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Vol. 7, No. 6 November, 1959

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT officers of Koke-A-Koaster company and their Librascope advisors, lineup for the news camera at JA headquarters in Bur-bank, after organizational meeting. In front, (l-r)

Secretary Kathy O'Hare; Vice-Pres. Gyda Messmer;Pres Bill Klemme, Treasurer Christy Thompson. Inback, Charlie Cole, Joe Fido, John Fatz, Art Pedersonand Chuck White. (Crawford photo)

Company Again SponsorsJunior Achievement Group

A score of high school students with a desire to learn howthe American free enterprise system operates are getting anintroduction to that complex subject under the auspices ofLibrascope and the Junior Achievement movement.

They are officers, stockholdersand "employees" of the Koke-A-Koaster Company, organized tomanufacture, distribute and sell aconsumer product with 'what theybelieve to be considerable con-sumer necessity and acceptance.The product is a set of handsomelycolored coasters, made of anodizedaluminum and lined with cork.

The Junior Achievement organi-zation, nationwide in scope, is dedi-cated to providing a working op-portunity for youngsters to learnhow American business operates.Through the medium of JA-spon-sored companies, organized andstaffed by the young "achievers,"they handle all the details of or-ganizing and financing a company,choosing a product, designing it,creating a management to organizeproduction, distribution and selling.

Librascope SponsorLibrascope is now in its sixth

year of participation as a counsel-ing firm, and President Lewis W.Imm is serving his fourth term assecretary of Junior AchievementCorp of Los Angeles, Inc., J.A.'ssponsoring group in this area.

The companies have a short life,purposely, in order to acquaint asmany achievers as possible withthe details of business manage-ment. Companies are organized inOctober, and operate until the fol-lowing May, when they are for-mally liquidated. Profits—if any—are then distributed to the stock-holders and the company dissolved.

Issue StockThe Librascope team has taken

the Koke-A-Koaster achieversthrough the process of companyorganization, selection of a productand name, issuance of stock (at50 cents a share), and election ofofficers. Tooling to produce theproduct was turned out by theModel Shop from Cole's designs.The tooling fits into existing ma-chines in JA headquarters at 121East Verdugo, Burbank, and theachievers have already had a testrun on production.

With the advisors standing by,the K-A-K organization hadelected its top officers, is to namea board of directors and then hireits operating department heads andproduction employees from thegroup. Top officers are:

President—Bill Klemme; Vice-Pres — Gyda Messmer; Sec'y -Kathy O'Hara; Treasurer—ChristyThompson. All but Klemme are onthe distaff side, which may givea hint to what future corporateofficers will be in the world ofbig business!

LIBRAZETTE will follow thecareer of K-A-K in issues to come—and tell you where and for howmuch Koke-A-Koasters may bebought.

Report Correct AddressWith income tax reporting

time not far off, Mildred Hug-gins, assistant controller, urgesall employees to make certainthat Personnel is supplied withcorrect home addresses. All em-ployers are required by law toreport employee income to theFederal and State governments—and to furnish correct homeaddresses as well, she pointsout.

LGP-30 Assemblynoiders ana me company dissolved. i» ir " 1 7 " !The companies generally do make IVlOVCS TO V CrClUffOmoney'

Kids' Xmas PartySet For Dec. 19

Plans for the Precisioneers an-nual Christmas Party for Libra-scope children are complete andthe affair promises to be one ofthe best ever, according to ChuckBrennaaun, Purchasing, chairmanof the arrangements committee.

Date for the party is Dec. 19 andthe time from one to four P.M.Scene will be the auditorium ofHoover High School, 651 GlenwoodRoad, Glendale.

Entertainment will include aprogram of movie cartoons, a com-munity sing and, a special featurethis year, a puppet show presentedby Ralph Rousseau, parts dis-patcher in Production Control andhis wife, Anna. Both are well-known professionals in puppetry.

Santa Claus, making an early-season appearance, will be theguest artiste of the day and willhave a bag full of gifts for allyoungsters, age 1-12, who are onhand.

Cooperating companies supplyadvisors to the young achievers,but after the first one or twomeetings, take a back seat andstep in only when invited. Thisyear eight staffers are serving asadvisors and alternates. They are:

Business—John Fatz, chief time-keeper; George Pope, accounting,alternate.

Accounting—Chuck White, IBM;Harry Ewing, IBM, alternate.

Production—Charlie Cole, ModelShop supervisor; Roy Van Holm,Model Shop, alternate.

Sales—Art Pederson, Personnel;Joe Fido, Bldg-Main, alternate.

Burbank now has taken over allspace in its Verdugo street build-ing and plans are being drawn toshift some manufacturing activitythere from Tujunga, according toManager Dick Hastings.

Final assembly of the LGP-30and future versions of that com-puter will move to Verdugo street.Manufacture of components, wir-ing and related work will remainin the Tujunga street building,using present second floor spaceand the area vacated by the LGP-30 production line.

Promote WritersTwo members of Publication's

technical writing staff have beenpromoted by Phil Hiner, Publica-tions manager. Bob Fosler, whos t a r t e d with Librascope sevenyears ago as a wireman in as-sembly, was promoted from writerto senior writer. Henry Welp, whojoined Publications in February ofthis year as an assistant writer,was elevated to full writer status.

Organization ChangeCreates New Division

A Glendale division with general management responsibil-ity over all Glendale engineering, Quality Control and Pro-duction, was established Nov 1 in an executive order fromPresident Lewis W. Imm, and placed under Don Webster asVice President and Division Manager.

The order also announced that further organization changes,primarily in the activities under M. L. "Lindy" Lindahl, vicepresident and controller, will be announced within two weeks.A new master organization chart will follow.

The Nov 1 order involved severalrealignments of functions and man-agement assignments. They are:

Bob Dietrich, shifted from hispost as Chief Engineer of Airborne,and named Assistant Division Man-ager under Webster. He has re-sponsibility for advanced planningand technical review of all Glen-dale operations.

Bill McAboy, who has been ChiefAdministrative Engineer of Engi-neering Administration, also namedAssistant Division Manager underWebster. He has responsibility foroperations review.

Hank Norris, appointed ChiefEngineer of Airborne Engineering,succeeding Dietrich.

All SUBROC engineering efforthas been centralized, in a unit sep-arate from Shipboard Engineering,and placed under Arnold Larson asSUBROC project director. Larson

.nu i Uj.^c B^^^f will report to Webster. As the^fmjga^f^ at Kelly Field, SUBROC design program moves

?a£ i iT0;,, ? toward completion, personnel onMM I post for three this J°b wil1 return to Shipboard.

