WAYNESBORO PLANT

--

GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volwne XII, No . 50

Ja:nuary 2, 1970

A YEAR OF CHANGE
1969
IN

REVIEW

The year 1969 was one of change for our

Waynesboro Plant. The fami liar name "Specialty
Control Department" was changed to the Communica tion and Control Devices Department; the
Nume rica l Equipment Control Department completed
the move of its manufac tur i ng f a cilities to
Richmond; and the Ae rospace Electrical Equipment
Department further consolidated its aerospace
systems operations.

CCDD INTRODUCES "TERMINET 300"

The fi r s t quarter of 1969 began on a high note with solidly increa6ed business, although
slackening Depart ment of Defense orders wer e r e flected in some product l i nes , The introduction of a new product, the TermiNet* 300 Data Communica tion Printer, was announced in April
by Warren F. Kindt , General Manager of CCDD.

,-.

AN ERA DRAWS TO A CLOSE FOR NECD

With the December announcement that the Numerical Equipment Control Department had ended
manufacturing operations in Waynesboro , an end of an important era drew to a close at the
Waynesboro plant where the development of numerical controls for the machine tool industry
began and grew into a major segment of the plant's bus iness. While manufact uring activi ties
are being carried on in Richmond, Virginia, the headquarters for NECD and the Finance,
Engineering, and Marketing operations r emain in Waynesbo r o .
AECBS CONTINUES AID IN LUNAR PROGRAMS

In 1969 the Aerospace Motor and Generator business was combined with the Aerospace
Electrical Control business t o become a unified operation . The new operation is known as
the Aerospace El ectrical Products Business Sec t ion and is headed by Mr . Harry S. Sechrist .
Commenting on the past year 's accomplishments , Mr. Sech rist praised local GE employees for
their exceptional performan ce in designing and manufacturing the electrical systems fo r
the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 Lunar modules which l anded on the moon last year . At the same
time he revealed that a new contract h ad j ust been obtained for supp l ying electrical p ropulsion and control equipment for a new two-seated lunar rovi ng vehicle. The vehicl e will be
used by astronau ts in 1971 for exploring the moon's su rface.
STRIKE CALLED
On October 27, a coalition of a ll major uni ons in the Genera l Electri c Company, including
the United El ec trical, Radi o and Machine Workers of America, ca lled a national strike against
the Company . Some of our c ustomers have had to accept late deliveries while some others pl aced
their orders elsewhere . Overall, however, t he workforce turnout at the Waynesboro Plant h as
b een a good one and most of our product lines have withstood the effects of the nationa l strike .

A LOOK AT
1970

Effective Now For

Non-Represented
Employees
The following i mprovements in the GE
Insurance Plan scheduled to go in to effect on January l under the Company ' s new
proposa l to unions have been installed
for non-represented emp l oyees:

TERMINET 300 PRODUCTION HOLDS KEY TO SUCCESS

Looking ahead to 1970, Mr. Warren F. Kindt,
General Manager fo r CCDD, said that the major
challenge facing the plant will be to return
the manufacturing op erations here to normal
after the strike and to enlarge the TermiNet*
300 Data Communication Printer business . According to Mr. Kindt, the successful production
of the Te rmiNe t* 300 units ho lds t he k ey t o increased business and employmen t during t he for thcoming year. However, he added , if the strike
continues there could be a harmful e ffect on
the bus i ness picture at GE Waynesboro.

NECD MARKETS EXPANDING

Accordi ng to Mr. Joseph F . Ponzi llo, Gen e ral
Manager for NECD, bo th the domest ic and fo r e i gn
markets for numerical control equ ipmen t are g rowing rapidly. At t he sales conferenc e h e l d h ere
ear l ier this month th e reports from some one hundred sales engineers representing all of the
Uni ted Sta tes and most of Europe were enthusiastic
abo u t the new i ndustri a l marke t which i s exp ec t e d
to more than double in size i n the n ext five
years . Mr. Ponzillo said, " I h ave every confidence
that the exce ptiona l team we have both in our
plants and in the marketplace will keep our department in the f oref ront of the indus try. "

VSCF SYSTEMS GAIN ACCEPTANCE

Mr. Harry Sech rist, Manger for AECBS, said,
"Our VSCF Sys tern is continuing to gain acceptance
in the aerospace industry. " VSCF s tands f or Variable Speed Cons tant Frequency, a Waynesborodeveloped system that s upplies e lectrical power to modern
jet aircraft. " This improved generat ing system
has a l ready been ordered for the giant new Uni ted
States Supe rsonic Tr ansport which will fly at speeds
up to 2000 miles per hou r!" he said . " The VSCF system i s the most reliab l e an d the highest quality
electrical power availab l e fo r aircraf t today an d we
i ntend to p urs ue new uses for this sys t em next year . "

. Surgery fees will n ow be included in

hospital and re lated expenses (Type A) .
The first $500 will be paid in ful l and
85% of the r emainder will be paid by
the Plan .
. After the $50 deductible, 85% of Type
B exp enses wil l be paid instead of 75%.
. Th e new " range of minimums " unde r the
Pension Plan will be effective for those
e ligible employees who retire after January 1, 1970 and will r ange f r om $5 .00 t o
$7 . 50 per month for each year of serv ice .
The minimum wi l l depend up on an emp l oyee ' s
average earnings during the best five
consecutive years of his f inal ten befor~
retirement.
. A new Long Term Disability Ins urance
Plan for h ourly employees plus an amended
Long Term Disab i lity Insurance Plan fo r
salaried employ ees is now available .
. The inclusion of eye exerci ses as prescrib ed by an optometrist under Ty pe B
expe nses of the Ins urance Plan and an
improved health insurance conver sion
feature for those whose coverage is
ending .
. Immediate advance payment, where
needed, of $500 of a deceased employee ' s
lif e ins urance cove rage to aid in
c overing the emp l oyee ' s dea th-connec t ed
exp enses.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
voZwne XII, No 51

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Eleventh Week
Strike Round u P

January 9, 1970

George Bradt Completes

Thirty Years Service

As the eleventh week of this regrettable strike

draws to a close , some new developments have
emerge d. The most important of these may
prove t o be the entry int o the talks of J .
Curtis Counts , Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
The union has a ttempted to make " poli tical hay"
from the reques t by Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY)
to establi s h a fact- f inding board . Senator
Javits ' proposal was seconded by Mayor Tate
of Philadelphia , who in turn, has sent letters
to 30 mayo r s of cities in which General Electric has manufacturing faci lities . U. S.
Repres en tative Silvo Conte (Mass . ) has also
joined those seconding Senator Javits' p r osal . The s udde n rush of political activity
~s r eceived mor e comment by coalition uni ons
than the entry of Mr. Counts . Why?
We believe the union is inte res t ed i n estab lishing a fact- finding board because this
would provide a n addit i onal time period during which hard- nose negotiat ing would be
avoided and a se ttlement prolonged .
It should be apparent that most of th e facts
have been brought out during the long negoti ation proces s which began last s umme r. We
believe th e fastest way to resolve this s trike
is to negotiate a set tlement r ather than inven t the whee l.

CAREFUL: LOT OF ICE

Keep your head - - don't lose
your foot i ng , is the advice of
Bill Perry , Safet y Specialis t .
Bill ' s warning i s t o remind all
empl oyees to use extreme caution
in the parking lot . Snow, which
melts during the day and turns
to ice at night, can lead to dangerous falls .
Watch your s t ep -- and your
driving -- during this icy period
and avoid injuries .

(Le f t to r>ight) Mr . J . W. Rannie, Mater>iaZs

Mana.ger for CCDD presents Mr . George Bradt,
Superoisor>- Requisition Pr>ocessing and ~lare
hou.se, a thirty- year> service pin . Mr> . D. L.
Coughtry, Manufactur>ing for CCDD, was also
on hand for the pr>esentation.
Mr. Geor ge M. Bradt, Supervisor of Requisition Processing and Warehouse , has recently
completed thi r t y years of se rvice wi th the
Compan y . George began his career with
General Electri c as a stockroom clerk at
Schenectady , New York , in 1939 .
Mr . Bradt i s a native of the Schenectady
area and atte nded Al bany Business Coll ege
where he maj ored in accounting . Geo r ge moved
t o Waynesboro i n 1954 to become the Supervisor- El ec tronics and assumed his p res ent
posit i on in 1965 .
Geor ge and hi s wife Ethel have two child r en ,
one of which, Ro dney , is a school teache r at
Kate Collins J unior High School .

************
i./2

FORMS IN THE MAIL

The W2 forms showing 1969 earnings and withho l dings a re be ing prepared by Per sonnel
Accounting . They will be in t he mai l by
early next week .

LOST ANYTHING LATELY?

~! any

ar t icle s retu r ned t o " Los t & Found" during the pas t y ear h ave
n ot been c laimed . We have p rinted a lis t of t he items be low. You
can claim any of t he artic l es by prope r ly i den ti f yi ng t hem i n t h e
Re lati ons Off i~e . Se e Pa t Thompson , Room 105 .

(.lasses
~Ian ' s b i-fo c a l b r own rirruned sun g l a sses
Bl a ck rimmed sa fe t y g l asses
Grey r irruned s afety g l asses
Ladies ' b rown r irrune d p r esc r ipti o n gla s s es
Lad i es ' blac k r i nune d pe r s c ript ion g las ses
Clo th J ng
Child ' s white hat
Child ' s 1e d hat
Green c lutch b ag
~I an ' s bla ck glo,es
Fl owe r ed ch ange pu r se
Br own coin purs e
Bla ck coin purse
Burg u ndy n e c k s ca r f
.Jc we l ry
S tring Wooden beads
~ilson Memo rial Hig h S choo l r ing - - no i n it ia l s
Go l den ch ain b r a celet
S i lve r c h a i n bracelet
\.lh i l e Sea rb brace le t - - cos tun:e
Go l den Tie ba r
Te ar-drop pea rl neckla ce
S t . Ch r ls toph e r n ecklace

LTDI En roll ment Deadline

Dra ws Near For
Salaried Employees
Th e deadline f or newly- e ligible emp l oyees t o
e nroll in the Long Term Disability Pl an withou t having t o submi t a s tatemen t o f hea l t h i s
Janua ry 31 , 1970 .

Blue ea r ring
Wh i te bead ea rring
Pear l necklace with clove r chann
Da r k blue birthstone ring
Li g ht b l ue bi rthstone r ing
Gre en birth s tone r i ng
Me n ' s wedding bands (3)
Ladies ' wedd ing band
Gi rl ' s Waynesbo r o ll i gh Sch oo l cla ss
r ing wi t h ini t ials 'DIG
Ke vs
Bl ue ke ycase with IN <.e ys
Pau l Freed keycase wi t h k e ys
Set of keys with menna i d bo t tle O?Cnc r
Se t ~le rcury keys
Set uf keys with an Ess o tag
Va ri o us kcys - -incl u di~g GM, Fo r d and
house
~I i see

llaneous
USS lighte r
Butane lighter
~Ian ' s pipe
Pocket knife
lllue zippered rosary case

A Safety Reminder
Severa l employees have been no ti ce d en te ring
and lea ving the p l an t du ring shi f t changes
wi t ho ut wearing thei r sa f ety g las s e s .
Many of these emp l oyees have been newly hi r ed
pe r sons . Bi l l Perry , Sa fe t y Administra t o r ,
r eminds a ll employees that i t is mandator y
to we ar sa f ety g l asses whe n wo r k ing in or
pass ing t h r ough t he manufact uring areas o f
th e p l an t . Ple ase obs e r ve t hi s r u le .

Acco rdi ng t o Mr . Le r oy Be cke rle , Manag erPersonnel Acc ounting, this importa nt bene f it
r emains exce p tiona lly i ne xpens i ve
Roy t e lls
us t he cost is on l y 60c per mon th fo r each
$100 of monthly cov e r ag e . Ile estima t es t his
wou ld cos t mos t s alari e d emp l oyees on l y t en t o
thi r ty - fiv e cen t s a week .
You can de termine what you i ndivi dua l cos t
would b e by r e fe rring t o page 7 of t he Long
Term Disab i l i t y Ins urance Plan b ookle t mai l ed
ou t this week . Mr. Be cke r l e r eminds al l emp l oyee s wh o rece ived the mailing that thei r
f orms must be r e tu r ned t o Pe r s onnel Acc oun t i ng
by th e end of thi s mon th , whethe r they e l ec t
t o p a r t i c i p ate in t he p l an or no t .
" Let him do the ta lking."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XII, No. 52

January 16, 19 70

Dr. Koe ritz Visiting

WHAT THE UNION WON'T SAY

The Plant Today

ABOUT PRICES AND PROFIT

Dr . Erwin M. Koeritz, Deputy Division General Manager of the Manufacturing Automation Deputy Division, was we l comed this
morning to the Numerical Eq uipme nt Control
Department' s Waynesboro Operation by J. F.
Ponzillo , Gene ral Manage r. During his
visit , Dr. Koe rtiz will mee t wit h lo cal
management and t our plant facilities.
Nruned to his prese nt position on January
1, Dr. Koeritz is responsible for operations of th e Manufa cturing Automation Sys t ems Operation, th e Automated Equipment
Operations and NECD. His offi ces are
~ca ted i n Charlottesville .
Dr. Koeritz began his caree r with Ge neral
Electric in 1952 as a Process Development
Enginee r at the Silicone Products Department , Waterford , New York . He was l a t er
named to posit ions as Supervisor-Process
Enginee ring and Manage r -Manufact uring
Eng i nee r ing . In 1960 , Dr. Koeritz trans ferre d to GE ' s Metallurgical Products
Department in Detroit as Manager - Manufa cturing. He became General Manager o f
the Phoenix-based Computer Equipment
Depar tment in 1966 . A yea r late r he was
named General Man ager of the Processo r
Equipment Dep artme nt also locate d in
Phoenix .
Dr. Koeritz, a native of Chicago , was
awarded a bachelor's degree i n Chemical
Engineering f rom Georgia Tech in 19 4 7 and
a doctora t e in the same field in 19 52 .

Stock & Fund Unit Prices

is the average GE s t ock price and the
fund unit price us e d in crediting
participant ' s accounts for the month of
Decembe r, 1969 .

Union officials have accused the Company of

charging high p ri ces and r eaping excessive
profits . Let' s examine the fairness of
this allegation .
Using the Bureau of Lab or Statis tics as a
source, we find wh olesal e prices of electrical equipment and machinery are up only
9.5% since 1965. Wholesale prices for
electrical household app liances have risen
still less a t only 4.9% during this same
period. These figures clearly show that the
highly compe titive n atur e of the elec trical
industry limits the Company ' s ability to
raise it s pri ce to its customers.
More importantly, during this same period,
General Electric profi t s have risen only
$2 mi llion while employee pay and benefits
have gone up over $884 million. Thi s means
fo r every dollar of sal es, 40c goes to
employees and only 4c goes to profit.
These are some of the things union offi cials
won't say ab ou t prices and profits as
they continue their inaccurate statments
and empty rhe toric.

Plant
Closed
Sunday

~re

~rage

STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$77.693
$28 .022

The pl an t wi ll be cl osed for th e entire

day on Sunday, January 18 to enable maintenance work crews to re pai r broken wate r
mains . No one wil l be admit t ed to t he
plant , except t he, mainte nance crew.

GE PAYS INSURANCE

Medical Deduction Rules For

Company advances $2 million

monthly to striking employees

-federal Tax Return Explained

In filling out your 1969 Federal income tax
returns, you should pay close attention to
the rules on deductibility of the amount
paid for medical expense coverage.
A taxpayer who itemizes his deductions may
take a deduction (not to exceed $150) for
one half of the amounts paid by him for
medical expense insurance for himself, his
spouse and other dependents.
Any portion of ~he amounts paid for medical
expense insurance which is not deductible
in this manner may be added to any other
reimbursed medical expenses incurred by
the individual, his spouse and other dependents and then deducted as "medical
expenses" to the extent the total of
such expenses exceeds 3% of the adjusted
gross income of the taxpayer.
Under the terms of the General Electric
Insurance Plan with Comprehensive Medical
Expense Benefits, the contribution rate
has been 9% of Normal Straight-Time Annual Earnings for complete employee
coverage. However 2/3 of this amount
is used for life insurance, weekly sickness
and accidental death and dismemberment
coverages. Therefore, 1/3 of the contributions paid by employees with full coverage represents their cost of medical exexpense coverage.
Employee contributions toward dependent
coverage (2% of Normal Straight-Time
Annual Earnings up to $5000) are entirely
for medical expense coverage.

General Electric has been advancing tt

striking employees a Stml of nearly $2
million per month for their personal life
and medical expense insurance, as well as
for the cost of medical expense coverage
for their dependents.
This effort by the Company is in addition
to the regular Company contribution of
approximately $3 million each month; thus,
a total of $5 million monthly is being
paid by the Company for the insurance of
employees on strike and their dependents.
The portion of this monthly total which
normally would be paid by employees must
be returned following the end of the
strike through doubling up of deductions.
The Company has no contractual obligation
to carry on the insurance of those on
strike once the contracts ended and this
is the reason for the month ,to month review to determine whether or not it is
still feasible to continue the insurance.
The Company will try to continue the insurance as long as feasible because the c~
cidents and illnesses which can bring
misfortune to employees and their families
are not on strike.

TAX WITHHOLDING CHANGE

Tax withholding tables have been altered
as a result of a recent change in the
Federal Income Tax Law.

As a result, many employees will note a

slight change in the amount withheld from
their paycheck for Federal income tax.

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

VMFA To Hold Monthly Program

The Virginia Musetml of Fine Arts, Waynesboro Chapter, will present its monthly
program at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, January
19, at St. John's Episcopal Church. The
pz:ogram will be "The Lens As An Art Tool"
p~esented by Mr. Ralph Craig.
Mr. Craig is well known as a Double Olympic
Champion, a Production and Management Executive in private industry, and now, a successful retired Sports Photographer, Artist
and free-lance writer.

"Good grief, Agnes, haven't

you put your face on yet?"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 53

WAYNESBORO, VIRG INIA

NEW OFFER WOULD ADD $800-900 MILLIGN TO GE COSTS

Counts' entry best hope for settlement; arbitration, fact-finding
could frustrate mediation effects, GE's Baldwin tells mayors

General El ectric ' s offer to employees

involved in the current 13-week strike
amounts t o a Company corrnnitment to take
on between $800 million and $900 million
in added expense over the nex t three years,
John R. Baldwin, Genera l Electric ' s d1ief
negotiator, said on January 15 at U1e
Mayors' Conference, in New York.

January 23, 1970

Robert Missman Completes

Twe nty Five Years Service

lie stated that despite "union claims

U1at General Electric profits are excessive and have risen out of proportion to
wage increases , it should be easy to see
that in proposing this huge outlay we are
not casually throwing figures out as a
starting point fo r debat e ."
Mr. Baldwin pointed out that the
-.;ompany ' s first year offer was in line
with t he trend in other recent settlements
and would r esult in an average increase
of 24 cents an hour. This would bring
Genera l Electric wages , already well over
the average in the el ectrical equipment
industry, still f urther ahead.
He said U1a t proposal s for compulsory
or binding arbitration ar e not the answer
in s ettling the strike . "As l ong as anyone
holds out hope for imposed settlements,"
he s ai d, "efforts of the Feder al mediators
will be frustrated ."

(Le ft to righ t) Mr . C. ~ . For d, Enginee ring

Manager f or CCDD, pres ents Mr . Rober t Missman,
Power Regulation Design l'ngir:eering , with a
tuJen ty- five year s ervice pin . Mr . B. Coope r,
Manager- ?ower Regulation f-';:gineeri;'f} , was also
on hand io congratulate .~tr . :..rissman . A s t o ry
on Mr . Mi ssman appe ars on th e back o f t oda y ' s
NEWS .

Glasses Are A Must

J\SK ANY ONE OF 111.E 12 6
\\'ISE OWLS \\110 llJ\VE !!AD AN
EYE SAVED BECAUSE 11 IEY \\'IRE

WAGES LOST BY

1\fEJ\JU NG 11 IEI R SAFETY GLASSES.

That' s right! Since

1964 , 126 empl oyees in U1e
pl a11t have been spar ed t he
l oss of an eye because t hey
As the 13th week of this
wer e wearing safet y gl as ses .
regrettable strike dr aws
to a close, the average Yet Mr . W. R. Perry, Safety Spec j_alis t, not ed
this week that employees ar e becoming lax about
s triking empl oyee has
wearing safety gl as ses . I le said, "employees
lost over
entering and l eaving the cafe t eria and other
r outes t o and from the plant negl ect to put
$1300 .
glasses on promptly or r emove them
befor e actually being out of the pl ant, and
correction notices will he given fo r these
infractions .
STRIKING EMPLOYEES

Bloodmobile Due Feb. 11

The first visit
of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to the Waynesboro
Plant during 1970 is
scheduled for Wednesday,
February 11. Donor cards
are now being distributed
to all employees in order
that those who wish to
donate may sign up.
Although there are
many faithful donors, some giving as much as 5
pints of blood a year, the need for new donors
must be stressed. What is it like to be a
first-time donor? The procedure is really very
easy--a thorough interview by a doctor; personal
attention by the nurses aides; orange juice
before giving; coffee, sandwich snacks, and a
timed rest afterward.
To be a part of this worthwhile cause,
watch for your card to sign up for the February
11th visit of the Bloodmobile.

THANK YOU

The Joseph A. Jackson family would like

to express their appreciation for the tnlderstanding employees have shown them during
the recent death in their family.

Tax Forms Available In Plant Cafeteria

Beginning Monday, a limited supply of

1969 tax fonns will be available in the
Plant Cafeteria on a first come-first
seived basis.
RIDE NEEDED

Dorthea Sanders, 1st shift-Relays,

needs a ride from Elkton. Call Ext.
487.
'60 CASE TO HIGH COURT
On January 12 the Company filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review the
decisions of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the 1960 NLRB case.

It will probably be at least two months

before the Supreme Court will act on the
General Electric request for review.

GNP Growth

Stalled

All of the 4.5% annual rate of increase

in the gross national product during the

fourth quarter of 1969 was ascribed to price

rises.
~
This marked the first quarter without
real growth since early 1967.
U. S. Conunerce Department analysts
noted, however, that the GNP would have
shown a small advance without the General
Electric strike.
MISSMAN RECEIVES SERVICE PIN
(Story from Pa.ge 1)

Mr. Robert Missman, Design Engineer for

Power Regulation, has just completed twentyf ive years of seivice with the Company.
Bob began his career with General
Electric on the test program in Schenectady,
New York, in 1945. He held several positions
while in Schenectady, most of which~ were
related to the design of photo-electric
controls.
Mr. Missman is a native of Iowa, where~
he attended Iowa State University and recei. ~
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Bob
moved to Waynesboro in 1955 to assume a
position as a Product Design Engineer. He
also worked as a Standards Engineer here
before assuming his present position in
Power Regulation.
Bob and his wife Marjorie have two
children, Paul and Denise, both attending
school in Waynesboro.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC
Volume XI I, No . 54

January 30, 1970

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

ALL CARS SHOULD HAVE

Richard Smith New

PARKING STICKERS

Manager-Purchasing

For the benefit of all employees , a

parki ng s ticke r is required to appear on
the back of eve r y empl oyee car parked in
the lots here . This enables maintenance
to readily iden tify the owners of car s
so that the employees can be contacted
if the i r cars need to be moved.
This is necess ary when cars block a
lane, obstruct the movement of traffic
block effective removal of snow , or an '
accide nt occurs . If your car does not
have an identificati on sticker , one can
be obtained from the Maintenance office
by filling ou t a request form . These
forms can be obtai ned from Employee
Relations .

OVER $500,000 LOST IN WAGES

The lo ss of regular pay during t his
long and regrettable 14- week strike has
ex ceeded half a million dollars t o local
str ikers . This does not include potential
overtime pay or any shift differential.
The average striking employee has
los t $1400 or more and some have lost as
mu ch as $2400 . For example, an SR 19
Assembler has los t $1408 . 40 in s t raighttime earnings. An SR 11 DCP Assemb l er
has los t $118 7 .20 while an SR 21 Inspector has los t $1481.20 during this
regrettab le s trike. A Tool Maker "A"
has l ost $2436 as a result of the 14week long strike.
Since most of the Waynesboro GE
factory workers have continued to work
during this s trike, they have avoided
t hese pay les s paydays . Another way
t o l ook at these pay figures then ,
would be not how mu ch strikers have
lo s t but how much most working employees have gained .

Richard R. Smith has

recent ly joined CCDD as
Manager-Purchasing. Mr.
Smith comes to Waynesbo r o
from the Processor Equipment Department in Phoenix .
Mr . Smith i s a native
of Bangor, Maine. He att e nded the Unive rsity of
Maine and received a BSME
in 1954. After spending
four years as a pilot in the Army Signal Corps , he joined th e Manufac turing
Training Prog ram. He held varied as signments in Providence, Rhode Island ;
Lynn, Mass., and Tiffin, Ohio, befo r e
taking a permanent posi ti on as Subcontrac t Buyer in Utica, New York, in
1962. Dick moved to Hendersonville,
North Carolina, in 1965 as a Procurement
Engineer before accepting his position
in Ph oenix in 1967.
Mr. Smith's wife, Ruth, and their
children, Nancy , age 13, Pamela, age
11, and Richard , Jr., age 8, have now
joined Dick and begun to make Waynes boro their new home .

BLOOD DONORS NEEDED

the magic medicine

... comes only
from people

More donor s a re
nee de d f or t he Feb .
11th visi t of t he
Bloodmobi l e . Si gn
up to give blood
t oda y so a life can
be sa ved t omorrow.

Pooled Purchasing Council

Holds Meeting Here
An Indu stri2l Electroni cs Pooled Pur chasing Council meeting HP..S hel d here o n Monda y
and TuesdP..y , The h os t : or the meeting Has
Mr . C. A. Quick , Buyer :or CCDD . Representati ves attended the meeting fro m GE Depart me nts located i n SP.. l e m, Rnd Lynchburg , Va .;
s~n: Jo se , 03. li f ; Phoe nix , Ari z . ; Okla homa City ,
OklA .; and Lynn , fv'ias s .
h~t8r the group ~as we lcomed by Mr . ~ .
Smith , fv'ianage r o f Purc hasing for CCDD , various Pool ed Pur chns ing proje c ts Here di s cussed . Vost o ~ the topics cente r ed a round
prese nt pooled projects , achi ev e ments , and
ne Hly plRnned proj e cts .

t'Jr . J . F . Lope x of Te rmi let fv'.a r keti ng ,

presented a talk And demo ~ strat i on of CCDD 1 s

Tcrmi l\et JOO Datn Communica t i on Prin t e r.

CCDL 1 s newest produc t wns enthu s i asti ca l ly
r e ceiv ed by the rouncil. Mr . !<: . Ackl e y o f
Lynchburp; , i..:as rr:- e lec ted chairrran of t he
group for 1970.

REGISTRATI ON SET FOR MADISON

COLLEGE EVENING SESSION
Registration fo r the Second Semester E,..-..
ning Session at Mad i son College (Harrisonbu~b ,
Va . ) will be he ld :'.7ebruary i.tll , from 6 : 0 0 to
8 : 00 PM in Ke ezell Gymnas ium .
Registration r equirements , pro cedu r es , a nd
class scheaules cac be obteined by con~act i ng
W. R. Perry (Employee Re lations--Rm . 105E ) .
Bi ll al so has a c opy of the i r 1970 Surrune r
Sessi on Broc hure .

PHILLIPPE AWARDS TO BE GIVEN

Sixty- four Ge ceral Electric employe e s
ha v e b een nominated for the 1 ~70 GerAld L.
Phi lli ppe Awards for Dis Enguis hed ~iib lic
Se rvi ce f rom the General ~l ect ric ?oundation .
A ma ximum of five fi rnl Phillippe Ai,!ards will
be p r esented l ;:i te r thi:; :1e2r .
The awa r ds cor.sisL o~ e m0dal fo r the
winner and ;~1 on<J f rom L:1-s ?ounda t i o n to be pre sented to :.he publ i c ch::i ri ty or eci. ucn t iona l
. "'.

. .
"' :l L,:r t:ie \..'l nne r . The
ins
t..i t u t ion
aes1pnav3r
a1,:ards were est::ibl : s~rrj ::.!! memory of the la te
Mr . Phillippe , f'o rmer GI; boP.rrl Ch;:i irrmn .
1

LTDI CARDS DUE TODAY

TodP..y is th (' lA st day for those newly-eligible e mpl oyees :ho h::i ve rece ive:l L~DI ci:.rds
t o e nroll in the l~ ng Te rm Di sabil i ty Insurance
Pl'1n without havic r, t o s ubmit a sta t e me nt of
he;:i.l th .

..-,..

1
..

All pe rson s who ha ve rece ive d LTDI card s

must return them to ?e r sonnel Account i ng today ,
whether bey elerL t o p,g.rti cipa t e in the plan
or not .

j,~
!
-~
(

r .

'On e day y ou 're unhappy because the air's

polluted , /hf' next da y y ou 're unhappy because
!h e water's polluted.'

Class Ring Lost

Ronnie T::i gg:.:irt ( . ild shi: t /v:Cin t<~mnce) h::i s
lost hi s 1970 ~ilso!1 r ~ mo rial Clsss Ring somewhe r e in the pla nt . !In a sks 11nyone wh o mi ght
find the ring to ret urn i t to him or to the lost
And :~ound i n l-.rr.plo:r:; e '.t"'lations .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vol. XII

No . 55

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Feb ruary 6 , 1970

Dear Fellow Emp l oyee :

We are i ndeed pleased that this 14- week strike has drawn t o a clcse .

In

our judgment , t h e se t t l ement i s fair t o a ll conce r ned , but we reg ret th :1 t the
s trike has lef t many di ffic ult problems f or the Company to solve .
This has been the l ongest strike i n t he history of the General
and it is now quite clea r t hat eve ry body ha s been hurt by it .

Ele~ t ric

Company

Striking employees

in Waynesboro have lost more than half a mill ion doll ars in wages; the ?l ant has
los t earnings ; and some of ou r produ ct lines have bee n weakened by lost orders .
We rea l ize that some of you who have been working during th e s tri ke and some
of you who have remained out , may have st r ong fee lings about your fellow workers .
We know that t he se t t l ement o f a l abor di spu t e does n ot necessarily mean an end
to the harsh f eelings crea t ed by it .

But we must a ll face up to t he ch allenge

o f putting t hese feeli n gs behind us .

By doing th i s , we can retu rn th e

~an ufac tu ri ng

operations to normal and move ahead as an effective t e am t o maintain and enlarge

our business in 1970 .

Gene r al Mana ger

Conununication & Control
Devi ces Departmen t

Numer i c al Eq u ipment
Con trol De partment

Manager- AEPBS
Business Section

Yields

On U.S. Savings

Bonds

SAVINGS PAYOUTS BEGIN

158,000 GE-ERS to receive
payments early in February
on S&S and S&SB
.___

Increased

_.....,

As 1969 ended, new legislation put

new higher interest rates on United States
Savings Bonds. Bonds will now pay 5%
when held to maturity as compared to the
fonner rate of 4~.

Nearly 158,000 individuals will be on

the receiving end of the 1970 'payout' under
the GE Savings and Security Program and the
Savings and Stock Bonus Plan. The 'payout'
is scheduled to begin in early February.

The new interest rate will apply to

all outstanding Series E and H United
States Savings Bonds regardless of when
they were purchased. The new rate will be
retroactive to June 1, 1969. Thus, there
is no reason for a savings bond owner
to redeem a previously purchased bond in
order to buy another one. Series E Bonds
are the type purchased by participants
of the Savings and Security Program.

Individuals on the receiving end of

the '70 'payout' will receive the millio~s
the Company has contributed in matching
payments or bonus as well as the millions
they invested during the period for which
the 1970 payout is being made.

WESTINGHOUSE

EARNINGS

UP

The Westinghouse Electric Corp. has

reported new highs in sales and earnings
for 1969. A Company spokesman would not
comment on what effect the strike against
General Electric has had on Westinghouse's
operations.

Despite the handicaps created by the

strike, it is planned for securities resulting from Savings and Security Program
participation in 1966 to be mailed beginning
February 2. GE stock certificates will be
mailed beginning on that date from the
Company's Schenectady office, and the U. S.
Savings Bonds will be mailed from the Philadelphia Regional Disbursing Office of the
U. S. Treasury Department about the same
date.
Company

$12

Thank

You

Mrs. Wilda Rexrode, production

engineering clerk for NECD, woul.d like
to thank everyone for the kindness they
have extended to her on the recent death
of her brother.

SCOGEE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SKEET SHOOTING LEAGUE PLANNED

On Thursday, February 19, at 4:30 p.m.
in the auditorium, there will be a meeting
for SCOGEE members interested in fanning
a Skeet Shooting League. The location, the
cost, and a proposed league structure will
be discussed.
SPECIAL GOLF RATE OFFERED BY

SWANNONO~

Pete Lang has extended a $60 yearly

membership rate to GE-SCOGEE members. The
only stipulation is that SCOGEE must have
20 members sign up. If interested contact
D. M. DonDiego, Ext. 619.

Has

Million

Paid

For

More

Strikers

Thar-

Insurance

"As far as we can determine General

Electric voluntarily contributed more to
aid striking GE employees than all the
much publicized gifts of outside unions
combined," said E. S. Willis, Manager of
Employee Benefits for the Company.
By the end of January, GE had paid
out more than $12 million for GE Insurance
Plan coverage of employees on strike and
their dependents. Mr. Willis cited the case
of a Schenectady striker, injured in an
auto accident since the strike began, in
which GE insurance will pay the lion's share
of more than $13,000 in bills which have
accumulated so far. As a matter of fact,
during the last two months of 1969, medical
expense claims piled up to larger amounts
than in 1968.
l\rmemhrr our l1isit
.11rbruar'l 11 ti}.
~~-----....::::-~:;;

Don't forget the first 197u

visit of the Bloodmobile on
Wednesday, February 11.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
No . 56

AEPBS

Manager Announces

Partial

Relocation

To

Bloodmobile Surpasses Goal

Erie

In an announcemen t in t he plan t auditorium yesterday , Mr . H. S . Sechrist, Manage r o f the Aerospace Electrical Products
Busi ness Secti on , stated that the engineering a nd marketing func t ions of the busi ness
will be consolidated in Erie, Penns ylvania ,
during 1970. The move , expec t ed t o take
place starting next month and be comple ted
by the end of the year , wil l affect approximately 70 employees.
Mr . Se ch ris t s t a t ed th e r e l o ca t i on
of t he manufac turi ng po r t i on of the bus i ness
will be delaye d i ndefini tel y . This will
~._p ass ure meeting custome r commitments,
~Lnce Er ie a lready has a l arg e backlog of
orders . Mr . Sechris t added t hat " delaying the manuf a cturing move will offe r the
business section improved oppo r tunities
for planning , s i nce we will bet t e r know ,
in a year o r two, t he degree of mar ket pene tration of our new p r oduc t offerings . "
I t is p l anne d t hat t he ma n ufac turing ope r ati ons in Waynesboro wi ll be moved t o t he
former Bowl i ng Alley on Rou te 250 . However ,
l a r ge mach i ne t oo l s wi ll not be moved .
Mr . Sechrist i ndica t ed a " Ge t Acquain te d
With Erie " meeting will be held sho rt ly
for employees and their wives whose jobs
a r e being t r ansfe r red .
Accor ding t o Mr . W. F . Kindt, Gener al
Man ager of t he Cor.ununi c ation and Cont ro l
Devices De pa r tment, the move will help make
availab l e those facilities at the Waynes boro Plant that are needed to accommodat e
the conti nuing g r owth of our new data
communicati on p r i n ter bus iness .
~

February 13, 1970

W AYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XII

Mrs . Harold S tover, Chai rman of the Cant een Facilities when the Bloodmobile
vi sits General Electric, i s s hown pr esenting Betty Hodge - - a caf eteria employee- - and Art Smi th--Mana,ger of the
Cafe teria--with a Cer t ificate of Appreciation . The Marri ott- Hot Shoppes
CafeteY'?~a provides many canteen supplies crad s ervices to the Bloodmobile .

The f irst vis i t of the year by the

Re c: Cross Bl oo dmobil e was a successful
on ~.
The goal of 225 pints was s urp ass~d
as 239 emp l oyees donated blood .
The s uccess of this visit was gr e~ tl y
aided by the services of Ine z Hi te , JoAnn
Simms a nd Cha r les Bowles who designe d and
dist r ibuted t he posters announcing th e
Bl oo dmob ile vis it .

JANUARY STOCK & FUND UNIT

P~ICE

The St o ck Pri ce a nd Fund Unit Price fo r the

mon th of J anuary are:
St ock Pri ce

$73 . 988

Fund Unit Price

$28. 086

.x/~M

High/ights of the New Offer

EDITOR'S NOTE: These are the highlights of
the final settlement terms provided in the 1970-73
GE-UE National Agreement. To communicate these
terms to you, we have used the f oremat of the
Company's second offer (made last December 6) and
shown which items have changed and which have
remained the same.

PAY RAISES EACH YEAR

Same

First year general pay increase of 20 cents per hour (same as in the original
proposal)

Same

5 to 25 per hour more for high-skill day workers (as in original proposal)

Cha.nge

Second and third year general pay raises o~plus cost-of-living increases:

''

Effective Immediately:
3 more per hour ($1.20 per week for salaried),
Cha._nge

reflecting c-o-1 increases since the previous contract expired.

Effective Oct. 26, 1970:

Adjustment of 1 per hour for each full 0.3% of
Change

CPI increase during the preceding year, to a maximum of 8. (The immediate 3 c-o-1 increase is
included in the first year's 8 maximum.)
Effective Oct. 25, 1971, and again on Oct. 30, 1972:

Change

Adjustment of 1 per hour for each full 0.3% CPI

increase during the preceding year up to a maximum
of 8.

SAVINGS

PB NS IONS
Pensions Rise for Long Service
--~hange. ... effective:Jan.1, 19'i'9 "Jt:ut.26,197()
~
Present monthly minimum of $4.50 per year
Same.
of service increased to new levels ranging
from $5 to $7 .50 at age 65.
As an added feature, subsequent increases
in the pension minimum on the following
schedule:
Change.
Effective Jan. 1, 1971-$5.50 to $7.50
Effective Jan. 1, 1972-$6.00 to $7.50
Effective Jan. 1, 1978-$6.50 to $7.50

Same.
Same.
Change
Same
Same

GE to pay supplemental benefits of $126 a

month to disabled pensioners not eligible
for Social Security.
: .. and further provisions effective Jan. 1, 1971
Past pension credits rise for all employees
with service prior to Jan. 1, 1961, based on
their aver~gJ earnings dyril)g 1i59, 1960,
and 1961.("7~1,~ /f'3)
Improved Survivorship Option facilitates
election of option and liberalizes employee
pension.
Improved death benefit guarantees lifetime
pension for surviving spouse of eligible employees who die before retirement.

VAC'ATIONS
Vacations Improved for Longer-Service Employees

Change. .. effective: Jan. 1,~ 197/

same. 5 weeks after 30 years
4 weeks after 15 years

SICK PAY
Sick Pay Benefits

Gha.nga .. effective: els.A. 1, 19?2- ~ .241170

Same. 2 paid days for 5 thru 9 years service
Same. 3 paid days for 1'0 ~Yl~s service
Same. 4 paid days for 15 yeere eerv1e~
C~e. 5 paid days for 25 years service or over
CITIZENSHIP A
DEATH-IN-FAMILY
Benefits Improved

L~

C"hange.. effective:-Oet. 28, 19?0- F..,,..1, 197/

Same. - Military service paid time off liberalized

Same Court duty pay when subpoenaed

INSURANCE
Insurance Plan Improved
Change. ... effective: JaA.1,19'te-.)ut

Savings Plan-Increase
... effective immediately
Stock acquired under the plar; may be sold
directly to the Company at a savings of $6
Same.
per transaction.

11

.1..6~ 197()

Death-in-family provision expanded

INCOME EXTENSION AID

Better Income Extension Aid

A further improvement in Type "A" coverage
Cha.na-e.
.. effective: Oet. 28, 19'i'8
!,1971
in addition to those proposed in the Dec. 6
~~""
offer: 1000/o coverage of hospital room and
Same IEA available sooner
board for up to 365 days of confinement in a
Same Your credits reinstated 1 year after layoff
calendar year.
if working (instead of rebuilding 4 weeks per
Hospital expenses and surgeons' fees are in~'- year of service after returning)
Type "A" coverage, with no deductible./~
Four weeks pay (eight weeks of benefits)
Company will pay first $500 of(Type "A"-~ ) Same
available after 24 months service
costs instead of present $225.(~"""',t!IK..
85% of Type "B" expenses ove; 50 are
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMPNT
covered.
New Program To Improve Skills
A new Long Term Disability Insurance Plan
Change. .. effective: Oet. 28, 1990
1971
(employee-paid) is available to all hourly
Same. Tuition refund up to $400
employees who elect to participate.
Expenses for eye exercises are now covered.
Same. Identical benefits to employees on layoff

/l,~.

