBurbank Branch

M. C. Hirsh has been appointedSales Manager of the Burbankbranch, R. E. Hastings, LibrascopeVice-President and branch Manager

announced thismonth.

Hirsh joinedthe B u r b a n kbranch in 1958as an applica-tions engineer,w o r k i n g onshaft position-to-digital encod-

ers, plotters and accessories. Thefollowing year, he was namedsenior applications engineer incharge of encoder sales.

Before coming to Librascope hewas chief liaison engineer in thecomputer plant of Alwac Corpora-tion. From 1952 through 1956 hewas a development engineer in theOil Exploration division of Lane-Wells Company. During World WarII, Hirsh served as an electronics in-structor in the Army Radar Schoolat Fort Bliss, Texas.

Born in Shanghai, China, Hirsh isa graduate of Reed College in Port-land, Ore., where he received hisB.A. in Physical Science. He is amember of the Institute of RadioEngineers.

FREE to all Librascopers. Bulletin boardposting of all ads on buy, sell, rent, tradeor ride offers. Also headquarters for lostand found articles. Call Helen Mattison,Bldg. 3, ext. 1230.

In the good neighbor role ofLibrascope's Glendale classified addepartment manager and keeper ofthe gate in lost and found is HelenMattison of Art Pederson's Benefitsand Services office.

Helen's service to Librascopers,in this capacity, is to receive, com-pile, publish and post the weeklybulletin of classified ads whichappears each Monday on hall boards.Articles found are retained in theB&S office until claimed.

FOR MAXIMUM effect, Helenprescribes the following proceduresto assist her efforts:

a. Classified items must bephoned in or personally carried toHelen by Thursday afternoon toappear in the following Monday'sbulletin.

b. Items appear for one week butmay be renewed for additionalweeks by notifying Helen by Thurs-day.

c. People outside of Librascope,with the exception of commercialbusinesses, may also request adsbe placed that may be of interesthere.

d. Articles found should beturned in to the B&S office or tothe nearest Security Guard. Allclaims must be made in the B&Soffice.

"A REMINDER to all Libra-scopers," Helen proposes. "All post-ing on company bulletin boardsmust go through this office forapproval. Personal notices will beremoved."

W. K. Emery toTest Lab Croup

Warren K. Emery, an engineer-ing graduate of UCLA, has joinedthe Reliability section as SeniorEngineer, according to ReliabilityDirector W. J. Picker.

^^m^^_ Emery's new^•t I post will place

? him in charge ofthe technical as-pects of the en-vironmental testlab, supervisingthe various vi-bration, Sh0ckancj temperature

test programs initiated by Reliabil-ity.

Formerly with Hughes AircraftCo. for eight years, Emery servedas a member of the technical staffof Product Assurance and SystemsInstallation department, where heplanned and supervised environ-mental testing of company-manu-factured products.

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LibrascopeToastmasters:

The Toastmaster Tradition: From Fancy Feasts to Forensic Feats

Effective Speaking the Social WayNew Class Begins

A semester class in PrecisionInspection starts Jan. 31 at theVan Nuys Adult School, 6535Cedros Ave., Van Nuys.

The tuition-free course will beheld each Tuesday and Thursdayevening from 7 to 9:30 p.m., andis open to persons emp'oyed inindustry.

Topics to be covered includeBlueprint Reading, Use and Careof Precision Inspection Tools andInstruments, and a Review ofMathematics pertinent to Inspec-tion.

Persons wishing to attend mayregister the first night of classon Jan. 31.

C. K. Reh JoinsGlendale Branch

Carter Keith Reh, fresh fromsix years in the South Americantropics, has been appointed to theGlendale production engineeringstaff by newly-promoted SupervisorAl Leto. Eeh (pronounced Ray) has

-fieen assigned to the Mk 114 project.^^^^ A n a t i v e of

JMflH Canton, Kans.,Reh graduatedfrom Kansas St.

1|':S*>: $& College in 1949.Following grad-uation, he joinedAlcoa Aluminum

gjjjj as an industrial*,* JK. t engineer; later

he was with the manufacturing di-vision of Pacific Airmotive and thepetro-chemical research division ofBorg-Warner Corp.

In 1955, Reh journeyed to Vene-zuela and became general managerfor Productora Mara, C.A., an in-dependent oil producing firm atMaracaibo. He is a Lieutenant (jg)in the Naval Reserve and makes hishome in Van Nuys with his wifeand three children.