DecentralizeDecentralization of engineering

service sections, under way for

"PB" StokesJoins AirborneAs Project Mgr

Powell B. Stokes, internationallyknown civilian scientist with theAir Force, has joined Librascope'sAirborne engineering departmentas manager of a new project inthe Advanced Systems and Plan-ning section. He will report to BobWilliamson, section director.

__ Known famil-4*s (t iarly as "P.B.",

S t o k e s w a sTechnical Di-rector of Sys-tems Engineer-ing of a specialAir Force groupat Kelly Field,

j San Antonio. Hehad held thatpost for three

years and, altogether, had been atop-level civilian scientist with theAF for the past nine years.

A native of Texas, long and leanas the proverbial cowpuncher (ashe might be portrayed in a movieby Gregory Peck), Stokes receivedhis early education in WichitaFalls, took his Bachelor's degreein Physics at Tulane University.He did graduate work at the sameschool while on the Physics de-partment staff as a designer ofelectronic research instruments,before entering government serv-ice. Earlier he spent two years inthe Navy as a V-12 student.

Stokes will be Librascope's rep-resentative on a Research and De-velopment team with RCA at Cam-den, N. J. Other participants in theproject are Westinghouse, IBM,Systems Development Corp., Tem-co and the architectural firm ofDaniel Mann, Johnson and Men-denhall.

Stokes, who has just turned 33,is married to the former MissBetty Preston of Monroe, Ga. Theyhave three young daughters—Susan, 11, Julia, 7, and Betty, 6.Moving day from San Antonio isin the offing—after the end of theschool semester.

some months, was carried forwardinto new areas by Mr. Imm'sorder. Four sections formerlygrouped under Engineering Ad-ministration, are now absorbed bythe design engineering groups theyserved. Affected are:

Drafting and Checking; Produc-tion Engineering; the MechanicalLaboratories and Test EquipmentDesign.

A new service unit groupingunder the title of EngineeringServices was set up under GalenMannen as manager, and reportingto Webster. Engineering Servicesincludes Publications, EngineeringStandards and Service Operations.

Reliability and EnvironmentalTest, previously in the old Engi-neering Administration group, nowreport to Dietrich.

Further delineation of functionand areas of responsibility, withorganization charts for the divi-sion, are to be issued shortly byWebster.

Old World Travelers Return;Recount Lively Experiences

Europe is all that the travel posters say it is and the Libra-scope party just returned from a flying visit to the Old Worldhave already started saving for the next trip. And what theysay about the gallant French, Italians and Swiss also is true*,say the distaffers who made the trip.

"We had a marvelous time ev-erywhere we went," says EileenBrown, manager of the Precision-eer store. "It couldn't have beennicer. We went everywhere andsaw everything there was to see.I just wish the trip could havelasted three weeks more!"

The group flew to New York viaAmerican Airlines, then crossedthe ocean in KLM's "FlyingDutchman" to Amsterdam andBrussels. At Brussels they werepicked up by their own private"bus and started a seven-nationtour that took them to Heidelberg,Lucerne, Venice, Rome, Paris, Lon-don and Edinburgh, with many away-station in between.

"Venice was beautiful and theatmosphere was downright over-whelming," says Eileen. "MableSteiner and I were sitting in thePlaza of St. Mark, waiting for theevening band concert, when agroup moved in back of us andstarted chattering away in English.Mable's reverie was so disturbedthat she turned around and hissed:'Speak Italian!' "

"In Lucerne I discovered you cango a long way from home and stillrun into familiar faces. Strollingacross a bridge I ran into HankNorris and Garland White of Air-borne. And what does Hank sayto me, right in the middle of allthat history surrounding us? 'I'mhaving trouble with that camerayou sold me!' "

"In Paris we took in the showat the Folies Bergere and I canunderstand why all visitors gothere. It was a good show, but I'dhate to make a living selling bras-sieres backstage."

Everybody came back ladenwith the maximum of duty-freemerchandise t h e i r pocketbookswould let them buy, and the friendsand relatives of Eileen, Mable, Mr.and Mrs. Bill Dudas, Clarine Millerand Jim Monte should be well-supplied with French perfume andsilks for sometime to come.

Now what do they say about thegallant French, Italians and Swissthat's SO true? (They pinch!)

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Operation Big LiftSets World's RecordIn "Raising The Roof

Up, Up, Up, An Inch At A Time - -

"Operation Big Lift", the Hercu-lean task of raising four giantslabs of reinforced concrete weigh-ing almost 8,500,000 pounds to aheight 14 feet above ground level,to form the roof and parking lotfor the new Production building onSonora street, set a new world'srecord for size and weight of thelift.

Each slab —189 by 97 feet —weighed 2,107,500 pounds and wasthe largest and heaviest piece ofreinforced concrete ever to belifted anywhere on the face of theearth, Henning Vagtborg, head ofthe lifting firm handling the proj-ect, reported to Building EngineerCliff Dahl.

"The previous record was held bya lift 500,000 pounds lighter,"Vagtborg said, "and was purely atest operation. The Librascope jobis the biggest on record any-where."

Saved $42,500"Operation Big Lift" saved an

estimated $42,500 and four weeksin construction time over conven-tional methods, according to Dahl.Decision to use this method wasmade during the planning stage byFaxon, Gruys and Saylor, Libra-scope's architects, and Bibb, Rem-nien and Bibb, the builders.

The huge slabs, ranging in thick-ness from three and a half feet atthe "centers," to three inches atthe thinnest point, were cast onthe 85,000 square foot building'sconcrete floor, over a web of rein-

Some statistics on the "biglift":

Each section of the roof is 189by 97 feet.

There are 490 cubic yards ofconcrete in each section, for atotal of 1,984,500 pounds.

Each cubic yard weighs 4,050pounds.

Total reinforcing steel used—104,000 pounds per section.

Over-all weight per section—3,107,500 pounds.

forcing steel and a "waffled" form-ing structure of corrugated card-board boxes. Use of these seeming-ly frail (but actually very strong)boxes saved hundreds of hours inconstruction time over conven-ional wooden forms, produced astructurally strong and relativelylight slab.

Before the slabs were poured,the huge pre-cast reinforced con-crete columns that were to supportthe roof, were put in place overconcrete and steel caissons set deep

Ed Forgey,14-Year Veteran

into the ground. After the slabswere poured and had cured forseveral weeks, huge hydraulicjacks, each with a 70-ton liftingcapacity, were mounted on top ofeach column. The jacks, 18 ofthem for each slab, were linked tolarge steel rings buried in the slabsaround openings for the columns.Linkage was provided by thick,steel rods, threaded like bolts.

Each jack then was hooked upto a powerful hydraulic pumpthrough two control mechanismscalled "consoles." At a signal givenby the contractor, console opera-tors opened valves, sending hy-draulic fluid under tremendouspressure to each of the jacks. Thejacks, thrusting downward, pulledthe slabs up the threaded rods;locking nuts, spun into place bythe jacks, held the slab in placebetween each lifting operation.