Change

Same.
Change.

Same

~.I,

Same

Change. Higher weekly sickness and accident payments (Qet. 28, 1979)

Change.

... and further improvements effective"later iAtt:.e seRtraet include these:

I, 1911
GE to pay employee's Insurance Plan costs:
practically an added 1% pay boost (Oet.

/tMt.

28, 19?8}

Added coverage for dental care and hearing aids (Oat. 26, 19'1'6)
Plus other improvements

Same.

GE to continue local training programs

EMERGENCY AID PLAN

Change. effective: Oet. 28, 191'6- IL,... ~ 1971
Same.

Change.
Change.

/"""'

Emergency aid plan available sooner

SERVICE CREDITS
~
effective: Oet. 26, 19?8-~ra,, .1, 197/
Up to 12 months service credits for absences
due to layoff, illness or accident. Up to 18
months for compensable illness or accident.

LAY OFFS ANNOUNCED

AT TWO LOCATIONS
At Utica

A major cutback in business levels

will affect as many as 1500 employees at
General Electric's Utica! operations beginning immediately and extending over
the next several months.
About 1000 of these will be production and maintenance workers; the others
will be management and office employees.
Among the factors responsible for
the cutbacks are: substantially reduced
levels of defense spending coupled with
stretchouts of procurement of equipment;
a general turndown in the economy that
began during the latter part of 1969;
and further inroads of foreign competition in the consumer electronics field.
At OWensboro

The stretchout of military orders

for microwave devices, the loss of an
order for such devices to a competitor,
and the national strike against General
Electric which caused some customers to
switch to competitors to be certain of
deliveries have caused a layoff of 100
Tube Department employees in Owensboro,
Kentucky.

INSURANCE DEDUCTIONS TO DOUBLE-UP

FOR RETURNING STRIKERS
Roy Beckerle, Supervisor of Personnel
Accounting, reminds all employees returning
from the strike that:
Insurance deductions missed due to the
strike are doubled up on a week to week
basis until the amount owed is repaid. The
make-up deduction for employee and dependent
insurance is at the rate in effect prior to
the strike, while the current deductions are
based upon the current rate of pay. Makeup deductions are shown in the blocks on the
pay stub marked "other." Uniform deductions,
Personal Accident Insurance, and Wage Assignments also appear in these blocks and
if there are deductions for any of these
latter items, the make-up deduction for
insurance coverage will be added to these
amounts.

NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE SAME IMPROVEMENTS
General Electric employees not represented by a union will receive the
same applicable pay and benefit plan
improvements as those negotiated in the
strike-ending agreement. This is in
line with the Company's long-standing
practice of treating non-represented
employees at least as well as those represented by unions.

In this instance, because of pay

losses suffered by many union members
during the 15-week coalition strike,
non-unionized employees will obviously
fare better than their associates in
collective bargaining units. While the
unions were on strike, non-exempt salaried employees here received the general
increase beginning October 27 and were
also able to take advantage of improvements in the GE insurance, pension,
savings and security, and long-term
disability plans.

Third Monogram Special

Tuesday Night
The third GE Monogram Series special,
"The Man Hunters," will be aired by NBC-TV
on Tuesday, February 17 from 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
EST. The color special, narrated by E. G.
Marshall, was produced, written and directed
by Peabody and Emmy Award winner Nicholas
Noxon for the MGM-TV Documentary department.
Filmed in Africa, Europe and Asia,
"The Man Hunters" starts at the present
and moves backward in time, past the age of
Christ, past the great ancient civilizations and into an area of time that was
inhabited by man's evolutionary ancestors.
It focuses on the clues that have enabled
archaeologists and anthropologists to
peice together the great puzzle of man's
origins.
Three kinds of prehistoric man are
featured, each of whom lived in remote
periods of prehistory--Neanderthal, who
existed as far back as 100,000 years ago;~
Homo Erectus, who apparently inhabited
Earth a half million years ago; and the
Australopithecines, or man-apes, who have
been traced to Africa more than a million
years ago.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTR IC
Vo l ume XI I ,

i~ o.

57

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

PRESIDENT NIXON SALU TES

NA TIONAL ENGINEERING WEEK

Feb ru ary 20, 1970

Ernest Hutton Completes

Thirty Years Service

T !I E W!II TE II O L' S E
WA S lll l"' GTO ~

NATIONAL E N GINEERS WEE K , 1970

It give s me great ple a s ure to greet the Nation a l

Society of P rofess iona l Engineers on the 20th
annu a l ob se r vance of National Engineers Wee k .
More t han e v e r b efor e , our n a ti o n needs the tale nt s and the energ e tic d e d i cation of your members.
No wh e r e is thi s n eed more evide nt tha n in the area
of t he hum an environment whi ch y ou ha-;e chosen as
thi s y ear ' s theme . Only with the fu lle s t u se of our
highes t e ngineering s kill s can we hope to find -- and
apply - - e ffecti v e a nd economic a l s olutions to o ur
- obl e m s o f air and w at e r polluti o n, s olid was t e
-..1sposal , noi se, a n d othe r a r e a s of e nvironme ntal
d e terio r a t~on.

I ,vish y ou e v e ry s u ccess in your c ontinuin g efforts

t o focu s the attention of enginee r s on this salie nt
n a ti on a l t op i c ; and I comme n d your prog r a ms to
l.Ilvolve mor e yow1g pe o p l e in r e w a rding, problem .;o lving c a r eers in you r fin e prof e s sion.

Mr . C. A. For d, Manager- Engine ering f or

CCDD, is s hown pres enting Mr . Ernes t W.
Hutt on, Manage r- Engi nee ri ng Support , I.Ji th
a money c lip in honor of his t hirty years '
s eroice . Othe r rnembers of !1r . Ford ' s
staff who we re on hand to c ongratula te
Mr . Hutton 1Jq1e from l ef t to right : ;.; , vi.
i, /alker , J . K. Snel l , C. f.J. Haus ler anJ
B. Coope r . A s tory abou t Mr. Hutt on appe ar s on the back of t oday ' s

~ EWS .

BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE $31 M ILLI ON

FROM GE LIFE INSUR ANCE

ENG INEERING
-,.,ti
'I .. .
/eri'~ i;o~ me~tal ., :.:. ... .
- ~1--~'f:Jif'.'t( ?!'~. <i ...

,1,~,,.."!J

:'t .-

\l~~~J~~~i!$Jft~~1~$G'.s'. "

~,;/, \ (:'.;:\ 1

:.

J._.;~ 'j;~~":,. ,

: \

_'

I . , ..........- . . . ,

:natro'nal engineers week feb 22 28

~.{f~;..: .

.'

'

More than 3000 life ins uranc e cl a i ms

we r e paid by General Ele c tric in 1969 wi t h
more t han $3 1 mi lli on going to th e bene f i c i arie s . With th e 1969 total s in c l ude d,
GE life insurance has paid ou t $341, 616,933
sin ce the plan was formally organi zed in
1920 .
While t h e Plan became a f onnal pr og ram in 1920, the Company pioneered i n
emp l oyee life i nsurance long before that
date . The Edis on General Electri c Mu t ual
Benefit Ass oc iati on has a r e cord of de ath
benefits paid t o emp l oye es as early as
1892 . Today ' s plan , inaugurated in 1950 ,
pays twi ce a n employee ' s n orma l annu al
e arning s as a dea th b e ne fit- - thr ee t imes
annual ea r n ings fo r a cc i de nt a l death .

IT IS Tl ME FOR

AEED General Manager

RESPONSIBLE REPORTING

H.B. Fancher Elected IEEE Fellow

Inaccurate statemen t s are often made

b y UE Local 124 concerning General Electric. We have not t ried to answe r all
o f them because that would be a n endless
task, b ut a t times it is essen t ial to set
the r ecord s traight.
This week a union bulletin r eferred
to a movem ent among cert ain employees to
obtain a different bargaining r ep resentative as being a "C ompany union. " The
f ac t is that Genera l Elect ri c had noth ing
t o do with the pe t ition fi l ed recen tly
by the indep ende nt union movement .
Th e p et itione r s fi l e d a request fo r
an e le c ti o n with th e Nat ional Labo r Relati o n s Board , who--by law--is th e sole
de terminant of whethe r a n election shoul d
b e cal l e d.
If an elec tion were held , th e
NLRB wo ul d c onduct it and th e emp l oyees
would h a v e the resp o nsibility of choosing
h ow th ey wis hed t o be represe n ted .
In this case, th e NLRB has dismissed
t he petition. We n ave no word o n whether
the inde p e ndent un ion has appealed the
di s mis sal .

THANK YOU
The Harlow fami l y wishes to thank all
GE employ ees who donated blood fo r Albert
Ha rlow during the r ecen t vis it of the
Bloodmobi l e .
Hutton

Hono red

For 30 Years Service

(Stor y from Page 1)

Mr . Ernest W. Hutton, Manager-Engi neering Support f or CCDD, has just compl eted
30 yea rs of service with t he Company .

~Ir . ll . Brainar d Fan ch er ,

Ceneral ~ t a n age r of th e Aerospa c e Ele ctrical Eq ui pmen t
De p artme nt to whi ch th e Ae r o space El ec tri c al P r oduc ts
Bus in ess Sec tion in Way n es boro reports , has r ecently
been e lected a Fellow of the
lns titut e of Electri ca l an d
El ec tr on i c Eng inee r s . Ile
h'as c it ed for h i s "c ont riMr. Fanaher
bu ti on s to te levision br oa dcasting , and fo r lead e r s hi p in th e eme r g i ng
semi c ondu c t o r indus try . "
~ r. Fanche r pionee r ed i n the develop me nt of t he e a rl y tel e vi s ion h i g h powe r
trans mitte r s a nd i n r adar beacons . lie
was dire ct l y r espons i b l e fo r t he des i g n and
deve l opment (1f the f jrs t a irbo r n e tel e v i s i o n equj pment .

THIOKOL EMPLOYEES VOTE DOWN

A BID FOR UNIONIZATION
Production and ma i n t e nance e mployees
of Thiokol Fibers Divis ion turne d down a
bid fo r r epresentati on b y the Textile
Workers Union of Ame ri ce. . Th e v ote was
130 n o union, 119 uni on, a nd 2 vo te s were
challenged.
Th i s was the th ird unsucces s ful attempt t o uni o niz e t he plant . I n 196 1,
employees at what was th e n Dawba r n Br o t he cs ,
Inc., defeat e d this s ame uni on and a g ain
in 1968 employees de f eated a uni o n bid f o r
r ep r esent ation .

Ern ie i s a native of Fa irmont, West

Virgin ia , where he attended West Virgi nia
Univers ity an d received a BS in electri ca l
engineering. He began hi s career with
General Electric on the test program in
Bloomfi el d, New Jersey i n 1940 .
Mr. Hutton moved to Waynes boro i n
1954. He hel d severa l managerial pos itions
here before assuming his pres ent t i t l e in
April, 1969. Ern i e and his wife, Ve ra,
have t hree chi l dren -- Ernes t Jr . , Jon and
Doug l as (who i s a senior at Way nesbo ro High).

""llis rlect ric lool hbru' h s hort ed ou l and \\ eld ed his

bra('t\s to !..! t't her.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 58

WAYNESSORO, VIRGINIA

Loca l Business Situation

With three weeks now past since the strike
ended, a ll hourly employees who were on
str i ke will have been called back to work by
next Monday or notified that a lack of work
exists for them . Meanwhile, 54 empl o yees
in th e R e lay area have been notified of a
reduct i o n in force effective today. This
reduc ti o n is the result of l oss of orders due
t o the strike, cancellations o f previous orders due to inability to deliv er as originally
promised, pr ice cutting by competitors below our costs, and a slowdown of defense
and government sp ending for space pr og rams .
Every effo rt is being made to recover from
~ se blows, but the immediate outlook is
._A es p ec ially favorable .
The Power Regulation b us in ess continues
t o be difficult to predict because o f the in ability to secure needed materials from
other GE p lants that had been on strike, and
the stre tch - out of o rd ers from GE plants at
Schen ectady and Lynn because of the strike .
These plant s are our main customers for
Puw er Regulation equipment. One effect of
thi !;; situation her e ha s already been the layo ff of 15 em ployees due t o r educt i o n in the
S h eet Metal area . It h as a lso caused d e lay
i11 ca lling back to work the employees in
Powe r Regul ation who h ad been on strike .
On the brighter side , production in T e rmiNet is grow ing, a nd the Specialty D evic es
and Aerospace a r eas a r e h o lding th e ir ow n
at this time .
In refe rring to this factory s ituati on, Mr .
W . F . Kindt stated that 1 1 19 70 h as b ee n a
.-,1g h year thus far, but every effort is being
,.,ade to recover from the damag ing s trik e
and a declin e in th e e c onomy. Th e ass i stance of e v e ry employ ee in h e l p ing th e bu sin ess ge t back on it s f ee t a nd s t a y competi tive is essential. 11

NECD

F ebruar y 27, 1970

WINS

ADVERTISING

TWO
AWARDS

(Le f t to right) Mr . Jospeh F. Ponzillo, General

Manager for NECD, watches Al Brancati , ManagerAdvertising & Sales Promotion for NECD , acc ept thlo advertising Cl);)ards from Mr. John
Richardson of AMERICAN MACHINIST magazine .
Mr . D. 0 . Dice , Mcraa.ger- Marketing for NECD
was also on hand for the pre sentation . A
story ab out the award a ppears on the back of
t oday's NEWS .

Strike Has Sharp Impact

On 1969 Company Earnings
Ch airm a n Fred Borch has announced that
sa l es of the G ene r a l E l ectric Com pany t otal ed $8, 4 47, 965, 000 in 1969, s lightly higher
tha n the $ 8, 38 1, 633, 000 o f 1968. E arnings
for th e y e a r w e r e $ 2 7 8, 0 1 5 , 0 0 0 or $ 3 . 0 7 per
sha r e, off 22% fr om the $35 7, 107, 000 or
$ 3 . 95 per share earned in 1968.
Mr. Barch sa i d that the Company's 1969
result s r e fl ec t the impact of the prolonged
strike which adv er s el y affected what is tra diti ona lly the Company 1 s strongest quarter .
S a l es in t his fou rth quarter of 1969 were off
18% fr o m the l ast q ua rt e r of 1968 .
(c ont inued on r everse side)

FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS DOWN

Fire Brigade Celebrates

15th Year Of Service

(ShoUJn above)

The Firn B:"?:gade on one of its

to the fire
fire .

prac~~ce runs is connecting a hose

hyd1~ant to extinguish a mock grass

The Waynesboro P l ac.t V o l u ntee r Fire Br igade h as rec e ntly cele br a t e d it s 15 th year o f
servic e to the plant. Sinc e it s beginning in
1955, th e Fi re Brigade has had only one re por t able fire. This outstanding record is one
of th e b e st in the G e neral El ec tric Comp any.
TODAY'S NEWS takes thi s oppor tunity to
congratula t e th e 70-member volunteer crews
of the fir e fighting, sa lvage, and fi rst a id
sections o f the Fire Brig ade , and to express
app r ecia tion f or a job well done.

CHARLESTON EMPLOYEES VOTE

TO REMAIN NON-UNIONIZED
Production and maintenanc e empl oyees vote d
to remain without a union in an electi on on Fe.bru a ry 18 at th e Turbine De pa r tm e nt' s Charlest on, South C a r o li na, p l ant. T h e r esu lt s were
2 70 for n o union aga in st 51 for the IBEW .

Thank

You

M r . Rober t Lam would lik e t o e xpr es s hi s

appreciat i on for the sympathy ext e nded him by
employees d uring the r ecent death o f his father .
Mr s . Gordon Dedrick wou ld l ike t o thank
a ll employees who contrib uted their blood t o
her during th e recent visit o.f th e B lo odmo bil e .

(C ontinued from P age l)

Mr. Borch said that until the s trike, l ~
had been "shaping up as a f avorable yea r lvl"
the Company . " Ear n ings th ro ugh the first
nine months had rise n 1 1 % abov e th e 1968
n i ne -m onth level, and f o r the year, t he Com pany "had every expectation of excee ding t he
previous earnings record of $4 . 01 per share
in 1967. 1 ' Earnings for the fourth period of
1969 were 21 cents per share, c ompa red w ith
$1.35 per share in the same peri od o f 1968 .
In commenting on the prospects for the first
quarter of 1970, Mr . Borch said, "Whil e the
longe r p o rtion of the st rike period fe ll in the
fourth quar te r of 1969, the impact o f the stri ke
upon operating res ults will be c onsi d erably
more severe in this first quarter of 1970. In
the fin a l two month s of 1969, co n sid e rabl e
sal es volume was derived from shipments of
finish ed goods inve ntory . In the current quar ter, we will not o nly have to r ebui l d t he depl et e d inventories t hrough o ut o ur product i on and
distrib ution sys t em, b ut ope ra tions will b e
furth e r bur dened by t he c onsider a ble cost
invo lved in starting u p pr o ducti o n. These
a dd e d co s ts will r e s u lt in an unprofitab l e fir s t
qua rte r.

AMERICAN MACHINIST Grants Advertising Awards

(C ontinu e d fr om Page 1)
Th e Num erical Equ ipm e nt Contr ol Department h a s won two awards fo r t op advertis i ng
r eadership in 19 69 fr om AME RICAN MACHIN IST m agazine . The presentati o n of plaques i n
rec ognition of thi s performance was made by
Mr . John E . Richa r dso n of AMERICAN MA CHINIST, a McGraw Hill publicat ion which
serves th e meta lw o r king in d ustry .
Mr . Richardson sa i d , " Y ou should know
th a t it was n o s m all ach ieveme n t for Al B ra ncati to pr oduce one, let a lone tw o w inne rs l as t
y ear . AMERICAN MACHINIST carri es clo s e
to tw ice the adve r tis i ng volume of any o the r
journa l i n the field , which means the com~i 11
tion for a tt ention is fierce, albeit worthwL
The awards are made o n the basis of a study
perfo rm ed b y an ind e p e n dent r esearc h organi zation on se l ected issues of th e magazine. In
1969, only s ix issues of AME RICA N MACH INIST w ere studi ed .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 59

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

March 6, 19 70

How Doe s New Sick Pay-

Ted Swanson To Head NECD'S

Personal Time Benefit Work ?

European Business Operation

Employees are showing a great deal of

interest in the new Sick Pay and Personal Time
Off bene fi t in GE ' s newly improved job package . Many have asked how it works and what
a re its values . Printed below are answers to
many of the ques tions which have been raise d.
QUESTION : How can an hourly employee tell how
many "paid days off " he has?
ANSWER: This schedule tells the story . If
you have-5 through 9 ye ars of service-- 2 days
10 th r ough 14 years of service-- 3 days
,-....
15 th r ough 24 years of se r vice -- 4 days
25 or more years of service--5 days .
QUESTION: What about approval for payment of
Sick Pay fo r absence due to persona l illness
or necessary personal business?
ANSWER : Payment is sub ject to approval by an
employee ' s immedia te supe rvisor or manager .
QUESTION: Does that mean I need a doctor's
sta tement?
ANSWER : When you are ill, a ca ll to your
s up e rv isor telling him you are sick and indicating the na ture of the illnes s will usually
be enough .
QUESTIOt\ : What does the " personal business"
par t of the plan cover?
ANSWER : "Pers on al b usiness" includes legal
or banking mat t e rs, dentis t's or doctor's
appointments, se rio us i llness in immediate
family , and other compelling personal business
which th e employee is unab le to t ake care of
o utside of regular working hours . Paid time
off for personal business is n o t meant t o
~ovide vacation , holiday , or weekend exten>ns. Payments will n o t be approved fo r absences which are taken for the purpose of
engaging in va rious forms of l eisure or soci al
ac tivity including participat ion in sports.

(continued on back)

Mr. J. F . Ponzillo,
General Manager for NECD ,
has announced the appointment of Ted A. Swanson
as Manager of European
Business Ope r ations fo r
t he Company's Nume rical
Eq uipment Control Depa rtment. Mr . Ponzillo said
that "Mr. Swanson ' s appointment is being made
at a time when General
Electri c is acknowledge d
as numb er one in the
Mr. SbJanson
world today in the raanuf ac ture and sales of
Numerical Contro l Eq uipment. " He added, "the
European market for Nume ri cal Contr ols is in
a stage of exp los ive growth, making Mr .
Swanson 's new business operation in c reasingly
significant to the Department."
In his new position, Mr. Swanson will
have all of t he business operation responsi bility in Continental Europe and the United
Kingdom for t he Numerical Control busi ness.

(Story continued on back)

SCOGEE ORGANIZING GOLF LE AGUE
The SCOGEE lnter plant Golf.
League is now organizing for the
19 70 season . Matche s will be
played at the Swann anoa Go lf
Course where Pete Lang has ex tende d
a $60 yearly membe r ship rate to
SCOGEE members . The league will
be split into tw o conferences,
with each team playing all teams in both confere n ces . The two conference winne rs will
meet in an 18-h ol e playoff for the champions hip . For details, con t act Frank Gum, Ext .
482, Room 12 NOW , as league play starts April
28 . Teams and entry fees must be in no
later than April 10.

1969 STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICES

Use 1969 Tax Info Statement

When Figuring Your Income Tax

January
February
March
April
May

June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Stock
$91.670
$89.715
$88.825
$91.667
$95.994
$91.095
$86.554
$84.048
$84.292
$85.701
$83.230
$77.693

Fund Unit
$27.797
$27.690
$27.050
$27.684
$28.717
$27.369
$26.380
$26.734
$27.326
$28.244
$28.853
$28.022

The Stock Price is the average of the

closing prices of GE stock on the New York
Stock Exchange for each trading day in the
calendar month while the Fund Unit Price is
the average of the daily fund unit prices,
determined by dividing the number of fund units
into the net asset value of the fund for each
trading day.

SICK PAY QUESTIONS:

r~ontinuP.d

from page one)

QUESTION: Can I collect sick pay for time

also covered by Weekly Sickness and Accident
or Workmen's Compensation?
ANSWER: The sick pay days are not intended
to give double coverage for days of absence
already covered under the Insurance Plan or
Workmen's Compensation.
QUESTION: What's the minimum time which can
be counted in this benefit? Can I take an
hour off and count it against Personal Days?
ANSWER: Payment will only be made in half
day segments for absences of a half day or
more. A full day's pay will be the normal
number of hours regularly worked up to a
maximum of eight.
QUESTION: When does this new plan go into
operation?
ANSWER: It's in.effect right now.

RIDE NEEDED
Judy Burns, 1st shift employee in
Relays, needs a ride to and from work
from the Rockfish Road vicinity. Contact
her on Ext. 481.

If you are making out your Income Tax return, don't forget to hunt up the Tax Infc~
tion Statement on your 1969 "payout" under '-ne
General Electric Savings and Security Program.
Most S&SP participants will have to report a
certain amount of the 1969 payout (the payout
of a year ago) as taxable income for that
year. The Tax Information Statement to use
in completing your tax return is the one issued a year ago on the securities you received in 1969 as a result of S&SP participation.
It's not the one that's being distributed this
year.
The 1969 S&SP Tax Information Statement
furnished the tax data in duplicate. Participants were asked to file one copy with
personal papers and to attach the tear-off
stub with duplicate data to their 1969 "payout" securities--U. S. Savings Bonds and GE
Stock. As in the past, the statement on
each participant's 1969 "payout shows not
only taxable income for 1969 resulting from
S&S Programs but also the tax cost of each
share of stock. The latter figure should be
used for tax purposes if the shares are sold.

NECD'S Swanson Promoted

(continued from page one)
Mr. Swanson's duties include managing
NECD's European Marketing operation and
representing the Department's business
interests in its dealings with European
affiliates. His offices will be located
in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
A native of Chicago, Mr. Swanson graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1953 with a degree in Electrical
Engineering. He joined General Electric
shortly afterward as a member of the Company's Apparatus Sales Training Program
and later transferred to Waynesboro in 1954.
From 1955 to 1957 he was with the U. S.
Army's Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville Alabama, before returning here in
1957 as a Sales Specialist
Mr. Swanson became Manager of the
Numerical Control Product Sales Operation
in 1963 and in 1965 he transferred to Ger~
many as Manager of European Numerical Control Sales. Mr. Swanson is married to the
former Mary Lou White of Waynesboro. The
couple has two children.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Vo l ume XII, No. 60

WAYNESBORO, VIRGI N IA

March 13, 1970

B. Stickley And J. Tipton

Paul Freed ,lnc. Selected As

Granted First Patents

V en dor O f Th e Month

Mr. Michael Masn ik, J r., Patent Counse l

f o r t he Pl ant, has announced that Mr. Beryl
Sti ck l ey and Mr. James P. Ti pton have each
been granted their first patents .
Mr . Stickl ey of Relay Pr oduct
Engineering , received his patent
for an invention which re l ates to
the installati on of a r ee d capsule
within a coil bobbin by use of an
e lasti c inser t. This e nables
speedie r assembly of r eed r e l ays .
Beryl came to Waynesboro in
1960 a f t e r completing t he Engineeri ck l ey
ing Prog ram and became a Design
hngineer fo r Relays in 1962.

,-J!eyryl

James
Ti pton

Mr. Tipton of Produce Service was g r an ted his patent for

an inventi on relating t o the
utilization of two tape readers
and associa t ed electronic circui try. This allows identical
tapes to be used on two different
tape readers and thereby permits
keeping the tapes to a reasonable
length while simplifying tape
p re paration at t he same time .

Mr . Tipton trans ferred to Waynesboro in

1955 as one of the Specialty Contro l group
moved here from Schenectady .

Shown above ( f r om left to right ) are Mr . F. B.

Cur to, Manage r - Plant Utilities an.d Maintenance
and Mr . R. R. Smith, Manager- Purchasing for
the Communication a:nd Control Devices Depart ment . They are presenting the Company ' s
"Vendor of the Month" OJ.;)ard to Mr . Paul Freed,
ChaiY'l11Qn of the Board of Paul Freed, Inc ., and
Mr. Guy Towle r , Se rvice Manager> for t he Freed
agency . Mr . Smith sai d Paul Freed, Inc ., had
been se l ected "for their continued excellent
ser vice which they have provi ded i n such a
timely and efficient manner . "

Waynesboro Public Library

Launches 1970 Book D riv e
LIBRARIES ARE NOT

FEBRUARY STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICES

Here is t he average GE Stock Price and
the average Fund Unit Price used in crediting
~ participan t s accounts fo r the month of
Jruary under the Savings and Security Pr og r am:
Stock Price
Fund Unit Price

$69. 921

$27.007

The Waynesbo r o Public

Li b r a r y has launched i t s
MADE; THEY GROW dr ive t o acquire books ,
magaz ines, and ?aperbacks
t o add t o t hei r co llect i ons . 'Tile theme o~ the
19 70 drive is "Li b r a r ies a r e no t made; they
grow. " To a id in the drive , boxes will be
placed in th e plan t cafeteri a to da:,: an.u cmP l oyees wi sh ing to donate books 'Uay depos it
them i n one of t he boxes th r ough Fri da y, March
20 . All books and mag azines that a re contributed dur i ng t he drive wi ll be accepte d.

AIRCRAFT ENGINE GROUP

LOOSES MILITARY JET JOB
"Disappointing as was the decision
of the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Air
Force not to select GE powerplants for
their F-14B/F-15 aircraft, the General
Electric Company will continue to offer
the finest possible engines to the military services in the future," said Edward Woll, Vice President and General
Manager, Military Engine Division, Lynn,
in conunenting on Pratt & Whitney's winning of the contracts.
Mr. Woll added that "curtailment of
development work will require a reduction
of several hundred jobs in developmenttype activities in the innnediate future.
An additional downward adjustment of employment has become necessary because of
other business factors, including the
effects of the recent strike. Altogether
it will be necessary to reduce the number
of jobs in the Aircraft Engine group by
well over 1000--including professional,
salaried, and hourly--over the next
several months.
American Society For Quality Control To Meet

The Blue Ridge Section of the American

Society for Quality Control will hold its
monthly meeting Wednesday night, March is:
at the General Wayne Hotel, Waynesboro. The
social hour will start at 6:00 p.m. with dinner following at 7:00 p.m. The topic of
the meeting will be "Corporate Profit Through
Quality." To make your reservation for this
meeting, call Bob Trader, Ext. 311 or Mel
Redmond, Ext. 476.

WESTINGHOUSE REACHES SETTLEMENT

Westinghouse Electric Corp. has reached
agreement with four of its major unions on
contracts that parallel the General Electric
settlement. They achieved settlements
with the IUE, !BEW, UE and the Federation
of Westinghouse Independent Salaried Unions
in contracts which cover nearly 80,000
employees and run until June 10, 1973.
Full details of the Westinghouse settlement haven't been available long enough
for complete study. But it appears that
the minor differences in the new GE and
Westinghouse contracts result from longstanding variations in a few provisions-p~nsions, for example.

Hourly Employees Now

Eligible

For Long Term Disability Insurance

Hourly employees with one or more y~s
of credited service, who are participating
in the Pension and Group Insurance Plans,
will now be given an opportunity to participate in the Long Term Disability Insurance
Plan. Benefits in this plan begin after
the expiration of the twenty-six week per~od,
during which the employee is eligible to
receive Weekly Sickness and Accident Insurance
benefits. Details of the plan are carried
in the booklets being distributed to. eligible
employees.
Roy Beckerle, Supervisor-Personnel Accounting, explained that his office is required to obtain either an application for
participation or a waiver from every eligible
employee. Therefore, those receiving a carrl
and booklet should promptly return the card
with their decision. to thei~ jor~an.

MIRA CLAIMS CREDIT FOR

FEBRUARY BOMBINGS AT G.E.
An underground Puerto Rican revolut~-:
ary movement that favors independence an~
calls itself Mira claims that it was responsible for three bombing incidents
against General Electric facilities in
New York on February 8-9 and the vandalism
against the Washington office on the
night of February 6.

In a mimeographed sheet sent to news

media in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mira
claimed it had carried out 19 terrorist
acts since last December, including the
four against GE. The New _York City
Police declined to comment on the Mira
statement.

1970 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

The Company and the union have finally
agreed on the 1970 holiday schedule for the
rest of this year. The schedule is reprinted
below:

Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Eighth Paid Holiday
Ninth Paid Holiday
Christmas Day

Friday, March 27
Friday, May 29
Friday, July 3 ~
Monday, Septembe; ,
Thursday, November 26
Friday, November 27
Thursday, December 24
Friday, December 25

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII , No. 61

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

PARKING PROBLEMS CITED

Fred B. Curto , Manager-Plant Utilities and
Maint enance, asks all employees to observe
the plant parking lot regulations. He stated
that some employees are parking in the wrong
zones and that a numbe r of employees do not
have parking stickers on the ir automobile
bumpers.
Mr. Curto as ks all employees t o be certain
that t hey are parking in the proper zones. Any
employee who does not know his correct parking
zone number sh ould call the Maintenance Office
for this information. Employees who do not have
parking stickers s hould make an application
imme diately by obtain ing the necessary forms
from the Rela tions Office, Maintenance or by
a~1g their s up e rvisor. Mr . Curto also requ~~ted that fade d or defaced sticke rs be
r e placed by s tickers available at the Maint e nance Office.
In addi tion, Mr. Curto said that incident.
of emp loy ees running to their cars in the parking l ot have increas ed. He said this mus t be
s t opped , befo r e some one is injured. He also
asked all emp loyees to observe the legal
speed limit when entering or leaving th e
p lant. Th e s pee d limit i s 15 m.p.h. and will
be enf orced .

FIRST LONG WEEKEND

OF 1970 NEXT WEEK

The second of nine paid holidays for the

yi
comes next Friday, March 2 7. Good Friday will bring Waynesboro Plant personnel
the first of six long weekends made possible
by pai d ho lidays . After Goo d Friday , th e
next paid h o liday will be Memorial Day , May
29 .

March 20, 19 70

GEORGE BRADT RETIRING

AFTER THIRTY YEARS SERVICE
Mr. Geo r ge M. Br adt , Supervisor of Requisition Processing and Warehouse, has announced that he will retire
at th e e nd of this month after
having completed 30 year s of
service t o the Company.
George began his career with
General Electric in 1928 in
the Development Lab in
Schenectady, New Yo rk. He
Mr. Bradt
l ef t in 1931 t o a ttend Albany Business Colleg e where he majored in
accounting. He re-joined the Company in
1939 as a stockroom clerk , in Schenectady.
(continued on Page 2 }

Company Announces Voluntary

Increase In Current Pensions
Volun t ary increases in th e pensions a nd
othe r benefits of r etired Gene r a l Electric
emp loye es have been announced by GE Board
Chairman Fred J. Borch . The pension increase s
will be effective January 1, 1971, the same
date the new improvements take effect for
those wh o re t ire under the pension plan in
the f uture. It wi~l be the fou rth time since
1960 that th e Company has voluntarily increased pensions of retired employees.
The incre ases for those already reti re d
wil l be substantial and wi ll go to some
37 ,000 retired employees. I n a letter to
pens i oners, Mr . Bor ch said the increases
will "have the approximate effect generally
of increasing pensions for service prio r
to 1961 by about 10 per cent to 15 pe rcent,
a lth ough the amount will v ary in each cas e.
(continued on Page 2)

Employees Educational loan Program

Approved For 1970-71 Term

SCOGEE SPIKERS WIN

THIRD CONSECUTIVE TITLE

The Employee Educational Loan Prog ram

has again been approved for the 1970- 71
academic yea r. The prog r am is administe r ed
here by Mr . Bill Perry.
:Ir . Perry informed us that loans to
eligible individuals or their ch ildren can
be mad e up t o $1000 in a calendar yea r .
Anyone wish ing to check on eligi bility requirements , a pplication procedures , and
terms of the loans should con tact Mr. Perry
in Employee Relations , Room 105E .

App lications fo r loans are currently

being accept ed and Mr. Perry s uggests that
thos e inte rested i n ap plying should do so
by the firs t of May .

VOLUNTARY PENSION INCREASE

(continued from Page 1)
Mr . Bo r ch also a nnounced tha t new i mprovements in th e GE Medi cal Car e Plan fo r
pe ns ioners would g o into effect January
1, 1971 . Those retirees not ye t 65 , who
have conti nued th e CE insurance p l an comprehensive medical coverage , already have
the advan tag e of recently announced im provem e nts in that plan . Both improveme n ts are subj ec t to necessa ry approvals
of gov ~ rnment agencies .

BRADT RETIREMENT
(continued from Page 1)
George moved to Waynesboro in 1954 to
become Supervisor-Electroni cs . lie ass umed
his present position here in 1965 . George
and his wife Ethel have two children- Rodney (currently teaching at Kate Collins
Junior lligh School) and Joyce wh o lives in
Schenectady . The Brad ts have 5 g rand children
1-rhom they hope t o be able to visit more fre quently now .
George and hi s 1,iife are planning on
spending much o( their time travelin g and
fishing . They arc going to begin by taking
a trip to California and Hawaii this sunune r .

RIDE NEEDED
Margar e t Fi tzgerald needs a r ide frorr.
the Ol d Blue Ridge Chapel Road , 1 mile
f r om the Dooms Fire S tation for the 7: 30 4 : 00 shift . Contact her on Ext . 535 .

The SCOCEE Spikers won their t h ird consecutive City Vol l eyball title ~onday ni gh t.
Members of the team are f rom l ef t to right :
Bill Potwora , Len Salafia, Phi l Russell ,
Will Sutphin, Don Hughes , John Dvorscak ,
Jack Summer ford , and Dave ?liller.

S&SP Tax Information Statement

Being Distributed Today
Indi vid ualized Savings &nd Security Pro gram tax inf orma ti on statements arc bei ng distributed t oday to S & S partici pants who receive d a Prog ram "pay oul" i.n 1970 . The sta tements provide each pa rti c i pant with tax in fo rmation on the dislributi on of his 1966 S & S
savings and Company payments .
The tax in fonna ti on in the ~La tements
is for use nex t ye a r in reporti ng 1970 Laxab l c
income . The in formation also is 11.ct e:-;s;i.ry
i ( any st ock rccei ved in the payulll is subse qucn tly sold .
The statement f urni shes ta;{ infonnation
in duplicate (or the convenience of partici pants . The l ar ge se ct ion of the sLat emcnL
can be deta ched and retained for llSC in p r e paring i ncome tax retu rns , 1vhile L;ie smalJe r
section can be attached Lo stocks (and bonds
if they we r e acquired \vi Lh Company paymcn ts) .
lt is for future tax referen ce in det erm ining
gain or loss in t!1e cvenl securilies are ~
sold .
Parti ci panls 1-ril l 1va11 L to s ufeguard t he
two parts o r the s t atements in sepa r ate
pla ces because of the imporLmt in;ormation
which th e y contai n .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XII, No. 62

1970 VACATION SHUTDOWN

Mon

Tue

July 1970

Wed

Thu

Fn

Sat

10

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19

20

L'.6

27 28

21

22 23 24 25
29 30

Children Of GE Employees
Excell In Local Spelling Bee

SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Sun

March 26, 19 70

31

The 1970 vacation shutdown in the Waynesboro Plant will be the tw o weeks of July 6
t h r ough 17th.
Hourly employees who will complete two
years' credited service during 1970 and nonexemp t salaried employees who wi ll complete
one year ' s c redited serv i ce in 1970 are entitled to two weeks of vacation this year.
Thos e paid on an hourly basis who will complete one year's se rvice wi ll be entitled
to one week ' s vacation this year .

DID YOU KNOW?

Worldwi de employment by th e General
Elec tri c Company averaged ove r 400,000
ing 1969. Employee compensation, inL . j ding benef its , rose to a record high of
$3,5 10, 787 ,000 during the year while sales
wer~ $8,447,965,000.
That meant employees'
compensat ion accounted for more than 41.5%
of every dollar worth of sales!

Mr. Phil Tipton ' s 12- year o l d daughter

Carol Lee i s Waynesboro ' s new spe lling champion and one of three ci t y f i nalists to the
24th Annual Twin Valley Spel lin5 Bee . ~1r.
Tipton ' s <laughter was declared winner of t he
spelldown when she correctly spelled th e wo rds
"isinglass " and " p arochial. " Mr. Tipton
works for NECD Marke ting.
The second and third place winners were
13-year old James Marvin Stone r, J r. and 12
year old Kimberley Ann Stoner. Both are the
children of Mr . J . M. Stoner , Re l ations.
In addition t o Mr . Tipton ' s and Mr.
Stoner's children, nine other sons or
daughters of General Electric employees reached
t he City Finals . They were : Kent Folsom,
Timothy Quick , J udy Isa ck, Debbie Kyle , Gina
Niedenthol, Mary Ann Krogg, Martin Chow ,
Malinda Br ooks , and Dianne Naoroz .

HAPPY EASTER

1969 INSURANCE CLAIMS

SHOULD BE FILED PROMTLY
Claims for 1969 medical expenses covered
by the Gene ral Electric I nsurance Plan should
be filed promptly.
The plan pr ovides that proof Qf claim
should be made not later than 90 days afte r
the end of th e cale ndar year in which the
expense occurs. If this deadline cannot be
me t because of special circumstances , proof
of claim should be fil ed as soon t hereafter as
i s re asonab ly poss ible .
The necessary forms may be obtained from
the pe rsonnel accounting office.
In an e mploy ee or dependent did not have
e nought medical e xpense to go over the deductible in 1969, medical expenses incurred in the
last quarte r of 1969 may be sent in on claims
to be app lied to the 19 70 deductible. (The
l ast quarter of 1969 i s October 1 through
De cemb e r 31.)

ENTRY DEADLINE FOR PARTIOPATION

I'

., - _, l!...-

IN GOLF LEAGUES DRAWING NEAR

'I

.... ....._

SVIL
Shenandoah Valley Industrial Golf League
being f ormed--Applications are being accepted
from all interested golfers to participate i n
th is year 's indus tri al gol f l eague. Tentative
plans are to play Ingles ide , Shen-Vlee & Lakeview Golf Course. There will be a total of 6
ma tch es, all being played on Sa turdays. If
interested, send name and handicap, if known,
to Sam Preston, Room 4, Ext . 311. Application
should be made befo re the f irst of April.

