SEASON'S GREETINGS

December, 1981

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First Canadian SFCS MK 1 Mod CThe first of four Submarine

Fire Control Systems MK 1 ModC purchased by Canada will beshipped to Halifax, Nova Scotiaby year end.

The systems are being pro-cured by Canadian Forces forinstallation on their Oberon classsubmarines as part of their Sub-marine Operational Update Pro-gram.

The SFCS is an advance tac-tical information and weaponcontrol system used by sub-marine command personnel toanalyze the movements of ag-gressor submarines/surfaceships, and to control the deliveryof weapons to targets. It is thefree world's first such all-digital,totally-integrated tactical infor-mation and weapon controlsystem to reach production.

Since its initial developmentby Librascope for the RoyalAustralian Navy, the SFCS hasreceived wide international in-terest.

Systems for Canada are es-sentially the same as those built

for Austral ia , except formodifications to accommodatedifferent sensor and weaponconfigurations.

Final check-out and buy-off ofthe first system has been takingplace in Building 17 withrepresentatives from CanadianForces present.

Participating from Canada

have been personnel from theDepartment of National De-fence project office, the shipyardwhere submarine installation willtake place, and the HMS Ojibwaand its squadron office. TheHMS Ojibwa will be the first sub-m a r i n e to receive theAN/BYG-501 (official Cana-dian designation of the system).

Acceptance of the Canadian Forces Submarine Fire Control System AN/BYG 501was accomplished by (front row left to right) G. Cross, Ship Repair Unit; J. Ander-son, Librascope Training Inst. Engr.; Project Director LCDR G. Pollock, NationalDefence Hq.; LT. W. Howes, Fleet School; and LCDR E, Gosse, HMCS Ojibwa.Back row — G. Lothian, Naval Engineering Unit; Librascope Project Manager MarkFerry; R. Joyner, Test Director; MS T. Chatham and CPO C. Stokley, HMCSOjibwa; and Petty Officer G. Byzewski, First Canadian Submarine Squadron.

A f u n - f i l l e d S a t u r d a y ,December 12 climaxed theyear's social calendar as over1,000 employees, their spousesand children turned out forLibrascope's annual ChristmasDinner-Dance and Children'sChristmas Party.

An estimated 700 youngsters,ch i ld ren of Librascopeemployees, a t tended theChildren's Christmas Party, heldthis year in the employeecafeteria's California Room.

Entitled "A Visit With Santa,"the party featured Santa and hisfriends: Frosty the Snowman,Rudolph the Red Nosed Rein-deer and several brightlyuniformed elves. Each child hada personal visit with Santa, thenreceived a gift and enjoyedrefreshments.

Some 225 employees andguests attended the ChristmasDinner-Dance held in theCastaway Restaurant's Moun-tain View Room. After a sump-tuous dinner and friendly con-versation, the revelers danced'till midnight to the music of theBernie Menaker Orchestra.

Santa and his helpers paid a

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1982: Eight LongHoliday Weekends

Eight long holiday weekends are in store for Librascopeemployees in 1982. One is a five-day weekend, one is a four-day weekend, and six are three-day weekends.

The 1982 Floating Holiday will be celebrated Monday,December 27. Combined with the Christmas holidays,December 23 8i 24, this forms a five-day weekend. The four-day weekend is formed by holidays on November 25 & 26,Thanksgiving.

The three-day weekends include Washington's Birthday,February 15; Good Friday, April 9; Memorial Day, May 31; In-dependence Day, July 5; Labor Day, September 6; and NewYear's (83) observed December 31.

The full holiday schedule — including the plant shutdown— includes:

New Year's Day — Friday, January 1.Washington's Birthday Observed — Monday,

February 15.Good Friday —Friday, April 9.Memorial Day Observed —Monday, May 31.Independence Day Observed —Monday, July 5.Labor Day —Monday, September 6.Thanksgiving Holiday—Thursday & Friday,

November 25 & 26.Christmas Holiday — Thursday & Friday,

December 23 & 24.Floating Holiday —Monday, December 27.1982 Plant Shutdown —Tuesday, Wednesday &

Thursday, December 28, 29 & 30.New Year's 1983 Observed —Friday, December 31.