Slow MovingThe entire lifting movement was

barely visible to the eye, as thetremendous weights moved up-ward at the rate of one and one-third inches per minute. But prog-ress, though seemingly slow, wassteady and each slab was liftedinto place without a crack appear-ing in the surface.

A steel ring, set into the columnswhen they were cast, marked theend of the lift, when the ringemerged on the underside of theslab. With all rings at the properlocation, the job of permanentlylocking the slab to the columnwas begun. This was achieved byteams of two men, who wrestledlarge and weighty semi-circle steelinserts into the rings; when lockedinto place the weight of the slabwas transferred from the threadedsteel rods to the inserts and thusto the column. The inserts werethen welded to steel plates on theunderside of the slabs and to therings in the columns as well.

These welding operations madethe roof, supporting columns andthe caissons one integral unit. Nopart of the roof's tremendousweight is carried by the building'swalls.

The roof's four sections will beknit into one piece in later opera-tions by the pouring of other con-crete sections around the edgeswhere the slabs flank the walls,and by a large section in the build-ing's center. This section, with twothree-quarter inch joints, will pro-vide the necessary expansion andcontraction spaces.

But to return to "Big Lift." Thatoperation was completed with thewelding—except for one thing.Somebody had to go around andpull out all the 19,000 pounds ofcartons that had stuck to theundersides of the slabs!

Joins M/R Staff New CafeteriaEd Forgey, who was four

months short of his 21st birthdaywhen he came to work for Libra-scope as a machinist early in 1945,was promoted this month fromsenior production engineering as-sociate to staff representative inMilitary Relations. He will workon the staff of Ed Quilter, man-ager of M/R's Glendale office.

A well knownfigure both atLibrascope andi n h i s h o m ecommunity ofGlendale, For-gey is a native

^^L^Wm^^ of M a r s h a l l ,• tjk fl I Mo., who liked• f jm I what he saw of

I California dur-m ing service in

the Marine Corps, settled downhere after his discharge.

In his 14 years with the com-pany, youthful looking Ed (whojust turned 35) has moved steadilyup the ladder. He has been a ma-chinist, experimental machinist,optical instrument maker, assistantforeman, foreman in optical adjust-ing, a production engineering asso-ciate and until this month, asenior associate.

Slated ForShipboard-Eng

Personnel of Shipboard Engi-neering are going to have theirown cafeteria at their new AirwayAvenue home. Building Engineer-ing has completed plans for remod-eling and refurbishing of the smallstructure between Bldgs 21 and 22as an eating establishment andwork was to start early in Novem-ber.

When completed, Caterer BobBruce will have a kitchen andserving setup similar to that nowin operation between Bldgs 1 and2. Two serving lines will dispensehot lunches, sandwiches and a fullline of hot and cold beverages.

Meanwhile, remodeling of Bldg21, which will be the main Ship-Eng building, moves toward com-pletion. Several sections tempo-rarily housed in Bldg 22 were tomove to Bldg 21 in late October.Others were to shift on weekendsof Nov 7, 14 and 21. The depart-ment expects to be completelymoved by Jan. 1.

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Les Bentley DetailsOrganizational ChangesIn Special Devices

Changes and realignments in the internal organizationalstructure of Special Devices have been put into effect by ChiefEngineer Les Bentley. Objectives of the move are to fix respon-sibility and authority in some areas, to free technical staff toconcentrate on technical areas and to eliminate day-to-dayproblems of program management from an important develop-ment section.

"Our growth, like the over-allgrowth of Librascope, has broughtorganizational problems," Bentleytold LIBRAZETTE. "We believethat we are on the way towardworkable solutions by the changeswe have made."

Four promotions of engineers re-sulted from the change. They are:

Marv Etting-^QP^ hoff, formerly

supervisor of acircuits group,was upped to di-rector of a proj-ec t m a n a g e -

,^m**t^r^^ ment section fore l e c t r o n i cequipment. Healso wears thehat of associate

director of the FAA program,under Lane Wolman. A Chicagoanwho got his start in technology atfamed Crane T e c h n i c a l Highschool, Ettinghoff went on to Chi-cago's Herzl Junior College. Heholds a B.S. in Physics from theUniversity of Chicago and a Mas-ter's in electrical engineering fromIllinois Institute of Technology.

Ettinghoff joined Librascope inFebruary of this year from SpaceTechnology Laboratory, where hewas head of a circuit developmentgroup in the space physics section.Earlier he had been with LittonIndustries and Lockheed's MissileSystems Division. Earlier still hespent three years with Librascope'sold electronics division.

Wes Stupar,promoted fromSenior Engineerto Project Man-a ge r , is i ncharge of devel-opment of thecomputer por-tion of the AirTraffic Controldata processingunit under de-

velopment for the Federal AirwaysAdministration.

Stupar joined Librascope fiveyears ago upon graduation fromthe University of California atBerkeley, where he took his degreein engineering. (He also was man-ager of Cal's 1950 crew). He is anative of Buffalo, N. Y., receivedhis earlier education in publicschools in Santa Ana, Calif. He ismarried and the father of a three-year-old daughtetr, Lisa Dawn, andmakes his home in Burbank.

David E. Har- m^mtig, raised fromSenior Engineerto Project Man-ager, heads theb u f f e r u n i tgroup on theATC data proc-essing program.Hartig joinedLibrascope inJanuary of thisyear, after working in digital sys-tem design for Aeronutronics andElectrodata. Earlier he operated inCentral America with petroleumfirms, using electronic techniquesto evaluate the results of explora-tory oil well drilling.

An Air Force veteran who spentfour years in radar work, Hartigis a native of Minneapolis, receivedhis early education in Robbinsdale,Minn., schools, and at PasadenaJunior College. He took his degreein electronic engineering from theUniversity of Minnesota. He ismarried and the father of twoyoungsters, lives in Altadena.

Marty O'Neill (subject of a bio-graphical sketch in the August '59issue of LIBRAZETTE), was pro-moted from Senior Engineer toSupervisor of a technical servicesgroup. This unit, acting in supportof the engineering groups, coordi-nates efforts in documentation,drawings, specifications and partslisting, operates an IBM data proc-essing center which, among otherfunctions, is producing a simplified

substitution for complex wiringdiagrams in some phases of theFAA DPU assembly.

Systems GroupThe realignment proposes to

gradually free the Systems Engi-neering Section from its day-to-day responsibility for the FAA pro-grams, and permit it to concen-trate on long range technical plan-ning, advanced techniques, prelim-inary design and proposals for newbusiness. Lane Wolman continuesas director, will gradually "phaseout" of the FAA assignment.