MEDICAL DEDUCTION RULES FOR

FEDIRAL TAX RETURN EXPLAINED
In answer to s everal requests , we have
reprinted the rules regarding medical deductions for your feder al tax return. I n
filling out your 1969 Federal income tax
returns, you should pay close attention to
the rules on deduct ib ility of the amount
paid for medical expense coverage.
A taxpayer who itemizes hi s dedu ctions
may take a deduction (not to excee d $150)
for one half of the amounts paid by him fo r
medical expense i ns uran ce fo r himself , his
spouse and o ther dependents .
Any portion of th e amounts paid for
medical expense ins uran ce wh i ch is not deductible in this manner may be added t o any
other reimb u r sed medic a l expenses incurred
by the individua l, hi s spouse and other dependents a nd then deducted as " medical expenses" to the extent th e total of such
expenses exceeds 3% of t he adjusted gross
income of t he t axpaye r.
Under t he terms of the General Electric
Insurance Plan with Comprehens i ve Medical Expense Beneefits, the contributi on r ate has
been . 9% of Nonn al Straight- Time Annual Earnings fo r comp lete emp l oyee coverage. However
2/3 of this amoun t is used for l ife insurance
weekly sickness and accidental death and dis memberment cover ages . The ref ore, 1 /3 of the
contrib utions pai d by an employee with ful l
coverage represents the cos t of medical expense coverage for himself .
Employee contributions toward dep endent
coverage (2 % of No rmal Straight-Time Annual
Earnings up to $5000) a r e entirely for medical expense coverage.

SCOGEE
The SCOGEE Interplant Go lf League i s now
organizing fo r the 1970 season . The mat ches
are played on the Swannanoa Go lf Course. This
year, the league will be split into two confe rences , the SCO and the GEE . Each team wi ll
play all teams in each confe r ence , with th e
two conference winners playing an l8-h ole
playoff fo r championship. For further details,
contact Frank Gum, Room 12, Ext . 482, NOW.
League play starts April 28. Teams an~ntry
fees must be in no late r t h an Ap ril 10.

~--

"Mind taking a little dictation

d uring the commercial?"

............

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII

No. 63

WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

NLRB DENIES APPEAL

April 3 , 19 70

Measures Stepped Up To

BY UE LOCAL 124
The Di re ctor , Office of Appeals, National Labor Relations Board, in a letter to the
president of UE Local 124 has denied an appeal filed by the union over communications
initiated by the Company early in the strike
over continuous service credits and seniority.
The letter to the president of the local
said, "Your appeal in the above matter has
been duly considered. The appeal is denied .
"While the Company ' s s ta temen ts of Oc tobe r 31 and November 6 regarding service credits were deemed ambiguous, there was no evidence t hat the Union sought clarification by
he Company before filing this charge and
making its statement to the newspape r on November 8 . Further, on November 10, the Company undertook to clari fy the matter by s tatements in the same publication and t he text
of the Company's stat ement was thereafter repeated in a radio b road cast. Moreover, it
would appear that the Un i on ' s initial pub lic
statement might have tended to aggravate any
apprehension that may have existed among th e
st rikers."

SCOGEE NOMINATIONS OPEN

Nominations fo r SCOGEE officers and the
board of directors fo r the year beginning June
1 are now open fo r the period April 3 through
April 10. Nomina tions shou ld be given to Mr .
F . Gum, Room 12 (Ext . 482) .
Offices available are : preside nt, vice
president, secretary and treasurer. The
board of directors' positions include: spe~a l activities, cultural , s ocial, recrea_on and athletics, publicity, membership,
building fund and finance .

"Look at us go! This is the fa stest car on the road!"

Increasing instances of employees fa iling

t o observe the 15 m.p . h. posted speed limi t
while driving on plan t property have created a
real hazard for employees.
To deal with this problem, Maintenance has
prepared a n umbe r of ba rre l s with the 15 m. p .h.
limit painted on them . The barrels will be
pl aced along the ent rance r oad t o t he parking
l ot.
In addition to thi s , speeding ti cke t s will
be issued to a ny e mpl oyee caugh t e xcee ding the
15 m.p.h. l imit. A speeding ti cke t can resul t
in writt en correction wi th loss of plant pa r king
privileges .
V irginia Employment Down
The Virginia Departmen t of Labor and In dustry has releas ed its February s tati s tics
for manuf ac turing fi rms in the s tat e . Manufacturing payrolls declined fo r the fou rth
s traigh t month with 7000 fewer per sons on pay rolls than thi s same pe ri od a year ago . Factory wor kers were on the j ob an average of
39.6 hours per week in mid-February . This was
the first time since January, 1968 , that the
average hours of w'ork has fallen below 40
hours . On th e b ri ghter side , the Stat e ' s un employme nt r ate of 3. 0% was well be l ow the
nati onal rat e of 4 . 7% for t he month of Fe bruary.

BUT IT DOES CONCERN YOU!

SA LE S
( In~ of Dollars )

iNE1

EARNIN GS

( In ~ of Dollos)

.'

:->'.\.
..... .~

,,r
l

.: .

1..1: . O.: :>

; !.tr

1: ;

'

: . . .,

..:1

:-.i:: i ~ :: .

a:...::~ t

I. i

t': ~

..

1.~~ :.

:u r

, <.l ~ ~~.

GE's Sales and Net Earnings Since 1960

General Eleetric i~ a ,-trong bu"'""~' --rC'spccted by <"U:' for the variety nnd q ualit~ of 1t,.. products. T hC' 11~

tomer~

pro\.' e mtnl in lOtnl s ides yt~nr nft< r .\'(ar l.A.. ~ Lifit s to thul.

BL"T SAL E S ALO\"!~ urc not.enuu1' !t. The other elC' ml'nl 1,c-os l i n relation to s nle ~ -- and w hnt" 1..rt O\' N: ..\H\"J\"(;;o;.
F o r the past sl'\' l'rnl years. sale's ha\'(' C'limbed highl'r and
f or th(' Sf'l'Ond yP11 r in a r ow. \\e'r1> an Sh hillion a yea r com f'll ny . But thE' nPl 11rn1nL(,, or profit,... h1l\t' not kPpl pun
( ><<'<' ch11rt abo,<' ). l.11,-1 ~<rtr. ~tung h~ th<' fir"t major -tr ikC'
in :!:J YL'>HS. GE l'nm1ng,.. f<' ll off oOlll<' ~:!";. from 1960.
\ lTHT llE H c .u :-;1.; for concern is 1lw s tPad~ d ec l111' the
pll :--l :-:P\Pral ~Par ... of Parnin:~ a:-: a pt>rctnu1gt of ~alt .... . In
l!lti9, the Comi:nn~ rr>1d1zLd only :1.:1 ce nt s p rofit on ach
dol l ar of sa les. l-: \t>Il \\Jtho ut n .... trik1 111 l~Jli~. thl fig:urt- for
tlm t y<'nr was onl! 4 .3 ce nts, 11nd in l!lt;i , 4.7 cent s.
:O:o mt ,~ m ployrt~ ... m ight :--n~. ' 'I don't ca rP .. . ju .... t a-.. 101 !.!
" " I L(Pt rn~ pn~ d1tck 1 B ut thl' r.. .. 1- '"" that uni<-- th
Com r:11ny's profi t p11tun 1n1pro\PS. 1111 o f ll ""uld h11\l' f11qr
op1xi rtun1 tit>~ "1th (;J'. in thP futur('. Out of profit.' mu-'I <'<HIP

1111 ..\T (' ..\\" -\ \" l\"Dl\' IDC.\L ern pl o !ee do abo ut sol vi ng
such n larg<' problC'm!
lhll. big probl<'ms ure oft<n mad <' up of mn ny small o nes
1h111 ! iPld lo Sf"lall so lutions Dnl' nt a ti mo . l::ven if an individuul , dforto to a\'lud waste . . . o r to do it right the [irst
lune . . . or to do lht j ob a bPtt er " a .1 seem not ver y large
l'Ontrihu1 ion.' . try it a n~ wny. It'll hP lp.
\ ny"" ! it ' ; al1'11y- rnort ,,Hi-f,ini.: 10 h< 1:nn of the s olu11on. ho'"'"' r " mall. thnr. to Ix part of thl' problr>m.

l \\O ~~~~ntial ill'm:->:

(1) \lolll'.\ 10 pa~ dividtrnb 10 our sharC'ownNs ( abo ut n thi rd of who m an tmployees)
a:-: a rC'turn on lht1r in\e~lnwnt.

(:?) \Ion'.' tu n in\CSl 111 th1 bu.-1n<'" to

hPlp mak (-. u:-; more' compc-t1t1\ P and to mnkt'
-.:urc ou r joh-.. r oma1n u~ :--t t 'tfft' a ~ 1x1.... :-:iblr- .
From the c.:orpurntt ~tandpo1nt. ( ii-:

1...;

\\ ork1n~

t o ohtl\1n

~i g nificunl increu :-< P.. . ; th 1:-> YPlH in produ<ti\i t y Hild 11u>r1

fpctivP cos t impro\l' lllC'nl prowa m" .

tf.

frd ing the

Profit Pinch

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XII . No. 64

John Zimmer Completes

April 10 , 1970

GE PIONEERS BENEFITS

Thirty Years Service

(Left to right) Mr . G. M. Hausler, Relay

Engineer i ng Manager for CCDD, presents
M. J . S . Zimmer, Re l ay Produc t Engineering,
with a tie bar s ymbolizing 30 years of servioe
to the Company . Mr . R. A. Hol comb, Relay
Product Engineering, was also on hand to
congratulate Mr . Zimmer . A story on Mr .
P~ct

Zinuner appears on the back of today ' s NEWS .

Half Price Sale On

Safety Shoes Begins Today
Severa l sty l es of safety shoes are on
sale in t he dispensary today . All of the
sal e shoes wi ll be HALF PRICE. All shoes
are men ' s sty les . They are available in
the following sizes:
BOOTS

SHOES
SIZE

NO . PAI RS

1 pr .
2 pr.
~
- 1 pr .
1 pr.
'9 E
1 pr.
1 pr .
9120
10120
3 pr .
l l ~jl.
1 pr.
6120 7 0
J

SIZE
7~

8 0 &20
11 0

NO. PAIRS
1 pr .
2 pr .
1 pr.
1 pr.

Employee benefit plans or "fringe benefits"

as they are sometimes called, are considered by
most people to be relatively new aspects of any
job. Still others believe that benefits came
about as the result of pressure being placed on
businesses. The fact is that most of our present plans and improved working conditions were
initiated by General Electric many years ago.
Since their inception, Company benefits
have been almost continually changing and improving. These plans, voluntari l y started long
ago by the Company i n recognition of the need
for them have been liberalized and improved as
the years have passed.
We here in Waynesboro take pride in
a part of the Company which pioneered in
of the employee benefit pl ans which make
jobs in Ameri can industry among the best
the world.

being
many
today's
in

Some of the major plans and their anniversary dates are:

1892
1902
1907
1912
1915

Vacation, salaried
Health Insurance
Safety Program
Pensi on
Vacation, hourly

1917
1919
1919
1924
1930

Savings Plan
Life Insurance
Tuition Refund
Education Asst .
Continuous Serv .

JS.limmer Honored For 30 Years

Service

SCOGEE HOLDS CHESS TOURNA MENT

(Story from Page 1)

Mr. J . S. Zi mne r , Re l ay Product Eng ineering, has just completed t hi r ty years of

service with the Company.
John began his career with General
Electric on the test program in Schenectady,
New York, in 1940. He held several positions
wh il e in Schenectady, most of wh ich, were related t o t he design of aircraft and regulator
contro l s .
Mr. Zimmer is a native of Cardoba,
Argentina, where he attended Colegio Nacional
and re ceived a Bachelor of Arts in 1934. He
then moved to America and attended the Uni vers i ty of Cin cinnati. He received a ~.S. in
Mechani cal Engi neeri ng i n 1940 j us t prior to
joining the Company .
John moved to Haynesbo ro i n 1955 to assume
the pos i tion of - Deve lopment Engineer for
Relay Products. Mr. Zimmer i s a Senior Member
of IEEE. J ohn and his wife Toni have two
children, Jacque line (living in Texas ) and
Ru t hi e (a senior at Bridgewater College) .

ASQC Schedules April Meeting

me Blue Ridge Section of t he American
Society for Quality Contr ol will hold its
monthly meeting Wednesday night, April 15, at
the Holiday Inn, Harrisonbur g, Va . Tm: social
hour \vi ll s t ar t at 6: 00 p.m. with dinner foll owing at 7: 00 p.m. The group wi ll tour the
Space Conditioning Division of Dunham-Bush, Inc
To make your reservation for this meeting, call
Bob Trader, Ext . 3ll , or Me l Redmond, Ext. 476 .

Members of the SCOGEE Chess Club are shown

par ticipating in last Tues day 's second annual
Chess Tournament.

Bob Will iarns , (Engineering Technician)

TermiNet, won the second annual sccx;EE Chess
Tournament last Tuesday night at Grace Lutheran
Church , with ]).-.right Phelps of the Engineering
Laboratory fi nishing second in the meet .

'This was the second year for the d1es s

group whid1 is nolV orga:ui zing a pennanent
Chess Club for those who ;:ish t o play on a regu lar basis. Club meetings will be scheC:uled for
7: 30 p.m. on Tuesday nights at Grace Luthe~
Church . Anyone interested in j oining the ~ J
is urged to come to one of thes e meetings.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, Apri l 14 .

LOST
The telephone company repa i rma n left a
black loose l eaf binder containing MO D 35 and
DATA MODEM circuit diagrams etc., near the
north office door. Will whoever picked i t up
please return it to J. R. McEckron, Room 135.

THANK YOIJ
Mr. and Mrs. George Bradt wish to thank
their many f riends who attended George ' s r etirement party last Monday night. "It is something
we shall never forget and always cherish.''

MARCH STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICE

The average GE Stock Price and the average
Fund Unit Price used in the crediting of participants ' accounts for the month of March under
the Savings and Security Program is as fo llows :
STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$72.268
$26.304

"We finally reached a settlement.

My wife gets a package deal of a $12.80 raise in

her allowance spread over the next three years"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
W AYNESBOR O,VIRGINIA

\'oll.une Xl [. !'Jo. 64

John Zimmer Completes

Apri l 10 . 1970

GE PIONEERS BENEFITS

Thirty Years Service

- ......

...

( :.,e"'-r; to 'fig(zt) :.Jr . G. M. iiaus ler, Relay

presents
M.
J . S . Zimmer, Re lay Product Engineering,
1,Ji, r;;1 a tie bar symboliz ing 30 years of service
to 7;he Co"!l:pany . MY' . R. A . Holcomb, Relay
:C'Poauct f:.:Y..ginee r 1:11g, was also on ha nd to
C'Yr{i'Y'atu lc;,te .'!r . :..;:'.,1:iT'1er . A story on Mr.
Zirruner appea rs on the back of today ' s NEWS.
fJ~.-lct J:ngineering Manager f or CCDD,

Half Price Sal e On

Safety Shoes Begins Today
Several styles of safety shoes are on
sa le in the dispensary today. A11 of the
sa le shoes will be HALF PRICE . A11 shoes
are men's styles . They are available in
the fol l owing sizes :
BOOTS

SHOES
SIZE
6120

7 0
~

9 E
9\10

10 120
11 !;,,A

NO. PAIRS
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1

pr .
pr.
pr .
pr.
pr.
pr .
pr .
pr .

SIZE
7~8

8 0
8!-20

11 0

NO . PAIRS
1
2
1
1

pr .
pr .
pr .
pr .

Employee benefit plans or "fringe benefits"

as they are sometimes called , are considered by
most people to be relatively new aspects of any
job. Still others believe that benefits crune
about as the result of pressure being placed on
businesses . TI1e fact is that most of our present plans and :Unproved working condi tions were
init iated by General Electric many years ago .
Since the i r inception, Company benefits
have been almost continually changi ng and improving . TI1ese plans , voluntarily started long
ago by the Company in recogni tion of the need
for them have been liberalized and improved as
the years have passed .
\\ie here in \\iaynesboro take pride in
a par t of t he Company which pioneered in
of the employee benefit plans which make
jobs in American industry among the best
the world.

being
many
today's
in

Some of the major plans and their anniversary dates are :

1892
190 2
1907
1912
1915

Vacation, salaried
Health Insurance
Safety Program
Pension
Vacation , hour ly

1917 Savings Plan

1919 Life Insurance
1919 Tuition Refund
1924 Education Asst.
1930 Continuous Serv .

J5Zimmer Honored For 30 Years

Service

SCOGEE HOLDS CHESS TOURNA MENT

(St:OY>JJ fY'Om Page 1J

Mr. ,1 . S. Zi mmer, Relay Product Engineering, has j us t completed thirty years of

service with the Company.
John began his career wi~h General
Ele ctric on the t est program 1n Schenectady ,
New York, i n 1940. He held several positions
while in Schenectady, most of wh ich, were re lated to th e design of aircraft and regulator
controls .
Mr . Zimmer i s a native of Cardoba,
Arge ntina, wh ere he attended Colegio Nacional
an d received a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 . He
then moved t o Amer ica and attended the Uni ve rsi ty of Cincinnati . He received a B.S. i n
Mechanica l Engineering in 1940 just pri or to
joining the Company.
Joh n moved to lJaynesbo ro in 1955 to assume
t he posi t i on of - Development Engineer for
Relay Pro ducts . Mr. Zimme r is a Senior Member
of IEE E. J ohn and his wife Toni have two
children, Jacq ueli ne ( li ving in Texas) and
Ruthie (a sen i or at Bridgewater Co ll ege).

ASQC Schedules April Meeting

The Blue Jhdge Section of the American
Soci ety for Quality Control will ho ld it s
monthly meeting Wednesday night , April 15 , at
the Holiday Inn, I larrisonburg, Va. Tne social
hour w_i ll start at 6: 00 p .m. with dinner fol101.,ring at 7: 00 p .m. The group 1.,r ill tour the
Space Conditioning Div_is ion of Dunham- Bush, Inc
To make your r eservation for t his meeting, call
Bob Trader , Ext. 311 , or .\!el Redmond, Ex t. 476 .

!1embers of the SCOGEE Chess Club are 3hown

participa ting in last Tuesday 's second annv.al
Chess Tourraarnent.

Bob lVill iams , (Eng ineer _ing Technician )

TenniNet, won the second annual SCOGEC Chess
Tournament l ast Tuesday night at Gr ace Lutheran
Church, 1,i th J).,i ght Phelps of the Engj neering
Laboratory finish ing second i n the meet .
'lhis 1vas the second year for the chess
group 1.,rhich is 1101.,r or gaJt.izing a pennanent
Chess Club for those h'~lo ::ish to play on a regu lar basis. Club meet jngs will be scheC.ulecJ for
7:30 p.m . on Tuesday nights at (;race Luthe""'""'
Church . .4nyone interes ted in joi ning the , .!)
is urged to come to one of these meeting::; .
The n ext mee ting will be Tuesday , April 14 .

LOST
The telephone company repa irman left a
black loose l eaf binder con ta inin g MOD 35 and
DATA MODEM circuit diagrams etc. , near the
north office door. Will whoeve r picked i t up
please retu rn it to J . R. McEckron , Room 135.

THANK YOIJ
/llr . and /llrs . Ceo r ge Bradt wi s h to thank
their many f riends who attende d George ' s retirement party last /llonday night . "It is something
\\'C s hall never forge t and always che ri sh ."

MARCH STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICE

111c average GE Stock Price and the average
Fund Uni t Price used in the crediting of participants ' accounts for the month of March under
the Savi ngs and Securi ty Program is as follows :

STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$72.268

$26.304

"We finally reached o settlement.

My wife gets o pockoge deol of o $12.80 raise in
her allowance spread over the next three years"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo 1ume XI I , l Jo . 65

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

COMPANY'S lST QUARTER SALES

AND EARNINGS OFF SHARPLY
Sales of the ~enera l Electric Company were
Sl ,563 ,934 ,000 in the first quarter of 1970, a decline of 22% from the S2 ,004 ,560 ,000 recorded i n the
corresponding pe ri od of 1969. Cha irman of the Board
Fred J . Bo rch attributed the drop i n sales revenue
to the long strike . He said the lm1er sales volume,
combined with the substantia l costs of res tartin g
operations an d rebuilding depleted finished-product
i nventories res ul ted in a loss of $42.6 million for
the first quarter of 1970 . This compared with earn ings of $77 .5 million or 86 cents a share for the
f irst qua r ter of 1969 .
Mr . Borch pointed out that while the effec ts of
the strike were felt throughou t the entire first
quarter, Company operat io ns in March were profitable .
Th i s was due, he said, to the spee d and effectiveness
,...-.with 11hich managers of strikeboun d operations suc-: eeded in resumi ng produc t i on , "and by the constructi ve spirit with which employees generally returned
to 1'/ork . He added that , "Emphas is is being placed
on effor ts to regain the momen tum tov1ard improved
earnings which was evident before the strike began .
Th ese efforts should lead to i mp roved results as the
year progress es . //
11

A SALUTE TO SECRET ARIES WEEK

"Better Secretaries Mean Better Bus i ness" is the

th eme of the 19th consecutive Secretari es \leek, Apr il
19-25 . Wed nesday , Apr il 22, has been set as ide as
Secreta ri es Day .
The purpose of Secretar ies Wee k i s to bring
recognition to secretaries for the vi ta l role they
play in business, industry, edu cation, governmen t ,
and professions . The Pl a nt NEWS would like to take
th is opportunity to commen d the fine jobs that
secretaries in this plant perform every day .
No FICA Tax o n Sick Pay

Mr. L. F. Becke r le , Superviso r, Pe rsonnel

Accounti ng , explained this week that paymen ts made
to hourly employees in accordance with the prov i sions
of the nevi sick pay plan for hourly employees are not
~ ub j ec t to social security taxes .
Of course, pay1ents made for any other reason s a re taxab le; and
a ll payments , i ncluding sick pay , are subject to with ho ldin g under the te nns of the federal and state
income tax la1-1s .

Ap ri 1 17 , 19 70

GE Efforts To Interest Nation

In Environment Began Years Ago
In 1966, when General Electric rece ived the
Nat i onal Wildlife Federation's Nat i ona l Conse rvation
Award, the Fe deration cited GE for "setting a compe llin g example fo r indu stry to follow in water polluti on control , " and for "imaginati ve engineering ,
unusual research and successful deve l opment of
equ i pment and techniques to preserve America's
na tural be auty . " In its statement to t he press ,
the Federation added that "General Electri c has
pi oneered in work i ng with electric utilities to ...
make American cities and the countryside cleaner ,
safe and more beautiful ... has developed new sys tems and equi pme nt for lighti ng of street s, high ways, bui l di ngs an d othe r facili t ies . .. has been a
leader in deve l op i ng and promoti ng el ectric
heatin g equi pment 11hich he l ps protect the air
from soot , smoke and furnace fumes . "
The Company was call i ng the nati on ' s attent i on
to polluti on --and t rying to do something about it -long befor e i t received the Federation Award i n
1966. It is stil l push i ng and wo r ki ng to safe guard envi romental resources , both in providing
for pollution cont rol and careful ly monitori ng
any env i ronme nta 1 consequences of its operati ons
or products . In 1945 GE produced and distri buted
the motion pi cture "Clean \~aters," attempting to
win the in terest of the publi c , the communities ,
unive rs iti es, and the government in the fight
against pollution of the nati on ' s waters . In the
early 1950's, "Clean Hate rs" 1'/as follov1ed vi i th
another motion pic ture called "P i peline to the
Clouds." \lhile our attempts to 11in concern fo r
the preservatio n of the env ironment fell short of
our goa l, we welcome the concern that has been
aroused tod ay .
The re l'lill be a special supplement to the
Plant NEWS next wee k summarizing ways in wh i ch
Company products are contri but i ng to a better en viron ment . It wi 11 deal vii th 1'/ork be i ng done to
make our existi ng products more useful in environ mental co ntro l s ; entirely new products and new
dev elopments from ou r research labo ratories ; and
our continu i ng efforts to mi nimize the env ironmenta l i1npact of our 011r1 facilities.
BARR!:.'LS PLACJ-,'U AT CATI:. lA

Beg in ni ng th is mo rning, barrels l i ke t he ones

in place outs ide Gate 20 wi ll be added to the
entrance of Gate l A. It is hoped that they wil l
have the sa me pos i t i ve effect i n s l ow ing t raff ic
as those at Gate 20 have had .

Our Challenge

Relieve the Prof it Squeeze;

Hike Productivity, Cut Costs
1965 Annual Roport

4.73
....... o .

4.33
3.33

D..Jr st<iin'a' of (;cncral Llectric Annual

Reports , stepping off tlw fi\c-)'ear period
from 1%5 t h rough 19<>9 , and the accompany1n~
pe r centages , dramatical I: illustratt.:s the
prof it squee =c ~au hea r so much t.1H. about
these days .
Al though CE ' s sa Ics reached a record
$8 . 448 billion in 190Y , ou r net profit , a>'
a percentage of sales , fdl to a disnal !oh
of 3 . 3'i. (sec page 28 o f report) . Re flee l i ni~
the impac t of the st r ike , 19hY (;I. profi t s here
down ~2':. from i%8 .
111e challenge TlOh', as Joa rd ('ha i nnan
Fre d .J . llorcl1 points ou l in the report, 1s t o
"wo r k to ob t a in s i gni firant incr<'asc:; in producit iv ity anJ mor e cffectl\"c cost iJnprO\cmcrn
programs . "

Some one mi 11 ion cop i es of the 31-page

r eport a re being di stribute d to s h:1 reowners,
custome rs :rnd others th roughout t!1c world .
Shareo1-ners- inclu ding more than 2 , 000
ll ap1eshoro GE employees- -rece ived copies in
the mai l las t 1\eck. Emp l oyees 1~ho a rc par ticipa ting in the S:n'ings and Secu ri ty Program
or the Stoel-. Bonus !'lan , but who ha,c not
rccei\ed a share o r stock as a payout , will
receive thei r reports late r.
The ;cport icatures 18 full- color pho t os
of Cor.ipan: people and products and deta iled
t"inancial sLUnma r ies . The cove r is a night
sc<.!nc of Salt Lake City , s howing new GE
Lighting Systems ' installa tions on freeways
in Utah City .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How are we at General Electric helping to meet the environmental challenge?

Pre."'ident

~ 1.xon':--. 1ir~t

otlicia l a ct ot' !his ll C\\

decade was to e.,tahlis h
a n J: n ,. i r o n m e n ta I
Quali t.1 Counci l. ll is
words set a new na~
tional goa l : t ha t these
"abs olutely mi.st be t he
,ears \\'he n A rne ri ca
.\Ir. B orch
p a y s its de bt t o the
past by reclaiming t he purity of its ai r . its
water and our Ji,ing en,i ronmenl."
Cerlainh we at General Elect ric s ha r0 t he
concern fo;. en\"ironment;1l p rotPct io n. In fad,
GE people expressed t heir concern some :!ii
years ago in such conc rete ways a s t he film
Clean Waters-an early attempt to arouse i nterest in the equipment a nd systems that could
combat water pollution. Our efforts \\'ere recognized by the ~ ational Wildlife F ederation
in 1966 "for setting a compelling example for
industry to follow in water pollution control."
Today, with the emironment r ecei,ing a

frc,;h s urge of attention. it's time fo r us at

Ge neral E lectric to re-e\'aluatc what \\'C a r c
doing, and what more we can do, LO hel p.
T his s pec ial supplement is a progress report. It summa?'izes the results of a recent
Company-1\'ide suney of the ,arious ways in
wh ich our products and ser\'ices a re contributing to a better emironment. You wi]] see in
it three main types of GE contributions .
First, there is the work being done to make
our existing products more useful in environme ntal controls. ?\e" low-pollution gas turbines . special controls for air-cleaning systems, jet e ngines with less noise and smoke
- thes e are the ongoing, if no less important,
types of de,elopments t hat aid environmental
protection.
Second, there are the e nti rely new products
and new de,elopments out of our laboratories
that benefit the environment- and, of cou rse,
open up further new markets fo r the Company. T he range her e is from a promising new
incinerator to the application of space tech-

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRI C

nologics lo dO\\'n-to-cart h probl ems.

And third , there are our cont in uing eF.orts
to minimize the emironmenta l impact of our
own fa cilities. ForturJ<1lel~', GE operat ions
ha\'e been installing pollution a bateme nt facilities O\'er the ,ears . Ours is a ta sk of acceleration rather th.an a start from a s tandstill.
To remind oursehes of these constructi\e
steps toward a bett er emironment does not
mean that we are compla cent about what remains to be done. The erH'ironment fu lly merits its place among the most critical social
challenges of the '70s . \\' e of General Electric
can be counted on as con t inuing allies in the
effor t to achie\'C a more responsible ba lance
with the limited res ou rces on \\'hich the qua lity of life, e\'en life itself. depends.

Chairman of the B oard

Special Supplement
April 1970

News.

Reconciling energy
needs with
environmental
protection

As a source of c:l ean e11err1y. 111ic/1r11 110wl r is 1cin11i11g 11cccpla11c1 in !hi' fi!lhl 11ua i11s/ po//11/i1111 . sina
1/11d1f11 p/1111/s 1/isch1t r!J1 11n 1'1111h11sl io11 produ!'l s
lo 1/1, 11/11111sphu1-. Sho1c 11: .1/r .' . .\'i.ro n 11 / dul icut ifm of ('h imuo's /J n>.-;d1 11.!1>i<n1/ . 1;/,"-r1111ippl'd.

,\me ricans want more electric power- twice

as much, on the :l\erage, e\er; decade. But
the re are those t oday \\'ho claim that increasing electrical usage is incompatible with protection of the natural en,i ronmenl.
In a recent talk the head ot" G E 's Po\\'e r
Gene ration Group, H uber t \V. Gouldth orpe.
urged the indus lr; t o a lwo-fo!d response.
One r es ponse is tech no logical : the cont in ued de,elopmcnt of better solution:; to
crl\ironmental problems . Mr. Gouldthorpe is
confident that "what a pplication of t cdrnolog.' has wrought, fu r t he r appl ication of technology ca n correct." He secs problems of
generators' thermal effects on water as "far
from ins olu ble." :l'loreover, " there a rc product allernati ,es - a nd Gene ral E lectric is
pr i\'ilcgcd to represent qu ite an assort ment
of these - which wi ll help us to reconci le
load growth with emi ronmental cons iderat ions fo r man; yea rs to come."

Pntcer plants remote from cities hat'< 111 n, Jilul

f ro m (;/.' f ra 11s111issio11 d1., c/op111e11ts ~uch a /hos<
j o r Iii hir1h -1olta!} ,. r/in 1f-rurrc11/ dF1 fopm, nl
sys{, m fot rcliahk . , couomical t ran:-;mf....,sion l)j
111111l' r jrom O r 1'g1111 l 11 S r,ut her n Califomia .

The ot he r res ponse is informational. Oh

scning that the public's concern toda; res ults
in par t from mis information. he called on the
i ndustr; as a whole to commun icate more
cffecti,el; with t he public.

.Yell" (; /:.: "clear s lack .. gas t11r hi11e adds lo ,11mh11s.

tiou ' f}ici1nci1s. r('(/ Uciny tlu nlr"s1 1 ~j un!ntrwd
yo;;;1.s to lhl' almosplu n . . \ ho, ~: wo rk on fir.-: / of
ll " ll'

unit s al Sc/11 nectady gas /11rl1i111 p/11111.

Fears as; oc iated \\ it h nuclear plants i n

partic-ul ar need a better pe rs pect i,c : "I low
man.1 people unde r.-;t a nd t hat t hese planL~ ar<'
pahaps the only products of hu man technology de:- igned from t he beginn ing \\'ith total
s afely and mi nimum harmful effects of the
,.,,,i ron ment in mind: l! O\\' many realize that
t ht radia tion released to the atmos phere is
onJ.' a s ma ll fra ction of that cons ide red a cce pta ble by the Atomic Ene rgy Commiss ion""

,)fore nllrnc/fre e/ec/rirnt dislributiun ft, l11s tu

11r11id " 1sllutic pollution. " /J1rcl u/J/11n1 ts jrnm
(;/'I/I' m / 1-:lrclric inc/udr sUIJ.sll r jacr transf ormers
th11 / 1'11111>1!' d is/ ri/111/ion I n go und1 rgro1wd . as 1C11l
11 s /1) 1c-11rojilc I nrnsf ormei-s and suitchgecu-.

Toward a better environment ...

Many GE advances
help to improve
community life

' Ideal' city farmed from today's leclmulugies : I he lwae model of a city 011 display al the General Electric
Carousel of Progress al Disneyland looks lik e some vision oi thr distant f 11t11re. B ut the fact is tha t all
of its most farnrnble rlcmrnls- its lmlanced lrans)Jorta t ion S!fsll ms. convenient "]Jeo)Jle movers," smog.
less generating s lalio11s. pol/ulion-jrcc i11d11st rial plants and ndi:ancrd uses of lighting fo r safet y and
securil!f-are rcali:abl1 from c.risting General Electric technologies.

{;/:,' hiah -te111peral11re rorlex i11ci11eralor """ 1irnn d 11ro111isin!1 jor n d1tcinr1 romh11slih/( wa . ./, lo sf , n/1 ,,_..,.,, w1/huut po/lut111r1 wa/ 1 r 11r air. Curn-

pac/ unit ins/a//.d rr/ 111 111 .. \ ,ii . Uh io (,,/.,,,.,) .has rn)Jftrit!l t" iilfnr//r 11,
Ions of lypi('((/ in l/11s/rur/ 1ila r1/ was/. 111 r luwr.

Of millions of tons of .. aerial garbage" that

Americans dump into the a tmos phere each
year, about one third is released from indust rial plants and elt~tri c generating stations.
The remaining two-thirds comes mostly from
individuals, aulos and municipaliti es. Transportation alone dumps nearly 100 million tons
of wastes into the a ir a nnually.
The U.S. urban population is generating
solid wastes at a rate of over 5 pounds per
person daily, or 200 million lons per year.
And a year's consumption of water runs to
some 25 trillion gallons.
These facts lend special relevance to the
range of General Electric acti,ities pictured
here: de,elopments to help commu nities and
indi\iduals cope more effectively w ith threats
against the quality of urban li fe.
But the work of GE people goes well beyond these examples :
Elec tric heati ng equipment r ed uces ind ividual use of fuels and mo,es t he fuel usage
back to power stations where pollution can be
better controlled.
A stud ~- into the practicality of a combined refuse incinera tion a nd power generation plant is being conducted by the Medium
Steam Turbine-Generator Department.
A GE-PA C process computer is on or der
for water and waste control, a nd others a re
already at work in two auto makers' pl....-..
automatically testing and adjusting cart
tors to meet rigid a nti-pollution standards.
GE dr ive motors power new devices to
sh red and process j unked automobiles and
ot her metallic wastes into usable scra p.

S eu aid ayains l tea/er poll11/io11 : r.cne ml b'lcclric's 11cu: 1crlica/ aerator

111ol11r is'" ill!/ 11sr d 1.rlr nsirc/y for )Jo1crri11g 1catcr pollutio n con trol C(/ill /1111 1 nl. Th is '''/llipm r 11 / p11111ps. cir urns and mi.us 1caste 1rntcr 1cilh ox yacn
j rom /hr air. 11kr11 step i11 ll11 treat11101t of sc1cage.

Keeping dou:11to101 dou11ton11. !'art uf Lincoln. X cbmska's plan for

revitalizing its urban cu11i 1 is to 11s1 new Geni rnl l':lectric Spaceglo1c(J)
.-..ninaires that are f unctionally efJcctivc at night and risually attrnctive
day, making the city more inviting to shoppers and sa f er for traffic.

Industry's drive to reduce poll11lio11 has /nought a rush of new orders f or

such GE product s us s p1 ria/ motors und cm1trols fo r electroswtic precipitators that n 111011 dust purt ir/1s jrom smukislack gases. Controls shown
are being rradied for shipm nt at Ind ustry Control's Salem, Va ., plant.

Comballi11u j et smoke a11d 11aisc pallutio11, 1/11 CH en; cnr;ine for the
Mc!J o1111d/ /Jo11y/us /JC-Iii ll'ijl'I , slw1cn on a modified fl-:iZ f/yin[} t rst br-d.
is smok<-fn'' 1111d 1111ie/1 r al/hu11r1h ll<'i<'< ' 11s 1101rrrf11/ as liOs ' l'>l[}incs.

Quiet, fumeless. ballery-opernled home tractor is 1101c being offered b!I

Ge1u ra/ f,'/ cctri1" .\ J"'l/11tu111-fn, . r ch11rf1u1blr po1crr source f or jobs
Qr(J/Olr! tl11 honu . r;f."., 1-:1, ('-T r11k I yard1 II lrflclOI' i.~ also a rro/1.."ific
fnwor1/ 1/1 r1 lupou ''' .,, 1 /1 rt,.,,. ,., hid, s fnr t nu/SfJflf'falion .

s/1 /}

High-s peed ra{lid /ra11.,it s11sfr111s he/fl //11' urban e111'ironmenl ly dccrerising cit io; ' <It JH' Ud1 11c1 un "''"1 f11u. t
. ion-( ny/;1 1 1r h iclt ..:. One s1 t of tr acks of Ott
Chicago T ra11sit .\ ulhuril!f 1/1/I I . (ur 1 11111pl1'. rail c11n-y ~0.000 people per
hour l'r,.su.'i .!.000 for on auto /ouf' .

Environment gets
new push from
GE research

A 1Lard-wi1111i11g pollutant detecto1 is Ordnan ce

System's portable Condensat ion Nucl ei Count er,
selected os one of 196!1's m ost significant new technica l v roducls. It measures sub-microscopic airborn e coutamincints.

Today at Genera l Electric, scientists and engineers are probing deeper fo r answers in a
number of a reas of study important to environmental con t rol.
A s s h o\\'n he r e, t he Co mpany' s effo rts
s pring not only from Resea rch and Development Center p roj ects but also from t he laboratories of operati ng com ponents and study
contra cts awarded to aeros pace operations.
Some add itional speci fics :
T he Compa ny' s TEMP O "think-tank" operation has un der taken such pr ojects as a
study of t rends in t he control of photochemical smog in t he Los Angeles basin .

Special .~ trains of wast e-digesting bacteria a1'e un der study at the R esearch and D evelopment Center . T h ey promise evrnt ua lly to solv e the refusedisposal problem by convert ing solid wastes int o
protein-rich fodder for animals.

A mobile laser ai r pollution pr obe has

been designed. bui lt a nd field-tested by the
S pace S ciences Laboratory. It detects, mea sures and tracks pollutants in t he atmosphere
at ranges up to fhe m iles.
Under a ne\\' st udy contract, t he Re-entry
and E n\'ironmental Systems Di\'is ion is assessing the effects of long exposure to carbon
monoxide pollutants on cardia c systems.
-

The Oi\ision is also studying the feasib ility of automation in \\"ater t r eatment plants
fo r the City of Philadel phia .

are being monit ored by R e-E n try and Environmental Syst ems Division . The study will prov ide
d esign data f or plan ning ex pressways that w ill
cause less pollution in su rroundin g m eas.

The La rge S team T u rbine-Generator Division is par ticipating wit h ut ility customers
in studies concerning the use of cooling towers
and other means of m inimi zing the thermal
effects of generation on water.

- :;i

Urban expressway pollutants i n N ew Y ork City

Advanced battery sy stems that may som eday serve

as power sources f or electric vehi cles ar e under
development at t he R and D Cent er. Above : D r.
Stephan P. Mitoff, at w ork on ?naterials f or batt er ies t o be operated at elevated t emperatur es.

..-..

Company's own
facilities stress
environment controls

b'sthel icnl/11 pleasin{J fa cilities are a Ge11eral E lectric co11lrii>u/io11 t o licttrr communit y envir on11101/s. :111 f'.W mph fabol'c) : new gas turbine p rod11ctio11 plant i11 Grl'1'111'illr. S .C.

A 1rnrd-wi1111i11y pl<mt desi{Jt1S: Ge11eral E lectric

has 1co11 / he 111c<11"<i fo1 "Top T en Plants of th e
l'rnr" more than any other romprrn y. S h own :
Spa!'! /Jirisi1111 jacilily a l Falley Forge, Pa .

H ow is General Electric doi ng in its own antipollution effor ts '!