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Thomas Caziere Ronald Howe

Mary Carr, from Process In-spector to Production ControlFollow Up Coordinator.Barry Commons, from FieldService Engineer to Field Ser-vice Engineer Senior.Kenneth Crabtree, fromEngineer to Senior Engineer.James Doll, from MethodsAnalyst Electrical to MethodsAnalyst Electrical Senior.Richard King, from DesignSpecialist to Packaging DesignEngineer.Joseph Szentivanyi, fromDesign Specialist to PackagingDesign Engineer.James White, from Field Ser-

Paychecks AvailableDuring Shutdown

Employees who have a needfor their payroll checks for theweek ending December 27,may pick them up in the FinanceDepartment, Building 3, onWednesday, December 30.

The usual distribution ofpayroll checks for the subjectperiod will be made Thursday,January 7, 1982.

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vice Engineer to Field ServiceEngineer Senior.Thomas Caziere, from Ware-house Attendant to Govern-ment Property Specialist.Davie Henshaw, from CostAccount Coordinator to Q.C.Technician.Richard Johnston, fromMethods Analyst Mechanical toSupervisor-Assembly.Christopher Anderson, fromInstallation Technician to Elec-tronic Technician.Michael Ford, from SeniorElectronic Technician to ATEApplications Engineer.Mark Beushausen, fromPhotographer to Photographer-Senior.Ronald Howe, from Auto-mated Graphics OperatorSenior to Supervisor-Auto-mated Graphics Operations.Bill Woodham, from E & MInstrument Technician to Elec-tronic Engineering Associate.Dean Munson, from Compo-nent Technician to ElectronicTechnician.

Chuck Lisner

Chuck TakesThe LongWay Home. . .

Field Service Engineer ChuckLisner, working aboard the sub-marine U.S.S. Billfish some-where off the Atlantic Coast,Sunday, November 15, finishedhis work and prepared for whatwas expected to be a short seatransfer from the submarine to adestroyer, and a swift journeyback to base in Groton.

When he arrived and chargedthe Company for eight hours of"at sea" transfer time, thenatural question was "Whattook you so long, Chuck?"

In a letter, Lisner explained asfollows:

"Sunday, Nov. 15 — RodeU.S.S. Billfish until late in theafternoon, then transferred bysmall boat to U.S.S. Hancock(Destroyer). After three hoursHancock was detached and 1was transferred from U.S.S.Hancock to U.S.S. Barney(DDG6). Spent Sunday nightand Monday morning on theBarney. At 11 a.m. I was trans-ferred by helicopter (sling-liftedoff the deck) to U.S.S. John F.Kennedy (CVBC 67). Thehelicopter circled the carrier forlJ/2 hours on plane guard beforelanding. After three hours on theKennedy, I was put on an air-craft and launched off the car-rier, landing a short time later atRooseveldt Roads, Puerto Rico.Changing planes, I flew to SanJuan, caught a commercial flightto New York and upon arrivalthere, rented a car and drove toGroton, arriving Tuesday."

Now that's really taking thelong way home!

Patio StorageOnly Temporary

According to Plant EngineerJoe Fido the storage of equip-ment in the Employee Patioarea between Building 1 and 2 isonly temporary.

The equipment is intended foruse in the new Model Shop andwill be moved into that area assoon as the remodeling ofBuilding 1 is completed. Afterthat, the patio will be reopenedfor employees' luncheon enjoy-ment.

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Christinas DanceA Smash...KidsParty Draws 700surprise visit to the party andhanded out a host of doorprizes. Among employee andguest recipients were:

Opal Churchill, Gary Nelson,Steve Cole, Howard Hetchko,Bob Marino, Ted Maggio, GaryCannon, Drew Miller, DorothyO'Connor, Ray Goodrich,Oscar Schwartz, Ann Douglas,Al Mohill, and Walter O'Con-nor. (Our apologies to thosenames we may have missed).