The electro-mechanical sectionheaded by Fred Merkel, which hasbeen tied to the FAA program be-cause of that project's high pri-ority, has now been set up as aseparate electro-mechanical andoptical section, will devote its ef-forts to new ventures in thosefields.

The planning staff of HarryLyons and Jim Russell will con-tinue its long range market plan-ning. They also will be responsiblefor coordination of technical pro-posals and first level presentations.

In a staff memorandum outlin-ing the department changes. Bent-ley observed that " . . . the idealengineering organizational struc-ture has not been devised, andprobably never will be. Charts andmemos can only serve as guides. . . and, since an organization con-sists of people, the utmost coop-eration on the part of each of us isrequired to fulfill our quite prom-ising future."

Shutter CliqueNames WinnersIn Pix Contest

Winners in the vacation photo-graph contest conducted by theShutter Clique, were announcedthis month by President Sam Zat-kin, Toolroom.

Grand Prize winner, black andwhite or color, was Paul Biegler ofBldg-Main, whose color slide of astretch of Monterey coastline wasjudged best by Clique members.

First prize, black and white,went to Fred Machel, Insp, with ashot of a youngster relaxing in apatio chair.

First Prize, color, was taken byFritz Held, Customer Service, witha slide of a pet Bassett hound.

Biegler was awarded a $10 giftcertificate on the store by thesponsoring Precisioneers. Macheland Held each won $5 certificates.

Name WilkisonSenior Engineer

Gene Wilkison, who became afive-year Libravet this September,was promoted from engineer tosenior engineer last month byChief Engineer Bob Dietrich ofAirborne Engineering.tHgBBaHKK. A bachelor of

science f r o m/ABU . UCLA, Wilkison

studied earlierat Cal-Tech andat Pasadena JC.Before joiningLibrascope hewas with Beck-m a n I n s t r u -ments. He is amember of the

engineering team which developedthe CP-209 and ASN-24 airbornecomputers.

Originally from Borger, Texas,Wilkison is married and nowmakes his home in Montrose. Heis the father of a daughter, Pam-ela, 4.

Up To Date DirectoryCompany-wide expansion has

outmoded many of the telephonedirectory entries — and a newdirectory won't be published un-til major department moves arecompleted.

The present directory can bebrought reasonably up-to-date,however, if all telephone userscooperate. Larry Cahill, resi-dent engineer for the PacificTelephone Company, urges allto enter new numbers as theylearn about them — and thusavoid excess use of the systemand wastage of time by callingwdong numbers.

Crystal BallroomChosen For AnnualChristmas Dance

The Precisioneers' annual Christ-mas dinner dance, high point ofthe year's social season, moves toa new location this year -- theHuntington-Sheraton hotel in Pas-adena — a setting far larger andmore sumptuous than in any pre-vious year.

"We have engaged the CrystalBallroom, the San Marino Roomand the Central patio," says BobGarrett, Precisioneer president."This will provide room for asmany as a thousand people. Sincewe don't expect quite that many toattend, nobody should be crampedfor space."

Date for the affair is Saturdayevening, Dec. 26. Dinner will beserved at 8 o'clock, preceded by acocktail hour starting at 7. Dresswill be semi-formal.

Dancing will be continuous from9:00 PM to 1:00 AM, with Al Hard-ing and his orchestra alternatingwith a combo. Lynn Marshall, onceof the Librascope staff , will singwith the orchestra. A full hour ofextra entertainment, still beingplanned, also is on the program.

Tariff for the evening—$5.25 perperson, tip included. Tickets willgo on sale the first week of Decem-ber. Better get yours early!

Carl P. Christie

One year after signing on atLibrascope as an electrical inspec-tor, Carl P. Christie has been pro-moted from leadman to foremanin Inspection by Paul Metzger,chief inspector. A graduate ofGlendale College, Christie came toLibrascope after service with theNavy as an electronics technician.He lists as one exciting experiencea visit to "Little America," head-quarters base of the AmericanGeophysical Year expedition to theAntarctic. He is quite literally oneof the "biggest men" at Libra-scope, tipping the scale at 230pounds and standing six feet fourinches tall.

Bible Study MeetingsThe Bible Study Club, sponsored

by the Precisioneers, is holdingmeetings each Wednesday duringthe lunch hour in Bldg 1. EdithShelton, Purchasing, is the group'sleader, and shortly will start astudy of the Gospel of St. John.All interested Librascopes are in-vited to attend the sessions, from12:00-12:25. Assistant PurchasingAgent C. M. Brown has made hisoffice available for the meetings.

CREDIT UNION HOURS11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Monday through Friday

Polaris ContractUpped To $9 Million;Imm Hails Teamwork

Librascope has been awarded a new contract to produceadditional units of the analog computer for the Polaris missile.Total amount of the contract has been upped from $6.7 milliondollars to $9-million plus, according to Executive Vice Presi-dent Bill Bratton.

The new contract came as Shipboard shipped the first pro-duction model of the computer to General Electric, prime con-tractor of the missile's guidance system. Over-all systemscontractor is Lockheed's missile division.

Librascope's first production unitis destined for the USS GeorgeWashington, the Navy's first nu-clear-powered fleet ballistic missilesubmarine. Within hours of arriv-ing at GE's Pittsfield, Mass., ord-nance center, the Polaris computerwas installed in the test birth areaand GE engineers had started itsintegrity tests.

The computer was shipped Oct10 by air cargo plane, after a crewof Shipping personnel had workedall of the previous day and muchof the night. They worked so welland so fast that the shipment wasready at Lockheed airport beforethe arrival of the huge transportchartered to fly the computer di-rectly to Pittsfield.

Concentrated EffortShipping's efforts were the tag-

end of two weeks of concentratedwork by Librascope engineers andadjusters, aided by Fred Augen-stein of General Electric and agroup of his engineers, to preparethe equipment for final acceptancetests. These were completed onOct 9, the day before shipping.

From a pleased GE came thistelegram to President Lewis Imm,signed by M. D. Voorhees, chiefbuyer on the Polaris project:

"You have been continuouslyaware of the problems in design,development and fabrication of thisequipment . . . problems whichnecessitated daily changes to meetoperational requirements . . . re-quirements which border on thethreshold of engineering-state-of-the-art.

"Your people have given untoldhours of effort into this project,in many cases at great personalsacrifice, to accomplish this engi-neering and production feat. Theresult is a quality product onwhich Librascope can confidentlyplace its name. General Electricheartily congratulates you on thisachievement."

An equally-pleased PresidentImm, in a letter to all manage-ment personnel, had this to sayabout the Polaris effort:

"I want all of you and your peo-ple to know about this and to passon my personal thanks to everyindividual who had anything to dowith the accomplishments whichyou have collectively achieved onthis job for General Electric . . .one of our nation's major defenseprograms."