"T he Compan> is \\"Orki ng ha rd to be su re
thal pollutio n is under >atisfa ctor.\ control at
ou r planb. but the job ahead is fa r less than
it might ha 1e l>een . for one simp le r eason : GE
operations ha\"C been \1o rk ing a t pollution
abatement for years.''
T hat's the estimate of Edga r S . Weaver ,
Man ager of GE's \{ pal Estate and Construct ion Opl' ra tion. l !is opinion counts, fo r RECO
has the responsibility for monitoring an d advising opcr:1t ing components on pollution cont rol prog rams 011 a Com pany-wide basis.
" Our newe r plants g enera lly have ver y
good scores i n meeting. and usua lly in exceeding b.v a good n1a q .; i11 , t he sta nda r ds fo r acceptabilit y i n tl 1c i1 local ities," Mr. Weaver
a dds. "A nd p lants 110\\" bei ng built or in planning s tage;. such as .-\ppliance Park-East,
wi ll include he:ny in\"cst rnents in environmenta l conlrul faci lities."
:\Ian> older pla n ls ha\e g reatl stepped up
thei r anti-pollution prog rams. At P it tsfi eld,
Eric, Fort \ \'a>ne and other sites. multi-million-dollar imesi mcnts in new cont rol equipment a nd facilities a rc bei ng made.
"\\' e want to be a ~oud business citizen in
GE plant eommunitiPs." Ed \Vc:ner sums up,
" a nd that i11d11des continuing to ap ply the resou rces to keep pare with e,oJ\i ng emironmental standa rds. "

New step.~ in e11viro11111e11tnl controls are being

t aken al c1~ facilit irs. New dust collector for the
Erie. P a., f oundry is 1mrl of 1/11 plan t's p 1ogram
to reduce air and 1calcr pollution .

C omprehensive pollution co1111'0/s are bei ng

plan11ed int o n1w GE f acilil ies . .-1t .-l pplfrwce Park t;ast. pollution co11 trols 1cill iuclude 0 11c building
d<Tot ed entirely t o I rca ling industria l w ast e wat er.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 66

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

April 24, 19 70

P. W. WARREN PROMOTED

Paul Warren has been named Supervisor-Time

Standards and Work Measuremen t for CCDD.
The appotntment was announced
by Mr. Robert York, Jr., Manager-Manufacturing Engineering.
Mr. Warren's primary resp onsibility is in the area of
productivity measurements.
A native of Waynesbo ro, Paul
joined the Company in January,
1955 . He held pos itions as
Mr> . War>r>en
a cost clerk technician and in
time s t andards and production control before
becoming a foreman in power generation. In
1968 he became a specialist in time standards
.-....,,d work meas urement.
Prior t o joining the Company, Paul had att ended Wo odrow Wilson Techni cal School and
served in t he Air Force. Paul and his wife
Dorothy have 4 children--Michael, Jeffrey,
Deb r oah and Cyn t hia.
A UST IN PROMOTION ANNOUNCED

James Aus tin has been selecten t o replace Mr.

Georg e Brad t as Supervisor-Requisition Processing and Warehouse. Mr.
Austin's primary responsibilities will be the edi ting , processing and distributing of
all incoming customer orders
and requisitions as well as
warehousing of finished stock
and renewal parts.

~
- -

Mr. Austin is a native of Waynesb oro and attended Waynesb oro High School, Fisburne Mili tary Schoo l
and VPI. He joined the Department in 1956
,..-4fter 4 years of service in the Air Force and
brief stin t with Virginia Eng ineering .
Among th e positions held by Mr. Austin a r e
incoming inspector, time standards t echnician,
foreman-re lays, s up ervisor of third shift,
and specialist-advanced ma terials. Mr. Austin
and his wife Pa t have 3 children.

Mr> . Austin

The Pr>esident 's br>other>, Mr>. F. Donald Nixon,

visited our> plant last Friday and tour>e d our>
factory oper>ation after> meeting ~ith CCDD
Gener>al Manager> War>r>en F. Kindt , an d J. F.
Ponzi Uo, Gener>al Manage r> of .VECD . Mr> .
Nixon is Viae - Pr>esi dent of the MaY'Y'iott Hot Shoppes Corpor>ation .
SOFTBALL LE AG UE
BEING ORGANIZED
The Interplant Softball League for 1970 will
be starting next month, prcvided there is
sufficient interes t.

Anyone desiring t o enter or play on a team

or wishing to umpire in the l eague , should
contact Dan Dondiego, Ext. 619 .
HAVE YOU SEEN

A 16mm movie proj ector is miss ing from the

A & SP area. If anyone knows the whereabouts
of the projection, please contact Jack J eff ers,
Ex t. 561.
RIDE NEEDED

Frances Bruno needs a ride for the fi r s t

shi f t from 301 Filmore Street, St a unton,
Contact her on 885-1946 aft er 5 : 15 p . m.
REMINDER!!!

Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend.

Don't fo r get to set your clocks ahead one
hour on Saturday night .

An increasing concern for cost makes it

A Completely
Different
Ball Game
Back in the late 1950's and the 60's, our custaners placed about equal emphasis on reliability, perfonnance, deliveiy and cost.
Now, it's a completely different ball game.
Our customers still have the same high standards for reliability, for perfonnance and for
delivery but today they have increased conceTil for cost.
And that's what makes it a completely new ball game.
In the past, we have always satisfied our customer requirements, be it the deliveiy of
relays, the reliability of our aerospace equipment, the canpatability of our power-regulation
controls, or the cost of our products.
Now we have to satisfy the increased concern for cost at no expense to perfonnance, quality
or deliveiy.
Whose job is that? EVERYBODY'S!
Eveiything we do is related to cost. And cost is made up of big things and "little" things.
"Little" things like-.. Safety glasses.

How often do we lose them and then check out new pairs of glasses?

... Supplies and stationeiy. Do we use them as efficiently as we would at home where we
pay for them individually?
. Work habits. Have we worked effectively and consistently? Have we expended that little
extra effort to make our jobs and our future more serure?
. Absenteeism and tardiness.

Are we making that extra effort to be at work and on time?

.. Quality. Do we make it right the first time? If we don't tlllderstand, are we asking
questions? And when we do 'llllderstand, are you using that lmowledge?
'!he increasing concern for cost makes it a completely different ball game.
game that we can win if we all join the team.

But it's a ball

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII , No . 6 7

WAYNESBORO,V IRGIN IA

May 1, 1970

FOU R NECD ENGINEERS PROMOTED

D. B. Schneider, Manage r - Engineering for

NECD, announced the promotion of four engineering managers effec tive Fri day , May 1.

&IS
----..

ft

- -- 1l

...

il1

GeneY'al Ma.nageY' ~laY'Y'en F. Kindt makes a point

o:-'ng his talks with hourly employees.
CCDD GENERAL MANAGE R OU T L INE S
19 70 CHAL L E NGE S
On Tues day and We dnesday of this week,
Warren F . Ki ndt , General Man ager of CCDD, in a
series of talks with the Waynesbo r o hour ly employees, reviewed the Depar tment' s cu rre nt bus i ness outlook and laid ou t p l ans f o r th e road
ahead in 19 70 .

Mr . Kind t said, " Ou r b i g job is to n u rse

our older 'core ' businesses in r e l ays , power regulation, specia l ty devices , mech an ical pro du c t s
and ae ro space cont r ols back to he alth while at
the same time we keep Te rmiNets r o ll i n g off the
lin es to meet the rapid l y expanding communi cation market ."
Mr . Kindt noted some of the many s t eps
management h as t aken to cut cos t s , meet cus tome r s chedules , bring i n wor k and s e cure mo r e
business for the Departmen t : He a l so ou t line d
several areas where all emp l oyees cou ld concentra t e their ef for t s to he l p the busi ness and
t~selves--absen t eei sm, qua l i t y , safe t y , con s __ Jc t ive i deas , and " say a good wor d f or your
Compan y. "

J oseph F. Bakel has been appointed ManagerCommanDi r Hardware Proje ct . Th e

CommanDir system is a new innovation
in the us e of nume rical cont r o l s
whe r e many machines may b e controlle d
s imultane ously through th e use of a
small computer. The s ystem bypasses
p r e s e n t methods i nvolving the us e of pun ched
t ape and tape r eade r s . The first CommanDi r sys tem i s s chedu led fo r demons t r ation at th e 1970
Machine Too l Sh ow in Chicago . Ba ke l, a 10-year
veteran of GE has former l y he ld vari ous posi t ions
in Pr oduct Design and Deve lopment Engineering
Operations including Manag e r - New Cont rols Ope r ation . Tle is a 1955 g r aduate of Bradley University .
Nam e d t o the posi t i on of Manag e r - Circuit s &
Funct ion Development Opera t ion i s
Ear l E. Meese . His op e ration will
be r esponsible fo r the inves tigation and developme n t of new concep t s fo r nwneric a l cont r ol systems . Special emphasis will be
place d on new circuits and f unctions util iz ing
both med ium and large scale integrated circuit s .
In addition , maj or deve l opment programs involving the newly emerging adapt i ve control te chniques wi l l be car r ied ou t by this operati on.
Meese began his car eer wi th GE in 1955 fol l owing
his graduation that yea r from th e Un i ve r s ity of
Neb r aska where he was awarde d a BSEE . Formerly
Manager- Standard Contro l s Ope r a ti on , hi s work
has involved various positions i n th e Custom
Con t rol s Operati on and Product Design Engineering.

Thomas P. Haught has been p r om o ted t o Man. .~.......

ager- Stan dard Con tr ols Opera ti on .
This segment of the business is r esponsible for the engineering of new
des i gns for s t andard contro l s and t he
eng i neering s upport n eces sa r y t o i ;1e
f act ory and fiel d op e r a t ions.
(See

back page )

S&SP PR OSPE C TUS DISTRIBU TED

The 1970 Pros pectus of the Savings and Securit y Prog ram wi 11 be d.i.s L ::-ib uted today to all
S&SP participan ts. The Prospectus will con~. n
full informati on un the Pr ogram, including
annu al fi nan cial statemen t of the S&S? Mutual
Fund as of Deccn:bc r ~I , 1969. Former e mp l oyees
who have Mutual Fund lnits credi ted to th eir
accounts will receive copies of t he Prosp ectus
through the mail as will employees who are
temporarily abse nt.
PROM OT IONS . . . (c ont 'd fr om page l)

'.X e"'tployees a.hove ~ aU r1e"ilJf:rs of the

_!._i cl CY'e":-: ~ are : 'Y'.,;';'(' '.:-Ct; r..g tf:e
.-r.::' c: :-',~_~ Zcr! use Z in teaching c;< Lc:1;n o:{
L;:.' , 0'77'-r~2 - 1 about i,he J,a;:arrl." c1owui an aver>...':~>.

~. ' ::,mo ?~:Y's t

"PEOPLE WHO HE LP PEOPLE" - - THE FIRST A ID CREW

fhe Waynesb oro First Aid Crew is well

known for its se rvices of providing first aid
tr cat~ent and emergency transportation t o th ose
in need of help because o f illn ess, a ccident or
unexpected situatio ns which thr e aten lives .
One of the important se r vices rendered but not
publicized widely is the Crew ' s educ<lt i onal
activities in t he schools of th e area. Vo lunteer
members of t he Crew take th e disp l ay of dange r ous items found in every home into th e class room and teach the s tu dent s about these hazards .
The Crew has already vis it ed all the Waynesbo r o
elememtary scho ols and many of the schoo ls in
Augusta County .
First Aid Crew has 36 volunteers , a
ju!,ior crew of 15 , and an aux Lliary crew of 16 ,
all well trained and ready [or act ion.
GE employees who are members of the Crew are: James
Duncan , Main tenance; Jack l'lumme r, TermiNe t;
Al Scarbrough, Engineering ; William Smi th, Manufacturing Engin ee ring ; Paul Ross , Eng ineering ;
and Fred Zirkle, Quali t y Control.
Ti~L

The engineering of new designs includes pre paration and maint enance o f documentation sys t ems,
inco r po r ation of design improvements and dis seminati on of information to other eng ineering
operations. !laugh t , a 1961 graduate of VPI
(B SEE ) joined CE i n that same year . He h as
held o th er positi ons in Custom and St andard
Control Systems Engineering areas , including
~lanagcr of ~lachine Operations.
C. Earl Brad ley, a 196 1 g r aduate of the
Unive r sity of Virg inia (BSEE) has
been appointed ~anage r- Boring,
Drilling , Mil li ng Machine Ope r ation.
1bis area of th e Systems Engineering Opera t ion is o riented to customer needs in t e rms of de t ermining materials , cos ts and eng in ee ring schedules
for contr ol s being ordered as well as the prep arat i on of al l assembly and wi ring documents
needed t o build t h e equipmen t. Brad l ey has
been a Senior Project Enginee r with the Company
and :tanager-Turning Machi nes Operation. lie
has been with GE si nce 1957 , except for a
bri ef period of t i me las t yea r, when he was
a f fil i ated with Conrac Corporation of California.
IN MEMORIAM

How a r d Knox , a long se r vice employee ,1[ Lhe

Gen e ral Electric Company, die d in the Waynesboro Community Hospital on Friday,
AE[lH i l 1 7.r Mr . Kn~x j oinedbthe Gene ral
1
ect ri c ~om p an y in 1~aynes
oro on
J a nu ary 21, 1957 , as a s heet metal
fa bri ca tor a nd fo r the past several
years was a monitor in the metal
finis hing area .

GE - TV SPEC IAL SCHEDULED MAY 5

" Once Befo r e I Die," the fou rth and final

telecast in thi s season ' s GE :Vlonog r am Se ries
will be s hown on NBC-TV Tuesd ay, May 5, 7: 30
to 8: 30 p .m. This speci al exp lains why a
54-year old California attorney and six other
amateur mo untaineers set out t o conquer Koh- iTundy, a 20 , 000 foot peak i n th e Hindu-Kus h
mountains i n Afghani s t a n.

Carl Hyde, Mr . Knox's foreman, had high

p r a i se for Howar d as an employee and as a m~.
Mr . Hyde s aid , " Howard was an outstanding
.:-ator . His attitude and work efforts were excellent. He was th e t ype of person I want for a
persona l f riend . " On behalf of the Waynesbo r o
Pl an t employee s , the NEWS extends its sincere
sympathy to his wi fe Gertrude, his fami l y
and clo se f r iends .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volume XII , No . 68

May 8 , 1970

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

NEW SCOGEE OFF ICERS ELECTED

CH.ANGE IN VISI TORS' PARKI NG LOT

Parking a r eas fo r c ustome rs, visito r s , and
applicants have been clearly ma rked wi th ye llow
pain ted lines on the pavement and new yel l ow
signs . The visito r s ' parking area is opposite
t he Employment Office entrance on the south side
of th e building .
Additional parking for emp l oyees in Zone 4
has been provided on the Bou levard. Employee
par king zones are marked with wh ite paint and
white signs .

It is i mportant to all of us that our customers and visitors a r e ab l e t o par k on our

premises without be ing subjected t o undu e delay
and inconvenience . We have had numerous complaints from c ustome rs and visitors who we r e
unable to fin d parking spaces fo r their ca r s .
~EE officers j'or 1970- 71 are (from left to
1 vat) :
first row--Larry Martin, Vice President; Employees had taken the visito r s ' parking
spaces in violation of parking rules . The
Frank Gum, Presi dent; Connie Miller, Treasurer;
2nd row--Don Theadc , Wayne Bowles, He len Johnson, new ye llow pai nted signs p r ovide unmistakable
Sandra Grose, Helen Dedrick and ,John Miller, III . designation for visitor parking now .

3rd row--Joe Smith, Juan Brown, Kenne t h Kent ,

Bob Dedrick, Charles Bowles, Dwight Phelps , and
Dan Dondiego . Absent from photo is Ronda Lake,
Secretary .
PROTECT YOUR LIFE--- OBEY THOSE SAFETY RULES
W. R. Perry, Safe ty Specialist, says there
are some emp l oyees who ignore safe t y r ope barr i cades. These are areas that are r oped off whe r e
mainte nance pe r sonnel or outside contractors
are making repairs or doing ins tallation work in
the plant. The work being perfo rme d, many times
is overhead wo r k and emp loyees have been stepping ove r or crawling under t he ro pe . This is
a very dange r ous t hing to do. A workman co uld
accident l y drop a wr ench or a hammer on someone' s head r esulting in a serious injury or even
death.
All employees mus t observe the areas that
are roped off with safety r ope by not stepping
over or crawling under this r ope. Protect your
lif e by avoiding these unsafe acts.

The visito rs ' par king area will be checked

regularly to see that t he spaces a r e kept open
fo r visitors and that t he a r ea is not being
used by employees . Pe r s istent employee vio lators
of the visito r s ' parking area will have the ir
parking privileg es revoked.

------I N MEMORI.AM- - ---On behalf of the Waynesboro Plant employees ,

the NEWS extends its sin cere sympathy to the
family of Mrs. Warren (Peggy ) Huffman. Mrs .
Huffman passed away Thursday , Ap ri l 30 , 1970, in
the Waynesbor o Community Hospi tal.
Mrs . Huffman had been employed by the
General Electric Company s ince May 21 , 1956 , as
a secretary. Her most r ecent position was
secre t ary to the Manager- Manufacturing fo r
the Communications & Control Devices Department .

*******************
Dave (Production) and June Harrell (Swi tch board Operator) would like to exp r ess their
apprecia ti on fo r the many ac t s of kindnes s s hown
t hem during the ir recent time of sorr ow .

IUE ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT

IN STRIKE VIOLENCE CASES
The IUE has assented in several settlement
agreements in NLRB cases growing out of incidents
of violence during the strike to refrain from
such illegal conduct.
IUE Local 786 in Houston, Texas, has agreed
to pay back wages to two employees prevented
from working at specific times during the strike
by its actions.
The NLRB has issued consent orders against
IUE Local 301 in Schenectady and Local 359 in
Waterford, N. Y., in which the unions promise to
"cease and desist from res training and coercing
employees" of General Electric.

GOLDSBORO REJECTS IJ\llON

Production and maintenance employees at
the Lamp Metals and Components Department's
Welds Plant in Goldsboro, N. C. voted April 9 to
remain without a union. The results: No
union--122; IUE--107. This was the second P&M
representation election thus far in 1970. On
February 18, employees turned down the IBEW's
bid to represent them at the new Charleston,
S. C. plant of the Turbine Department.

Cav1PANY SAFETY DATA SHOWS GOOD

1969 PROGRESS
The Company made progress in reducing its
work injury experience last year, according to
statistics reported by our Safety Consultant in
New York. The number of lost-time accidents per
million manhours decreased to 1.81 in 1969, a
new low at a time when occupational injury rates
of all industry are rising or maintaining a
plateau. The number of days charged last year
per million manhours was 141, much better than
the 228 in 1968. Although the fatality rate
decreased to five deaths in 1969, compared to
eight in the previous year, even one is too many.
W. R. Perry, Safety Specialist, stated
that the Waynesboro Plant experienced 3 losttime injuries in 1969. This is slightly higher
than the Company's average. Although we
slipped slightly in our safety performance in
1969, Waynesboro had no lost-time injuries in
1968, Mr. Perry indicated if all employees
would reassess their work habits and work
more safely in 1970, our safety performance
should improve.

HOW TO SELL YOUR STOCK BACK TO GE

(Here's information on one of our new benefits-- sale of GE stock to the Company)
~
Numerous questions have been received as to
the procedure to follow in selling stock purchased through the Savings and Security Program.
The rules for the purchase of GE stock by the
Company from employees are as follows:
1. Only stock certificates originally distributed under the S&S Program or the Savings and
Stock Bonus Plan will be purchased. The initials
"SS" or "SB" appear on such certificates following the name registration, except for SB certificates issued in 1962 and prior years. Stock
certificates were issued in the name of the
employee, or at his option, in his name and
that of another individual as joint tenants.
2. TOTAL shares shown by the certificate(s)
must be sold. For example, the Company will not
buy two shares of a seven-share certificate.
3. Stock will be purchased from employees and
ex-employees, but will not be purchased where
the owner is deceased or is an incompetent.
4. Stock will be purcharsed free of odd-lot
charge, bank fee, and brokerage commission,
but the applicable New York Stock Transfer Tax, ~
a maximum of 5 a share, will be deducted from
the proceeds of the sale.
5. Value paid for the shares will be the closing market price on the New York Stock Exchange
on the day the certificate is received in Employee Savings Operation in Schenectady. If the
stock is not received on a trading day, the
closing price on the next preceding trading day
will be used.
6. Checks in payment of stock will normally be
mailed within three days after receipt of the
stock and no later than seven days after receipt barring unusual breakdowns.
7. Stock certificates should be sent registered
mail to Employee Savings Operation, General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Schenectady, N.Y.
The Registered Mail Clerk should be advised that
the value of what is being mailed is a figure
$4 times the number of shares being mailed.
This is to cover the costs of insurance to replace a lost certificate.
8. General Electric Company reserves the right
to change, suspend or terminate this purchase
of stock arrangement at any time.

****************
SKEET & TRAP SHOOTERS LEAGUE BEING FORMED. IF
INTERESTED, ATTEND THE MEETING MAY 11 AT 4:30 PM
IN THE PLANT AUDITORILM.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volt.nne XII, No , 69

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SIX EMPLOYEES RECEIVE PATENTS

WAY NESBORO PLANT C ITE D BY

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

M. Masnik, Patent Counsel, announced this

week that patents have been awarded to six
Waynesboro employees. Two of these employees,
Wally Kennedy, CCDD Engineering; and Dick
Thomas, NECD Marketing; we re awarded patents
for the first time.
Mr. Kennedy's invention was related to an
electrical connector provided to effect both
electrical contact and mechanical s tability
between a terminal pos t and a conductive portion of an electrical circuit board.
Mr. Thomas received his first patent for
the invention of a tracer pr obe rnechanicism
for tracing at any des ired angle relative to
~he s urf ace of the body being traced.
John
.tfuoades and Leroy Kelling, both of NECD
Engineering , also received patents for this
same invention. This was the 13th patent
awarded to Mr. Rhoades.
Mr. Kelling also received a patent, his
23rd, for his invention relating to the
deriviation of coarse, intermediate, and fine
ranges of data from a sing l e input nt.nnber.
Ed Dinger, CCDD Engineering, was awarded
a patent for his invention of a control circuit in which a pair of inductive reactors
are used to establish the reference voltage
level of the device being controlled . This
is Mr. Dinger's 19th patent .
BENEFIT BOOKLETS AVAILABLE
Distribution of revised benefit booklets
will begin this week with the improved insurance plan . Othe r booklets will b e availab l e
in the next few weeks .
:EMINDER:
Friday, May 29, 1970, is the next paid holiday
for Waynesboro Plant emp l oyees,

Warren Kindt, CCDD General Manager, accepts congratulations from Mr. W. B. Robertson, the Governor's Special Assistant for Minority Affairs,
at the presentation of the citation to the Way nesboro Plant by Mr . T. E. Temple, Commissioner
of Administration for t he State of Virgi nia .
Warren F. Kindt, CCDD Gene r al Manager, and
Dave Coughtry , CCDD Manager-Manufac turing, accepted a special citation f rom the Small Busi
ness Administration (SBA) on May 11 in Richmond.
The citation recognizes the Waynesboro General
Electric Plant for ac tive participation in the
voluntary s ubcon trac t ing prog r am i n assisting
small bus ine ss concerns to obtain a fair share
of government contrac t s .
In addition t o the award g i ven to the
Waynesboro Plant , recogni t ion was also given
to th e General Electric Pl ant i n Lynchburg ,
Hercules , Inc., in Radford , Spe rry Rand Corp.,
in Charlottesvil l e, and Newp ort News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News .
The citation covers all three GE busines sei
located in Waynesboro--CCDD, NECD and AEPBS .
Sp ecial note was made of AEPBS ' s contribution
on its special ized work connected with government contracts for the Department of Def ense
and NAS A.
The awards were given i n conne ction with
Small Business Week pr ocl aimed by Governor
J.inwood Holton fo r the week of May 17-23 .

EMPLOYEES COMPLETE SPECIALIZED

COURSES

GE BABE RUTH LEAGUE MANAGER

GETS ADVICE FROM AN 11 0LD 0 R0 11

With the arrival of May come graduation

thoughts to many people, and Waynesboro General
Electric employees are no exception.
Charles Spangler, CCDD Engineering; and
Olev Kivistik, NECD Engineering, have recently
completed the Company's 8-month Creative
Engineering Course.
The objective of this course is to broaden the technical awareness of the Company's
engineers and help them develop greater insight into innovative opportunities for
product improvement.
Another employee, John Wolf, Data Processing, completed a thirty-semester hour course
in Data Processing Systems conducted at the
University of Virginia School of General
Studies.
The program in Data Processing, a nondegree offering of the University, consists
of courses equivalent to a full year's college work in this specialized field.
STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICES FOR
APRIL

Here is the average GE stock price and

the average fund unit price used in the crediting of participants' accounts for the month
of April under the amended Savings and Security Program.
Stock Price
Fund Unit Price

$74.165
$25.047

--IN MEMORIAM--

Raymond Hall, a long-time employee of

the General Electric Company, died Saturday,
May 9, in the Waynesboro Community Hospital.
Mr. Hall had worked in the
Engineering Section since 1955
when he transferred to the
Waynesboro Plant from Schenectady,
New York.
The NEWS extends its sincere sympathy to
Mr. Hall's family and close friends on behalf
of the Waynesboro Plant employees.

Dayton Cunningham, a Relay employee and Manager

of the GE Indians , s ought out Andrew ("Pop")
Tullooh for advioe on managing his team this
year.
Dayton Cunninghrun is the manager of th ~
GE Indians in the Babe Ruth Leag ue for boys _
13-15 years of a~ e . The league i s !nacle up of
6 teams, all sponsored by businesses in the
Waynesboro area. Carl Jones , For eman in
Sheet Metal, is president of the League . Twentyone boys who play in th e league a re from
GE namilies and participate on various teams.
Mr. Tulloch, a retire d GE employee with
51 years service, was given a special award at
the opening g ame of the season by the Babe Ruth
League f or his he lp in starting the l eague in
1954 and supporting it eve r since . 11 Pop 11 retired as a coach only a year or so ago, but he
s till maintai ns an active interest in baseball
even though he has pas t his 88th birthday.
UNIVERSIT Y ST UDENTS HEVOLT

A limited number of copies of a r e port made

by Communications Re search, Inc., on the origin,
purpos es, policies and activities of the Student~
for A Democrat i c Soci ety (SDS) a r e n ow available
in the Relations Offi ce . Th e report p rovides
basic informati on on SDS leaders, and background
material on student riots in universities ~ ss
the country today.
The r eport rep rints in its e ntirety a study
of SDS prepared by t he staff of the House Corruni t
tee on Internal Secu ri t y. In addition, CRI has
provided supp lemen t al informa t ion on SDS acti vities since the House Committee s tudy was made.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
-

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Vo 1 XII . , No . 70

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

May 22 , 19 70

BRI SA HOLDS FIRST fv1EETING AT GE

Know Your Compet itor s :
ENGLI SH TURBI NE SALESMAN GETS FOOT IN
U. S . DOOR
(Editor ' s Note : The foUowing is of par ticular interest to CCDD Power Regulation employees as it gives a good look at one of our
s tronger competitors . The comp l ete ar ticle
was printed in t he New York Times , May 1 ?,
19 ?O . )

Pete r J . H. Pa ttins on, president of

Eng lish El ec tric Corpo ration, hopes to sell
Ame rican uti liti es three t o five l a r g e, Britis h
made turbine gene rators a y e ar. That ' s a
maj o r part of hi s job as president of the
cor po r a ti on. In ear ly Ap ril , he convinced the
P""""'n t S0uthe rn Cali f orni a Edison Company of
. me rits of buyi ng at leas t one-- and poss ibly t wo-- f rom h is company . Jack K. Horton ,
ch a irman an d chief exe cu tive office r of the
Wes t Coast Utility , said at the time that t he
price qu o t ed by Mr . Pa ttinson was mo re favorable "by a substantial margin" than those from
any o ther pro du ce r .
Mr . Pattins on emphasi zed in a recent interview here that Eng lish El e ctri c has no plans
for set ting up a manufac turing fa cility in
this country: "Why should we put in the
giant equipment neede d t o make r epairs on
giant .. turbine gene rato r s ? I f we did and us e d
th e s ame e quipme nt to manufacture s uch items,
we ' d l os e t he pr ice advantage we h ave and why
s h ould any ut ility pay 15 to 20 per cent mor e
for a Britis h machine made here when they can
ge t it f or l es s there ?"
Mr. Pa ttinson intends t o have English
Electric meas ure up t o th e compe t itive standards nere. He pointed out that a merg er, whi ch
was consummated i n Novemb e r> 1968, resulted in
~g i ant company with many products t o s ell.
; annual volume is around $2. 5 billion and
there are s ome 200 different manuf ac turing
divi s i ons . In addition to heavy e l e ctric
generating equipment and gas turbines and complete contro l s ys tems for s hips, the company
p roduces s mall r ef rige rators for mobile home s .

Jcones Sohn, Acme Visible Re cor ds , and Bernard

Gibson, Virg inia Depar tment cf Labor and I n dustry , chat 1Jith /,/ , R. Perry , J . E. Stoeckel
and D. L. Coug htry during a plant t ouY' .
The Blue Ridge I ndus trial Safe t y Assoc i a ti on
(BRISA) held its fi r s t meeting a t t he Waynes b or o
Gene r a l El ect ric Plant We dnes day , May 20, 1970.
Mr . D. L. Coughtry, Manager-CCDD :ta nufa cturing , we l comed 23 safe t y pe r sonnel r epres e nting
18 manufactu ring firms f r om the four- county
area of Albemar le, Augus t s , Rockb ridge a nd
Ro ckingha m. Firms r ep r ese nt ed we r e : Cheme tron,
Corp ., Bonded Fibe r s , Dunham/Bus h , Inc ., IMCO
Con t ainer Co ., E. I . duPont de Nemours , Go rdons vil le Industries , I nc ., Pa =kaging Cor p. of
America, Murray Manufacturing, Vir gin i a Department of Labor an d I ndus t ry , Marv al Poul try
Co., Ovenaire , Inc ., Bas ic-Witz Furni tu re
Indust r i es , I nc ., Cr ompt on-Shen andoah Co .,
NIBCO of Vi rgi ni a , GENES CO, Acme Vi sible Records ,
Un iversity of Virginia , an d Gene r al Elec tri c .
Fol l owi ng a buffe t dinne r an d a sh ort
business session, th e v i s i ting guests we re
gi ven a compreh e nsive plant tour . W. R.
Pe r ry , Safety Sp'ecia l ist for \faynesbo r o ' s
GE Plant and th e tempo r a r y pr eside n t of BRIS A,
p r es i de d ov e r the mee ting . Membe r ship in BRI SA
i s open t o a1 1 i ndus tr:=_al manu fac tur ing f irms .
The next meeting is tentatively schedu l ed fo r
Waynesbor o duPo nt Plant .

NO WILMINGTON UNION
Production and maintenance employees voted
May 8 to remain without a union at the new facility in Wilmington, N. C., of the Nuclear
Energy Division's Reactor & Fuels Manufacturing
Operation.
The results: No union--381; IBEW and
Boilermakers--198; International Chemical
Workers Union--5. An unusual aspect of the
election was that the !BEW and Boilermakers made
their representation bid jointly. If they had
won, both unions would have represented the
bargaining unit together. This was the first
time in memory that such a situation haa
arisen in a General Electric representation
vote.

DISTRIBUTION OF S&S REPORTS

AND REGISTRATION FORM3
The authorization for delivery and registration of securities following expiration of
the 1967 holding period will be distributed to
employees today. Part I of the report will
show each employee who participated in the
S&S Program in 1967 the total of his 1967
credits, including bonds, GE stock, mutual
fund units, and cash. Delivery and registration information may be required from participants in Part II of the form.
This will be the first distribution of
Mutual Fund units provided for under the S&S
Program. Detailed information concerning the
registration of :the mutual fund units is provided on the reverse side of Part I. In
some cases, it will not be necessary for employees to make any changes. However, these
forms should be reviewed carefully to determine if any registration changes are required
or other changes desired.
Part I of the form indicates how all
securit:tes are now registered. This should be
reviewed to make sure the securities are registered as you want them. Please verify that
the address is correct as shown and the retirement option feature is as you want it. If
"Registration Required" is indicated in any
of the securities fields, Part II of the form
must be completed.
Before filling out Part II of the form, be
sure all instructions on the backs of both
forms are read and understood. Part II only
should be returned to Personnel Accounting
prior to June 12, 1970. If you have any
questions, please call Leo Huntley, Ext. 125.

MAY 29--Al\IOTHER PAID HOLIDAY

Friday, May 29, will be observed as the

oaid holiday this year as Memorial Day
falls on Saturday.
t~ird

Many employees plan to take advantage of

these three days off to travel long distances
to visit relatives, or to enjoy recreational
activities. Safety first is the key to having
a good time and still being back to work on
June 1.
Payment for the holiday will be made to
employees with 30 days or more of service
prior to May 29 and who work the last scheduled
workday before the holiday, Thursday, May 28,
and the first scheduled workday after, Monday,
June 1.
If for any reason an employee must be absent on either the 1ast scheduled workday
before or the first workday after the holiday
for personal business reasons, approval must
be obtained from his manager before the absence if the employee expects to geL paid for
either the personal business day or the
....,
holiday.
r
1
Employees planning to take one or more
days of their third week of vacation in conjunction with the holiday must make arrangements with their manager well in advance of
the days planned for vacation.
If personal illness keeps an employee
from working the last workday before or
the first day after the holiday, the employee
must contact his/her manager at the start of
the normal work shift to explain the absence.
Pay for the holiday and sick pay, if
otherwise eligible, will be made only if the
manager has been contacted and he is satisfied
that the reason for the absence was definitely
due to personal illness. In some instances,
the manager may request the employee to provide verification of the illness.

*********************
A MAN'S LIFE: Twenty years of hearing his
mother ask where he is going--f orty years
of having his wife ask the same question-and in the end, the mourners are wondering,
too.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volume XII, No. 71

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

DONNA BURCHAM- - MISS AUGUSTA

May 28 , 1970

LTDI FCF SALARIED EMPLOYEES TO COST

LESS, PA I MORE

The Long Term Dis ability Income P}an fo r

Salaried Emp loyees on August 1 will elim ina te
contribut ions for at least three months for all
who were participants at the end of 1969.
This sig nifi cant change in t he LTDI fo r
Salaried Employees was announced by E. S. Willis ,
manager of Employee Benefi t s for General Ele ctric. He pointed out that favo rable experience
under the plan has ma de the i mprovement possible.
The Long Term Disability Insurance Plan for
Hourly Emp loyees has not be en in existence
long enough to allow for experience adjustments ,
Mr . Willis added .
Howeve r, Mr. Willis said that unfav o r able
experience occurred in another plan during 1969 .
This was the Personal Accident Insurance Plan
which provides employees with up to as much as
$100,000 of coverage in blocks of $10,000 a t
a minimum cost . Since July, 1968, the rat e f or
PAI has be e n 45 cents per yea r pe r $1000 of
The new Miss Augusta is Donna Kay Burcham ,
cove rage. Th e high f r equency of accidental
daughter of Mr . and Mrs. Earl Burcham of Waynes - deaths--especially in auto accidents --and the
boro. Her father is a tool designer at the
larg e r claims has made it necessary fo r t he
Waynesboro Plant.
rate to b e inc reased to 50 cen ts per $100 of
coverage beginning July 1. Th is is the same
The 1970 Miss Augusta, a sophmore at
rate that was in effect prior to July , 1968,
Madison College, is working toward a degree in
when favorable experience made it possible for
musical education and plans t o teach on the
t he insurance ca r rier to l owe r t he rate. Unde r
primary school level . A member of Sigma Alpha
the new rat e , employee contributi ons for
Iota professional music fraternity for women,
$30,000 i n cov erage wou ld be $15 per year as
she is accompanist for the Madison College Concompared with the 1969 c ost of $13 . 50 per yea r.
cert Choir and secretary of the Student Group
of the American Guild of Organists .
Mr. Willis reviewed the procedure f or
making changes in your cov erage by noting,
She is regular organist at First Baptist
"PAI may be ob t ained on an annual basis beg inning
Church here in Waynesboro and in 1967 was
with July 1 each yea r . I f yo u are al r eady
organist for the Miss Augusta Pagent. A piano
covere d t he Insurance in eff ect now will b e r estudent since the second grade, sh e now majors
newed aut omatically for t he same amount fo r
in organ and minors in voice at Madison.
another year in July unless t h e Company has re ceived a written notice of cancellation o r r eThe NEWS would like to congrat ulate Miss
duction fr om t he emp l oy ee before June 15 . You
-._ cham and wish he r luck as she takes her
may e l ect Lo increase th e a:i10unt of your cover,,...:..<t s t ep toward the Miss America Pageant when
a ge at any time . You may dec re ase or t ermi nate
she competes in the Miss Virginia contes t in
your coverage only as of Ju l y 1 of any yea r
July.
except as otherwise provided . I f y ou plan any
changes in yo ur PAI covP- r age , contact Payroll .

As rising unemployment, layoffs, wildcat strikes and continued economic uncertainty capture the headlines, more and more
people are beginning to think more seriously
about job security. It's a natural thing
to do.

Unfortunately, however, job security

doesn't come in a neatly wrapped package.
It depends on a number of things, including
economic climate, business level, meeting
competition, customer satisfaction, and
other factors.
Or you could boil it down and say,
generally, that job security depends on profits. Like two peas in a pod.

Job

There was. no profit at Genera 1 E1ectri c

in the first quarter of 1970. Instead,
there was a net loss of over $42 million--

security
and
profit

the first time the Company has had a profitless quarter since the depths of the Depression.

-like
two peas
in a pod

And profit is the foundation on which

job security is built.
Obviously, the strike and the costs of
restarting operations were the largest contributors to the loss. The strike is over,
however, and production is back in full tilt.
Yet General Electric is still $42 million
in the red.

There can no longer be any question

about our position. We've got a lot of
catching up to do. And there can no longer
be any room for personal indifference.
Every employee, if only out of selfishness
for his job, has a responsibility to help
reduce cos ts
Each of us, in some way, has an opportunity to avoid waste, no matter how small
it is. Each of us can find ways to reduce
shrinkage and scrap, saving both time and
-money. Or we can increase productivity, if
only by a single unit or two. We all can
make suggestions, because we know our own
jobs better than anybody else. We all can
. cooperate with plans and programs to increase
efficiency, safety, or whatever. We all can
play a part in improving quality, delivery
and service. And we all can boost the Company and GE products to friends and neighbors.
~

If we don't act, if we allow rising

costs to go unchecked, the Company's profits
will continue to be squeezed. And when profits get squeezed tightly, job security gets
squeezed, too.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XII

No . '12

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

J . R. NEET TO RETIRE

June 5, 1970

ARE YOU JOHN DOE?

Let ' s take a look at one day in the life
of John Doe, an imaginary empl oyee at the GE
Waynesboro Plant.

John overslept this morning and whi l e

he was dressing for work his ride came. Hurried
ly, John slipped on his loafers (\vhich are not
safety shoes) and rushed to get in the car.

H. ~i . Tulloch , Ma:nager- Re l ations (left ), congratulates Mr . Neel on his forthcoming retirement

from GE after nearly 36 years of seYVice.

James R. Neet , ~tanager-Marketing Adminis- t i on and Personnel Development for the Aeros11ace Dectrical Equipment Department , has
announced his r etirement from General Electric
effective July 1, 1970, after almost thirty-six
years of service.
~Ir. >leet, a native of Rosedale , Indiana,
i s a graduate of Rosedale Hi gh School, attended
Indiana State Tead1ers 1 College- -now Indiana
State University- - in Terre llaute, Indiana, and
was graduated f rom the United States Naval
Academy in 1934.

His assignments \vi th General El ectric

started with the Student Engineering Program in
1934 and progres sed through several assignments
as a specialist in engineering and in both
headquarter s and fi eld sales. He served as an
application engineer and as Supervisor, Power
Plant Engineering at GE 1 s Knoll Atomic Power
Laboratory during the design of one of the first
two nuclear submarines . Later, he joined the
Specialty Control Department as Manager-Powe r
Ceneration and ~lili tary Sales and moved with
that Department to Waynesboro in 1955 . When
~e Aerospace portion of the Specialty Cont rol
,partment was spun off to be a part of the
new AIED with ope rations in Waynesboro , Lynn,
Mass.; and Erie ~ Pa:, he ~swne? hi~ current
pos it ion and marntarned his office rn Waynesboro .