Gillespie HeadsProcedures Unit

Haven L. Gillespie, formerly headof the facilities planning groupwith Hughes Aircraft Corp., hasbeen named Supervisor of Pro-cedures for Librascope division, byPhe'ix Ellingson, Manager of Ad-ministrative Services.

A native ofCovington, Ky.,Gillespie is ag r a d u a t e i nbusiness admin-istration fromfamed CentreCollege in hishome state, hasdone graduatework in economics at the Univer-sity of Cincinnati and UCLA. Hebegan his business career withWright Aeronautical Corp., Cincin-nati, was head of its administrativemethods section when he left tomake his home in Southern Cali-fornia.

Gillespie is married, the .father,of three—Jim, 20, Carol, 14, andJennifer, 6—and makes his homein Encino.

Glendale AppointsPrice Supervisor

Richard H. Price, former Pro-duction Engineer, was recently ap-pointed Prod-Eng Projects Super-visor for the Glendale branch. Hewill be in charge of the productionengineering aspects for Asroc andthe Mk 114 system.

A 1956 graduate of Cal Poly atSan Luis Obispo, Price came toLibrascope as a production engineerin 1958. He formerly was with theElectrodata Division of BurroughsCorp. and with Consolidated Elec-trodynamics.

FACTORY FRESH—From the Burbank Branch comes this RFC 9000computer system, the "heart" of Librascope's Operational Control Systemlocated in Bldg. 1. The 9000 is the first of a long line of equipment that willbe em placed in the LOCS center. Here, G. J. Tait (right), Industrial Engi-neer in charge of equipment and programming for LOCS, talks over someinstallation aspects with Programmers C. L. Fuller (seated), and fromleft, Joseph Rue and J. K. Alexander, along with R. J. McCarthy, serviceengineer from Royal-McBee. This first 9000 system for LOCS, consistingof tape drives, punch and reader equipment and tape typewriter, willundergo check-outs and initial program testing for approximately twomonths, Tait said.

How do you rate in today's need for goodvocal communication?

Do you rise to your feet and to the occasion,full of confidence, able to say what you want,capable of giving the best impression of your-self?

OR, LIKE SO MANY, do you start to trem-ble at the knees, sweat at the palms, quake inthe voice, fail in memory and fall on your face ?

If so, the remedy for this forensic frustra-tion may lie in an organization known as Toast-masters, a kind of "do-it-yourself" speech im-provement club.

In Librascope Toastmasters, part of theparent Toastmaster International, over 30members are currently enrolled in the sociablecourse of learning basic speaking practices inan atmosphere of least possible embarrass-ment.

Starting with the raw material—the "ah","and uh" and "uh" talker, Toastmasters' pur-pose is to produce in a few months a practicedand possibly polished public speaker.

"WE WANT YOU to learn to apply funda-mental speech experiences experimentally inyour club laboratory, and then use them inyour personal affairs to your own best ad-vantage," writes Ralph C. Smedley, founder ofToastmaster International, to new club mem-bers.

Many Librascopers, in all levels of position,have passed through the club since its organi-zation here in 1955.

A. R. Pederson, long-time Toastmaster andformer president, said, "Toastmasters can im-prove a person's ability to stand on his feetand talk. Anyone, regardless of position, whodeals with groups of people is bound to benefitfrom what they learn at the club."

THE WORKSHOP or laboratory for Libra-scope Toastmasters is an evening meeting eachfirst and third Wednesday of the month. Atvpical program includes a meal, discussion ofclub business and selected table topics, and pre-pared speeches.

From first anpearance, the meeting suggestsa gathering of businessmen bent on some sternmission. Once begun, the similarity ends.

Not since the late Sen. McCarthy made tele-vision history with his gravelly utterances of"Point of Order. Mr. Chairman," is one likelyto see more parliamentary shenanigans thanat Toastmasters.

FOR EXAMPLE, one of the traditionalToastmaster subjects of business is the policyof fines and assessments against erring mem-bers. A proposed fine of ten cents or so againsta member arriving late or failing to addressthe chair properly often calls for such a myriadof motions, rebuttals and haggling that onewould suspect the man's very financial survivalto be at stake.

During the table topics discussion, membersare called upon to give one- or two-minutetalks on some weighty item selected by a chair-man, such as offering advice to the lovelorn orpresenting a sales pitch on a Mexican egg-beater.