Sertic InitiatesTraining Classes

The first of a series of TrainingSection classes for second shift per-sonnel has been concluded and anew one is in the works, accord-ing to Walt Sertic, training direc-tor.

Seven leadmen attended fivetwo-hour sessions conducted bySertic on the techniques of how toteach a job to manufacturing em-ployees. Using the workshop tech-nique, each student was firstexposed to the theory of the prob-lem, then asked to demonstratehow he would do the job. Roleswere then reversed and the studentbecame the instructor.

"It was a good class and I be-lieve everybody in it learned some-thing of value," says Sertic. "Iknow that I did—and I was theteacher!"

Those taking the instructionwere: Carl Frain, Jig Boring;Charles March, Drill Press; TholeIsebrands, Lathe; Helmer Peter-son, Mill; Earle Tempesta, Gears;Ernest Wekerle, Boring Mill, andJim Williams, Plating.

Here's TimetableOn Polaris Project

At Librascope the Polaris projectmoved rapidly from design throughmanufacture. Although it was sev-eral times expanded to include de-vices not embraced in the originalproposals, Librascope met theschedule on everything that wascompany-produced, lost time onlywhen delayed by late delivery ofoutside-produced components.

Actually, there were three proj-ects running side-by-side, all partof the over-all system. These were:

1) The Mariner project, which isa ship-based computer that per-mits the entire Polaris system tobe tested and evaluated before anactual submarine is equipped withthe system.

2) Shore-support equipment, es-sentially consisting of devices usedto check out the missile itself;

3) The Polaris computer, theultimate product, to be installed inNavy nuclear submarines as partof the fire control system.

Design and manufacture of theMariner and Polaris systems ranparallel. Heart of each is essen-tially the same, but the packaging(size and shape of the units) variesconsiderably.

Project TimetableTime-table of the triple-project

ran like this:Sept. 1957. Librascope invited to

submit proposals for shore-supportunits. Shipboard Engineers go toGE's Pittsfield, Mass., ordnanceplant for briefings. So do seven ofour competitors.

One week later Shipboard staff-ers, after burning much midnightoil, complete and submit proposal.Dec. 1957. Librascope, beating allcompetition, is successful and low-est bidder, is awarded 200-thou-sand-dollar contract.

Jan 1958. Engineering groupformed, with Arnold Larson asproject manager. Others on team,Project Engineer Dick Potter, Sen-ior Engineer John Gustafson andSenior Design Specialist VinceNahrstedt. Ultimately, 15 designersand 35 draftsmen are added togroup.

Feb 1958. Scope of effort is ex-panded by GE to include designand manufacture of Mariner proto-type. Additional contract — $250-thousand — is awarded.

Ship First UnitApril 1958. First unit of shore

support equipment has movedthrough study, design, manufactureand shipping to customer.

June 1958. GE furnishes descrip-tion of what Polaris fire controlsystem must accomplish, physicaldimensions and other data. Libra-scope submits proposal, is awarded$16-million-plus contract.

August 1958. Additional shoresupport equipment requested, in-cluding the missile checkout device.Ultimately 12 of these are built,are now being used by the Navy,Lockheed, GE, MIT and other or-ganizations engaged in the Polarisproject.

Sept 1958-June 1959. Over-all de-sign of the Mariner and Polariscomputers forges ahead, variousmodules are completed. As proto-types are built and checked out,they are shipped to GE for incor-poration in the computer's digitalsystem mockups.

July 1959. First complete Mar-iner computer is built, checked outand shipped. This also serves asprototype for Polaris computer.

Oct 10, 1959. First productionmodel of Polaris is shipped bychartered air-freighter to GE.

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Libravets CelebrateLibrascope's 22nd Year

Veteran Librascope employees, spouses and escorts, turnedout for the 8th Annual Libravet party Oct. 23 at Sportsmen'sLodge, saw 17 fellow guests receive 10-year service award but-tons and one other receive a 30-year award.

A crowd of just under 250 was present for the occasion.High point of the evening was a brief talk by President LewisW. Imm in which he paid tribute to employee loyalty to thecompany as a potent factor in Librascope's recent growth andforecast a continuation of company expansion.

Theme of the evening was thecompany's explosive growth, sym-bolized by centerpieces on the ta-bles depicting Librascope as awestern boomtown.

George Kucks, Materiel Control,who has been 15 years with Libra-scope, was the recipient of a 30-year service button from Mr. Imm,who founded the company just 22years ago. This seeming paradoxis explained by the 15 years ofseniority that Kucks brought withhim when he transferred from an-other GPE affiliatee.

Those receiving 10 year servicebuttons were:

Wayne Blackburn, Arnold E.Brown, Clare Burgis, Ed Dobstaff,Harold Engle, Henry Liebetrau,Walt Newcomer, Jr., Henry Nor-ris, Orville Oliver, Harry Plunkett,Paul Porco, Earl Rearley, RayRockwell, Juanita Vanderford,John Veytia, Jr., Jay Wiltsie andLane Wolman.

93 New LibravetsA total of 93 Librascopers be-

came 5-year Libravets this year.All told, 579 employees with fiveor more years of service are nowon the roster. Of these, 126 haveserved 10 or more years.

In his talk Mr. Imm sketched anoutline of company plans and toldabout new products now under de-velopment. He reported that morethan 25 per cent of company busi-ness this year will be commercialand that the desired 50-50 ratio ofmilitary-commercial production isattainable within the foreseeablefuture.

Speaking in detail about the ex-plosive bridge wire system devel-oped by Librascope's Sunnyvale di-vision, Mr. Imm declared that it

will be used in such new missilesas the Polaris, Pershing and Min-ute Man. He forecast wide use ofthet system in future air trans-port and cargo ships using jet-assisted takeoff power and sawstrong possibilities of its use in theexplosive forming of complexshapes in automobile, furniture andairplane manufacture.

Cites FAA DeviceMr. Imm cited as a major exam-

ple of Librascope's non-militaryoperations the development of theFAA data processor by Special De-vices and asserted that the com-pany has a good chance of majorparticipation in future productionof this complex computer system.

Librascope-Burbank is enjoyinggood business and future prospectsare excellent, Mr. Imm said. Thedivision will shortly present a new,transistorized version of the LGP-30 general purpose computer, salesof which continue to increasesteadily, despite a very competitivemarket. Delivery of Burbank's firstLibratrol-500 process control com-puter will be made early in Novem-ber, he said, and prospects for thatproduct's future sales are excellent.

Following Mr. Imm's talk, thepartygoers enjoyed several hoursof dancing to Carroll Wax's or-chestra, ended the evening with ahearty buffet breakfast at mid-night.

Arrangements for the partywere made by a committee com-posed of Galen Mannen, chairman,Keith Kinnaird, Carl Culver, jr.,Dotty Gifford, Marie Sagar andEd Mason.