Upon arriving at work, he and a fellow

empl oyee were instructed to unload a shipment
of sheet metal that has just come in. The
unloading process is in the final s t ages when
John 1 s hands .c;lip and the metal falls on his
foot . It is not hard to imagine what happened
to John 1 s shoe and his foot .
Since many of our factory operations in
the Waynesboro Plant involve the handling of
heavy equipment and/or materials, it is neces sary to have effective safety precautions fo r
ma.ximt.nn protection against injury to our
employees. For this reason, it i s mandatory
that safet y shoes or toe caps be worn by
employees assigned to certain areas of our
pl ant. Those areas are:
Maintenance men
Sheet Metal operators
Plate Room operators (male)
Machine Room operators (male and f emale)
A~~ Assembly operators (male)
Stockroom Accumulators (male and female)
Receiving and Shipping (male)
Quality Control Personnel (Sheet Metal,
Plating and Machine Room)
Coil and Transfonner Operators (male)
Tool Crib and Tool Room Operators
Employees not working in these areas but \vho
have close association with them s hould wear
safety shoes or toe caps .
Safety shoes may be purchased through the
medical clinic. A payroll deduction plan is
available to thos e who wish to us e it.
Failure to comply with the ins tructions
for wearing safety shoes could result in disciplinary action. r or your O\m prot ecti on,
don 1 t be like John Doe . Are you?

S&SP LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS INCREASED 40%

PARKING STICKERS REQUIRED

A tremendous improvement in benefits for

all participants in the Savings and Security
Program's Life Insurance coverage--with substantially more for yoWlger participants--is
scheduled to go into effect July 1, 1970.
This significant
E. S. Willis, Manager
General Electric. He
able experience under
the S&SP has made the

For the benefit of all employees, a

parking sticker is required to appear on the
back left btunper of every employee's car parked
in the plant parking lots. These stickers
enable Maintenance to readily identify the
owners of cars so that the employees can be
contacted if their cars need attention. These
stickers also indicate zones in which employees
are to park their cars.

change was armounced by

of Fmployee Benefits for
pointed out that favorthe insurance portion of
improvement possible.

Sometimes cars need to be moved when

In explaining the improvements in S&SP
they are blocking traffic or blocking the
Life Insurance coverage, Mr. Willis said that
effective removal of snow or when an accident
the life insurance.option has been available
occurs. If your car does not have an identifisince July 1, 1967. "Favorable experience to
cation sticker, one can be obtained from the
date has enabled us to revise the table of
benefits resulting in substantial improvements
Maintenance Office by filling out a request
in this coverage, particularly at younger ages." . fonn. These foITilS can be obtained from Sandy
Grose in Relations.
Under the improvement a new age bracket
has been added for those under 30. For beneLOST
ficiaries of these participants, benefits will
be increased from 50% of pay for 18 years to
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a book
60% of pay for 40 years. For other participants
entitled "Feedback Control System Analysis
the percentage of armual earnings paid as a
and Synthesis" by D'Azzo and Houpis, please
benefit has been increased in varying degrees,
contact Inez Hite in the Engineering Library,
depending on experience. Overall, the improve~
Ext. 666.
ments represent about a 40% increase in benefits.
The new table of benefits is shown below
along with the old schedule so that comparison
will indicate the substantial improvements which
have been made. The new benefits will apply to
deaths occuring after July 1, 1970. Mr. Willis
pointed out that in view of the improvements
many may wish to take a new look at the Insurance option of S&SP. The insurance benefits
derive from the contribution of 1% of earnings
which employees make for this option. As under
the other options, GE makes a 50% matching payment llllder the program in U.S. Bonds, GE stock,
or Mutual Fund units as the participant desires.

SCOGEE SKEET LEAGUE

If anyone is interested in joining the

SCOGEE Skeet League, contact JotJl Glenn,
Room 220, Ext. 691. The League starts Jlllle 18.
TAKE ME rOR GRANTED ..

You say you love me but sometimes yru

don't show it. In the beginning, you couldn't
do enough for me. Now you seem to take me for
granted .. some days I wonder if I mean anything
to you at all.

~-

Period of
Payment

Age Bracket (Only

change in ls t class)

OLD
Under 30
30 - 35
3S 40
40 - 4S
45 - so
50 - SS
55 - 60
60 - 65

NEW

18 yr. 40 yr.
30
18
lS
18
10

7
5

13
8

Annual Bene-~
fit as % of
Armual Earnings.
NEW
OLD
50%
50

so

40
30
3S
25
2S

60%
60
SS
45
3S
30
30
30

Maybe when I'm gone you' 11 appreciate me

and all the things I do for you. I'm responsible 0for getting food on your table--for the
clean shirt you wear--for the welfare of your
home--for the thousand-and-one things you want
and need. Why, if it weren't for me you
wouldn't have a car to drive.
I've kept quiet and waited to see how
long it would take you to realize how much~
you really need me.
Cherish me .. take good care of me . and I'll
take good care of you. Who am I? I am your
job.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
\'o1wne XII, No . 73

WAYNESBO RO, VIRGINIA

June 12 , 1970

I:'lPRO\ltMENTS IN PENSION PLAN

Gene ral Elect r ic employees who leave the Company with vested pension rights will now be
crcJite<l with past service credits and can return to GE employment with their vested rights
intact. II. \\I . Tulloch , Manager-Relations announced the improved benefit this week . Under
the im1,rovemcn t, the procedure for obtaining restoration of service for such elig ible return ing employees r equires only a 6-month period of r e -employment and in certain cases a r epayment o{ Income Ex tension Aid benefits , Mr . Tulloch said . In the past , individuals who
returned to Company employment have been treated as new employees. This will still be the
case fo r r eturning employees who leave t he Company before acquiring vested rights . The
res t or ation of pas t service to employees returning to the Company will incre ase the value
of s uch benefit s as pensions , insurance , vacations and the Savings and Security Program .
~ Ir .

Tulloch sai d t hat in most circwnstances , the greatest obvious value of the new po l icy
h'ill be in pens ions . Under the new policy , an employee who left GE after vesting, for
exampl e 15 years of pension participation, could return and would build pension credits on
hi s pr evious 15 years. Formerly, he would have had to start as a new employee after one year
of servi ce following re-employment to build a new pension.

\\II V\T ARE YOU GOING TO ID?

\\'i t h vacation bei ng only three weeks away, plans for fun and relaxation are getting a l ot
of attenti on by each of us. A few of us, perhaps , will rel ax on some exotic isle whi l e
o t he r s will groove in a hippy corrnnune for two weeks.
I f you f ee l that your vacation is going to be something extraordinary this year, drop a
lit t le not e in the mail with your name, foreman ' s name and vacation plans to NEl\IS , Room
105 . \\"c ar e planning to do a round-up of employees 1 vacation plans in the July 2 i ss ue
of the NE\\iS .
A. S .Q.C. HOLDS ANNUAL LADIES NIQff
The Blue Ridge Section of the American Society for Quality Control is presenting its aru1ual
dinner and dance on Saturday , .Tune 20, 197n, Ht th.e In~le sid~ Count~' Cl uh in Staunt on. Cos t
for the e ntire affair is $12 per couple . Reservations may be made by calling Bob Trader ,
Ext . 311, or Mel Redmond , Ex t. 476.
I'.'-JSURANCC BENEFITS REAGI NEW HIGH
Benefit s unde r the GE Insurance Plan in 1969 reached a new record of $129 million- - $129 , 65 8 , 807
to be specific. While total benefits paid have generally increased ead1 year, last year' s
t o t a l was a 1vhopping $19 million more than was paid out in 1968 , the Mggest increase ever .
Both employees and dependents are covered under the plan. For employee coverage Gene r al
Electr:i c paid 72. 2% of the cost while employee contributions provided 27. 8%.

..-...

111e r e we re 66 , 000 more claims paid under the plan in 1969 than in 1968. Tota l claims pai d
wnounted t o 550,000 -- a total that kept benefits achninis trators as well as proces s ing depart ments of in :.urance carrier s working hard all year .
TI1e de t ai l s of the Insurance Plan 1 s 1969 operat ions were announced this week and a statistical
swm11ary of the report is published on the back of this issue o f the NEWS .

Report for 1969 on Your General Electric Insurance Plan

In 1969 the benefits paid under the Plan to e mployee s and the ir bene ficiari es once again reac hed a new high-ove r $19 mill ion more than
in any previo us year. More than 99% of all General Electric employees co ntinue to en joy the valuable protection of the Company Plan
which pioneered in the development of co m prehensive medical ex pense insurance in 1955.
hn;;ptt.11 .rnd 11wd1\:1t (n;;;t '' ,1., ... h.irn!. \\'L' bcl1 l'vc n t.'S:o.l'nt1;1J!: mn:ti.. rc<1u1rt
11H: n t., lnr .1 "'umnun o l 1lic an mul n.: port 1111dcr th e h.:dcr.11 \\' dfarl' .111d
Pension 1'1.ms f) i-;ddsurc Al'!.

"lh1 . . rt.:p 11n ,Jio\\.., the 1969 fin.111t.:1.tl .ll"i1\1; 1l"' u: :he (,l'IH.' r.il I ktlrh In
s.ur 11Hc PL1n \\ h1d1 h .1:-. providl'd l1roa,I, fll\thlr protn:t1t1n for cmpln~lTS
.llld thnr dt 1wndcnt~. lh l ..: o~l 111 t h 1~ ~H4~t1.-L"t ion .md how li11.., i tH:rci...in!!

;r:,;~~~;;.

'/1.> ; .

-.

....

. . , .

' .. ERE~S
HOW THE COST WAS SHARED
..
. ....
..

\,

C l aim~

. Total Cost $85,644,976

Emplo yee Coverage

. ...

~ .:..~ ~

\\t'l'k l y

I .1fc Itl'\\Jrancr. :\ ccidrnt.d Dc.nh or 111-;rncmbtnnc n t I rt'.'>ur rnre.

,rnd 1\n:idcnt l 11'..11r.mcc, ,\ kd1c:d F~pt:n'>c ln\urancc, :ind
Hcncf1t, _)

Ccn'--' r.11 1 lccuic Comp:i n~ and

$6 1,825.825

r 7.! .!

$23,819 .151

f .!i. N\, )

po-;.,jJ1k ~roup

I'

15,4 55.217

82.321.187

.l1'/l1'U./cttI\

\kd1tJI anJ

nn

( ;cnn,ll E \tTlrn.: l111plu\ n.., w11li 1hc

!" ht: pt ) rlillH pf llll.' tot.il <."OS(
p.ud lh rcul~ h ~ tlw Company fo r th1.., pn nnuon ,,,i.., 72.l'" Ill 11)< 9.
I ht C omp.Ill:':\ nliJ1..i.:tlV<..'

"0lll~d t:">t

1n pro\

H\'

\I

\\:nl~rnny l. xpen~1.

INC:ll!U U,l> CLA l ,\1 S

. . ...

..

.ind

hnid~I' ( I I

_t I ~r16.20<1
\\t:r1..
l';i. I
dirt-, ti~ to o r l 11r cmp!11\'t"(.,
.111d tlair ht'.nd1~ 1.1ri1..., , In .11. l
d1uon, dw fund-, hdd 111 rt..
wr\ l' t 1 p.t: 1.l.11rll ' ll~r .1\
l'ftd t'-pL'll'<' 1111.' llfrl.J J, ,
n111l.i\l'.\'" :111d thnr d t1wn
d\11i... m J ;.:1\1 1..11 year. bu1
,..,.h H b arl' not rl'.port1..d 111
th.11 \c:lr, \\L'ft' ui..:rc.iwd II\
~ 1) 2.60 1.
t: ['.\' 1..1 1tc,:11~ ..
111.1~c up tht 111n1rrcd d:1i111:-.
tol.tl of $12 1J.(15X .H07

'I

3-1.823 . -169

E-..::ptn.,t

TOT,\I H\' F\\l' I 0\ I I"-

330.326

F mplo~ cT"> Cmt:red (.It y c1r t:nd)

\\ .ttcrn1t\

1 11.11: lL j')(1X

1.-113,0 ll

S!i.knns ::.nd .\ .. \ 11.km

.\\ c\!1 1...d and

a t iilia tcs

11,!ct lht. f'Lw (1(1,IHIO 1rn, l fL'

, L; 11' w,:a p.11d in I 116')

,\ 1..Tidc.: ntal lh'.1t h ur 1>1 ..1111..nihtrmrnt

\\'tckl~

p.u11~1p.1nng:

NOTES

l . 1tr ln-.ura1HT

~l l:k nl'''

\\.un111t~

..

rnntrrcd during the: year:

Hy 1mpl1)y1c,
l l rh ~t11.k '

1
HERE
S .HOW THE MONEY "WAS~
SP.ENT
.
~ ,:)" ....~lf..-1

ss ..

-17.337,620
129,658.807 ...

n 1(. .

l\k

l O.,llr,lllCL' pr~HC'CllOl1

I h 1' l' tht

.\,ld111em to rt'-.cr\'e fu r rt' l trcd

-Lo73 .595

""

(in,.,.~

.\111rn111t\ n cc1 \ c d 1rom.

Cost

139,526.58'1
5.107.451 ...

Ctiit:r.d I ln_tnc Cu111p:.in~ and

$28.240,297

111 hdp pr11\i.I. Ide i'" ;

Ul\t't.1;.!1' !tI

~,, 1~1'11'1'"

5. 191.1 87 ...

pan1c1p.111ng affil 1.lll:S

.1, . 1\

j'\'~1'l1dh

lh1'1,th1..a111111fo:~

Total Cost $48,71 4,1 62

Dependent Coverage

,\!'l 'dlH "Lt

111 19c19 with tL.._ \1<.::r11poi

l .1k lri...nL1ll1,1.. Co111;,:1n ~

11.111

( 5,1.,; ()

l 1\-, ,-, ., :

nant nl l'lht'.r n ,1.. n1.

.ill 1.Hhn purp,,....._.,

1111,

t.,

r li.. :1r11tn1nt o \ n1t1

t~I 1..rnhtcd ll\ the in"111:11 1..

n1mp.11:\ nn rl"-1,:r'c' i11Jilt
up n\cr tht' \ t'.H'

,1)

$20,473,865

\:lt

C11mhinl.'d Cos t of lhl.' P b.n

Sl.1-1,359,1.lll

220 ,924
l'hc on!-!111.il .l!m ot thl.' Comp.my \\'.LS to dc\'otc the 111.1Jor poruo n 1! ic..,
conr_nlH1tion l o 1.:npln~n C.:ti\' Cr:tg( .111d to J""UllH: OPI~

th1.. ;1d1111J11..,tratl\'l' l->.,lS

General Note s Re ga rding The Insuranc e Plan

nf t he dq1cndt:' 1H tnn:ra gl' wi th cmployct.: payroll dl.' dm: 1i nns r o \'t' l"lll)! the cn'i t
i ,j 1111,.:urrnl dJ1111.., lor dcp1..mk nt s. Tim. pro1..'tth1r1.. wo uld help to .1 .... un: th.it .di
;:pil\Tt. ., '~iii .. 11.111.. l"(} ll!l .1hl: lil thl' Cump.w: ., 1..dntnln.ll!on, \\ lwthcr \Ir nnr

. flurin~ 111<'1 lilmr1b pro\1dl-.I d1rc.:1h I)\ th1.: '''

'i-l .'iX.~All3 ~ii.I !he h::d.111 .. c 11! 1h1.. 1w l l"O't t 'S 'J.575.'i~::;;I rq~L"tt.t'
tn 111 ... ur .t1Kl' t..';l rr11 " \: n ..:oi1rn11v,,ion' \\ trt p.11d

Cost of Pla n

!.

1I.<:~ :1.1,< lkpc nd cn t ....

l l o \\l'\n. 1:1 11)( 1), cmpl u ~cc p:1 \r11ll dcd11rt1ons ai.:.11n fr!\ f.1r ... hon dt' rhc

Rcs.crvas
At tht end ot 1969, tht. in.,.ILltln ~.1rr1n' \q:r1.. hnidi~u r'-,,_ f\1
5137 I 111illion ''' 111'-'-t P l.11111hlif!: .Hion ... lh1:pr11i.1p.1l 0 11ht:. 111i 1... to1"~\:t,

thl' i.::o~l of i.::L11m~ incu r red h: tlH.:1r dt:'pcnd l' nt'i, ;rnd the
( mp.111~ p:ud the luL.1111.. c of rtu: dauw. U)St a., \\c.:11 .J'li t ht .td1111111~1raun: \t>Sl of
i: i:ovlt

n1..cdeJ tn l'd\'t.'f

Total Cost $134,359,138

Other Costs .. . ,\ .,11lJ.,1 ..t nu.d 111..nl

... $90,066, 122

l111p\oy1..T l' .1: roll Jkduu ion-.

$44,293.016

11J7.tl'

\:cnh cr d o tht.. ri~llrl:~ rcnl:i'! t /1t: h n 1t'tit'> 01 :)J,777,412 i\l!tll ,.hCJ 111 )'lf)'I [ti Jh'\l,Jl'tH'T'.
'urvivint-: "POU,C"> \llltk r ~h l <:cnl'.Lll F.k1..1n..- .\kdi\.d ( .HC" Pl.111 i,ir l'('fl

Empl oyees Protec ted _. _ l'ht 3ctu:1l ll :1rt1\ipa lu >r 1 .,ht)\\!\ ;1l>t1\c J., ;11 1h1.. \nd 111 l9t\ 1)
D urini: ch1.. y 1.. ar ~1n :wt:r:lJ.!l' of 328.0l 5 l' lll ployc l'' h ;id pcr..,1,ln ;tl ~ovtrag1 wldt: .u 1 .l\t'r.lg"l' ot..-.. .
21H A93 :t.l">O h:id lover:igc tor th1.. ir d l'l1'-"1Hknt ... .
,--~

.11l-1imc: h1~h . Sinct' 1956 thc :tn nu.il t.:ust of r h1., Pl.m h,c, incn-.1,nl by 1.wcr

o mf'.llll' ,/,111nl!,

rb,

, /i ov.: 11

,tnk1

,J/11n, do

to ou1r111u1

11u1 1111.:lui/1 ,11>10111//' ,1,/:,t111l'd

i1y

1 m11/rJ)'t'1' .t11.f ,f<.!'1'11,/01! (u~ i't.tgt'

I
ER/\

IV8 'J/5//0

GENERAL

lhL'lr "l'1>U~l':-. .tnd

IU () ',.)

S~7 1:11ll11ni.

I 1,111fn)1t '' tnurnl>flliUll.'

',

sso.rnw11n ... l1r~11 ot1 d.11m,

The combined co..r o f thc Plan - 11H.: lud1ng tht toq ot t'O\tr:lgl l11r bnth cm
ploycc~ and depe ndents- was uvcr $ 1 Jl.J m ill1 011. Thi"' .1111ount "'an imprc:-; ~ivc

th (

t"

~11111~ 1 1... 1rc1tc.l In the lltri ..;it ,rnd othtr .1d:t:1111, 1r:i11n
w or k \\hll"h ,., p\rh1rtnnl h y 1lu Cwupa ll\ tn 01n.1tr.: l h t ln,1i1.tt1c(' i'l.111 .u1.I thl' '''"' c1f 1h1.,
worf-. (t1thn llun d1t. a1..h11111t,tr.1t10 11 of tlw ( :d1!;1rfl1.~ \ \1! 1t.11\ l ' L1nl '' 1l rdll' 1c.l 10 !bl
fi~ri.1a ... 111 th1' rqH.1n. 111 19<1') [h1' \\1.o~k 1n.IL1.k,I th ;111!1i:1111
1r ~-t ....... r;..:

( . cm r.il I k1.. t :!c Ctlmp;in: .rnd

part1np.1ung affil1.ttc-.

t<

Advi:mce Dep osi t s .. . T h1.. <'nmp.111y -""'' 111:1d1.. .i.h .1::1..e 1krn ...1i.. 1,1 ti~ ,:1,.1~~::.
t.ld111onJ. I mnnt\ lr1,1nl 1..orpo r.1te f11nd' 10 pu1, 1.k li'r unra,h~t_.b1t ,, .;1:1 ~
lo r t' l .1,11n~. b.1,1d on l'X!H'rl'-'lh. l'., an. I do"l'. lLU"'IPl \\ 1l!l !ht. ,n ... L1r:i.r.1 t .-.1rr1cr' l: c
thh ('.,lL'~' .1d\;1tll' l' dl'pO .. il to Oll i) ')_:!(1.2.;2 in 19b9 1t-.... th.rn 1110 ..1 l
I j t
prl'm1t11n paid. 1 h i' tl'mpor.1ry :1dv:uld', h:lvini! hlt:n p.Hd f n1111 uirpo,111 tu:,! . ''
,01.1 r .,i:. f\'lUfrl\'d 10 1hc.; ( :0111 p .1ny ;irhl "' c'dudc.l lrt1111 t!~c l1~l1(t'' 1n th1' t1..t11:t

d c pcndcn 1 .._o\ l'r.tgc

Comb ined Cost of Plan

to f'l'll,IOIH.'r ....

fj ELECTRIC

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESB O RO , VIRGI N IA
I :,'.'C\TORY cmffROL CA.\IP.\fC:\ U:\DER\.'AY

June 19 , 1970

EMPLOYEES RE CE IV l:\G iiOSPITi\.L I 1.1;\Tl FICATlO~ CARDS

Ea ch Ge ner a l El ectric employ ee wh o has cove r age

un de r t he Insurance Plan will receive in the
n ea r fu tu re an individualized " Hospita l Iden t i fication Card" for use in t he event he or a
covered dependen t is hospi.ta lized .
" The Identificati on Card shou ld be signed and
ca rri ed i n a wallet or purse so t hat it can
he l p spee d any necessary hos p ital admission
procedures , " Bi 11 Pe rry , in cha r ge of Employee
Benefits here in Waynesbo r o , exp lained .

,, 1

ie ,

. z,: 'C 111ic 01~- /1.EPLJ:; / '1'0Jua lion

. .; .. ::"ii. : the
.
.

: i, .,

i, . . 1c:1":..: t.,

ir:..v-~: . ;c: .

( m1-

onc !o l

s ecr;1.c ;z..

.\n overal 1 L! Liort to control in\cnt o ry and tu

reducl' i L wh e r ever poss ible has been launched
in Li1c .. a\ n L'sbo r o !' Lrnt by t he :lanuCactu ring
:l~i teri a ls ~lanage r J . i.' . Rannic .
The camp;tign
cons i s Ls 0 f a s~ries of p res entations made by
p r o du cliun mate rials supen:isors in each area oi
the pLmL . The campa i i;n theme i s " '.,'hat Is lnven t o r y? " "'.{ow Do \~c Control lnvcn t o r y ?" a n d
11
\vhat Can \~e All Do Lo lle lp?"
Signs and pos t e::s
laced
throughout
th
e
plant
like
the one belm
0
~re anothe r pa rt of the campaign .

Mr. Per r y said that hospitals i.n plant communi ties th r ou&hout the country have been informed
of the new ca rc.i and its purpose . The ca rd
contains t he name of t he employee , his socia l
security nunber , and pay number , and indicates
whet he r he h as coverage fur ltL~isel[ , ;:. :r for
himself and dependents . The (;ro up lnsurance
Policy numb er wj 11 abo be on Lhe ca r d .
" The card bives the hosr iLal th e name ot the
GE component fo r \.Jhi ch t he employee vrnrks and
it s add r ess . lt also provides a phone nu:.. ber
which th e hospiLaJ can qu i ckly telephone t o
verify coverage , " said :Ir . Pe r ry .
" Of importance , too , is Lite l i.lct that the carci
t el l s th e hosniLal Lha t unpaid ':overec.i medical
e:-~penses b i lled i)y the hospi tnl \..rill be pa id
direc t ly t o th e hos:1ital. 11
~ir .

Pe rry po int ed ou L t ha L th e back o f cite

ca rd f urn i shes an easily understooci sun::i a r v of
cove r ed hos p ita l e xpens e s under the Insu r 3nce
Plan .
" llos pit a l i.lu tlt o ri Lies a rc constantl y
amazed at how valu able and Ii : c ral the Ci.::
coverage i s , " lie sai d .

A sa:nple copy of til e hos1' ita l i dentificLit i on

card has been re p r inted o n pag e 2 of the NE\~S
STOCI' AND FUND l'NlT !'RICES
The stock and f und unit l'r i ces fo r
Stock !'r i ce
Fund U11 i. L l'ricL'

~t ay

$66 . 429
$21. 950

<J r e :

PARKING LOT PROBLEMS

w~

are continuing to have a series of incidents

involving employees' vehicles in the company
:a~king lots during working hours.
Cars have
been entered illegally with some items stol en
a~d others abused in childish pranks .

.... - . ~ ..
}'

}',.

HOSPITAL IDENFICATION CARDS

Side 1
~ .. . : . ' . . ' , ,
.. ' .
'

'

i> .6E) E_RA~@:.E_~E.C_T .RI c . . .~E:mJ:t.o;iJ

.~ ::;."\.

. : .: :

. '.. . .;

: .. ~ r .

CARO ' ,.

Name of Employee
So;ial Security or Pay Nu'11Der

W'.".' caution all those who have been involved in

such pranks or in thefts that seve re discip linary action up to and inc l uding possible discharge will be taken upon apprehension.
We strongly advise all employees t o lock their
cars wb..ile they are parked in the plant parking
lots.

Coverage for

BENEFITS FOR ALL UNPAID COVERED MEDICAL EXPENSES BILLED BY A

HOSPITAL WILL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL.
This card is issued for the convenience of the employee and the hospital.
It 1s not a guarantee that coverage 1s in effect. For verification of coverag e
please contac t the General Electric component shown below:
'
Name of Component
Address of Verifying Unit
Telephone Number

Signature of Employee

Side 2
SVIL GOLF LEAGUE RESULTS
Below are results of ma tch es played in t he
SVIL Golf League and th e League Standings.
Westinghouse
Reynolds

114
10 ~

CE
ASR

Westinghouse
DuPont
GE
Merck
Reyno lds
Reeves
ASR

ROOM AND BOARD- up to fu ll semi -private room charge.

WON

LOST

PERCENT

40
32
37
30~

14
22
35
40
30
41Yi

20~

33~

.741
.593
.5 14
.444
.444
. 424
.380

32Yi
24

This is onl y a suMmary. For a complete descripti on of the benefits provided

by the General Elec tric Insurance Plan, see the Plan Booklet currently In
effect.
;~e!u~ 1a.n pa ys, for each covered ind 1v;dual, the following hospital charges

6Yi
7Yi

STANDINGS
TEAM

SUMMARY OF HOSPITAL BENEFITS

( Non-Occupational)

Umpires are needed at the GE Ballf ield fo r

games s t ar ting at 5 :15. Pay is $2 per game.
If interested, contact Dan Dondiego, Ext. 619.
RED CROSS URGES SUPPORT
Numerous articles have appeared recently in
newspapers and magazines throughout the coun try
concerning North VietNam ' s capture and treatment of Americans serving with the Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marines. The American Red
Cross is urging everyone to write to the President of North VietNam, Hanoi, North VietNam,
requesting better treatment for the prisoners
and asking that North VietNam enter into
negotiations with our Government for the release of war prisoners. Your letters will be
appreciated by the prisoners and their familie s.
Airmail postage for s uch letters i s 25y per
Yi ounce.

SPECIAL HOSPITAL SERVICES- for medical or surgical care or treatmentin confinements of 18 hours or more: for emergency care for accidental_ injury recei ved within one day of the acci dent; and for any
operation.
Benefits will be paid for up to 365 days each year subject to
th e $ 100.000 lifetime maxi mum for each covered individual to
all med ical expense benefits payable under the Plan.
Th e Plan al so pays, in_ 1>hole or in par t. for surgery, x-ra ys. anesthesia.
regi stered nurses, physicians, pre$Crobed drugs and certain other med ical
expenses.

C666 EDP (17500) Printed in U.S.A. (1-70)

FN686l

GE WINDS UP 11 YEARS AS SPONSOR OF COLLEGE BOWl

On Sunday, June 14, General Electric ended an
11- year spons orship of the College Bowl television program. The exciting ed uca tion- oriented
youth show will not be sponsored by the Company's
Hous ewares Division in the 19 70-71 s eason.
The Col lege Bowl show was the winner of a 1960
Peabody Award as the outstanding t e l evis ion
youth program. The award citation 3aid the
program "helped to foc us the nation's attention
on the intel l ectual ab ili ties and ach ievements
of college students." It was awarded an Emmy
for the 1962-63 seas on as the outstanding
program in the field of panel quiz or audience
participation.
During the 11 y ears of sponsorship General ~
El e ctric present e d more than $1,000 ,000 in grants
and scholarships to the nation's colleges and
universities through the program .

WAYNESBORO PLANT

-..

GENE RAL@ ELECTRIC

LCIJD

11 (1::)

rs

POh'ER REGULATION SCHOOL

D. W. LOEBLE COMPLETES 30 YEARS
Mr. Dex ter W. Loe ble comp l e t ed th ir ty
years of service with th e Company this week .
Mr. Loeble began his caree r
with Ge n e r al Elect r ic on the test
p r ogram i n 19 40 a n d had assignment:in Phi lade l phia , Ly nn , Schenec t ad y ,
a n d Pitt sfie l d . He also held
position s in th e Ge n erat o r Voltage
Regula t o r Depa r tmen t and I n du s t r y
Con t rol Department before trans fe rr i n g t o Waynesbo r o in 1955 .
A na t iv e of Tro:; , New Yo rk , :I r . Loeble
r eceived h i s BSEE de gree from Rens se laer
Polytechnic Institu te . lie i s a mem b e r of Tau
Beta Pi and Sigma Xi .

Communi cat i on and Cont r o l Devices De pa rtL' s ;rnn ua I Powe r Regula ti o n Schoo l has been
in pro>; res s a L tlh' \fay n esbo r o P J an t this \.;eek .
Thi s school Ls condu c t ed by CCDD ~a r k e t; ng and
En g i.neer i.ng Section s for I nstallation a n d Se r vice Eng ineeri ng pe rsonn e l, who insta l l and r e pai.r P owe r Re~u l a tion lquipment . T~e week-lon g
a~ Liviti.es were concl uded Thursday , June 25 ,
\Ji Lh a g r aduatLon banq uet held ;:i t
the Genera l
Hayne :lot or Inn .
::. L'll

\HTHllOLD D:G TAX GOI:\G DO\.!:\

Pay checks distributed after JuJy 1 will
r ed u ction in F e de r;:il wi thho l d i n g
Laxes due t o the r emoval o( th e s urtax .

n 1' l ec t a

L~ :

La r ge q ua ntity of J ey ros Br ushes u sed

f
r emovin g s olde r flakes and 48 smal l Weis
sc i s sors used to c u t wire harness cor d .
1(
anyo n e has in fo r ma tion on th ese i t erns , please
contac l \'irg i.nia Coffey , Ext . 306 .

Mr. Loeble a n d his wif e Evelyn have two

sons , WilliaM , J r ., age 26 , a n d Richar~ , age

22 .

SERVICES

D URI~G

VACAT lO:\

CAFETERlA- - The cafeteria will u ~ o e n

dur i n g its reg u la r hou r s during v acat i on shut
d ow n. A limite d h ot [ ood s ervice \.Ji 11 be provided on first sh ift:. and v e nding only wil 1 be
a v a i l;:ible for the small number of pe ople on
the secon d s hi f t . Br eak ti:ne will be the
same as duri.ng re g ular \vo r k schedules . The
Blue Ridge Dini 11 g Room will n ot b e i. n ope ration .
The r e wi l l be n o hot \vate r becaus e of
major r epairs to the plant boile r s . For hygenic reasons , theref ore , P-'ler serv Lce \vlll
be use d d u rlng both week s . In addLt ion Lo
other ve nd Ln g , t h e mic r O-\vav c oven f o r hot s~ nd
wi ches wi ll be avai l ab l e 2 4 h o urs d<1 il y .
MEDICA L CL I Nl C- -Th e '!cdical Cllnic wilJ
be open du ri ng fi r st s ili(t th r o u g hou t the pLlllt
s hutdown . Th e s u pe rv i. so r o n second sh i fl wil I
h ;:ive a k ey to t h e c l ini c SO t h at f i. r s t ; 1 id C ; t ll
b e render ed .

ENJOY YOUR VACATION--SLOW DOI.JI'-. AND LIVE

"

,./ '

The Zimmermans hope to visit s uch places

as Munich and the Burg (Castle) in Nurenberg
before going to Switzerland . Then they w~
visit Gunda ' s home t own in Germany before
returning to the Unit e d States.

Even though your vacation may not take you

to a foreign country or to one of ou r newer
sta t es , you can sti l l have fun and excitement
on th e homefront if you pu t safety first wh ile
driving, b oat ing , swi mmi ng , etc .
The NEl-!S hopes each of you will have a
r elaxing vacation and we will see you again on
July 20 .
SVIL GOLF LEAGUE NEl-!S
Printed bel ow are th e r e s ults of golf
ma tches p l ay ed at the Lakeview Go l f Course
on June 20 :
\-Jes tinghou:_.e
DuPont

ASR
134
Merck 84

412
94

The Leag ue s tandings ag e :

TEN-'l

\.JON

LOST

PERCENT

Westinghouse
DuPont

444
414
37
34
40 1-2
24
304

274
30!2
35
38
49 4
30
414

.6lb
. 576
. 514
. 472
.450
. 444
. 424

CE
ASR
Me rck
Reynolds
Reev es
;fow that vaca ti on time is he re, \faynesbo ro
GE emp loyees will be taking to the highways in
incre as i ng numbe r s .. . a nd again t h i s s eason, a
heavy fo o t on the ac c ~l e r ato r can be f a tal :

KILLDEER POPULATION EXPLOSION

\-lhi l e mos t of us \.Jill probably b e driving

around i n our 01._rn area or on short trip s , we
hav e a cou ple of empl oyees who wi l l be taking
t o th e ai r fo r interes ting v aca t i ons.
Ele a n or Ell i son, AEPBS Enginee ri ng , plans
to fly t o Hawa i i f or three we eks of va cation .
Whil e vi s i t ing r e l atives (built-in tour guides )
in Ka ilu a an d Hon olulu, Ele anor h opes t o see
as many of t h e " Pa ra di se I slands " as poss i b l e
nd a ll th e Naval fa cilities locat e d i n Hawaii .
Gunda Zi nunerman , Re lays , wi l l va cation in
Germ any aft e r having l i-~-e d i n the United Stat es
for 16 yea r s . Accomp a nying Gund a will be h e r
hus b and and th r e e child r en.
(s ee next co lumn)

A pair of ld l l dee r have s et up thei r "home 11

and the .fami ly - raising pro cess has begun ~t
outs i de Gate 20 . !!ume rous e1'7p l o~1 ees hGJJ f
walke d by the "home " and "Mr s . Ki lldem 0 11
runs fron he r nest perfarming her broken- w'ing
act to di s t 1act attenti on f r om he r eggs .
Unfortunate ly , s he wouldn ' t pos e f o1 a p-i cture.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII, No. 76
A RE LAXING, SAFE HOLIDAY

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
~

VACATION TO ALL

With another paid vacation beginning tomorrow, hundreds of General Electri c emp loyees
will find themse l ves on the nation ' s highways
during the next 17 days, intent on using their
added leisure time to the best advantage .
That leisure time can be wearisome, however,
if you le t the other fellow's thoughtless behavior on the highway upset you and rob you of
the pleasures of the ho li day . To prevent t hat
upset feeling, we're suggesting that you respond to t~oughtlessness on the road with
patience and courtesy . It won 't i mprove the
other fellow's driving at al l, but it may he l p
to bri ng you peace of mind- -and help you to keep
control of your car.
- why not try th i s duri ng vacation? Be extra
cour-teous, be extra patient and be extra safe.
We'll see you, relaxed and refreshed from a
pleasant vacation, on the twentieth!'.

ELEVEN-WEEK STRIKE AT AL LENBRADLEY IS ENDED

The 11 -week stri ke by some 5200 UE represented producti on workers at the Allen-Bradley
Company ended last week afte r workers voted to
accept a three -year contract .
Although the union has cont~nded t hat .
Allen - Bra dley sustained substantial loss during
the 11-week strike, a company spokesman said
that it was ab le to ma intain a "very high"
level of order- filling.

July 2' 19 70
CORPORATE ALUMNUS PLAN RAISED
$1 .2 MILLION IN 1969

The General El ectric Corporate Alumn us

Program contributed $1,245,718 i n 1969 to 766
American institutions of higher education .
Some 6, 842 GE employees reported contri butions of $703,461, an d the General Electric
Foundation contributed $542,257 las t year in
matching funds.
Over the 15-year history of the program,
$12.7 million have been contributed by employees and the Foundation. The beneficiaries
have been 1,085 colleges and universiti es,
with private institutions receiv in g the bulk
of t he fund s ($8,342,241) eli gible for matching.
The Corporate Alumnus Program was established to encourage employees to join with
the GE Foundation in the financ i al support of
the primary needs and objectives of institutions of higher education.
The Program provides that the Foundation
will make contributions to eli gib le schoo l s
or to properly certified associated organiza tions i n amounts equa l to contributions made
thereto by eligible General Electric employees up to a total of $2,000 per person
and $25,000 per institution per calendar
year.

12,000 IUE MEMBERS STRIKE RCA

Some 12,000 membe rs of the IUE struck
p..QD.inst 12 RCA Corp . plants rejecting what RCA
!led its final offer.
An RCA spokesman sa id the offer had pre viously been accepted by t he IB EW and four
other unions representing approximately 24,000
RCA employees.

Agnes, you ptomi..d you

would

~gh

it It.is y.or 1

1-lelJo,
Re.rne.rnber Me?
Somo Popl, <ol/ mo Old Glo,y, oh.,, <ol/ mo ho Sh,, Spooglod 8
, "
bv ho.,,., hoy <ol/ mo. I om yo"' Flog, ho flog of ho Uoi"d So.,
00
of .m"i<o. . . . Som.,hiog ho, b ,.o boho,;og mo. >o I hovgh I 0migh,
olk " o,., ""h yov .. . bo<ov,. i ;, obo"' yov ood mo.

po~do,

I "mmb., >om, <imo ogo Popf, liood vp oo boh >id., of ho """ o

oh ho P'Ddo Ood oo'"'o'ly I o, loodiog '"'Y
P'ovdly
o'<og o h, b,.,,._ hoo yo"' doddy >ow mo <omiog, ho immodio"fy
"mo,od
h;, ho
h;, lof >hovld., >o ho ho hood
wos
directly
overOod
his plo,.d
heart . i ogoio"
. rC'member?

Aod Yov, I "mmb., Yov. Soodiog h.,, >froigh, O> o rold;,, Yov dido"
ho,, o ho" bv Yov "'" gi,iog ho ' igh >olv'o Romomb., li.,I, ''""'
over
herb,heort
. .. >ho
remember?
No, o
ovdooo.
o, >ol"'iog ho >omo o, yo, ih h., ' 'oh hood
W ho,
I'm "'" ho >om, old flog. Oh. I ho,. o low mo,, So,.
of
longhoPMood?
ogo.
>io" yo,"" o boy. A lo mo,. blood ho, b<oo >hod >io" ho., po,od.,

Bv oow I doo" fool o, P'ovd o, ""'' o. Whoo I <om, dowo Yov, """
yov iv" "ood ho,. ih yov, hood, io yov, P<><ko" ood I moy .,
>mo/I gloo" ood hoo YOv loo' owoy. Thoo I " ' ho <hild,. '"ooiog
o,ovod Ood >hov<iog . . . hoy doo" "m o koow ho I om . . . I9>ow0
0
oo, moo
h;,he
hoquickly
o'f hoo
with
theirs ok,
off so
pv1look
his o,ov"d.
on. ho dido " " ' ooybody ol.,

boc~

1, ;, o >io o bo pofrio,;, ooymo,., Ho ,. yo, fo,go.,,, ho I "ood 1 ,

ood h,,. r,, booo? ... Ao,io. G,odol<oool, ko'<o ood oow V;"oom.
To k, o look o ho Momo<iol Hooo, Roll, Wme<im, ,, of ho,, ho "''"
0
<om, bo<k o k.,p hi, Ropvbl., 1,., . . . Ooo No<ioo Uod., God
heo Yov >01,., mo, yo, o,. o,olly rol,<iog hom.

w.11. ,, oo" b, loog Vo<il ,.,, bo <Om;... do., Yov, '""' OQoio So.
hoo yov ' " mo, "ood "'Ogh plo,, yo,, 'igh, hood O'O. yov, ho"
. .. Ood /'// >olv'o yo,, by o.,og ho<k . . ood I'// koow ho ..