Despite the facetious aura that persiststhroughout this portion of the meeting, an

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ACCLAIMED—Toastmaster President G. W. Seltzer(right), presents one of the traditional club trophiesto member C. C. Dracey in recognition of superiorspeaking performance at a meeting.

important purpose prevails. This relaxed,informal atmosphere is pointed to inducingparticipation and teaching parliamentary pro-cedure.

THE SECOND -PART of the meeting "con-sists of prepared speeches by members, whichare in turned judged and criticized construc-tively by other members.

Under the rules of Toastmaster Interna-tional, each member upon joining embarks ona schedule of twelve speeches designed to in-doctrinate basic principles of good publicspeaking.

In addition, positions in the club are rotatedat every meeting so that members may taketheir turn at the role of Toastmaster, parlia-mentarian, grammarian, or table topics chair-man, and thereby learn those often necessarybut more often neglected rules for conductingmeetings.

"MEMBERS OF Toastmasters have a recog-nized selfish interest in that thev use the clubto improve themselves," G. W. Seltzer. Toast-master president at Librascope, said. "But theend result furthers the club's purpose which isto produce better public speakers."

"It's a sociable group that recognizes othermembers' problems," added R. E. Laperle. clubsecretary, "and also provides a way of gettin^to know people within the company as well."

Several special meetings are included in theToastmasters schedule throughout the year.Among these are ladies night, barbecue meet-ings, and swimming rjool meetings (guaranteedto excel in informality).

ACCORDING TO SELTZER, a m-oerram iscurrently being planned which will feature ameeting conducted by some of the originalmembers of the Librascope club.

Nominal dues for Toastmaster membershipalso cover the cost of speaking guides, otherclub publications, and the miniature trophiesawarded each night.

Current Toastmaster officers include Presi-dent Seltzer; H. G. Boehm, Educational Vice-President; E. L. Considine, AdministrativeVice-President; R. E. Laperle, Secretary; J. J.Ochoa, Treasurer; and C. J. Innocent!, Ser-geant at Arms.

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BasketballersOpen Season inBurbank League

Librascope entries (two fromGlendale and one from Burbank)in the Burbank industrial basket-ball league kicked off their seasonsthis month, with only one teamregistering a first-game win.

In a Hatfleld-McCoy opener, theGlendale "B" team led by JimWeatherill with 18 points andGeorge Pitko with 12, downed theLibrascopers from Burbank, 55-32.

In its league opener, the Glendale"A" team was nosed out in a closey,65-62 by Weber Aircraft, last year'sleague champion. High scorers forthe "A's" were Nelson Manzaneres(21) and Ted Masters (17).

For those interested in attendingany of the games, schedules for theremainder of the season will beposted on the bulletin boards, ac-cording to basketball managerCharlie McKallor.

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A Rut in the AlleyJohn Delle Fave, foreman in

Tool Design, reached a bowlingrarity recently, rolling a 194-triplicate in the Monday nightmixed league at Pickwick Bowl,Burbank.

Delle Fave, who carries a 165league average, will receive anAmerican Bowling Congressshoulder patch as a reward forthe three identical scores.

New Contracts...(Continued from Page 1)

important advances in our basicunderstanding of Automata," Ham-ilton explained. "Broadly speaking,automata research involves thestudy of highly organized and com-plex mechanisms and their inter-action with a complex environ-ment."

"In most of our work we havea twofold objective," Hamilton said."Our first task is to develop suit-able tools and techniques for theinvestigation of highly organized,complex mechanisms such as arefound in the neuro-rnuscular sys-tems of living organisms. Then,with the aid of these tools andtechniques we hope gradually todevelop a general theory which willbe applicable to such mechanismsin relating their overall function totheir internal structure."

The LibrazetteCopyright 1960 by LibrascopeDivision, General Precision, Inc.808 Western Avenue, GlendaleEditor W. K. KeithAssistant Editor T. L. RyanAssoc. Editor Wayne AmmonsArt Editor Keith KinnairdAssistant Art Editor P. C. KanePhotographers E. H. Crawford

C. F. Beindorf, J. A. AveraPhoto Layout A. M. CookSpecial Art J. R. Norwood

New Nurse JoinsBurbank Branch

The latest in ladies-in-white forLibrascope is Industrial NurseDorothy Shaffo who has recentlyjoined the expanding Burbankbranch.

Miss Shaffo, with offices at theVerdugo St. Bldg., heads the FirstAid Department for all Burbankfacilities.

Prior to joining Librascope, NurseShaffo worked at the Atomics In-ternational Division of North Amer-ican Aviation in Canoga Park.

She is a native of Pittsburgh,Pa., and completed her nurse'straining at St. Vincent's Hospitalin New York City.