Employment Hits New High;See 3,200-Mark This Month

Total employment in all of Librascope's divisions is now atthe highest point in the company's 22-year history. The 3,000-mark was reached and passed on the same day—Oct. 23—and,if procurement objectives are attained, the total will be wellpast the 3,200 mark by mid-November.

The 3,000 figure, according toC. P. McKeague, personnel man- its lists. Engineering is second withager, represents an almost 50 per almost 950; Administration is thirdcent increase over the payroll total with just short of 400. Burbank atat the beginning of the year not quite 350 and Sunnyvale with

All divisions and departmentsare at their highest-ever levels.

Largest single employer is Man-ufacturing, with almost 1,300 on

Credit Union LeaderUrges Buying Caution

Librascope's credit union urgesall employees to proceed with cau-tion in making use of the variousnew credit card systems now avail-able — and to look for the hidden"hook" of cost.

Many of the systems, says Presi-dent Ted Donley, are simply a "fi-nance" plan in different dress —and using them can cost the card-holder as much as 15 per cent ayear in carrying charges.

"For making sizeable purchasesyou are far better off borrowingfrom the credit union," Donleysays, "or taking out a bank loan,at a pre-determined rate of inter-est. In that way you know whathiring the money is going to cost.

"Piling purchase on top of pur-chase with a credit card has you,in effect, carrying a loan for eachpurchase—for which you pay hand-somely. And it certainly isn't verygood economics to 'finance' smallpurchases if there is a carryingcharge involved.

"Pay cash for your day-to-dayneeds, and save your credit for thebig things."

just over 100 are fourth and fifth.Total employment at the Glen-

dale main plant is well over 2,500.Employment will continue to

rise, President Lewis W. Imm toldthose present at the annual Libra-vet party last month. By the endof 1960, he said, the total figureshould hit 4,600, on the basis ofproduction orders now in hand.

Paul Nelson, electronic and me-chanical technician in Adjusting,has been promoted to Foreman onthe night shift by John Blake, Ad-justing General Foreman. Nelson,a Librascoper since Feb 1958, is anative of Syracuse, N. Y., went toschool in Washington, D. C., andAlexandria, Va. He is a veteran offour years in the Navy as a sonartechnician, came to Librascopefrom Hughes Electronics.

TEN YEAR Libravets — 17 of them — line up forthe news camera in top picture, after receivingtheir service pins and certificates from PresidentImm at annual Libravet party at Sportsmen'sLodge. Below left, Mr. Imm congratulates GeorgeKucks, Materiel Control, company's only 30-yearvet. Same row, Mr. and Mrs. Imm entertain groupof old-timers at their table.

DANCE FLOOR drew many of the partygoers totry out their steps to Carroll Wax's music, includ-ing Mr. and Mrs. Imm (left) and BIdg 5 reception-ist Pat Hansen and husband Al at right. Betweendances, lots of visiting at the tables, as Libravetswho may work five miles apart, seize chance tovisit with old-tune colleagues.

November, 1959 T H E L I B R A Z E T T E Page 5

Shipboard Promotes TwoEngineers, Three Planners

An engineer has been promoted to senior engineer, a juniorto full engineer and three engineering planners also have beenupgraded in Shipboard Engineering. They are:

Dec 1955, wasGray Lange, a Librascoper since

promoted fromengineer to sen-ior engineer bySection DirectorJerry Deitz. Heformerly waswith NorthropAviation a n dIBM. A nativeAngeleno, Langeat tended LosAngeles Elem-entary schools,

South Pasadena High and USC. Hecurrently is completing his workfor a BS at USC. He is marriedand makes his home in La Cres-centa and presently is assigned todigital development work on ASWsystems.

Bj BBl Bl Dick Schleicher,who came toLibrascope inSept. 1958, wasraised from jun-ior engineer toe n g i n e e r byProject Mana-ger Dick Potter.Schleicher wasb o r n in NewYork City, at-

tended public schools there and inSan Diego. He is a graduate ofValley Junior College, currently iscompleting his work for a BS de-gree at USC. He expects to grad-uate in June, 1960.

Schleicher joined Librascope asan electronic technician, was pro-moted to junior engineer last Jan-uary. Earlier he had been a re-search technician with Lockheed.He is married, the father of Laurie,7, and Kim, 3, and makes his homein Reseda. He is assigned to circuitand system design on the Polarisproject.

Don Augustine,a came to Libra-scope originallyin Jan 1957, hasbeen promotedfrom engineer-ing planner tostaff assistantto Section Di-rector ArnoldLarson. A grad-uate industrial

engineer from Millikin University,Augustine has a background ofwork with General Motors andBorg-Warner, as methods andquality control engineer, also hasoperated his own business. AtLibrascope he started as a designdraftsman, became a designer,then an engineering planner.

Augustine was a B-24 gunnerwith the Air Force in World WarII, went to college in his hometown of Decatur, 111., after leaving

service. In Larson's group he hasbeen active in the administrativeend of the Mariner and Polarisprojects. He is married and makeshis home in Montrose.

Larry Daniels,a June '56 grad-uate in businessa d m i n i s -t rat ion fromUCLA, has beenupped to staffplanner f rome n g i n e e r -ing planner byJack Pelamati,a s s i s t a n t to

Chief Engineer Tom Bryant. He isa New Yorker by birth, got hisearly education there, joined Libra-scope in June of this year.

While at UCLA, Daniels was ateaching assistant and lecturer,currently is working on a Master'sdegree at USC. He came to Libra-scope from Rocketdyne, where hespent 2% years following gradua-tion from UCLA. He is married andlives in North Hollywood. Thebudget form currently in usethroughout the plant is one of hisproducts and a new overtime formis under consideration.

T o m B o s s ,who came to Li-brascope in Sept1954 as an ad-juster, has beenpromoted frome n g i n e e r -ing planner tostaff assistantby Section Di-rector MyronPrevatte. Orig-

inally from Butler, Pa., Ross hasbeen a Californian since the end ofhis five year hitch in the Navy asa fire controlman.

From adjuster Ross moved toinstrument technician, then to in-strument maker, electronic tech-nician and senior technician beforeswitching to technical administra-tion. He has been active in theRAT and ASROC projects. Cur-rently he is carrying a heavy after-work load as a college student, inpursuit of an engineer's degree. Heis married and lives in Inglewood.

The LibrazetteCopyright 1959 by Librascope, Inc.808 Western Avenue, Glendale.