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Vo lu me XII, No. 77

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

DONORS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR

AUGUST 5 BLOODMOBI LE VISIT
When you think of blood, you remember the
ti mes and places you've seen it--usually after
an accident or wreck--and it's not a pretty
sight. There's another side of the picture
when blood is the most wonderful thing in the
world--when it saves t he lives of persons mangl ed on our highways; when it saves the lives
of those suffering from a condition such as
ulcers; when it saves the lives of mothers at
ch ildbirth; when it saves the lives of our
servicemen in VietNam.
Then blood becomes the mos t mi raculous
thing in the world--the only thing that will
save a human . life. Blood is unique--you can't
buy it with all the money in the world.
Modern man with all his scientific know ledge,
)l-1..l his techn ical skill and all his me chanical
Jenuity cannot make one ~roh of human blood.
lhe only place in the worl w ere the surgeon
can get a pint of human blood when a life is
hanging by a thread is from another human.

Ju ly 24, 1970

2ND QUARTER EARNINGS UP 8% OVER SAME 69 PERIOD

Earnings of the Genera l Electri c Company
were $98 .3 million, or $1.09 per share during
the second quarter of 19 70, an increase of
8% from the $9 1. 4 mi llion or $1. 01 per share
reported during the same pe riod of 1969, Chairman Fred J. Borch announced .
Sa les dur ing t he second quar ter were
$2,307 millon compared with $2,257 mil li on
for the same period of 1969, an increase of
2%.
During the first quarter of 1970 the
Company ' s operations were serious ly affected
by the strike which ended during February.
As a result, earnings for the first half of
1970 amounted to $55.7 million compared with
$168 .9 million in 1969 . Sales during the firs t
six months of 1970 were $3,871 million compared with $4,261 million during the same per; od of 1969 .
Co:imenting on the Company's results , Mr.
Borch said, The outstanding performance by
General Electric peop l e during the second
quarter enabled us to enter the second half
of 19 70 with encouraging momentum in earni ngs
improvement.
11

Giving blood is safe and simple. The

whole procedure takes less than an hour. The
actual donation time is less than 10 minutes.
Over 450 pints of blood a year are contributed
by local Ge neral Electri c employees . This has
helped assure an exce llent blood coverage program for residents of Waynesbo ro and East
Augusta County. Under the program provided by
the American Red Cross Blood Bank, any resident of this area or a member of their immediate fam il y can receive blood at no cost for
the blood itself. This means that as an employee of GE, you or any member of your family
will be covered for any blood you may need.
The quota for t he Genera l Electric plant
th i s vis it i s 225 pints of blood. Although
there are many faithful donors, some giving as
much as 5 pints a year, there is a constant
need for new donors. To be a part of this
worthwhile cause, watch for t he donor s i gn-up
9'"'-(ds which are being distributed this week
the August 5 visit of the Bloodmobile.

11

KERBY CITED FOR FLOOD COMMUNICATIONS

Robert B. Kerby , NECD Technical Write r ,
has been awarded a certificate by the American
Radio Relay League, Inc., for his outstanding
work in prov idi ng communication equipment and
his own services during the f l ood in August,
1969 .
George Hart, col11l1unications manager for
the American Radio Relay League, Inc ., stated ,
The public service certificate is not an
award that is specifica ll y worked for, asked
for, or expected. It is given as a spontaneous recognition of outstanding work by individual amateur radio operators who provide
services during an emergency situation.
11

11

NLRB OFFICIALS RULE 0 GE CASES

- -The New York Reg ion l c f i ce of the
NLRB has dis missed I UE' s un ai r bargai ni ng
charges against th e Company and GE's charges
against the uni on t hat grew out of t he rece nt
nat i onal negot i ati ons.
--An NLRB t rial examiner has upheld t he
cla i m of Company ma nagement at th e Some r set ,
Ky ., pl ant that IUE Local 767 vi ol ated t he
,Taft-Hart l ey Act by th reate ni ng to f ine ti-JO
employees who res i gned from the un i on an d
crossed the pi cl:et line during t he recent
na t iona l stri ke.
- - The NLRB's gene ral counsel has affirmed
t he dismissal of an IUE charge against management of App l iance Park i n Loui svil le concerni ng
the use of v i ~eo cameras at the plant gate
duri ng the recent stri ke .
--An NLRB regional director has di smi ssed
an IUE cha rge aga inst manag emen t i n t he Rome ,
Ga., pl ant r i s ing fr om a stri ke i n Ja nu ary ,
196 8. The IUE ch a rged t he Compa ny ' s di smissa l of a number of emp l oyees for r efu s i ng
to work overt i me and par t i ci pati ng in weeken d
strikes was i mp roper.
- -The NLRB has ups et an el ecti on l ost ty
the IAM at a GE pl ant in Puert o Rico .
SICK PAY POLICY CHANGED
As a res ul t of eva l uati ng th e fi rst few
months of expe ri ence i n admi ni stering the Si ck
Pay Pl an for hou r ly empl oyees cer ta in cha nges
have been ma de in t he pl an. The si gnifi cant
changes are :
l. Si ck Pay will au t omati ca ll y be paid,
when approved by th e manage r fo r a pa r t i cula r
illness absence and wi l l no t be s ub j ect to an
electi on by the employee as to whether or not
Si ck Pay shou l d be pa id f or s uch abse nce.

2. The defi ni t i on for hal f days was

changed to be ei t he r ha l f of t he hours i n t he
emp l oyee ' s estab li sh ed reg ul ar dail y schedu l e
or the entire segmen t of hi s workday prece di ng
or fo ll owi ng the establ i s hed lu nch pe ri od. Thi s
means tha t if an emp l oyee obta ins pri or approval
for a pe rsona l bus i ness absen ce of 4 hours or
l onger, which i s conti nuous bu t not cont ained
complete ly in ei t her th e before or af ter lu nc h
segment of t he day , he can be pa i d for s uch
absence.

EARLE MC DOWELL AN D GEORGE HAUS LE R

PRES~ N TE D SERVICE AWARDS
Mr . Earle B. McDmve ll, CCDD Eng i nee r~
recent ly comple t ed 40 years of se rvice wit,,
the Genera l El ectri c Company.
Mr. McDowe l l began hi s
caree r with GE in 1930 and he ld
va rious pos iti ons before being
t ransferred to Waynesboro in
1955. He i s curren tl y a devel opment speci ali st i n t he Engin e er i n~
or ga ni zati on.
A na ti ve of El dridge , Iowa , Mr . McDowel l
rece i ved hi s BS degree in e l ectrical eng i neering f rom Iowa State Un i vers i ty. He i s a member
of IEEE and is a prof essi onal engineer .
Mr. McDowell and his v1ife Netha res ide
at 1912 Forest Dri ve in Waynesboro.
Al so rece i ving service r ecogn i t io n was
Mr . Ge orge M. Ha us l e r , who ha s c omp1et e d 35
years of se rvi ce .
Mr. Haus l er joi ned the
Company as a test engineer i ~
Schenectady in 1935 . In Sep \. .uer
of t he fo l lowi ng year , he receivec
his first permanent assignment
with the Industri al Cnntro l Depar1
ment . He transferred to Waynes boro in 1955 and i n 1957 he became ManagerRelay Product Engineering.
Mr . Ha us ler is a native of Bag ley , Wis consi n and rece i ved hi s BS an d MS deg ree from
t he Uni vers i ty of Wis cons i n i n 193 5. He is
a membe r of th e IEEE and t he Kiwan i s Cl ub.
Mr . Haus l er and hi s wi fe Catheri ne
res i de at 2433 Cort l and Street in Waynesboro.
SERVICE WITH GE
Weekending 7- 26 - 70
5 Yea rs
Jack T. McKenz i e
Rona l d H. l~eaver
Sus i e D. Bri dge
Roge r L. Sutton
John P. McAli ster
10 Yea rs

Li sa P. Fi l es

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINI A

Volume XT I , \o . 78

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

F LI~ST Sl X ~10:\TllS SHOh' O.UR " CATCH - U? "

JOB ll/\S 13/\RELY BEGUN
GE sa l es we r e $3 . 9 b il l ion-- Tha t ' s n early
$400 million le ss than the S4 . 3 b illion first
half sales of 1969 . h'e ' re 9 % behind .
GE profits were only $5 6 million--Tha t ' s $ Ll3
million l ess than the $ 16 9 million of 1969 ' s
first half earnin gs . We ' re a huge 67% behind .

.
4

5
'66 5-------5.2
'67---------4.
5
1
,,.!._----- ,/
PROFIT ON EACH SALES DOLLAR
(first six months)

.July 31, 1970

=============~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~dlNk

\.'E :\EED \'OCR llELP : h'e cont in ue

to expecL al l employees t o ob ey
the sa fcty g I ass rul es th r o ugh out th e p l a nl . Bu t now we nee d
OF SAFm GLASSES your help in one othe r a1ea on
safe t y g Lassl!s . Plano safe t y
g las sc.:s have been furn i shed t o
all emp J oyees 1>i th out questio n .

This has become very expe n s ive .

'!any employees leave the l' L111 0 g lnsses in t heir
loc: ~ e rs, .Jt ho::ie , in their cars o r 1:hc rcve r the\'
tnkc LhL!::: o ff aiLcr ..:o r k . ,\ 'H):: 1-:i 11 be placed
in Lhc cafet~ria nt::'t l.'eek ior Lile pu rpose of
colLL' CLing all till' e :,tra pa ir ,.; of Plano safe ty
g b sses that employees have . h'e nsk \'ll U r .Jssls tan cl! in returning these gJas~es h'h i ch lI L' h'i ll
ste r i li ze and use ove r again .

3.8 )'

'69,/
10
4.0 )'

L_ _ ,

.4".I ... we 've

got a lot of catchin g up to do

-f/Jelf;0111R 'Back
Voe PONZILlO

To build job sec urity for GE people , Gene r a l Electric n eeds ea rnin gs t o invest in the
added facilities and eq ui pmen t t ha t can keep us
competitive and support o ur ne1! job package .
He r e ' s th e r ecord of profits retain ed f o r investment in b uildin g GE jobs at th e 6 - month
ma r k over the past few yea r s :
In
of
In
of
In
of
In
of
In
of
In

1965 :
$53 miL:.ion r e i nvested from p r o$152 million.
f it s
1 966 :
$55 mi_l lion r e i nves t ed from p r o
f i ts
$173 million .
1967 :
$5 2 mi lli o n reinves t e d fro m p r of i ts
$169 mil li on .
1968 :
$36 mi ll i on r e in vested from p r o$153 milli o n .
f i ts
1969 :
$51 million reinves t ed fr om p r of~
$169 mi lli o n .
1970 :
To Lal rrofi t s we r e only $56 milli o n . Thi s 1.J<1s no t l'nough to cove r the $1 1 8 million in dividends pa i d to share owners , o r the.:
reinves tment that ' s neede d t o k ee p win n ing c ust omers and bui l din g jobs .
\.JE ' VE C:OT i\ LOT OF CATCH Ii\G - UP TO DO '.

h'a rrcn Kindl (lLft ) , Ce1w r;1J ' lanage r f,,r CCDD ,
welcome s Joseph l'lll1Zill1.1 , C:,:1l'raJ ~1iln<l ).!. c'r , \ECD ,
ba c k Lo Lhe p I an L and Lu \,'.t\'!1L'sht1n1 at LL' r a n
CXLl'nded absence . ~lr . Pc.,11z i 1111 h ;1s ih' L' ll atte n di ng Lh c ,\dvanccd ~1 a n agcmen L l'rograrn n L llai vard
University ' s Craduate Schnol of HusinL'SS i\dmi nisLraL i c n iL1r Lit e lasL s i :-: h'L'cks .

ORRIN LIVINGSTON TO RETIRE /\FTER 43

YEARS \.!ITH GE
A 43 - year career with the Gene r al Electri c
Company will draw to a close tomorrow fo r Or r in
W. Li vingston , Sen i or Consu lting
Enginee r .
In 43 years , a man can
dev ote a lot of time to h i s wo rk
and those he wo rk s with - - Orr in
Livingston has done both .
For the past 15 yea r s , ~!r .
Livingston has served as a cons ult a nt here in
the Hay ne s boro Plant .
As one man stated recently, "H e is probably the best t eacher one is apt
to run across . He ' s dmm to earth . He g uides
you through yo ur p r oblem .
I\ lot of co nsultants
give you answe r s . Orrin says , 1 \-!hat if yo u
tried this? '
The next thjng yo u kno1.; , through
his g uidan ce , yo u ' ve solved your own problems ."
'.'l r . Livingsto n began h i s GE ca r ee r in 1927
as a tes t e n gineer in Schenectady , ~ew Yo rk .
\.Jo rk in the Company ' s r esearch Labo rat o ri es
brought him into association 1.;ith some of the
well- k nown names in electron i cs -- me n like Coo l idge , Ale;<anderson , and llulL . Th ose ea rl y days
were spent in th e deve l opment of thyrat r o ns
(gas -filled t ub es ) fo r indust r i a l applLcation .
In 1929 this 1.;ork t ook him t o Chicago 1vhere he
was inv ol ved with l ighting co nlr o l s for the
Civic Ope ra llouse .
[t hasn ' t all 1.;ork ! He ad mits to seeing e v ery production of the c i vic
ope r a ' s 1929 season.
llis 1.;ork in 1.ighting con tr ol systems led t o his r eceiving GE ' s covete d
Coffin Award .
In the years that follrn.;ed , he r emained at
Schenectady in va ri ous engineering assignmen t s
u ntil 1943 when his 1.;orl< took him to Oak Ridge
and the :!anha ttan Project . :tr . L ivin gs t o n h'as
involve d wi t h design of eq u ipme n t [or cu rren t
a nd voltage r eg ul a ti o n . Th i s equipme nt 1.;as
u sed in the production of th e materials which
we re later to b e use d in Lh c first atomic bomb .

field of industri al elec t ronics , >Ir . Living

a
has been ca ll ed on severa l occas i ons to serve
as an expert witness in pa t ent infringement
trials . A successful ;.;ew Yo r k patent atto r ney
recalls that in one case the judge co nducting
the hearing was so impressed by ~r . Livingston ' s
ability to explain technical matters in simp l e
lan guage th at he asked him to testify for both
sides in the case ! :Ir . Livings ton , hims e lf,
holds 57 different patents , plac i ng him am ong
t h e General ElecLric Company ' s lead i ng inventors
Born and raised in Roselle Park , ~ew
Je rs ey , '.!r. l.ivin gsLon attended Ru tgers Un iversity where he was a Phi Be ta Kappa and
graduat e d in 1927 with a BSEE .
But what
about t oday ' s e l ectronics eng in ee rs" Ile says ,
"Th e engineers o f tod01y are [<H more expert
than in my time .
ln my early yea rs , we 1o1cre
GP ' s of electronics - - tuday ' s yo ung me n a r e
all specia li sts . " >Ir . Liv ingston explai ns
that cha nges in Llw stale uf the art have
made spe c i alization a necessity .
1\s for r etirement p l a ns , i'lr . L.ivjn gsto n
says he ' ll tak l' it a day at a Lime .
Buth
do es p l an ri tr ip across the Un ited State s L_
car 1.1ith h is 1.; i fe Te r esa .
The Li vingstons 1.; i_ ll
continue Lo make Lhei r home h e r e i:1 \.Jaynesbo r o .

s Cl)(; ff
\~

'\ E\! s

BOh'l.ERS '\EEDEO FOR :'\'I I.

['\ T ER LE:\CL:E .
BO\-!L x r DL'PO:\ T

RECRL\T IO:\ CE:\TER 0:\ FRLD,\Y :\LUITS .

IF l:\'!TRESTED ,

c;,\J.L DA.\

Dt):\DLECO ,

E:\T . 619 .
BLOO D DU:\ ORS ST LI .I. :\HOED
At J e<Jst 50 more b l ood donors arc sti l l
needed , if o ur next IHoo dmobile visit to t he
Plant o n /\ugus t 5 i s Lo be successful.
lf
yo u did n ot s i gn ;:i donor ca rd Dnd 1.;ish t o do
so now , please co nL acL Hi l l Pe rry , Re l ations .

ln 1948 , he was n.::uned Cons ulting Enginee r

fo r the I nd ustrial Control De partme n t , 1.;hich
was the forer u nner of several Gene r al Elec t ric
Departmen ts , includi n g Specialty Co ntr o l here
in \.Jaynesboro . li e transferred here in 1955 .
FOU:<D o;,; LYNDllURST IW,\D -- A sel of ca r keys and
However , Mr . Livingsto n recalls thrit it was in
a house k ey o n a key ring with a CE ins i gnia
the mid -1930 ' s that he had his f irst view of
we r e found on l.y n dlwrsL Road and \.ie r c Lurnec
h' aynesbo r o . lie r emembers th,t he a n d a colleagu e 1.;e r e on their 1.;ay to Logan , h'est Virgi nia in t o Employ ee Relat i ons .
to 1.;ork on a motor cont r ol .
" lle decided to go
by car and rid e a new r oad that had just openedt he Blue Ridge Dri ve . \-}(> pnsscd by fl little
P r acticE' the advice of the psvcl1iatrist 1vl10
to1vn ; it was \.Jaynesbo r o ," he says .
g i ves his norn1a l pat ient s this pics c ri pt i on :
Becaus e of his unusua l knowledge in t he
"D on ' t take you r se lf so d;-mned se ri ous I\ . "

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
Vo lu me XII, No . 79

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINI A

August 7, 1970

KORNEKE AND ROGERS COMP LETE 30 YEARS

HOUSEWARES DIVISION LOOKING FOR
ANT IQUE GE APPL IANCES
The Genera l Electri c Housewares Divi s ion
in Bridgeport, Conn., is asking GE em~loyees
to write i n about antique GE app li ances they
might have which wou l d qua li fy as the ol dest
GE or Hotpoint electri c housewares fo r an
exh i bi t i on at the Smi thsonian Institution in
\<Jash i ngton.
If you have a fan made in 1890 , for instance , Ed Pease at Housewares Di vi si on Headquarters, 1285 Bos ton Aven ue , Buildin g 22 -W,
Bri dgeport, Conn., 06602, would like to hear
from you . As a gesture of ap preci ati on, if
your fan i s the oldest, he \<Jill ask you if you
would li ke to con tribute i t and i n exchange
he wil l sen d you a new fan .

.-.

The same goes for a 1908 toaster, a 1917

clock , a 1919 mi xer , a 1926 floor cleaner, a
1932 he ater , a 1932 heati ng pad, a 1932 waffle
iron or a 1933 coffeemaker.
Who has a curl ing iron made in the 1920 ' s
or earl ier? It ' s
exact time of int roduction i sn't known . Of coures , i f it is avail ab l e as a gift to t he Smithsonian, he 'll send
you a mo dern . hairsetter for i t.
He wi shes to emphas i ze t hat he doesn ' t
want anyone to send in any product j ust yet .
Fi rs t, he vlO ul d l i ke you to wri te hi m des c ri bing wh at you have, i ts condition and you r
estimate of i ts age. If you have a sna pshot
of the ol d app li ance or could take one , t hat
would be even better than the wri tten des crip ti on . He cautions that dates of pate nts on
the pro duct do not usua ll y indi cate whe n the
product was manufactured.
BLOODMOBI LE EXCEEDS QUOTA
The Red Cross Bl oodmob il e received 238
pints of blood on Wednesday, August 5, in
th eir l atest vi s it to the pl ant. The quota
was 225 pin ts . A spec i al bl oodmobil e report
wil l be iss ued early next week.

George L. Rogers, a Deve l opment Spec ia l is t

in CCD D Engineering, began his career wi th GE
in Schenectady , N. Y. , after rece i ving his BSE E
from Clarkson Co ll ege of Techno l ogy . He tra ns fe r red to Waynesb oro in 1955 as a nume ri cal control engineer . He has i nstructed vari ous
techni cal courses for the Company and has been
awarded several paten t s for hi s inventions . Mr.
Rogers i s pictured above re ce iving hi s se rvice
pin from J . F. Ponz illo, NECD Ge neral Manager
whi le D. B. Schn eider , Engineering Manage r,
watch es .
Pau l B. ~o rn eke , NECD Ma rketing, joined
G~neral El ect ri c in Schenectady after re~eivin g
his BSEE from t he Univers i ty of P i ttsb ur~. He
held pos i t ion s i n Eng inee ri ng and Ma rketing before comin g to l~aynesboro i n 1955 as the Manager
of Pr odu ct Pl anni nq . He beca111e Ma nage r-P roduct
Service and Product Planning in 1962 and hol ds
t hi s pos i tion at the present ti me. Ile i s show n
bel ow receivin g hi s se rvi ce pin from D. 0 . Di ce ,
Mana ger-Ma rk et i ng f or NECD .

NEW TRUCK TO HANDLE

TWO NEW PATENTS AWARDED

R~FUSE

Leroy U. C. Ke lli ng has just recei ved hi ~

24th patent . His latest i n~
ti on relates to an appa r a tu
for tracing the three di mens ion,
contours of a surface of a body

Mr . A. M. Gibson has recei '

hi s l st paten t award for an
in vent ion rel ating to a method and ap paratus
for joinin g sma ll diameter insul at ed wires t o
heavier condu cto rs without requi r ing in s ul a t io n st ri pp ing .
Ke lling

STRIKE ROUN 0- UP
Accordin g to t he la test reports, the UE
has the fol l owing strikes stil l in progress :
LEN GTH
OF STRIKE
Lamson ~pr1ngfie l d , vt.
7 weeks
Crown I ron Pl afit Mi nneapo li s, Min n. 7 weeks
Butler Mf g.
Min neapo li s , Mi nn. 11 weeks
P~ESENT

CO~P ANY
Jones l

Way ne Batten, Ma in tenance , demonstrates

how eas il y t he new truck , purchased by t he Compa ny to handl e refuse in t-Jaynesboro, can "do
its t hin g."
.
Th~ new refuse t ru ck wi l l provide a s i gn if i cant i 1nprovement i n the pl ant 1 s hand li ng of
refuse and re duce t he poss i bi li ty of pol l ut i on.
The truck combines a powe rful hydraulic sys tern
wi th a cy lindrical packin g acti on body des i gned to compress l oose refuse in to a soli d core .
Th i s core req uires l ess space for burying and
prevents scatte rin g of refuse .
The new truck al so provides an imp roved
m~thod of ~o ll ect in g refu se along with a s i gn if i cant sav i ngs in the numbe r of tr i ps to t he
ci ty dump each day .

LOCATION

The IUE i s cont in uing its strike against

RCA. The st ri ke is now in its third month anc
the union has no\.<1 gone to a nation -\.<1ide b~o
of all RCA products . The IUE says t he ma v
sue is "RCA is seeking to v1ipe out the hi stor
wage reopener. " The union a lso states, "This
wage reopener is vita l." r.. 0':~ : ':Id,.: Cs ihc;
1

union that ~v1.:t1:ciuateti in :)!" cool i ti on

against r;.i', an(i r...:.l'7..ir1cJ that Ci. 3 o ., ~ r)1
z.:i<J.I..J'
!'e ope;1e r>s 1Jw; ' ' :; c; r--i..oiw drcaJoac:i-: z:; ow
pr cposa. l . )

sarze

SOMETllING

l~EH

o.r

IN THE ,L'SEP.

I f yo u have bee n look i ng for somethin g

new and di fferent to do, consider the Al bema
Playho use Dinner Theatre l ocated on Route 250
west of Charlottesvi ll e.
The Albemarle Pl ay House vJill open on
August 7 and run through September 2 . The
dinner theatre wil l privide a buffet di nner,
a pl ay and danc i ng to a combo orchest r a on
We dn esday through Sunday eve ry v1eek . If you
are interested , ca ll 296 -0111.
Re i n Kerber , DCP , would like to t har
all hi s friends and co-workers at GE fo r wei
thoughtful sympathy expressed to him and his
fami ly over the recent death of his father.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
_,

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volume XII, No. 80

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 14, 1970

LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION POLICY

A NEW GUARANTEED EDUCATIONAL LOAN

PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
The local plant, for a number of years, has
been recognizing employees with long.service by
Effective immediately, a new Guaranteed
presenting pins for 5th, 10th, 20th, 25th, 30th,
Educational Loan Program for employees and
35th and 40th anniversary. The policy will be
continued and the GE NEWS will, each month, run their children has been announced with the
a list of the names of those receiving recogni- Unitetl Student Aid Funds, Incorporated.
tion for 5, 10, and 20 years of service. All
The new program will supplement the
of those eligible to join the Quarter Century
Club with 25 years and those receiving recogni- present Employees Education Loan Program
under which loans are made directly by the
tion for 30, 35 or 40 years will have their
Company. As a result of this arrangement,
picture in the paper plus a small article.
eligible employees and their children may
obtain loan funds from participating banks,
To inaugurate this policy, below are the
in their local communities. Participating banks
employees that were recognized during the
in the City of Waynesboro are First &
month of July:
Merchants and Virginia National Bank. For
those employees living in other localities, it
5 YEARS
will be necessary for them to check their
banks to determine if they are participating
Susie D. Bridge
Sandra G. Fix
in USAF.
agencies
Roger
L.
Sutton
Patriaia M. Morgan
Harr-y C. Quiak
Jaak T. MaK.enzie
Ronald H. Weaver

John P. MaAlister
Alfred O. Rose
Harry L. Jenkins

10 YEARS
Mary J. Dorman

Landon R. Coffey
Ralph T. Hammond
Paul A. Antonop los

Shelda B. Shaner
Lisa P . Fi Zes
Mary H. Smith

20 YEARS

Riahard K. Gerlitz
L. Jubin Lane

Billy B. Niahols

30 YEARS

LoweU L. Holmes
35 YEARS
/"""..

Jeorge M. Hausler
40 YEARS
Earle B. MaDowell

George L. Rogers

The new program will permit employees or

their children to borrow up to $1500 per
annum per student and a total of no more than
$7500 per student. Borrowers must be fulltime post-secondary students at institutions
approved by the U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare (HEW). Interest at
the rate of 7% will be payable on approved
loans except that, for those whose adjusted
family income does not exceed $15,000 per
annum, no interest will be charged while the
student is attending school and for the ninemonth period immediately following completion
of studies or termination of attendance. In
addition, a service charge of one-half of 1%
per annum is payab 1e by the student for the
term of each loan.
Further details on Educational loans and
how they can be obtained can be furnished by
W. R. Perry, Relations Benefits Specialist.

SST - JOB MAKER

WAYN ESBORO JOBS AT STAKE
Sometime in the near fu ture, the U. S.
Senate wi l l vote on a bill, already passed by
the House of Representatives, which i ncludes
funding for continued development of an American
supersonic transport (SST) . President Kennedy
first said it would be in the naticn's interest
to have an American Supersonic Transport and
President Nixon reiterated this pos i tion, but
the debate over the SST Program has continued .
Some opponents argue against the SST from
an environmental viewpoin t. But th eir ar guments can be refuted, or at best are bas ed on
hypothe t i cal conclusions which hav e been
seriously challenged. One of the mos t loudly
protested complaints was the possibl e annoy ance
t o people crea t ed by an SST sonic boom . This
complaint was eli minated when the decision was
made that an SST would not be flown at supersonic speeds (wh i ch would produce a boom ) over
populated areas.
Some of the opponents argue the program
from a viewpoint of national priorities . One
of our most i mportant national priorities is
to provide productive jobs for people today and
in the years ahead . The SST Program, when
carried to producti on, can make a major co ntribution . It is esti mated that up to 250, 000
people wi ll be spread across t housands of businesses and firms in practicall y every sta te of
the union. First- tier subcontractors alone
would total about 6,500 companies.

UNION AUTH ORI ZES IN CREASE IN DUES

The Company has bee n offic ia lly no t if~d
by l~i ll iam Fre ema n, pres ident of UE Local
124 , th a t th e members hip of t he union has
voted f or an inc rease i n dues in t he amount
of $1.50 pe r mo nt h, effe ctive September,
1970 .
The ne xt dues dedu cti ons will be made
in the paychecks to be r ece ived by employees
on September 4. Dues wi 11 be deducted at
t he r a te of S5 . 50 per month fo r a ll t hose
hav i ng authori za t i on cards on f il e in
Pay ro11 .
iY-..P~'l.'JE.0".

ioes;. ' l omc ,,rY'OT'1 d.oing UJhat

:'' Nf. ::= ir:e 'J;_a.-; z...;e 1,ave

lJe n<.e to io , : .,-

to do .

Mrs. Rob er t Wel l s woul d like to thank all

th ose wh o don ate d bl oo d f or he r mother, Mrs.
Florida Vi r gi nia Crome r.

Anyone hav i ng i nfo rmat i on co ncernin g .

red RCA Trans i s t or Man ual s miss i ng from the
Vendo r Ca t alog Li br ary , pl eas e ca ll Ext . 405.

The Waynesboro plant of GE has a real interest in the SST airplane. Contracts for the
VS CF (V ariable Speed Constant Frequency) electrical generatin g system for the first two prototype planes have been placed on the Aircraf t
Bu s iness Section here. The VS CF sys t em provides all of the el ectrica l power for the plane
and there will be 4 such units on each pl ane .
Manufact urin g on the prototype wi 11 be gin in
the l ast quarter of this year here i n Waynes boro. Some of the areas involved in maki ng
the prototype will be machine room, plating,
aircraft assemb ly, magnetic wi nding, qu al ity
control and production peopl e at t ached to t hese
sec tions.
Product ive jobs for many people in t he
years ahead, and continued U.S. leadership in
the av i at i on indust ry-- one of th i s nation ' s
largest job supplying industries--are at stake
i n the SST Program.

Led:' :j~e -P1 1 l:: (:, ~~'"-, ,- ) . ;,~o:l: ;' e :r

..,r .J1.-,errza1

John

Miller the earr1>g." , ;; 11.;, ;!o:: 1;aa,r af t e i r e

ceim:ng l1,Jo 5- :'1ayi :r rv icc Fins . Lady j"ii_
cc.lnc with the ,.i:-co: /.; 19 !i .' . 1l fte1 receiv ing a 5- yr>ar p1:11, :1r le//, ow employment
and rwved out <1.1' o .1, . Lod71 1or: tumeJ lo the
Corrqany i;. l9C: 11;; ";z l.9c"1 1;he r s ceZ:ved he r
second 5- !1em f' i 11.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII ,

~o .

81

August 21 , 1970

l30DKil\ /\}!D CRAPSER PRm!OTED

BUSI:JESS ST/\TUS
Hr. C. A. Ford, Manage r-Engineer ing for
the Conununica ti on and Control Devices Depart ment, announces effective September l the
appointmen t of ~r . Theodo r e (Ted) Crapse r as
i'!anager-Components and Standards and ?-! r . James
(Jim) Bodkin as Manager- Engineering Lab . Mr .
Ford also anno un ced that :-I r . I~ .\~. (Bill )
Walker , '.'!anage r - Engineering Lab , will be on a
special assignment reporting to the ~tanager
Engineering pri or t o his planned retirement
early next year.
Ted Crapser graduated from Clarkson College of Technology , Potsdam ,
Jew York, with a BS in Electrical
Engineering . He came to the
General Electric Company in
October , 1959 , as a Sen i o r Standards Eng ineer . He ha d held th e
position of a Standards P r oject
Engineer prior to his new pos iti on ns :tanagerComponen t s and Standards .
Ted is a native of Springfield , :-tass . , and
a membe r of the Grace Lu th eran Church . He is
also a senior member of the Institute of El ectrical and Electronic Engineers . Ted and his
wife Phy llis have two daughters , lleother and
Ellen . They reside a t 1803 N. Talbot Place .
Jim Bodki n was [irst employe d by the
Gene r al Electric Company in Way nesboro as a Co-operative Engi neerin g Program student from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute .
He received his BSEE from VPI
in 1965 and became a full -time
employee in Relay Product
Engineering . In 1969 he transferred Lo the
Eng inee rin g Lab as a Relay Eval u ation Enginee r,
th e position he held pri or to his ne1v assignmen t as Manager- Engineering Lab .

.-.

Jim is a native of Jama i ca , New York and

a member and former Deacon of th e First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Ki wanis Club .
Jim a nd his wife Diane live at 2232 Fores t Drive
in \faynesbo ro.

Orders for CCUD continue to run at a

lower rat e than forecast .
REL/\YS : i\n order for 8 , 000 QPL one- half size
relays was l ost to ~ comnetitor w~o quoted
a price below our cos t s .
SPECIALTY CONTROL DEVICES : i\ sizeable
orde r was received for AC dr ives from
lfoste rn Electric and anotli ~r large order
is anticipated later this yea r .
DAT/\ COMMUNJ.CATIOilJ PRODUCTS : Do1v Jo nes
has agreed to pu r chase a number of additional
uni.ts with shipmen ts to begin in January of
next year . GE Ccmp uters have stretched
out its req uiremen ts for data communication
printers ove r a longer pe ri od of time . An
order was received fo r 65 units for the
\.Jest PoinL :tilitary ,\cademy fo r t he use of
the cadets .i.n communicating 1vith a r:E 600
comp ut er . :fogotiations arc contin ui ng on
:0 e veral
othe r inquiries for possible sizeabll
o rders .
PO\vER REC:UL/\TlON :

General EJ ect ric was

c ited recently for the installation and
se rvice of 14 large turbine gene rat ors
s i nee :!ar ch
This ncimber of turbin e ge nerators has ne ver bee n insLalled be f o r e
i.n such a b r ic f per i.od by any manu[ acture r.
1\ll 14 of these ~ys teos han~ CCDD des i gned
and built excitat i on control systems .
/\EPBS : A pr0ductian release has been r e ceived from th e U. S . ~avy on several special
contro l jobs . These unit s are scheduled to
be sh i pped in the last qua r ter of this year
a nd early next year .
The s Lock anL! fund un!L price fo r tile
month of .lulv were :
Stock Price
Fund Uni t f' r i cc

$73 . 023
$2L.475

I. I :\ l : I'. i : l:T I IS L \' J:i\"H l \JI:

:\SS L>ll) I.\

. \'

:,

' ,

.''

Tho pr in Le(: c:i r111 i c

r e ccn t 1,. !Jc co::lc
tion has

"It \ .I 1.1

i .. \. d

. : Ll

The

> l anu t: 1 c turi 1L.; - i~ ;1~i11cc

i i .
! ,, : '

neh' c o n vcyo riZ L' J ass, ..1h l

11c.
1i .c.
lin c: is ve r y flL-:.;iblc ;:in,:, ..'. ,1:,
any o f Lil e board s bL'i11,.. ,i,.;;, 1b\, .. 1 ii~

.!

r .1.

:-- :I - ",. j ,,,.

ri11.

d e v eloped and i111 p l cmv11tc d ti: is 1111\c" ., ,. Li 11<

in o rder Lo produCl' :1 h i ~.l<r ;,; 1d ... ,, r, ,.,,:1-.it,1:.

qual it \

bo ~1r<l

fn r

o t1 r

dal.:

.~

111 11

~~t~' ll

J( ctTl l L J v , i L
.' : c'i:i;>J":l'LS <JrL'
,.;;p 1,Lrs , 11apki11:; ,
La l> lvs :1f l ,r t i1,\'
L;"ir b r cdk ;!n d

o r i1~. ter .

Iii!:-; b een not ed chat a numbe r

IL'c1Ving g lJSSe S , CUpS a n d
s i lv0 n,::ir e , e lc ., o n the
hn vL' finLshed cat.ing du ring

luncl1 per i ods .

.\,.; l'\ , n <l11 c knrnv ,.; ,

I:

The prin c i pal aJ van L.1 t: ' .

a r c .1) a r e cl u c t i o n o I J C' : 1r ! 1i 11 ~:

l l ll'

I 111

t ile c afcLc r ia l1 as bcC>n

"c

. , r.
op e r a t ors s in ce e2cli 'Jk r::l 1
a small p o rti on of L11, t' \, -,, i J . ,..;, ii I , ,!:1.J
2) imp r oved qu<1l i ty <if L11, 1 i : <i. 11' d ]i,,;1rd,;.
This i s accompJ ishl.u Llinlu_:, '!
. I l.
at e ach statinn whi.cli i l l 11111i:1:1L1
ir. \ ' I ~ - j l l
l 1
c o l o r s th e speci f ic ! 1, cali, 111 ,11 LI 1, .) .i r
,.
1.be assembled b, LhaL upc:r:1t ,r .
I c
'
ta ge of the 11 c11 I inv is a 11 i 1::;) 1 ,, . , ,i

11. . 1 :1 Lill !1:1s is Lila t 0ach emp Loy ce h' i 11

bu:. tilc'Lr t>h'll trny , d i s h es , paper or lel' t- o vers
t,> 11 1v rc ' l t1SL' ct 1 1l'.' <\t q line .
Th LS is necessary
s. 1, ,t. li~L. c 1:1 l , s \:i 1 1 bL' Le fl ;:is clean a s
nt>.;,; ib],, I 1lr tik llc'~;L emp l oyee u sing Lhem o n
t ii, i r hr, ;1 k <"' r l u11('i1 pe ri od .

\.Jc ,1,.;k Liiv coo pc rat i on o f a IL emp l oyecs

'. 11 .'l :i11 Lll is ,.insidc ratLon for th o se 1vh o
, ...

t.. '

f 1011 as ;1ssemb J.cJ bt'il rd s u'VL' l I"--'. r L

chro u gh the clil'ck i.ng and s.ildL ii
e l i mi n ;:it i.ng d l' L1 y s

i11

Lil <' ''<111111:11t. . !1i1

Thi s ty p e. ,1f c 1:1 1ip:'.:L11~ h, ' h

th e c u stumer , !iv gL' l ti11g ;1 lh I t l
employee and thL Co1:1p:m\ .

! i..

I""

; ) r \,_ )1 l 1 t ( L'

.\ :1,'.' '"'iin i , h<.' i11 g in:"Litu t ed Lo pr o \. i 1..I It1r1:1,:: .1:1d :;lll'L'rV LS Ll r S in Llie h1 ;1 ynes11, 'I ,, I' I :i 11t h' i L11 per i <1d ic Ii s ts of _job ope n Ln gs
1,> J'-,:-:c 1;t sal a r i.e d type jobs .
This
i:1t1r::1n1i,,n \.'ill be <ivai] a ble t o employees
tl1111t1g!. tl 1it- i m::Jt.'d i ;i Le s upervisors o r fo r eme n

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No. 82

August 28, 1970

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

DEPUY, GARCIA AND JONES PROMOTED

Mr . C. A. Ford, currently Manager-Engineer; ng for the Comi1uni ca ti on and Contra l Devices
Department, has announced three new appoi ntments effecti ve September l. Seymour DePuy
has been named Consu l t i ng Engineer, Raimundo
Garcia has been appointed Mana ge r - DCP Design
Engineering and Clifford M. Jones has been
na med Manager-DCP Eng ineerin g.
Seymour DePuy is a native of Woodbourne,
New York, and a graduate of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . He began his career
with the Company in February,
1942, as a student engineer
wi th the Industria l Control
Department i n Schenectady.
In 1945, he beca1re an engineer
in the Aviation Section of
the Department, and two years
later was assigned as line
engineer in the Control Labora tory. From this period un t il
1955, Seymour held various supervisory ,assign rrents in Engineering unti 1 he transferred \vi th
the Speci a 1ty Contra 1 Department to llaynesb oro.
In 1964 he was name d Manager of Re lay Des i gn
Engineering and in 1966 he became Manager- DCP
Deve l opment Engineering. Seymour and his
family live at 2000 Monticello Street.
A native of Huma cado, Puerto Rico,
Raimundo Ga r cia attended Cornel l Universi ty and rece i ved
an MS degree i n el ectri ca l
eng i neering from Syracuae Un i versity. He joined the General Electric Company in 1962
as an engineer with the De fense Systems Department in
Schenectady. In 1963 he
transferred to the Apollo
SL fft Departrrent in Daytona
Bea~n, Florida.
Ra i mundo came
to Waynesboro in 1968 as a De sign Projects Engineer and became a Senior Des i gn Projects Engineer in 1969. Raimundo and
his fami ly reside at 340 Shore Road.
(continued next column)

Dayton Cunning/icon o f the Industrial Elect r onics

unit <rad manager o f the GE Indians ; champions
of the Babe Ruth !Jaceba l l League; watches as
H. r.;. Tu lloch ; Manage r - Re lat ions congratula tes
Timothu Cunningham; son of Dayton; and Cary
La ffe r ty ; son o f Shi rley Lafferty ; 'I'ermiNe t;
on the-ir successful sea.son . Othe r errployees '
s ons playing on the chconpionship tean but not
present :~or the picture were Carry T'r'!.orrrps on;
son of' 'i'homas 'i7wrr!t)SO"r1 ; 'ieY'Tr:iNet; anc 11 lec
Herron ; son of' :-lood;1 ffe r ron ; 1lircraft .