Libravets

Martin Rudolph25 YearsSystemsEngineering

Lorene Burrows20 YearsMarketing

Susie Smith20 YearsPublication Prod

John Filkins15 YearsNaval Weapon SysEngineering

Thelma Lauerman15 YearsCircuit BoardPlating & Fab

Judith MacFarlane15 YearsSystemsEngineering

BBBHMary Ann Maloney15 YearsAuto Text Proc

Jack Ramsey15 YearsMaintenanceEngineering

Ralph Gross Arthur Villa15 Years 15 YearsMachining Finance

NOT PICTURED:25 Years — Charlotte Olmstead

15 Years —Susumu Nagamine

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Robert Rasmussen Charles Lisner15 Years 15 YearsOccupancy Field Service

MORE LIBRAVETS:10 Years — William Ketzbeck. HenryPinczower

5 Years — William Ho/comb, SueMcGee.

Childrens Hospital EarmarkedFor Annual Charity Drive Funds

Childrens Hospital of LosAngeles has been selected as therecipient of Librascope's 1981Christmas Card Charity Drivedonations.

Childrens Hospital, foundedin 1901, provides medical careto sick children without regard totheir race, color, creed oreconomic condition. Widelyrecognized as one of the world'sforemost pediatric institutions,Childrens Hospital is known forthe excellence of its academicand research programs as wellas its high standards of patientcare.

The Librascope charity pro-gram has supported ChildrensHospital for the past severalyears. This year the Christmasdonations will go to theHospital's social service fundwhich provides special ortho-pedic shoes and/or appliances,wigs for cancer victims, andspecial transportation needs orspecial lessons to help meetphysical and emotional require-ments of accident victims.

The annual Christmas CardCharity Drive was established atLibrascope more than 20 years

ago as an alternative to thecustomary exchange of greetingcards between employees.Since that time, the drive hascontributed over $30,000 tovarious local charities.

Social SecurityTaxes Are GoingUp. . .Again

Beginning with the first payperiod in January, 1982, moreSocial Security (PICA) taxes willbe deducted from employeepaychecks.

In 1981, for example, theSocial Security tax amounted to6.65% of the first $29,700 ofemployee earnings, or a max-imum tax of $1,975.05 for theyear. In 1982, the tax will be6.7% of the first $32,400 ofearnings, or, a maximum of$2,170.80.

This is an increase of $195.75in Social Security taxes.

A matching amount (max-imum of $2,170.80 per em-ployee) will be paid to theFederal Government by Libra-scope .

Employees who wish tocheck on their accrued SocialSecurity earnings (all years ex-cept 1978), may do so by con-tacting the Social Security Ad-ministration office. P.O. Box57, Baltimore, MD 21203. The1978 figures are still in-complete. This is a nationwideproblem and the SSA is work-ing to resolve it.

To assist you in obtaining in-formation, contact the PayrollDepartment for Social Securityinformation forms.

Retiring. . .Harold Kaiser, Mechanical Inspec-tion . . . 15 years of service.

Dan Englehardt

Englehardt toCapt. InNaval Reserve

Dan Englehardt of Libra-scope's Washington Office hasbeen promoted to Captain in theU.S. Navy Reserve.

Attached to the Reserve Unitthat supports the Commander-i n - C h i e f A t l a n t i c Fleet(CINCLANTFLT), Englehardtheads the unit's Readiness andPlans Department, working onprojects such as Mine Warfare,Intelligence Targeting Studiesand overall Fleet Readiness.

Recently, as head of theNaval Reserve's project teamresponsible for writing the NavalWarfare Publication on Com-mand and Control, he wasawarded the Navy Commenda-tion Medal.

Englehardt joined Librascopein 1964 as a Senior Engineer atthe Optics Technology Center,Rockville, Maryland. He latertransferred to the MarketingDepartment and was later as-signed to the Washington Of-fice.

Gas Pump ClosedDuring Shutdown

The Company gasoline pumpwill close at noon on Wednes-day, December 23 and will re-main closed during the plantshutdown period.

BloodmobileAttracts 83

When the American RedCross Bloodmobile visitedLibrascope October 30, some83 employees answered the callfor blood donations.

Fourteen of the prospectivedonors were deferred to a laterdate due to illnesses, but 69donors were able to contribute.

According to Red Cross Co-ordinator Audrey Earushaw, theturnout was substantially betterthan last year. Librascoperecords show that employeesdonated 56 pints of blood duringthe Bloodmobile's October,1980 visit.

"Librascope's response to thisvital community service isdeeply appreciated," the RedCross representative said.