Editor Bill Keith

Art Editor Photographers

Keith Kinnaird Earl Crawford andFred Beindorf

Photographic layout by Andy Cook

Xmas Shopping NoteThe Precisioneer store will

have a special shop for Christ-mas gift buyers, according toManager Eileen Brown. One ofthe trailers formerly occupiedby job-shop draftsmen near theGuard's gate has been takenover for the season and alreadyis filled with merchandise whichfar-seeing Eileen bought monthsago. The trailer shop will beopen Monday nights from 7-9,as well as the regular storehours.

Imm Named TrusteeOf HEAR Foundation

President Lewis W. Imm has accepted appointment to theboard of trustees of the HEAR Foundation, and will serve ashonorary chairman of the group's $100,000 Budget and Re-search fund-raising campaign.

In his letter of acceptance to Dr. Ciwa Griffiths, founderand executive director of HEAR, Mr. Imm declared:

pected to be the future method ofillumination for control and displaypanels.

Shaft-to-digital converters with-out brushes. Such a non-contactconverter should have a very longlife and be trouble-free in opera-tion.

"We believe that Librascope'sproducts of the future will growfrom today's efforts in applied re-search," Blackburn concluded.

Blackburn DirectsNew Research Dept.

A new department of applied research, headed by WayneBlackburn, begins operations in Bldg. 3 within a month. Itsmission: to investigate new concepts in such advanced elec-tronic areas as solid-state physics. The planned end-products:improved techniques and components for which there is aknown or future demand.

Creation of the new department,which will complement Hal Hamil-ton's advanced research depart-ment, was announced by ExecutiveVice-President Bill Bratton.

In outlining the new depart-ment's objectives Blackburn toldLIBRAZETTE:

"The space

Q age is demand-ing miniaturizede q u i p m e n twhich operatesat high speedsand elevated

, %»lp£^ t e m p e r a -^^B ' B^ tures. Industrial

' fl I processes are• n 1 I becoming more

•IBM ^^Hl c o m p l e x andneed to be constantly monitored atmany stations with delicate equip-ment. It will be our job to seekout techniques to solve these intri-cate problems and produce work-ing prototypes."

In the meantime, Blackburnsaid, the results of applied researchefforts will be funneled into thevarious departments to keep themabreast of new developments, sothat no time will be lost in makinguse of new components.

Research Under WaySpecific research and develop-

ment efforts already launched byBlackburn while head of Commer-cial Engineering, will be carriedforward by his group now operat-ing in the Clubhouse. Other activi-ties he directed in the Burbankdivision buildings have been ab-sorbed by Charlie Krill's Burbankengineering group, with Krill asBurbank chief engineer reportingto Manager Dick Hastings.

Projects now under way at theClubhouse include:

Investigation of new light filters,expected to have wide use in chem-ical analyses, temperature monitor-ing in industrial processes, andguidance for outer space vehicles.

Photoelectric devices to makepossible long range observation ofthings which the eye can't see.These devices will utilize a cell inwhich the operating temperature isminus 196 degrees centigrade.

Computer memory devices capa-ble of actions measurable in bil-lionths of a second.

Luminescent d i s p l a y of datathrough use of a device needing nofilaments — and only a one-thou-sandth of an inch thick. This is ex-

QuizWithout

Humbers

"Your recent presentation clear-ly demonstrated to me the urgentneed for helping youngsters withcritical hearing losses. Further, itindicated that the Foundation'sfresh new approach to the problemis attaining positive results.

"By effectively combining yourown auditory training methodswith the magic of electronics, youare enabling deaf and hard ofhearing infants and children tolead normal or nearly normal lives.You are helping them to enjoy allthe happy pursuits of a normalchildhood in a world full of happysounds.

"Because these youngsters havelearned to listen, then to vocalizeand to communicate at the HEARFoundation, they will become pro-ductive members of our society.Their future contributions will bet-ter equip our nation to meet thechallenge of the future.

"Believing sincerely in the im-portance of your program andlong-term goals, I shall be happyto serve as Honorary Chairman ofthe 1959-60 Budget and ResearchCampaign, and as a member of thefoundation's Board of Trustees. Iearnestly hope that my contribu-tion may perhaps further enhancethe over-all effectiveness of theHEAR Foundation."

1) After a siphon transfers asmuch water as it can, all the waterruns out of it. Will this be true ifa full loop is made in the siphon?

2) What is the shape of thesmallest airfield which will givethe same take-off run in all direc-tions?

3) What is the smallest numberof nail holes that must be punchedin a beer can to guarantee that itwill sink if thrown into the ocean(without beer)?

4) If all visible planets in thesky appeared only as triangles orquadrilaterals, what deductioncould be made about the shape ofthe earth?

5) On top of many factoriesthere are spinning metal globeshaving flutes or vanes. These arefor the purpose of forcing air in orout, or something else — Which?

(Copyright 1959, Librascope, Inc.)

Would you like to get honorablemention with a new problem in ournext issue? Requirements: it mustbe "different", without numbersand have an unexpected answer.Send it to Ed Quilter, Military Re-lations, Glendale, Bldg. 3.

McDonald Moves OfficeEngineering wage and salary

administration, headed by RayMcDonald, has moved from Bldg3 to Bldg 14 in the Rodier streetarea. The telephone number is491 (Clubhouse switchboard).The move is preliminary to per-manent location in the FrancesCourt building now going up.

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ACTION at 4:30 for all handlers of classified material, is lockup time.Security Officer Don Knox and staff aide Carolyn Horton act out theproper routine for LIBRAZETTE's camera as a reminder that propersafe-guarding of classified documents is a first — and last — order ofeveryday operations at Librascope. (Beindorff photo)

Burbank ShipsFirst ProcessComputer

The Burbank division is sched-uled to ship its first productionunit of the Libratrol-500 processcontrol computer Nov 5, accordingto Project Director Joe Ator.

The slick and handsome package(winner of a design prize at thisyear's Wescon show) will travel ina special van from the Verdugostreet building to headquarters ofthe Public Service Company ofColorado in Denver.

Systems Engineer Hugh Jacob-son and Engineer Henry Deutschwill go to Denver in mid-Novemberto supervise installation and seethe $85,000 device through its firstdays of operation.

END OF visual confusion, at least, over Librascope's two Chuck Flick-ingers, can be found in this news photo. That's Charles "H" Flickinger,foreman in Assembly, on the left, and that's Charles "E" Flickinger, engi-neer with Airborne Engineering, on right. Now if the Mailroom, Payroll,Credit Union, Personnel and all others will cooperate, mail, pay checks,bills and official notices will always go to the right man.

(Beindorf photo)

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Hoopsters GirdFor New SeasonSeek More Men

by George SpelvinWith some players so eager for

action they are turning out forextra practice sessions, the Cham-pion Precisioneer basketball teamis fast getting ready for the 1959-60. The boys aim to repeat lastseason's sweep of honors in theBurbank Industrial League, whenthey copped the league champion-ship and the Shaughnessy playoffs,too.