PROMOTIONS . ..
Cliff Jones joined the Company at Schenec tady after earnin g a BS degree
in e l ectric al engineerin g from
the Univers i ty of Minnesota .
Starting as an engineer at the
El ectrical Lab, he has since
worked on seve ral new so li dstate technical devices such
as li ght emittin g diodes ,
mi cro-ci rcui ts and in tegra t ed AC powe r switches . In
1965, Cl iff transferred to
Waynesboro as a Projects
Enginee r . He was named
Senior Design Projects Engi nee r the following
y~ar and in 1969 he was given his present position as Manager- DCP Des i gn Engineering. Cliff
and his fa mily live at 601 Meadow View Cove .

tll

A SIGN OF THE TIMES?

Faced with the
overseas, the Royal
nounced recently it
production force in
and move production

stiff competition from

Typewriter Company anwill cut its 2,600 member
half at Hartford, Conn.,
facilities to England.

"Roya 1 1 s need to compete more effecti vely

against lower-cost foreign-made machines makes
this change essential," said the president of
Royal in a recent letter to employees.

DON MCKECHNIE TO RETIRE

Exactly 16 years ago on August 31, 1954,
five employees were transferred to GE's new
Waynesboro P1ant and among them was Donald F...-...
McKechnie, Supervisor-Time Standards, who is
retiring on August 31, 1970.

D o~ is a native of Glovers ville, New York, and a graduate

of Union Coll ege in Schenectady .
He began his 29 -year career
with the General Electric
Company in 1941 as an accumulator
leader in the Induct ion Motor
Department in Schenectady . In
1942 he was assigned as a Wage
Rate Clerk in the Control Division. As a Wage Rate Cl erk,
Don's responsibilities included
trouble-shooting on methods and wage rate
activities throughout the Division.
I

A Wall Street Journal article went on to

report that the production will be moved to
Roya l' s plant at Hull, England, during the
next year . \fo rkers in Royal's plant at Hu ll
earn about one-third as much as those in
Hartford, according to a company spokesman.
FALL COURSE SCHEDULES AVAILABLE

When plans were b~ing formulated in 1953

for the new Specia l ty Control Department in
\~aynesboro, Don was selected as a Time Standards
Speci alist for a pl anning study group responsible
for all t i me standards and related activities.
The next year, he was transferred to Waynesboro.
At the new l ocation, Don was one of the peop ~
RIDE NEEDED
gi ven the responsibility of selecting new fa ~
A ride is needed for the 7:30 - 4:00 sh ift tory emp l oyees and he operated the Department's
first employee training program. He had the
from Wayneridge Road , beginning the first
additional responsibility for deve l opment, appl iweek of September . Contact Ruby Gi lbert
cation an d auditing of all ti me standards for
at 942-2634, after 5 p.m.
the factory operations. Don's outstanding performance and contributions during the initi al
PHYS I CAL INVENTORY SHUTDOWN
phase of setting up operations in Waynesboro has
Monday, August 31, the Plant will be shut been recognized down th rough the yea rs.
down for a physical inventory. This is an
In 1957 Don was assigned to his present
annua l requirement of al l businesses which re position
of Supervisor- Time Standards and in
quires the cooperation and hard work of every1966
he
was
also appointed Supervisor-Apprentice
one. The inventory process won't be completed
Program.
He
has had a number of ~rtic le s pubun t il the books are reconciled wi th the physi l
ished
in
Company
and various trade publications,
cal inventory later this yea r .
and he has been a frequent speaker at many semi nars dealing with standards and measurements
The inventory started severa 1 months ago
subjects
.
when the first plans were made, cards were
ordered and an overall schedule was produced.
In evaluating his past 29 years with
Pre-inventory counting began August 10 when
the
Company,
Don bel i eves he has received
the regular stockroom emp loyees were joined by
the
greatest
satisfaction
from the training
21 emp l oyees temporarily transferred from
and
developin
g
of
others
for
the betterment of
Re lays to help in the counting.
both the individual and th e Company .
All of the stockroom, receiving and inAfter retirement, Don and his wife Geri --.,
coming areas have completed their inventory
plan
to purs ue t heir golf-p l ay in g on the sunr11
count. Monday, the asser11b ly and production
courses
of Florida, where they will make their
areas along with shippin g will be counted by
new
home
at 1100 Curlew Road, Dunedin. Don' s
the foremen and some of the employees from
son
Al
i
s
employed with GE in Waynesboro as
each area. The remainder of the employees not
a
Pl
ann
er
and hi s daughte r i s married to
needed for inventory have been notified and
Dona
ld
Coffey
of Waynesboro.
wil l have the day off.
The Relations Office has fall course
schedu les available for Blue Ridge Commun ity
College and Madison College. Schedules for
the Un iversity of Virginia will be available
at a later date.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
ORDERS - -JOBS ; No ORDERS- -NO JOBS
.
..-\ vi v~d example of how closely orders and
Jobs a r e t1 ed together was made evident this
las~ wee~ on the 4-pole relay line.
The episode
begrns IHth the llughes Aircraft Corp . located in
Tucson , Arizona . Hughes has a large order from
the Air f.orce to s upply modification kits for
the f.al con missile laW1d1e rs which are used on
t he 01c0o1mell F-4 fighter plane . In the control
system for the miss ile laW1cher a munber of relays are needed . One of the relays qualified t o
be used is the 3SAI I 4-pole relay made he re in
\\aynesboro.
Hughes Aircraft made an inquiry r egarding
the purchase of the 4-pole relay from us early
in July. !lughes stated delivery would be re quired early in October and a s ubs tantia l rate
each m:'n.th thereafter . Negotiations then followed between our ~larketing section and I !ughes '
pu;;Q1asing unit regarding con tract specifications
a.i
:he price of the r elays . T11ese negotiations
became quite protracted and the lead-time began
t o disappear. As late as last week it appear e d
questionable as to 1vhen and how much of the
order woul d be placed with us and if we did r e ceive t he order , there was some question of being ab le to meet the delivery schedule . ~lanage
ment had been building up the 4-pole l ine in
anticipation of this order and had been making
standard 4-pole relays. Because of a missed
shipment from a vendor, 1ve ran out of coils for
the standard 4-pole relay and without Hughes '
order, we had no work on the line. We reluctantly gave all the relay emp loyees on the 4-pole
line a temporary lack of work to run f rom 9 -1 to
9 -8 , 1vhen 11e expected to have the coils for the
standard relay .
On 9 -1 , we received a lett er contract from
Hughes r e l easin g about 25 ~<> of the . order fo r manufacture and delivery on the original sche dule
for Octobe r. On the same day , we recalle d the
r elay empl oyees who had been given temporary
time of f and they r eported for 1vork 9-2 . >low
the problem is in our hands. The balance of the
or-...- may rest with our abi li ty to make up lost
ti ... ~ a.i1d deliver the r elays to !lughes for their
schedule. Simpl y s tated, no Hughes ' orde r --no
jobs on the 4-pole l ine; with the order, 1ve can
maintain jobs on tJ:ie line , provided we can J!leet
the customer ' s del ivery requi rement s and main tain our qua lity standards.

JOII; \\"ITRY

PRO~ IOITD

Mr. D. L. Coughtry , Manage r- ~lanufacturin g ,

Corrununi cation and Con trol Devices Department
a.imow1Ced t h i s 1~eek t he ap -'
pointment of John P. Wi try
as ~tanager of ~ letal Parts
Fabricat ion and Pl ating Operations , effective Sept embe r 1.
J ohn, who joine2 t he
General Electric Company i n
1955 , gr aduated as a 01ed1anical
Engineer from Virgin i a Poly tedmic Ins t itut e in 1950 .
Since joining the Company , he
has he l d positions as Buye r ,
Manufacturing En gi neer , Advanced ,\ lanufacturing
Engineer and Supervisor o( >Ie t al Parts f.ab rication .
John and his h'i fe Dorothy and the ir three
d1ildren reside at 777 >Iaple :h enue in lfaynesboro .
PLA\T EVACUATIO\ PLA\

In order t o provi de as mud1 protection as

possible for all empl oyees , their property ,
and Compan:; property , a plant erncua tion plan
ha.s been developed . 111 t s plan h"ould be put
in to force and use d i n case of a di saste r or
emergency , sud1 as a lar ge fi r e i n any po rtion
of the buil din g .
Complete infonnat ton on the evacuation
plan 1vill be maJe available t o :ill emp l oyees
over the next several 11ceks . 111c plan hil l
include special signa l s , designated paths of
evacuation , ass igned areas of assemb ly outside
the building and soecial <lisaste r c r ehs to
mee t the emergency. ~la.n::igement asks for
your coope ration tn the i mplementation of
th ts plan to protect evc1-:one .

00 YOU VIOLATE THE RULES?

-.

..
., .

of eye injury when walking down the aisle is

just as great as when working at the 1-.rork
bench.

.J

< ->-~1;
. ~ "~ ~
~' ' ,:1'
7 ..

DD NOT
ENTER
THIS .SHOP
WITHOUT EYE
. . PROTECTION
. -=- "

Mr. Perry stated that 127 employees in

this p lant a re we ll aware of the importance
of wearing their safety glasses at all times,
since they are recipients of \\fise Ol-.rl A111ards .
One of the fi r st m-.rards , in fact , 1-.ras the
result of a flying piece of metal across an
aisle . Each \\fise Owl Award is based on the
fact that the empl oyee was wearing safety
glasses a t the time of possible eye injury.
In conclusion , Mr. Perry added, "There
are a number of different and attractive
artificial eyes on the market ... but you
can ' t sec 111i th them. 11

*************************
Arlon Hotti nge r , Sheet Meta l , -is s hown above
put t ing his s a fet y g l ass es 011 be fore ente ring
the p lant f or wor k .
~ Ir.

\\f . R. Perry, Safety Special ist for

the plant, 11ants t o remind all employees that
rules regarding the 11caring or safet y glasses
arc continuing to be violated.
Many cf forts have been ma<lc to remind
emp l oyees that the 11caring of so.fety glasses
in the factory a r eas is a condition of em ployment and must be observed. The Depart ment's safety glass rule states that"
"Ir. order to provide maximLm1
protect ion from eye injuries, it
is mandatory for all pe rsons to
1-.r ear the prescribed eye protection
1-.rhc n 11'orking in or passing through
the ~lanufacturing area of the pl~m t,
including all ~lanufacturing and
[ngi ncering Labs , regardless of
time of day or clay or week. Thi s
also includes 11hen entering or
leaving these areas. 11
To remind employees about the neccssi ty
of 1-.reari ng safet y glasses, s i_ gns arc pos tcd
on factory ent ranee doors, mm1erous a rt j c lcs
have been published from time to time , t he
same subj cct is per ioc.lically cove red in 1nformati ve Conferences , and special Tcmindcr
signs arc posted at the cafeteria entrance
door to the fa ctory . In spite of these reminders, however, ~ Ir. Perry i ndicat ed that
violat ions cont inue to be not i.ced, part i cularl y those em1)l oyees who enter or leave t he
factory. Mr. Perry s tated t hat the cl1w1Cc

1\fAYNLSBORO PUBLIC SO !OOL OFFERS

ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Adult Lducation Program , 1vhicl1 offers
courses for non-credit, 1vill be conducted at
Waynesboro High School beginning September 21
and ending ~larch 22 , 1971. 111e one tc1111
courses \\ill be 94 clock hours in length and
1vill cons ist of 47 c l ass meetings from 7 : 0C.-..
to 9 : 00 p. m. A limited munbcr of copies of
the classes offered is a\ailable in Relations .

**************************
AUGUST SCRVICI RECOCNITIO:--J
:i

YJ::.Al~

Alfr ed Rose
Russe ll \\ashington
13etty Raines
Ralph :.la rt in
Katherine Parrish
I la rry Jen kins
De lores Shifflett
Charlotte Pri tcl1ard
Usie I lcnde r son
.John Jucl1ter
Ruby Craig
Lucill e Batman

Julian Branstetter
Ricl1ard Gcntzlinger
.Jeanette \\ampler
Barbara Campbell
Virginia Alexander
Sandra Kanney
>li l dred Snyder
Lois Bat ton
Carolyn Campbell
Scott \\finficl<l
Gilbert 01onger
~le 1vin ~ Ion i_ s

.LO YLARS

Paul A. J\ntonoplos
Patrici a Chi ttwn

Ollie Crmm
Thelma Terry

20 YEARS

13ill Nicl10ls

Conlon

l\fads1~orth

30 YEARS

William .Joh11

Paul Kon1ekc

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENE RAL@EL ECTRIC

Vol ume Xl1 ,

~o .

84

WA YN ESB ORO,VIRGINIA

MUTUAL FCND SEi'lI. - 1\..~ 1 UAL REPORT

SHOWS :\ET ASSET VALt:E AT $100 ~!I LLION
'.-io re Lhan $100 milli on --$ 100 , 59 8 , 39 5 t o
be exact. Tha t 1vas tile net asset va lue of the
Ce nera Llt..:ctri c S&S P r og r am Mutual Fund as of
June 3U , 1970 , acco rding t o the fu nd ' s semi <rnnual r'- iurL jus L iss ued .
In VL:s Lme nt or employee sav i ngs an d Company
:<.etch i n g l'avment !:' duri.n;:; the f ir st s ix months
19~0 ;i
.,mte:c' l " ~?4 million . As of Ju n e
1 ),
ap!Jroxirr.ateJ:- St , 000 employees had i nves t e d
1 t\~e fu:id as nart of th eir partj c ipati o n in
: ..... :>avinh~ & Sc>l't.Jity P r og r am .
The se mi a1rnu al report li sts i nves tr.ien ts of the fund as
of June 30 , 1970.
Ct can be fou nd on page 4
cf this issue of tile NEHS . The r epo rt a l so
cor::p a r es the net <JSSe t value of fund unit s as
of Jun e 30 Lh is year with t i:e value o n t he
last day o f December an d on the last day of
.,....,. ~ , 1969 .
The Mutu a l Fund was inaugurat e d und e r ci1e
S&S P ro gram in Julv, 1967 , a nd f und units were
then set at a n initial pr i ce of $25 . The
val ue of t h e uni ts decrease and i nc r ease 1vith
changes i n the mark~ t value of the 69 sto cks
held by tile f und . The r e po rt poi nt s o u t tkit
Lhe ne t a sse t valuP of a fund un it was $21 . 02
on J un e 30 of t his yea r . This compa r es 1.Jith
$2 8.57 on December 31 , 1969 , and $2 7 . 05 o n
Jun e 30 , 1969 . I n t he f irst s i x mon ths of
th i s year- - during a period of gene r al decli ne
in s t ock sha r e values - - th e f und unit value decrease d 25 . 2%.
For th e 12 - month pe riod e nding
June 30, th e val ue de creas e d 20 . 9 %.
On June 30 , the date of t he eva lua ti on ,
the s toc k market, as repres e nte d by the Dow
Jones Indus tria l Ave rage , was n ear a seve n - ye a r
low point. The figures relate th e cost pe r
uni t a t t he beg inning and the e nd of a 6 o r 12
mnn th p eriod . Th e de creas es in val ue h ave been
~d usted for the di st r i butio n o f inves tme n t
in '-ome in ~larch of this year . The income,
,.-,mt i n g to 48 cen t s pe r fund uni t , was ap d t o the pur chast: 0" <Jdd i tio n al fund unit s
for ~ ach acli ve parti .::ipant . Unit holders who
( continued on Page J )

Se ptembe r 11 , 1970

MECHAN I CAL PRODUCTS AJ.\ID DRIVES

AND DEVICES TO MOVE
A r ealignment of a small port i on of the
Manu fact uring Operati ons i n Waynesboro a nd
Charlo t tesville IV ill begir. within t he next
seve ral weeks . The '.-!echanical Products Ope ra ti on , now located in h1aynes boro , will be moved
t o th e CC plant j n Char l ottesville and the
Drives and Devices ~anu f acturing Operati ons ,
n ow lo cated in Charlo ttesvi lle , wi l l be b rought
to l~ay n esbo r o .
lL is expecte d that bo t h mo ves
IVill be completed by th e end of t his year .
The ~lechanicl Products Manufacturin g Ope ra tio n is be ing move d i n order to provide c l os e r
co- o r dinati on bct1Vee n i ts p roducts and othe r
Numerical Equip m~ nt Contro l Department produ c t s
with whi ch ic is associated . The Dr ives and
Devices Manuf acturing Ope r ation is be in g
brought t o \fayn csboro to b e c los e r t o th e
Enginee rin g and Ma r ke tin g s upport func t ions
for its products . Th e emp l oyees presently
wor k ing i n the m<Jnufacturing operations i n
bo th locations IVi.lL , for the most part , remain
in those loca ti o ns and will be given opport uni ties fo r wor k in llne with their quali f i cat ion s
and le n g th of service .

The Ge neral Electric Company , Tr ansportati on Sys te ms Division at Erie , Pennsy l v ania ,
has announced the appointments of Paul J . Ca r on
ac; "" M<rnaRer of F,rnplo~1 ee Pel ;:itions ci.ncl John
J . Reyn olds a s a .1a n a ge r of Manufac t uri ng . Mr .
Ca r on ' s i ni tial assign men t wil l be with t h e
Diesel Engi ne Department IVhile Mr. Reyn o lds wil l
:Je with the Tr ansl t Sy s terns Depar t me n t.
~r .

Ca ron he ld a variety of resp onsib i l itie s

in Employ e e Relations and a man ufactur i n g ass ignment as a fac t ory fo reman . While at Way nes b o r o
Mr . Reynolds held manufacturing assig nments i n
Quali t y Control , Man u fact u r in g En gi n eerin g and
~a t e rials .
He is c urrently Manage r o f ~ anu
fact u ring Engineerin g with the Numerical Eq uipment Contro l Dep a rtment at Richmond .

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Accidents happen because peop le don ' t
e xpect t h em. The more acci dents you expect
and guard against, the fewer th a t wi ll happen t o you and your fellow workers .
This is why we have a man dat ory p lant
sa f ety glass rule, so that eye acci dents won't
happen to you. Mary Crickenberger, a C&T
employee, will attest to th e fact t h at th e
wearing o f her saf e t y g l asses wh i l e wo rking in
or passin g through the Manufacturin g sh op i s
important.
Mary i s the mos t recent r e cipien t of a
Wi s e Ow l Award . Early t hi s year, Mary was
working a t her work p lace t ap ing insulation
on coils . Th e tape dis pens e r was moun t e d i n
fro nt of he r, and as s he was pull in g the t ape
and a t temp ting t o cut it with scis s ors , t he
tape snapp ed suddenly f or cing the scisso r s
i n t o her f ace. The point of t he sci sso r s
st ruck t he ri ght lens of he r safe t y g l asses
with such imp act that it chipped th e lens .
Mary knows t hat by having he r sa fe t y g lasses
on, she avoided se r i ous damage to he r eye
and the poss i bi lity of l osin g he r r ight ey es i gh t.
The above points out again ve ry vi vidl y
t he i mpor t ance o f wearing your safety g l asses
a t a ll times wh ile wo r king i n or passing
t h rough the Manufac turin g ope r ations . An
e ye i s very eas ily dama ge d; e ve n a tiny s live r
of metal or a pi e ce of emery or o th e r dus t
can damage it and this i s why wea rin g sa f e t y
eye p r o t e ction i s a must i n th i s plan t .

ACT NOW-REGI STER SO YOU

CONSTRUCJIVE

CITIZENSHIP

CAN VOTE NOVEMBER 3

Many employe e s and me mb ers o f the ir f amili es must ac t now or t he y wi ll fo r feit the i r
oppo rtunity to cast a vo t e in Nove mber . Re gi s tra t ion is r equi r e d befo r e any cit izen can
vo t e , and r eg istra t ion continues fo r jus t
th r ee mor e weeks . Oc t ober 3 i s t he dead li ne .
Th is yea r, the race for t he Un i t ed St a t es
Sena t o r fr om Vi r gini a p res e nts t he voter with
a ch oice i n a th r ee - way ba t t l e . Inc umbent
Se nator Harry By rd , In de pendent , is bei ng
ch a l l enge d by Ray Carl a nd , Repub lican , and
Ge or ge Rawlings , Democ ra t . A few votes one
way or t he othe r could de cide t hi s impo r tant
pos ition fo r th e ne x t 6 year s .
~
In th e Se ve n t h Congr e ss iona l Distr i c t ,
Mura t Wil l i ams , Democ ra t, and Kenne th
Robi nson, Republi can , are seek ing the se at
he l d by John Ma r s h who is no t r unning fo r
r e - e l e cti on.
Registra ti on is simple and e asy . Each
applicant for regist r at i on i s asked to
comp le t e a fo rm n o t i ng his name , address ,
r es i dence a yea r ago , place of b i rth , date
of bi rth , leng t h of r esidence in the election
dis trict, occ upa tion now an d a year ago , and
wh e r e he las t vot e d . Severa l othe r ques t ions
a r e as ke d concerning t he s t at us of the
vote r ' s cit iz ens hi p if a naturali zed ci t i zen
a nd i f he has e ve r been convicted of a c rime
which could di sq uali f y him f r om vo ti ng.
Regi s t ra t ion loca tions an d t i mes a r e
as fa llows :
Waynesboro : Ci t y Ha l l - - Wednesdays only
f r om 9 t o 12 a nd 1: 30 t o 5 p . m.
Staunton : Ci ty Hall , second f l oo r --Mon.
through Frid ay f r om 10 : 00 a . m. to 1 : 00 p . m.

Mary Crickenberge r , C&T, r eceives he r vlise OWl

Ill.Jard from Bill Perry , Safety Specialist .

Augusta County : Coun t y Co ur thouse - - Monday

through Friday from 9 to 12 a nd 1 to 5 p.m .

BROUGHMAN APPOINTED SUPERV ISOR- GAS

TURBINE EXCI TAT ICN MANUFACTUR ING

HIGHER SAVINGS RATE .. . .. (CCNTINUED FROM PAGE l)

!!e re jn the \\'a;.11csbor o plant, a total or

580 employees arc eligible to increase their rate

of saving, ~Ir. II. \\'. Tullod1 , >tanager-Relations,
said th is heck. ! le s aid that an empl oyee may
save up t o b 0o of hi s earnings \\'hen he i.ni ti a J ly
joins the progr am . l ie becomes eligible to in c rease his sa\ings rnte to 7 ~ a ftcr he h;1s parU cipatcd in the program !or three ;.cars anJ h;1s
qualified for a holding periou distributi.on .
">lany employees hho first part i c ipated in the
program in 196 7 h' i 11 he e ligible to increase
their savings, as \\cl] as others 1d10 ha\'e been
participating at a 101,er rate even though
eligible !or the 7~ rate ."
>Ir. Tulloch .'.1ddcd that noh is the ti.me !or
partic i.pJ.11 ts to make any dcsi r ed d1ange i.n the
kind of securi tics they arc buying Lmder the
program. "I ncreasing the rate o l ~a\'ing , ol
course , means an increase in r.r contributions
to the participant's accow1t , " \Ir . Tulloch sa i.d .
"Under S&S , the Compal1y makes a nwtching
pa;.111ent or Sl for each $2 sa\cd by the empJoyec
w1der the program . To be eligi b le to r eta in the
matching pa;.111ent, an employee mus t let his
smings remain in his ;:iccoLmt for a spcci r i ed
three-year holding peri od ;md quali ly l or <1 p<iyout. 111ere a r e emergency s ituati ons in hhich
sa\i1ws
can be ". i thdrah11 hi th out loss of the
0
Company pa;.111en t . "
>tr . Tulloch po i ntcJ out tJwt sa\'ing Lmder
the S&S Program <illohs an indi\idual to imest
in a combi.nation or altcrnatin:s-- CL stod , U. S .
Sa\ings Bon<.ls, a mutual fW1d Jlld a spec i.a l l i le
insurance option .
The S&SP has in i.t i.ated jn 195~) and e<1c h
vear si nce 1%3- - the enJ of the ri r s t hoJ ding
perio<l- -there has been a huge 1x1;.-out or securities , including those purchased hith employee
sa\ings an<l those com i.ng from Cl: matching payments. Last year ' s pa;.out i nvoJve<l secur i ties
valued at SllS mil J i on . The next pa;.'out i.s
due earl y in 1971 .
>lr . Tulloch saiJ that those hishing to
change the i.r rates or sa\ing un<lcr S&SP shoul<l
obtain proper forms rrom the person11cl <lCCOLU1ting office. lie also remin<lcd participants
again that nm, i s the time to ma kc any des ired
c hange in the allocation of sa\ ings to the
<lifferent i nvestment options or the program.
..............
.. ..... ..
.. .... " ..... ". .. .. .........
.... . ..... "...... ,.,,.,
. .. ,.. .._,.,,.
..... . ....
. " ,, .......................
,., .. " ...... . . " .. " ....... ..
~"

REMINDER: THE PAYCHECKS ISSUED FOR WE EKENDING

1-8-71 WILL HAVE 4 DAYS OF INSURANCE PAYMENTS
DEDUCTED TO COVER DECEtv\BER 28, 29, 30, AND 31 .
EFFECTI VE JANUARY 1, 1971. TJ-lE INSURANCE WILL
BE PAID FOR BY TJ-lE COMPANY.

~ I r. C. II. I.cc, >lanager- l n<lust r ial and

Poh'er Regulation Control ~lru1Ufacturing annow,-...ed
recent l y the appointment o r ~Ir . Robert L . ( Bob)
Broughman as Superv i s or -Ca s Turbine Excitation
.\ lanufacturing , effective .Jru1uary 1 , 1971.

Bob has ro1111erly SupervisorRclay i\sscmbJ y , Finish and

1\lachine Shop Operations .
Prior t o that he had assignments as tool and die maker,
plrumer ~md methods , and
ForemJ.n i.n the mad1ine shop .
lie i s a native of Lorn, >loor,
\'irginiu , anJ an apprentice
graduate ol the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad progr am .
lie se rved in the U. S . . \ml\ in 1951 and
I or the Seaboa rd J\ t I ru1t j Gas Company
lor a s hort pe riod before joining CE in February,
l9SS .

\\'O rked

Bob and Ii i s ". ife \ Ii 1 drc<l make their home

111

I .add .

1971 SAV INGS PLANS PAYOUT nu1: EARLY

IN JANUARY
The 1971 "payout" or securities due
e::;pl o;.-ccs 1.m<ler t~c CT :i~nin~s a..1d Security
Prog1arn and the Sa\ i ngs and Stock Bonus Plru1
"i.l I come earl~ th is year . The sci1cdulcJ <la t e
i s e arly Jru1L1a r y , nearly a month prior to any
or the arurnal " pnyouts" o l the ~as t. The S&SP
part or the payout is t he result of employee
Sa \ ings and Compru1r matd1i11g payments under the
S;J\' i ngs and Security Progrnm i n 1967. The
Company makes a 111~1td1 in g pa)1nent of $1 !or every
S~ smed by the parti.cLpa.nt.
Sccuri ti.es purdwscd Lm<lcr the program a re
held in t r ust fo r a s pcciCic<l three-year period
and <listribute J in an annua l "pa:out" \\'hich has
alhays imohcJ Cl Stock ;u1d U. S . Sa\ings 13onds
\alued at nun;- millions or dollars . Last year
t he payout of securities Lmde r Companr savings
pl ru1s has valued at about $1 15 million .
The Stock Honus Plan part of the payout
results lrom empl oyee part icipa.t i on in this
pL.rn i n 1965 . It has ::i specifi ed 5-year ho
Deriod .

ng

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOLUME XIII , NO . 100

BUSINESS WEATHER FORECAST :

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

C. R. MIETUS APPOINTED MANAGERF INANCI AL Al\IAL YS l S & P!_/\NN: NG

CLOUDY BUT CLEARING

The year 1970 has been a <li ffLcult one for

General Electric in \fayncsboro , ;iccor<ling to
~Ir . \\' . r: . Kindt, General ~ tana oocr of the Conununic a tion an<l Con trol Devices Department. The loss
of customers <luring the stri ke , the economic
dO\vnturn , and planned reductions in Jcf ense and
the ~p".lcc program a ll con tributed to a gradually
declrnrng cmplo>incnt l eve l . In sp i tc of these
conditions , hoh'c \cr , the plant \,as ah l e to
achieve a gr ohth rate jn the nch' <lata corrnnunica t ion pr inte r bus incss Lmparallclc<l in the
plant ' s hi. story . Excellent teainhork b\ eiitployees hc lpe<l buil<l the basis for con.tinued
expansion o f th is bus iness in th e future \d1en
economic conditi ons jmprovc .
Regarding muner i cal controJ s , \ Ir . J . F.
Ponzillo , General ~tanager of the >Jwnerical
Equipment Control Dep artment , stated that the
machine tool business on \:hich the department
depends is off 50% across the nation . Although
the DeparOncnt has increased its market share
s ubs tanti a lly , the competition for or<lers is
very strong for hhotevcr business there happens
to be . Stiff foreign competition i s also an
increas in g factor in the mar ketplace .
Looking ~1ca<l to 1971 , the outlook is
about the same as 1970. Whereas jt ha<l been
anticipate d that the economic si tu ation \vould
:iJnprove significant l y by early 1971 , t here is
nothing on the horizon a t this t ime to i nd icate
any significant turnarOLmd (or the lfayncsbor o
plant before the second half of 1971. Al though
some pro<luct l ines , such as power r egulation
equi pment , arc in a s trong posi tion due to th e
na tion ' s need for elec tric power , continued
s oftness in the cconomv a nd reduced (ederal
spending for space and' defense can conti nue to
have adverse effects locally .
,,-...,.
~teanwhil e , every cf fo rt is being made t o
ot tset these fac t ors through increases in f i eld
sales forces , s t epped -up advertis ing and sa les
promotion , and nch' and i mpr oved produc t s . To
the ext e nt these are s uccessful , the emplo)ment
level will be stabil i zed and hopefully turn
uo later in the year .

DECEMBER 31, 1971

,\Ir. R. F. Tufts , \lanagcr o( Finance ,

Crnmnw1ic ation l.lnd Cont r ol Devices Depar t ment,
has armowlCc<l the appointmen t o ( C . R. (Chuck)
\Ii ctus as ~lanage r- r inancial
A1wl>s is t; Plcuming . >tr .
.' !ictus is replacing\\'. F .
Ostrande r hho has recently
assignc<l responsib ili ty for
r j n:_u1c i al analysis h'i th the
nchJ\-cstahlishcd Control
Ile\' i ccs (~)Cration .
Chuck joined the Company
on the financial
'.l:1m ge mcnt Progr am hith t he
llanro rd ..\Lamie Pohcr Operation . \\11iJc :_1t ll;1n!"orJ , he hcl <l \arious
assi,gnmcnts in Fi11;111cc , Purchusing , and
imcn to ry c ont ro I . In I ~lb-! , he j o incd the
Compa11: ' s Corpo rate ..\uJit S:aff and sened as
a Tr::ncJ in; ..\u<li t o r for three :cars .
111 1~)5()

ln l%-:- he t r;ms rcrre<l t o the \ledica l

Systems llcp;1rtmcnt, '.ti ]hauh.1..';.' , \\'iscons in , hherc
he has loci t c d u11 ti J thi s appointment . His
last nssjg1unc 11t h i lh .\lc Jjcal Systems Department
h'JS ~tanager-Cost . \cco;.ult ing .
Chuck c;1 med Ii i s i)S Jegree in Bus incss
Management Crom l~ ri gli : u11 YoLU1g University . Ile
and his h' ifc C:aro ly11 h;_1vc five chi ldren and
they Cl re p I ;inning to move to the \1'a;11esboro
area c..iurin g .hlllu;iry .

OF S&SP PARTICIPANTS
ELIGIBLE FOR HI GHER SAVINGS RATE

THOU SN~ DS

\e;nl: SO, 000 Ce nc ra J El ectric employees

hho a r c noh
. pa r tjcipating in the GE Sa\in I:>os
an cl Sccun t: Pr ogram at l ess than the ma'<imwn
rate hill he eligi b le t o increase their
sa\ings rate to the full 7 ~ hcoirmino
Januan-'
"'
I:>
1, 1971.

(continued on Page 2)

GE BENEFITS GET IMPORTANT NEW IMPkOVEMENTS ON JAN. 1

Jobs at General Electric will become more valuable begimling January 1, 1971, when many new improvE
ments in GD benefits go into effect. Here's a n.mdown on the major values:
INSURANCE PLAi\J: General Electric will pick up each employee's contribution for his or her ow~
coverage tmder the Insurance Plan--0.9 of 1% of armual straight-time earnings. This means about
1% increase in take-home pay for most employees. Dental coverage will expand to include extractions and root-canal therapy. New hearing aid expense benefits will also be provided for the
first time.
PENSIONS: Pension minimtDTlS, which climbed in 1970, will increase further--up to a range of $5.50
to $7 .SO per month for each year of service for those with 15 years or more of credited service.
As a result of an increase in past pension credits for employees with service before 1961,
pensions for such service will increase 10% to 15%. Similar increases will apply on January 1
for eligible retired employees. An improved Survivorship Option will become available to help
protect your husband or wife in case of death after your retirement. An improved death benefit
for active employees guarantees a lifetime pension for your spouse if you die before retirement
and have service or age eligibility requirements.
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPME.J\JT PROGRAM: A self-improvement program that can be custom-tailored to the
educational needs of hourly and nonexempt employees will begin. It will pay up to $400
annually in tuition and compulsory fees for courses ranging from basic literacy study, to
advanced college courses and ~ccupational programs, as long as they are related to job and
business needs. For those on layoff who are not eligible for tmemployment compensation, a
training allowance is available.
INCOME EXTENSION AID: Minimtnn benefits for those on layoff will go to four weeks of pay
(eight weeks of benefits). IEA will be available sooner--after two years of service. Benefit
credits will be reinstated faster--complete reinstatement one year after layoff if you are
back at work.
~
VACATIONS: They will be longer.
five weeks of vacation with pay.

GE people with 30 or more years of service will now receive

Those with 15 or more years wi 11 get 4 weeks.

ABSENCES FOR FAMILY DEA1HS OR CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS: The payment for three days of absence
caused by a death in the family will be available to employees after just 30 days of service
instead of after one year as required previously. "Family" will now include spouse, brother,
sister, parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, stepchildren and foster children if they reside
with you.
If you are subpoenaed for a court appearance and not a party in the case, GE wil 1 make up
the difference between your nonnal earnings and your witness fee in the same marmer as for
jury duty.
Militaiy service make-up pay for emergency duty of up to four weeks will now apply af ,er
just 30 days of company service. Saturday and Sunday military pay won't be cmmted in computing the difference between military pay and nonnal GE earnings.
CREDITS FOR ABSENCES: For eligible employees, service will be granted following re-employment
for up to 12 months of absence caused by illness, layoff or accident, or for up to 18 months
if your absence is job related and covered under Workmen~s compensation.

******************
Those employees in our plant contributing to charity instead of sending Christmas
cards to fellow employees include:
C. R. Ramsey

J. W. Linderuneyer

R. G. Thuresson

A. R. Dorman

R. P. Kuykendall

R. L. Broughman
S. Hurst

HELPERS

olyn I!ahkin.s
t Black
v Petrj e
:aine Rusmise 1
J1..rie :-1p.s sie
la Hilleren
n Dedrick
ia \1' i tt
:ic rit;:g i bbons
,\Jm :\n tonopl os
~ic ~nes

c K,
.k \\Ii J l oughby
Jeffers
ell Br ;uicati
y ~! in te r
Thompson
. Cu r to

Rue Taylor
Caronly Amos
Terri Tay l or
l\ilda Rexrode
T\,ill a Jean Trus low
Debbie Rexrode
Joan Ca rrol
Diane Pittman
Vicki Shifflett
Becky Taylor
i' lary .Jane Kern
Barba r a ~!o rri s
!Jan l Kern
Jam.ie Kern
Davi d Kern
\\arneshoro 11 i gh Sd1001
Pep Club members
.-\11 \bin tenance Pe r son11e .I

. hi th the Ch ildren's Ch r is tmas Pa r ty . ..\ spx i a l

gh School Pep Club membe r s 1d10 por trayed the
empl oyees 1\'110 helped Lmselfishly in the backhell as the sincer e thanks from aJ l PJant
ch Year to al 1 .

Q-!RI S1i\1AS PAR'

Jackie Collins
Inez ll ite
Sue Booth
Geor gie Cash
~lary Lee Cash
Rosa Lee 01ris tman
Sandie Grose
Sandy llami lton
Betty llarris
~ lary I larrison
~ lay llos tet t er
Claud inc ~k:All is ter
\lartha \lcAllis ter
JoEt ta \\'r i s t on
Dori s Crai g
Ronda Lake
June Alcll1 i ze r
Gail Alcll1izer
Shirley Via

P:lyllis \lullenax
P:tt Gibson
~bbie Pet rie
Smdy \loret z
Li.nC:a ; ia rr is
ll"m<la Poats
Barbara r:ickes
'!'c rrie hckes
Karen 1\fo1vbry
Marj ori e Campbell
Etta Lake
llelcn IJudlcy
Patsy \lassie
lle l en Corbett
Susan Campbell
Bet t r I lodge
Phylli s Ramsey

Ca
(;\,i1

Ter
Lor
'far~

Lin<
Hel(
Syl'
~lam
~laT)

\fari
Dav:
rrai
Jacl
Rus:
Bem

Pat
F. 1

l\1e are grateful t o each and everyone who helpec

"thank you" is extended to the 18 llaynesboro I lj
anima 1 charact e r s and also the ma.nv \ laintenancE
gr ow1d . Please accept our heart-felt thanks a~
:1anagcment . ,\ \cry Yie rr;. C1 ri s tmas a.nc.1 Happy ~
BlLL PERRY

RA.LP! I CC

December,

19 7 0

Dear Empl oyee :

This is a o;peci<tl nulv tu say it, 111 bnef, t he \va y i t 1 s
never quite printed 1i 11 a c11rd -- Our \ery best wish<.'s
fur ~1 \\'ondc.:ri.il ye ;, r a he ad <1 nd a happy h o liday t o each
uf yuu and yo l: r ia rn ti y .

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS USE COO PRODUCTS

Power Regulation pr oducts made by Control
Devices Ope rations here in Waynesbor o, have
played a big part in the success of bvo l arge
nuclear power plants .
During the past year, Niagara-Mohawk Power
started thei r 620 megawatt ~Jine j\li le Point
Nuclear Power Plant , located 30 miles northwest
of Syracuse, >Jew Yor k . Also, at about the same
time , J ersey Cen tral started their Oys t er Cr eek
640 megawatt unit in northeastern New J ersey.
Since both of these nuclear plants use
General Electrc t urbine generators , we supplied
excitation cubicles and hydrogen cooling control cabinets, both of which are similar t o
those that we furnish for conventional power
plants burning coal, oil or gas .
In addition, specially-designed electronic
pressure regulators were furnished , to perfonn
a function required to control turbines used
1vith boiling water nuclear reactors.

Emmett Summe rs and Freddie Dameron of Powe r

Regualtion Manufacturing , put the finishing
touches on excita~ion cuhicle for Duke Power
Company 's Oconee #2 nuclear unit, which is unde r
construction near Greenville, South Carolina.

Pictured above is the Niagara- MohaJ;Jk Nuclear

Power Station being built on the shores of LakE
On tario, 6 miles from Oswegen, New York . This
nuclear power station utilizes much GE equipmer

Another pr oduct furnished for these nucle;

power plants and several others is the "SA-211'
volts -per-hert z regulator, used on the motorgene r ator sets driving variable -speed pumps in
the recirculation loop of ci1e nuclear reactor.
Recent AEC safety regulations require sev .1
diesel-generator sets for emer gency shutdL, .. ,t oj
the nucl ear reactor in even t of failure of the
normal power supply.
At present , there are about 107 nuclear
power units on order, shipped or in service .
Some of these for which Power Regulation products are being built include TVA, Browns
Ferry, #1 . #2, and #3, Baltimore Gas &Electric
Calvert Cliffs #1 , Northeast Utilities, Millstone point #1 and #2 , Duke Power, Oconee #1,
# 2 an<l #3, and Philadelphia Electric Co . , Pead
bot tom #2 and #3 .

Nuclear power plants ar e built to extremely

exac ting quality standards. Gener al El ectric 's
quality control organizations in all of its
manufacturing locations have contributed much to
the good reputation of GE in the nuclear business
thus making it possible for GE to continue to
get a large share of L~is growing market. Nothing proves better that sales make j obs and
quality makes sales.