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Bowen JoinsGround Systems

Wynne Bowen has joined theGround Systems Dept. of the Sun-nyvale branch as an electronic en-gineering associate, according toChief Engineer Lane Wolman. Heis assigned to work on the semi-automatic test equipment (SATE),reporting to staff engineer E. R.Zuehlke.

A native ofCriccieth, NorthWales, Bowenserved in theBrit ish M e r -chant Navy as ar a d i o o f f i c e rduring WW II.During his five-year service, heserved on 14 different ships of themerchant marine fleet. Bowen cameto the U.S. in 1946.

Before joining Librascope, Bowenworked five years with ConvairAstronautics, San Diego, as anengineering research developmenttechnician on ground support equip-ment for the Atlas missile. He alsoowned and operated his own tele-vision service business in the SanDiego area.

ONE:NEVERKNOWS.

Steady ShootingNets Golf CrownFor Carl Culver

Carl Culver, Glendale AssemblyGeneral Foreman, hauled in theLibrascope Golf Club championshipand trophy for the second year in arow, coming in with a snappy 72-hole net total of 270. Walt New-comer, Prod-Eng Associate, placedsecond in the playoff, 11 strokes offthe winning score.

PLAYING ON three differentcourses for the required fourrounds, Culver shot consistently finegolf in gaining the trophy. Only hisfirst round, an 83 at the YorbaLinda course, kept him from havinga uniform gross score of 78 for thefour rounds of play.

The championship playoff, for-merly known as the Calcutta, hadthe year's top sixteen net golfersentered in the contest.

FOR CULVER, already the win-ner of this year's low gross trophyat the Apple Valley tourney, itmarked his fifth golfing award sincejoining the Librascope Golf Club.

The order of finish for the topeight in the golfing finale for 1960is as follows:

Individual Rounds(Net Score)

Carl CulverWalt NewcomerMatt KimmelBob LawlorJim DruganHugh SmithBill PeckRoland Whiting

71-66-66-6773-70-64-7473-70-71-6867-65-79-7269-68-70-7771-73-67-7376-66-79-6670-81-69-72

Total270281282283284284287292

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putes angles of deflection as raysenter the water. The Navy has al-ready expressed interest in the ray-tracer testing recently completed bythe R&D group.

2. Development of a long-life seawater battery for buoy power sup-ply, which utilizes the reaction ofsea water and magnesiu-ri. A con-tract appears favorable for a testbuoy to be placed in operation soon.

SEVERAL PROJECTS are alsounderway to improve data process-ing aspects of sonar systems andthese studies and their results havebeen submitted to the Navy forreview.

"For a number of years, Libra-scope management has felt the needfor advancing work in the sonarfield to broaden the scope of activi-ties at Glendale," Cloninger toldLIBRAZETTE. "Primary interesthas been from the systems appli-cations standpoint."

"Now, marketing studies wouldseem to predict a tremendous futurepotential for industry in the fieldof sonar systems for governmentuse," he said.

ON THE VARIOUS R&D proj-ects, G l e n d a l e engineers haveworked with the NEL in San Diego;the Navy Underwater Sound Ord-nance Station, New London, Conn.;Scripps Institute of Oceanography,a division of University of Cali-fornia, San Diego; and the WoodsHole (Mass.) Oceanographic Insti-tute.

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LIBRAVETS—Recent additions to the growing list of men and womenwho have attained five years of service are the 12 Librascopers picturedabove. From left to right in each row, they are Audrey Blythe, GaylordVance, Bob Sommerville, Dona Filkins, Harry Ewing, Al Leto, EarlCrawford, Elena Root, Roger Perraglio, Jack Pelamati, Sam Zatkin andJoe Simon.

Where Would You Like to Go?Librascope employees interested in the annual Precisioneer-

sponsored vacation tour in September, are urged to offer theirsuggestions from three possibilities as to the destination of the tripin 1961. This coupon, carrying NO OBLIGATION, should be filledout and sent to Eileen Brown, at the Precisioneer Store, Bldg. 2, assoon as possible, so that charter arrangements and other plans canbe completed by vacation time.Check one: D Mexico City and Acapulco, a 14-day tour, $359.

D Orient, a 20-day tour, $895.D Scandinavian countries, a 23-day tour, $1095.

There would be people in my party should I decide to takeadvantage of this year's tour.

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Librascope DivisionGeneral Precision, Inc.808 Western AvenueGlendale 1, Calif.

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