Four of last year's starting team—Neil Hinton, Ron Roderick, Nel-son Manzanares and John Kennelly—are back on the courts, as areregulars Jim Arena, Bob Cottrieland Dick Johnson. But Jim Queno-moen and Bob Peterson, burdenedby late working hours and schoolwork, are unable to take part thisyear. They'll be missed.

Coach Joe "Tiger" Mesch hashigh hopes for a group of newcom-ers, however, says they look likegood prospects. All have plenty ofexperience behind them in highschool and college. They are:

Dave Brown, Tool Design; RoyJohnson and Bob Curran, Methods;Jim Kostalecky, Bldg-Maint andDon Mitchell, Spec-Dev draftsman.

The squad is not yet completeand all (male) Librascopers are in-vited to try out. See Business Man-ager Charlie McKallor, Timekeep-ing, for more information.

Practices are held Monday andThursday evenings at McCam-bridge Park fieldhouse, Burbank.Several practice games will beplayed shortly and the regular sea-son gets under way in mid-Decem-ber. Check the bulletin boards forthe schedule. Admission is free andall Librascopers are invited tocome out and root for their team.

Holey RollersHold Slim LeadIn Swing League

Although the Holey Rollersdropped three out of four gamesto the Mazel Kins Oct 31, thequartet managed to hold on to itslead in the Swing League, by thenarrow margin of one game. TheRollers now have won 18 gamesand have lost 10.

Setty's Snollygrossers are insecond place, as the result of a3-1 win over the Spotters, for aseason total of 17-11. The Muske-teers are in a three-way tie forthird place, with 15-13, via a 2-2split with the Snafus. Also holdingdown the third spot are theBloopers and the Gutter Rats, whotook three games each from thePickups and the Moo Fooz, re-spectively.

Fourth place is a two-way tiebetween the Pickups and theSpotters, at 14-all. The Mazel Kinsare in fifth place with 13-15; theSnafus hold down sixth at 10-18and the Mops Fooz are in the rearguard position with 9-19.

Gerald Gibbs JoinsContracts Section

Gerald R. Gibbs, lately contract-ing officer and chief of a procure-ment section at the Air Force'sWright Air Development Center,Dayton, Ohio, joins Contracts Ad-ministration Nov 17 as ContractsAdministrator for Airborne Engi-neering. His appointment was an-nounced by Cliff Godwin, directorof contracts.

Gibbs , whohas just com-pleted a tour ofduty as an AirForce reservist,is a graduate inbusiness admin-istration fromCoe College atCedar Rapids,Iowa. He hasbeen t ak ing ,graduate work in industrial man-agement at Ohio State while onactive duty as a 1st Lieut.

The new Librascoper was an AirForce ROTC officer at Coe, went

PRECISIONEER sports award dinner featuredpresentation of trophies won by Librascope sports-men, to the company, with Sid Briggs, Assistant tothe President, on the receiving end. Upper left, top,Carl Culver, Jr., presents AIRC golf trophy toBriggs. Upper right, Charlie McKallor hands overtrophy won by his beloved softballers. At bottom,Fred Killips presents LABA bowling trophy. Inbackground, Bob Garrett, Precisioneer prexy.

MOVING DAY has come every weekend forShipboard personnel for weeks past, continues forseveral more. Left, Project Manager Dwight Roofchecks his gear before Bekins truck takes itaway to Bldg 21. Right, Pacific Telephone install-ers Jack Cole, (R) and Jack Viggars, hook upphones to link Shipboard with outside world.

Trophy WinnersHonored AtSports Dinner

More than a hundred Libra-scopers turned out for the FirstAnnual Precisioneer Sports AwardDinner Oct 17 at the Five Horse-men's Inn at Pickwick Bowl, to paytribute to the athletes who carryLibrascope's banner into sportsarenas of the Southland.

Trophies won by Librascopeteams in Softball, basketball, bowl-ing and golf were presented byteam captains and managers to SidBriggs, Employee Relations direc-tor, in brief ceremonies followingthe dinner.

The parade of gold and silverplate to the speaker's microphoneincluded the 1958-59 Burbank In-dustrial League championship bas-ketball trophy and the Shaughn-essy playoff cup as well; the 1959Burbank recreation departmentAA-Major League Softball cup; theAIRC (Associated Industrial Rec-reational Club) championship tro-phy won by Librascope's golf teamand the Los Angeles BowlingAss'n Director's cup for Class "B"teams, won by Librascope bowlersearly this year.

The presentations, with a briefhistory of the winning organiza-tions, were made by Charles Mc-Kallor, softball team business man-ager, acting for Manager Al Akins;Carl Culver, Jr., in behalf of thegolf association; Fred Killips, forthe bowling team and McKallor,again, as manager of the basketballsquad. Joe (Tiger) Mesch, coach ofthe championship hoopsters, wason vacation and unable to attend.

Kilroy's KlickWidens LeadOver Keglers

by C. Culver, Jr.The Kilroy's Klick quintet

lengthened their lead over the restof the 18-team pack in MixedLeague bowling Oct 29 by takingthree out of four games for a 24-8season total from Jennie's Broodat the Grand Central Bowl. FourHits and No Miss lost its slimhold on second place, falling intoa four-way tie with Jennie's Brood,Four Guys and a Doll, and AlphaLada Schixa, all at 20-12.

Four Dashes and a Dot holdthird place with 18-14. The HappyFive hold fourth place with 16%-15%. Fifth place is two-way tiebetween Carl's Cadets and the OddBalls at 16-16.

Sixth place is a triple betweenthe Sweepers, the Hapa Haoles andthe Pin Busters at 15-17. Ed's Tor-nadoes hold seventh place in solowith 14-18. Other standings: 8th—the Lucky Strikes, 13-19; 9th—theWoodpeckers, 12%-19%; 10th -The Rejects, 12-20; llth—The Ban-dits, 11-21, and 12th—The Sleep-ers, 10-22.

No Thoroughfare!The Receiving Dept. in Bldg 1

has been put "off limits" for allpersonnel except those workingor having business there. Em-ployees are requested not to usethe area as an entrance or walk-way, in line with required secur-ity measures.

Librascope, Inc.808 Western AvenueGiendalel, Calif.

First Class Matter

on active duty as a pilot trainee."But they washed me out duringprimary flight training," Gibbssays, "when they decided I neededto wear glasses to crack all thebooks I had to study." Assignmentto WADC followed primary flightand Gibbs spent the remainder ofhis active duty there.

Well known throughout the avi-ation and electronics industries,Gibbs chose Librascope over nu-merous other firms seeking hisservices. He is 26, married to theformer Miss Ann Kettler of Rock-ford, 111., a fellow student at Coe.They are the parents of TimothyJohn, 11 months old, and are look-ing for a home in the Valley.

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