The nerve center cf the Niagara- MohaJ;Jk nuclear

power station i3 the control room pictured ahov

SGIT\'E IDER ELECTED FELLOW BY 1EEE

Darren

1HREE APPRENTICES GRADUATE

B. Schneider, Mana ger-Engineering

for the Numerical Equipment
Control Department, has been
honored by the Ins titute of
Electrical and Electronics
Engineers by conferring upon
him the grade of FelloK.
This r ecognition was given
for "contributions and leadership in developing numerical
equipment for machine tools,
and in establishing national
and international standards. 11

In the notification of the citation, Mr .

John\' . >;, Granger, president of IEEE , s tated
that the honor of Fe llow is reserved "to a
limi_ ted mu;ille r of indivi duals each year who
have shu\\TI evidence of outstanding and extraordinary qmJ ificat i on and experience in the
field of elec trical and e l ectron i cs engineering."
111e recepients of the Fellow mvard 1vill be
honore d at the annual IEEE banquet in New York
m ~iard1 .

Uarren Schne ider has been 111i th the Gene ral

EJ ~r] c Company since 1944 in a nw11ber of
vai ' ncrb assiQilffients.
Ile has been with the
b
Industrial Control Division since 1949 and
has been respons ible for much of the des ign
an d t echnological improvements over the
vear s in products made by the o ld Specialty
Control Department and the \wi1erical Equipment
Control Department .
\Ir. Sdillcider has been very active in
IEEE l ocally , nationa lly and interna~ionally .
le has served as a del egat e to the IEEE rnter nati on al committee meetings in France , England
<~ __: Be lgium.
,\ lr. Schne i der li ves 1vith his
Lr. ,i ly at -108 Bader Avenue in lfaynesbo ro .
~he

LeRoy B. Earhart, Jr. (second from left), Jerry

D. Redifer a:nd James T. Rose have r ecently completed the requirements for graduation from the
General Electric Appr entice Training Pr ogram.
They are shown receiving their Ce r tificate of
Apprenticeship from D. L. Coughtry (right)
M-;.nager - Manufactur:ng, and Paul Warren (left)
Supervisor- Apprentice Program . Leroy i s married
and lives at 419 Marquis Street, Staunton; Je rry
Redifer is married and lives at Route 1, Churchville; and James Rose is married and lives at
Route 1, Waynesboro.

__J

,WHEN FLASH ING

MEET IN&
IN PR06RESS

UE STRIKES AT l'fESTINQ IOUSE AND J&L

NOW LONG.ER THAN 11 !I 1969-1970 GC STRI KE

Some 5300 VE-represented Westinghouse empLo;'ees are s till off their jobs in a s trike
t hat began back on August 28 , at Les ter, Pa.
'-1ecu11.hi le, another lJE strike has been
rroi1wb on for over 26 weeks at the Jones &
Lan~ ~la d1ine Company, Springfield, Vt .
Some
70(
. ~loyees have been off their jobs at that
plaIH .
-,

Both of these s trikes nrnv exceed the 101day mark se t by the UE in its s trike agains t GE
in 1969- 1970 .

Jim Duncan, MainteY!ance - Se cond Shift, puts

the finishing touches on a flashing light system
which tells employees that there is a meeting
in progress in the Auditorium.

SERVI CE A\VARES (continued)

A native of Ab ilene , Texas, Mr. William
(Bill) W. Walker is a graduate . of Texas T~ch
LA.ST GIANCE TO ffiANGE INVESTMENTS l ''lER
where he received his BSEE . Bill began his
S&SP FOR 19 71; FOR\1S AVAILABLE
career with the General Electric Canpany in 1945
at Industry Control Laboratory in ~cJ:ienect~dy ,
"Before the year is out, Savings and
where he acted as the Department Liaison with
Security Program participants will want to ccnUndenvriterrs Laboratories, Inc., handling a l l
sider changes in the a llocation of their S&SP
Industry Control products submitted for approval.
investments during the year ahead," L. F .
Beckerle
, manager of personnel accounting here
On April 28 , 1953, Bill started w?rking on
Electronic and Specialty Control Planning Study , in Waynesboro, said this week.
and moved to Waynesboro with the Specialty
Control Department in 1954. He became Mcu:iagerEngineering Lab for the Wayne~b?ro Plai:t rn
1957 and remained in this position until recently, when he Kas given a special assignment _until
his planned retirement s hortly after the first
of the year .
Bill and his wife Laurine reside at 1619
~!ulberry Street in lfaynesbo ro.
Th~i~ son Bi ll,
Jr., is employed at General El~ctnc s Ap?llo
Systems in Daytona Beach, Florida an~ tJ:ieir
daughter Julie reside s in Corpus Christi, Texas.

He pointed out that, under S&SP, a participant has a r eopener for changes in the allocation of his savings once each year . ''A change
will take effect only at the first payroll
disbursement of the calendar year foll owing the
written notification of the desired change,"
he explained. 11As a result, a change made
after January
. 1 ' 1971, will not take effect
. .
until the beginning of 1972 . If a part 1c1pant
wants to change his investments for 1971, he
must make a written request before December

31. "
Forms and instructions for making imestment d1anges are available at personnel accounting. Mr. Becker le pointed out that the dead line for changes in 1971 S&SP investments
.-..
applies to both a participant' s own payroll
deductions for the progr am as 1vell as to the
50 percent matching payment made by General
Electric.
Under Savings and Security, a partici pant can invest hi s savi ngs and the company
matching payment in any combina tion of f our
options : U. S. Savings Bonds , General Ele ct ri c
Stock , a special mutual fund, and speci~l
life ins uance .

MY' . ? . A. 0u3Y'idge , !-1a:r?.ageY'-:::ngineering, is

shown pY'esenting the 25- ye aY' seY'vice C/lJard to
Bill ~lalkP.r .

************
Charlotte Harman needs a ride fo Y' the second
shift from New Hope . She can be reached at
36 3- 55 76 .

*************
Anyone 1vishing items placed i1:1 the pl~t ~lE\\iS
must s ubmit them to the Relations office rn
wri tin a by noon on Wednesday of each week.
Items ;.ece i ved after thi s deadl i ne wi ll have
to be helrl 1mt:i 1 the nt?xt i ssue 0f tl-ie NI\\"S .

Mr. Beckerle reminded participants, hrn, cve1 ,

that the Company matching payment of Sl. Cor
every $2 saved by the employee must b~ rn:Ts t eJ
in a single option, and that the special ins ur ance option calls for an investment. of 1% of
annual earninas
which must cane entirely
from
0
.
the employee's own payro ll deductions.
In 19 71 , many employees , 1vho fonneLly .
were only e li gib l e to participate at a max unum
investment of 6% of earnings, will be eli g ibl e
to invest the full maximum of 7% . To invest
the full 7%, a participant must have imes te~
in the program for three years an? ~ave quall
fied for an S&SP "payout. " Secun ties purchas"....1
under ci1e program ar e held in trus t for a
specifie d three-year holding period and then
distributed in a " payout ."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Voltmle XII' No . 97__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _w_A_Y_N_E_s_a_o_R_o_,V_l_R_G_l_N_IA
_ _ _ _ _ ___
De~c~c=m~b
er~l=8....., ~1=9~7~0VANPATIEN

&WALKER

RECEIVE SERVICE

AWARDS

t.
.r

~-ohn VanPatten (center) i s pictured above receiving his 30 year service (]};)ard from Mr. C.

A . Ford as Mr . John Larew looks on .

During his 30 years of senrice , Jolm VanPatten has nldde signi ficant contributions to
u1e Department, especially in rj1e design of the
famil iar "blue block" Statotrol and in his work
on a novel heat sink a ttachment which has resulted in our STlOO AC Dri ves being significantly smaller than competitors. He has been awarded
three patents and a fourth i s exoected to be
granted soon .
John, a native of Schenectady, joined the
Company in 1940 as a test man in rj1e Radio Trans mitter Department . In 1942, he moved to the
Engineering Section as a field engineer in Radar,
supervising radar instal lations at Norfo lk, Va.,
Casablanca, Morocco and Mare Island, Vallejo,
Calif., navy yards.
In 194 7 John joined the nucleus of what was
to become the Waynesboro Plant. Since that time
he J ls held a number of positions in production
,..-qng1neering and design. He or ganized the major
..!Tafting effort which "as required to convert
all S_henectady drawings from fractional to
decimal dimentions. John and his wife Laura
have two children and reside on South Magnolia .
(continued on Page 1\vo)

General Manager ~larren F. Kindt (left ) is welcomed back lo the ~laynesboro Plant after the
completion of the Advanced Management Pr ogram
at Harvc:rd Unive rsi ty Graduate School of
Business by C. A . Ford, D. L. Coughtry and
R. F. Tufts

WARREN KINITT CQ\1PLETES AD\'A\CED

MANAGEMENT PROGRAJ\I AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Warr en F. Kindt, Gener al Manager of rj1e
CommWlication and Control Devices Department
was r ecently graduated from rj1e Advanced ~lanage
ment Program of the Hanrard University Graduate
School of Business Administration. He had
been studying at the Business School since
September 13.
Hanrard' s 59th AHP class was composed of
160 senior executives , including high - ranking
businessmen, military officers, and government
officials. 1\,renty- eight of the United States
were represented, as well as the Distri ct of
Coltmlbia, Canada and t wenty -three coW1tries
ove rseas.

JAYCEE Q-lRISTMAS SHOPPING TOUR

Each year, the Waynesboro Jaycees pr?v~de
a Christmas shopping tour f or the unde~rivile~
ed children in thi s ar ea. The goal this year is
to provide each child with $10 to buy the other
members of his fami l y a gi f t, such as socks ,
shirts, or other necessary items.
After the shopping tour, each child will
wrap his gifts with the assistance of Jaycee
wives and various church youth groups . Then
each child wi ll receive a gift and wi ll be
treated to a turkey dinner with all the trimings.
~!any groups within the pl ant have donated
in the past . Some groups , rather than send
Christmas cards to the people they see every . Pete P Stravh (stcrading) of Power Regulation
day, have donated to t~is shop~ing tour. As in Engineering describes the new power system
past years , the NEl\IS wi ll publlsh _the_names of stabili zer to Ka rl Grund and Mel CrenshcnJ of
empl oyees who elect to make contnbut~ons to_
ElectPic Utility Engineering, George Chambers
charity of this type r ather than sending Christ- and Jubin Lane of Power Regulation Engineering,
mas cards. Names should be sent to Pat Thompson and /1ike Temoshok of the Generator Department .
in writing by the end of the day, December 16 .
ENGINEERS BRIEFED ON POWER REGULATION
For anyone interes t ed in d?nating to this
DEVELOPMENTS
shopping tour, twelve dollars will_ sponsor one
child for the complete day. Donations of any
A group of six engi neers representing thE
amount may be mailed to the l\faynesboro J aycees, Generator Department and Electric Utility EnBox 36 3, lfaynes bo ro, or given to any Jaycee
gineering Operation spent two days in Waynesboro
member .
recently for a thorough revieh' of two of the
major developments in Power Regulation.

CAFETERIA SPECIAL GIRISTMAS DI

ER

Paul Jones Cafeteri a Manager , announced

t oday that the Cafeteria wil~ ser ve its annual
Christmas dinner for bo th shifts on Thursday ,
December 17 . TI1e menu will include baked ham,
glazed sweet potatoes, baby greem limas , col e
slaw, roll &butter , choice of beverage and
pumpkin or mince meat pie .

One is a new model of a Power Stabili zer, or

Supplementary Signal Panel . Orders for these
ar e anticipated from a nunilier of electri c utility
companies i n the Mid-1\fest and Far Wes t. The new
model will .j.ncoporate several improvement s and
additional features based on experience with
approximately 50 earlier panels shipped and install ed in 1969 . The other i s a digital regul ator, which may be used in large excitation
systems such as Alterrex . 1his regulator could
perform additional functions in controlling the
generator and excitation systems , which may be
needed for the larger generating units of the
future .

TI1e price of the dinner wi ll be $1 in~

el uding t ax . The Blue Ridge Dining Room \Vlll
be closed on Decenilier 17 for the Christmas
dinner and will also be closed on Dec~mber 18
in preparation for the Child:en ' s Chri~tmas
Party . Vending, as usual, will be available on
Although neither of these products is
December 17 for those not wishing a heavy meal . expected to be in commercial production f or at
l east a year, close coordination with Gene rator
Mr . Jones al so ext ends season ' s greetings Dept . and El ectric Utility Engineering i s r equirto all Waynesboro Plant emp loyee~ on behalf of ed throughout the development phase to assure
the Cafeteria Staff and the .Marnott-llot
customer acceptance . 'This is only one example
Shoppes Corporation .
of the many steps required in deve lop i ng Power
Regulation products for the Electric Utility Market . These customers demand the utmost in perf onrance and reliability so that they can con tinue to furnish you reliabl e el ectri c power.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XII, No . 96

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

December 12, 1970

PAUL JONES, NEW CAFETERIA f.1/-\J"JAGER

110! IIO! HO! SANTA CLAUS IS ON HIS WAY
A r eal t reat is in s tore for all of the
General Electri c employees ' li t tle boys and
girls when Santa visits with t hen next Sat urday 1
December 19 , in t he Plant Auditorium .
Ralph Cole and Charlie Minter have designed, constructed and assembled a brand-new
Christmas Party show . Through thei r vast
creative abilities they have produced another
colorful and festive program which will include nwnerous animated animals portrayed by
local Waynesboro High School student s . Davie
Kem , a r egular party participant will be the
star ac tor and Frank \Villoughby has volunt eered
to play the role of Sant a Claus again this
year .

Paul Jones (right) receives welc oming greetings

as the new Cafeteria Manager from Art Smith,
who recently retired .

Paul F. Jones, Jr ., has asswned the

managerial duties of the Hot Shoppes Cafeteria,
replacing Art Smith, who recently retired and
moved to Florida.
Mr. Jones graduated from tvlurphy High
School in Mobile, Alabama in 1961. He has
also completed food training courses with
Morrisons, Inc. and Marriott, Inc.

In addition, over 50 General Electric

SCOGEE member s will help wit h ticket s , us hering
of parents and d1ildren to their seats, ass isting Santa Claus and helping the children as
they visit Toyland . (A complete l isting of
employees help ing with the party will appear
in the next issue of the NEWS .
Last , but not least , the chi l dren , as
usual , will watch their favorite cartoon
movies at the beginning of each show.
Distribution of ~1e children's ti ckets
will begin Monday , so i f you failed t o request
your ticket s , be sure to contact your supervisor today , so that he can arrange t o get
them for you .

Mr. Jones has had 9 years of food service

experience and two years of vending experience.
Some of his most recent food service assignments
have been with IBM, C&P Telephone Company ,
fr~t, and prior to his new assignment, he
cowi-ileted the opening of the Wachovia Bank &
Trust Company Cafeteria at Asheville, North
Carolina.
Mr. Jones's wife and one child plan to
join him in Waynesboro in the near future.

"'\ none to

:-;t t) \OU

>lr. F rlnt pl.

Tti,.", ,...all hn' io ~"" """ ..

\OVDIBER SERVICE PINS

5 years
James Ralston
Dorothy ~lauzy
Bet tv \\.iseman
Ellouise CJ ark
Randolph \\"ells
.Jw1ia Clark
i\ellie Riley
Saylor I latter
Una R. Jenkins
Grover .Johnson
Betty Sorrells
>lane~ G. C:ook
Bett~ A. l\r ight
\\reathea \\l1j tese 11
'larv Blackburn
Cl vcle Di eh I

\Ii le.ired 1lalm

Brenda Huffman
\larvin Anns trong
Juanita Curry
George Anderson
Connie Barker
Glenhood Jones
Arbutus Breeden
~!vrtle Bl ack
Geor_ge Snider
Sharon ~lasincup
Shirley M. f. i x
Ernaline Landes
\lar:- Corbin
Reha \!orr is
John Rubb

James Bvrarn
Orrin \\"anclsnider
30 years

John R. VanPatten

~ I.

0 . BASSLTI' RETIRES

~le rton 0. Bassett , NECD Engineering , re cently ret ired from the renernl 1:1ect~ic Co. . . pany after more than ~3 years of service .
~ Ir. Bassett , a nati\e of
\\.aterbury, Conncticut , started
his sen i cc "j th the Company
as a L<ihoratonr Assistant at
Gener<il J:lcctr.i c' s General
Engineer in(!, Laboratories in
Schenectady . 13y 1932 , he had
become a Test Eng i.neer in the
development of refri geration
systems ~uid turh ines .

In the mi<l '30 's, he jojne<l the Company ' s

Indus trial Cont m l Department \\he re he was
involved in product engineering of panel and
shitchhoard type control equipment . In subsequent years , .\~ . Bassett concentrated his
efforts in the area of product des i.gn engineering . I le joined the Specialty Control Depa:rt men t here in lfavneshoro in 1955 . Prior to
his retirernent , -~lr . Bassett' s mos t recently held position 1vas that of Senior Design Project
1:ngincer with the Numerical Equipment Control
Department.

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

J\ JSLF TO RI: CLOSED

The porti on of the Record Retention Y:i lcs

( cornrnon 1: k.J1ohn a~ "<lead storage") pr esen t 1y
located in a building on Commerce Avenue
,,i 11 be moved hack into the plant begirming
\londa: , December 7 , through Friday, December
11. TI1c ai slc that nms b, stationen and
the back of the Eng ineering Lab from the
rnarn off j cc area to the TerrniNet assembly
area "ill he closed to all traffic during
this period . For safety purposes , please
obey the safety s igns posted along thi s
aisle.

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

~Ir . Bassett has no dcfinj tc plans for

h i.s rct i rernen t . I le p I~rns to rest and re lax
at his home with his wife Grace . The Rassetts
reside at 400 Bader :\venue , \\'a)11csboro .

I\SlJRl\.\CT: PLA\

I~IPROVE.\E'-lTS

:\s noted in the art i.cle on page 1 of today 's

\El\s , the Insurance Pl an i mpro\cments will begin

.January , 1971 . Under the Insurance Plan improvements , the Company will pick up each employee's
cont ri bution to the plan for his or her own
coverage . This contribution has been 9/lO ths of
J ~; of an employee's annua l straight - time earnings .

"\\'i thout this contribution, an employee

h'ill have about 1% more of his pay to take home,"
Ed Brennan, a long service \Ir . Tulloch said . "This. means he wi~l now .
have free coverage unde r industry's pioneering
employee Ki th the General
medical expense and life insurance protection.
Electric Company , died on
This benefit, arnong other t.11ings, offers 100%
\o,ernber 23 , 1970 . Ed had
cO\erage of hospital room and board for 365
made plans to retire as of
days in a ye ar , plus excel lent coverage of sur\overnber 30, 1970, after
geon's fees, physician ' s fees and other medical
serving a number of years in
expense." Other Insurance Plan improvements
the Purchasing Sec tion of the l\'aynesboro
s tarting January 1, include coverage for dental
operations.
extraction and root canal therapy , plus hear ing
Ed was an enthusias t ic sports follower
aid expense benefits . Also , there will be improvements in payments for hospital expenses
and in his earlier days played professional
of retirees 1vho are 65 or older.
baseball in the '.'\eh York Yankee chain . On
behalf of the lfaynesboro Pl ant ernploye~s t~e
.\TE\'JS extends i. ts s incu e sympathy to his 1n fc,
Laura, family an<l close f r iends .
- - - I\ \IE\IORIA'I- - -

1eople will take care_of his problems . In

'--ontras t, .Jap an seems to have foll owed the
course laid out in the Unned Sti tes in the past -~te r individual initiative and desire to sell
t
bes t products of the highest quality and to
incre ase sales based upon this quality . Tiley
have complete ly automated many of their fac tories
in orde r to improve their output and to provide
quality products . Tiley have ambition and are
,,o rking hard to become world leaders in many
areas . I think all of this is a warning to
the United States and to its people that we mus t
return t o the old principles of individual
initiative, ambition and desire to be the best .
\Ye must stop continuing to weaken ourselves from
within. TI1e tendencies to socialize , for instance,
is weakening.
WllAT I !AS l3EEN 'lHE GREATEST STEP FORl\IARD IN 11 IE COMPANY TI !AT YOU 1-!AVE SEEN I N THE
LAST 40 YEARS?

Q.

A.
I think the decentralization of the management of the Company has been the biggest
i mprovement . Each Department is just like an outside company , e ach depar tment is on its
own an<l has its 01vn rcspons ibili ties for management for i t s mvn future , it makes its mvn
business decisions on its own, plans its own progress and l ives with i ts O\vn problems . Tilis
wasn ' t true in my early days "'jth the General Electric Company . We had a centralized operation with all decision s made at one point . Decen t rali zation has made it possible for a
sma lJ Depart1r,_~nt, li ke our s, to knm, its customers intimately , to be able t o perform a
::;e nicc !or each o r them instead o[ trying to f ulfill some overall management policy made
a.,.-.. <:)ffiC' di. s tant point by people 1vho are not familiar 1vith our customers and their needs .

Q.

'-IR . !J: CI. TO \\'llAT 00 YOU ATl'RIBITTE YOUR SUCCESS T\' BUSI\TESS ?

A.
I ha ve ;)ecn \cry for tunate . I ahays kne" what I wanted to do - -i t was to be in ma r keting .
I was very lucky when I was yow1g that I was able to get into marketing . I al1vays l iked it
and have al1vays been cible to stay in marketing and have had no desires to 1vor k e lsewhere . I
have been very happy '" i th my "ork in the Company all these years . I have had f ull experience
in marketing from s elling lj ght bu l bs and trirmning \vindmvs in a ten-cent store to negotiating
cont racts with government and business officials on the highest l eve l s around the world. Marketing ha s led me into a dive r s ifi ed life an<l contacts 11ith many people . I have en j oyed every
bit of it.
Q.

\\fl lf\T ARE YOUR PLANS FOR '11 u-: FUTURE?

A.
11/ith continue<: good heal th, my desire is to work to1vard an early r e t irement at t he age
of 60 . I am looki n g !ornard to ,gettin.g up in the morning 1vhen I want , going 1.,ihere I want when
I want to go , seeing 1vhat I 1vant to do and doing it. All of t his I hope will begin next Apr il
when I tum 60. My 1vi fe and I have purchased a home in Florida and are hoping to be able to
keep the one in \\'a~ncshoro as well. \\.i th my good GE pension, I have been p l anning this for a
long time . I see no r eason at this time 1d1y it won ' t he a success . In fact , I ' m l eaving the
fi r st week in December to spend the whole month on vacation in Florida .
Q.
00 YOU ll/\' : A\l'r' ':n1E R 1110!!\JITS ABOUT TllE BUSDJESS OR ABOITT 1l!E PEOPLE WORKING FOR TllE
COMPA\ry 11 lAT Y ,l: ;:OUU J I.IKE TO GIVE?
1

A.
111c impo rtant thing is fo r each individual to find out what he would like to do , get into
the f ield and s t av '" i th it. Try to look at yourself and do the things you like to do , not the
thi nc;s t ha t other~ think you ou.ght to do or things that look good tempo r arily . Suc cess seems to
corr:~ to those who like what they are doing and enj oy it.
I f you like what you ar e doing , r e gardless of the level in the Company, you will do it well and find success . Don 't do something
just becaus e it i s a better way tu uecome a manager. It doesn ' t matt er wher e you are in the
business , if you l i k~ the work and are w illing to do it, you are making a contribu tion.

fields--the utility business, defense business, industrial aut0mation business--and each

one has several different products. When one
of the businesses is slow, one of the others
is usually high, and this helps to provide
steady employment and an optimistic outlook to
the business as a whole. Today, power regulation business along with TermiNet is keeping
this business going, as the defense business
has slowed down.

Q.

WHAT IS 1HE FlIT1JRE FOR NUMERICAL CONTROLS?

A.
The future is very good. The overall
market is slow at this particular time, but
this Department is known as a world l eader in
the industrial automation business. The machine
tool business is very slow in the United States and has been for the past several months . We,
in NECD, have accomplished something out of the ordinary in the General Electric Company,
during this period of slowness in our market in that we have gained in our market position.
General Electric businesses generally gain in the market when business is booming and when our
competitors are not able to deliver, but in this instance we have been gaining overall market
consideration in a declining market . One of the reasons fo r this i s that some of the machine
tool manufacturers have been making their own controls, but they now realize that their
policy was a defensive position and was teful of their talents and energies. Instead, they
are willing to buy from an expert in the field and a known l eade r, which is the General
Electric Company .

Q.

HO\\i IS 11-IE FOREIGN MARKET FOR NUMERICAL CONTROLS?

A.
The foreign market in machine tools and controls has been booming, although we ar e
beginning to see a leveling off at the present time . This may be a good sign. In the past,
whenever the machine tool and control industry was down in Europe, it was up in the United
States, and vice versa. So if things are beginning to l eve l off in Europe, this is the
best indicator that times ahead for the United States may be improving.
Q.

WHAT 00 YOU SEE FOR 11-IE FlITURE OF TIIE BUSINESS, MR. DICE?

A.
For the future, as for the past, we can always anticipate that there will be changes .
People, natur ally, are always concerned whenever changes are announced, but my experiences
haven proven to me that changes have eventually led to the best for the people as well as
the business. Changes provide a growing opportunity for individuals and for extended sales
of our product s . My advice, based on my own experience, is not to wor ry about changes.

Q.

00 YOU HAVE A FEWWORDS OF ADVICE, BASED

ON YOUR 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I~ THE BUSINESS
WORLD?
A.
T don 't lmow that I have any advice, but
I have a little philosophy. I have been in all
parts of the horld, selling products and observing the way different economies operate
and how the people react . I am afraid that we
in the United States are gravitating toward
the type of country England has become--a
social istic state. Employees in England seem
to work without any pride in their workmanship .
TI1e employee has a distinct lack of individual
initiative and desire to get ahead. He has
an expectation that the government or other

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
volv.me XII , no . 95

WAY NESBORO, VIRGINIA

GE JOB PACKAGE VALUE GOES UP :~S

BENEFITS ARE IMPROVED JA1\TlJARY 1, 1971

De cembe r 4, 19 70

INTERVIEW WI1H MR . OON DI CE

A myri ad of empl oyee benefit improvements

go into effect fo r GE people on January 1,
1971, II. lV. Tulloch, Manager-Rel ations, here
i n Waynes boro, sai d this week .
''111c benefit s can mean a great deal to
each in<livi dual . For example , one benefit
has immediate meas ura!::> l e value because it will
me an an i ncreas e in take -home pay of nearly
1% fo r al most all employees. Others are
als o significant, though their value may not
appear immediately ."

The new improvements include company coverage

of employee contributions to the Insurance
Plan, and Pension Plan improvements that
will increase retirement income for many re....-..rees, both past and future. In addition,
rnere will be Vacation Plan i mpr ovements,
i mprovements in pay for certain abs ences, i mprovements in the Income Extension Aid Plan,
the i ni tiati on of an Indivi <lual Development
Program, and improved continuity of sen rj cc
prov1 s1ons .

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

The edi t or of the GE NEWS i nte rviewed Mr. Don

Dice , Manager- Marketing for the Numerical Equipment Control Department, and before that, Manage rMarketing fo r the old Spe cialty Control Department, at the t i me he was r ecogni zed on his 40th
anni versary; with the Company . Mr . Dice has
unique kn01.Jledge, gained through years of experience in market,i nq al], of the products
associated with the 1-laynesboY'O Plant--those of
AEPBS, CCDD and NECD.

Q. MR. DI CE , YOU HAVE BEEN \VI TH 1HE IVAYNESBORO

BUSINESSES SINCE THEY C.AME TO WAYNESBORO. \\ll-IAT
!{AS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE?
A.
The \faynesboro operation has been an out standina achievement. We came here as a very
small Department and we have grown tremendously.
We have now expanded into two Departments.and
t he Aerospace Business Section . All 3 still have
gr eat opportunit i es in f ront of them -- C ~D~ in
the corrununications fie ld has almos t unl1m1ted
opportunities as the tenninal business is just
starting . By the way, the TenniNet is an outstanding example of a new product that was
developed ri ght here in Waynesboro. There are
,,-....rrmy Johnson, Maintenance, displays a new
great advantages he re in having a diversity of
0vat- shaped, peY'lilanent - colored parki ng sticker products. This keeps our business viable and
whi ch is nOl.J available f'rorr. the Maintenance
pretty steady because we are in so many different
office on an as- needed basi;; . R~ques t forms
fo 1' parking stickers can be obta~ned ~n t he
Relations office.
b

D. 0 . DICE ..... (conti nued f r om Page One)

and Sa les Promotion at the Un i versity of
Mich igan and Wayne University.
Mr. Dice ~v as with the Lamp Divi s i c 1 unti l
1952, wo r ki ng in Advertising and Sales Promotion and Sal es i n Detroit, as Nationa l Sal es
Special i s t in Cleveland, and Di strict M~na ge r
in Chicaqo . He left the General El ect ric
Compa ny ~n 1952 to become Vice Pre s i dent for
C. M. Hal l Lamp Company in Detroit. He rejoined the Comp any in Ja nuary , 1954, as ~ar
ketina Cons ul tant fo r the Low Voltaqe Switchqear Department in Philadelphia. In November,
Mr. Dice 11as named Mana qer- Marketi no for t he
Specialt'1 Cont rol Department. Mr. ~ ice i s .
nO\t ~a aoer - '~arketin g for the Numerical Equipr1ent Cont rol Department which was formed in
J anua n , 1968, t o handle the numerical control
porti cri of this busi ness formerly ha ndl ed by
the Specialty Cont rol De partme nt .
He is a past member of the Rota~y Club,
Ai rport Cammi ttee, United Community Fund
Boa rd of Di rectors, and the YMCA Board of
Di rectors. Mr . Dice and hi s wife Dorothy
have a riarri ed da ughter and two qrandch i lctren .
The Oice's make their home at 133 Crompton
Road in Waynes boro.
*************************
A lir"ited numbe r of copies of the Blue Ridge
Cori1Pur ity Coll ege class schedu l es for the.
winter qua rter are available in the Relations
Office .
*************************
THANKSGI VING DI NNER ENJOYED BY MANY

c.

-.

R. T. HAMMOND NAMED PROJECT MANAGER

Effective November l, 1970, Mr . R. T. !.........._~)
Hammond joined the Numerical Equipment Contr~ .
Department Engineering Section as a Project
Manaqer. In hi s new position, he will participate in the design and deve l opment of new features
and functions for a wide
variety of Numeri cal Control
products.
Tom was born in Great
Falls, South Carolina, and
graduated from La ncaster
Hi gh School in 1949. Afte r
a tour of duty 1tti th t he
United States Navy duri ng
the Korean l lar, he ente red
t he Uni ve rs i ty of South
Carolina where he graduated with a BS in
electrical engi neerinq i n 1959 . The fo llowing
year was spent at the University of New York,
Be ll Lab Extension, doin g graduate work . In
1960, Tom came t o Specia l ty Centro 1 Departmen t
as a Produ ct i on Systems Engineer. He re mai ned
i n that capaci ty until 1964 when he was assi gne d
t he position of Quali ty Control Engineer in~
Numerical Control Test Operations. In 1968 ,
Tom was name d Mana ger-Quality Control Ope rat ions,
the pos i tion he held unti l his new assi gnme nt .
Tom, his 11ife and two children make t he i r
home at 228 Lee Drive i n Waynesboro.
NEW LINE OF DONUTS BEGINNING MONDAY
The Hot Shoppes Cafeteria has arranged
for a new source of donuts beqinning Monday,
Nov. 23, from the Dixie Creme Donut Company.
The new vari ety 1tt ill i nc l ude : fa ncy-fill ed
donuts for 15, olazed don uts for 10 and
cake donuts for l0. In addition to this new
l ine the cafeteria wi l l conti nue to provide
the ~eqular 7 donuts pl us muffins once a week
and biscuits which are 5 each.
GE HOUS EWARES CATALOG AVAILABLE

General Electric ' s 1970-71 Housewares

catalog i s avai l able today in the cafeteria.
Employees can pick up one at any of the entrances to the cafeteri a. Th i s full - color ..-..
catalog covers all of GE ' s portable applian~ -- .
personal care products, home cleaning products,
as wel l as clocks, fans, heaters , dehumidifiers
and automatic humidifiers . The products are
Jim Collier , Magneti c Winding, gets ready to enjoy available at an emp l oyee disco unt through Freed
Company, Inc. in \~aynesboro.
his Thanksgiving Di nner.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~-

GENERAL @ELECTRIC

Volume XII, No . 94

Novembe r 20 , 1970

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

VENDOR OF THE MONTH AWARD PRESENTED

D. 0. DI CE COMP LETES 40 YEARS SERVICE

The Commun ications and Control Devices

Depart1re nt 1 s Ve ndor of the Month Award was
presented to the Worthington Corporati on,
Custome r Service Divi sion, on Tuesday , November 17, in recognit ion of outstandin g service
and.effort extended by all its personne l.
On Septembe r 16, 1970, the air con di t i on i nq uni t in the Relay Man ufacturin q area fail ed: caus in g a work sh utdovm . A call to the
Sal es Engi neer at Beltsville, Mary land, brought
hel p t o our plant the same day . Afte r the
problem was quick ly si zed- up, arrangements .
were made for the i mme diate return and repa1 r
of pa r ts at Worth in gton Corporation's Fairfield, New Jersey, plant. The parts were returne d by a Waynesbo ro emp loyee to Fairfield
~~t evening and brought back t he following
Jj .
A field enginee r from Worthin gton Corp. !1r . ,Joseph Ponzi llo J General Manager- NECDJ
t hen pe rformed the necessa ry repair and incongratulates Don Dice Manage r - Mar keting- NECD
sta ll at ion vwrk. The compl ete repair vio rk was during pres entation ceremonies this week of
accompli eshed i n an outstandin g manne r, thus
the Company ' s 40 year service award. The
en ab ling manufacturin g l i nes t o resume opera- NEil8 will print an interoiew with Don in its
tions in a mini mum of time .
next &ssue .
J

Mr . Dice has been respo nsib l e for the marketin q of General El ectric's nume ric al contro l
business s i nce i t s incep t i on . It was under hi s
di rection t hat numeri cal control sa l es and service organ iz at ion s we re formed and policies
were formulated . He has also been respons i bl e
fo r the product pl anning .
Mr . Dice foresaw the grow t h potenti al of
numerical controls i n Western Europe and initiated action f or the Ge neral Electric Company t o
enter t his marke t in 1962 . He fonned a sa l es ,
app li cation and service organiza t i on to se l l in
Euro pe ; and after i ts successful ope ration,
manufacturi ng fac i l it ies were established .
~ck .~mi thJ

1anager- Pur chasing (second from

rt) ~resents Vendor of The Month Award to
Mr. ii . 11 . ThoY'YlackJ Manager- Easter-a Region)
~lorthington Consume r Seroice Divis ion ) as
Fred Curto ) Manager - Pl ant Facilities fo r the
Waynesboro Plant) and Mr . E. C. Podrazik ,
ManaaeY' of the Baltimore Office o.f the ~lor
thinqton CorpoY'ation , looks on .
1

A nati ve of Can t on , Ohi o, he j oi ned the

Lamp Division of the General El ectri c Company ,
Michi gan Dis t ric t , Detroi t , i n 1929 as an office
boy . Whi le workin g at the Lamp Di vision, Mr .
Di ce took ni ght courses in Business Adminis tratior
Bus iness Law , Pub l ic Speak ing an d Adverti si ng
(conti nued on Page Two)

KNIGHT AND RAMSEY COMPLETE APPRENTICE

TRAINlNG

APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT

. EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

BURLINGA~lli

The appointment of John F. Burlingame as

Vice President, Employee Relations for the
General Electric Company was announced recently
by Hershner Cross, Senior Vice President and
Head of the Corporate Adminis trati~e Staff.
The Appointment was effective Novembe r 1.
Mr. Burlingame, a General Electric Vice
Pr esident since October , 1969 , succeeds
Philip D. Moore, who recently was appoin t ed
Vice President , Labor Resources, on the
Company ' s Corporate Executive S taff .
As Vice Presi dent, Employee Relati ons, Mr .
Burlingame will have overall responsibility
for both union relations and for o t her Relat ions work involving hourly paid employees
and non- exempt sa laried employees . This includes emp l oyee compensation and benefits,
e mployee communication, pe r sonnel research and
planning , employee safety , employee relati ons
consulting and uni on contract administ rati on .
Mr . Burlingame, a Gene ral Elect r ic employee since 1946, brings to the Employee
Relations Vice Presidency a variety of ope ra ting and s taff work e xperience . In 1955,
following a number of eneinee ring and program
assignment s , he joined the Company ' s ~anage
ment Consultation Services at Corporate Headquarters in ew York. In 1962 he returned t o
operating work with assignments in Ut i ca an d
Syracuse, New York, and Phoenix, Arizona.
After serving as a Department General Manager
in Syracuse, he was named a Division Gene r al
Manager and Company Vice President for the
Info rma t ion Systems Eq uipment Division wi t h
headquar t ers in Ph oenix .
PLANT TURKEY FEAST WILL BE THURSDAY
Art Smith, Hot Shoppes Cafeteria Manager,
announced today , a 1banksgiving dinner will
be available for Waynesboro Plant personnel
next Thursday , Novemb er 19, one week before
the holiday . The meal will be available for
both shifts and is priced at $1 (incJuding tax).
Menu for the dinner includes hearts of l ettu ce salad, roast turkey with bread dressing
and gravy , whipped potatoes , green beans, roll
and b ut ter, choice of beverage an d pumpkin or
mince pi e .
The Blue Ridge Room wil l be closed on
Novemb e r 19 , b ut vending service wi l l be
available for t hose wishing a lighter meal.

Fredrick A. Knight (second from left) wd Rodger

D. Ramsey (second from right) have rec:er,;;ly
completed t he requirements for griaduation from
the Genera l EleciY'"'ic Appren ~ice ~raining FrOJr>alTl.
They are shown recei ving their Ce rtiJ~"z'.cate of
Apprenticeship from D. L. Coughtry (right),
Manager - ManufactuY'"'ing and Paul ;v'arren (left;
Supe rvisor - Apprentice Program. Fredric~ 7-r.igr.t
resi des in McGaheysville , va ., and Rodger ?am~
makes his home in ~laynesboro.
19 70 STOCK AND FUND ur;n PRICES
The Stock Price and the Fund Cnit
for each month of 19 70 a r e as follows :
MONTH
January
Feb ru ary
Mar ch
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

STOCK PRICE
$73.988
$69.921
$72 . 268
$ 7 4 . 16 5
$66 . 429
$6 7 . 6 36
$73 . 023
$76 . 214
$80 . 702
$84 . 72 7

Pric~

FU:\ o

U:\IT

$28.086
$27 .007
$ 2fi . 30 4
$25 .04 7
$2l.950
522 . 022
$21.475
$21.547
$2 3. 276
523 . 958

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRI C
Volume XII , No . 93

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

November 13 , 1970

HEAVY '.'IAGNETICS MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS BEING MOVED AND EXPANDED

Starting ne xt Monday, the recently estab lished Control Devi ces Ope ration will assume
manufacturing r es ponsibilities for a portion
of the large heavy magnetics now being done
by the Aerospace personnel. Operations being
taken over are coil winding and assembly ,
whi le test operations will continue to be
performed in Ae r ospace for the time being .
There will be no change at this time in the
number of pe r sonnel assigned to the coil winding area as the s tart- up ope r ations will invo lve only a transfer of operations from the
Aerospace section to the Control Devices Ope r ation.

Ga len Heatwole (2nd from left) and Arthur

Bowers ( 2nd from right) are shown receiving
their ~lise OWl AWaY'ds from Carl Jones , Foreman
iYl Sheet Metal , and Clyde Spears, Sa fety
Representc.tive .
1i~O

-
Buildings SA and 6 are being prepared
now to house additional eq uipment which will
expanc a nd improv e the manufacture of heavy
magneti cs locally . The hole (pi cut red above)
i s be ing prepared for a vacuum impregnation
sys tem which should be in operation some time
in February . An asphalt compounding sys t em
is also be ing ins tal l ed to treat primary
winde r s . This ope ration is due to s tart about
th e middle of next year. Presently, the vacuum impregnation ope ration is being perfor med
on our heavy magnetics at a Richmond Se rvice
Shop , while the asphalt compounding is done
at th e :ledium Steam Tu r bi ne Department in
~nn , Mass .
This is only one of the many s t eps being
taken to provide imp roved manufacturing capabilitie s he re in Waynesboro which in time
provide more opport uniti es for good jobs
locally .

SHEET METAL EMPLOYEES RECEIVE

WISE OWL AWARDS

Arthur Bowers and Galen Heatwole , both

Sheet Metal employees , know from actual experi e nce the importance of wearing their safet y
glasses . Both men recently saved their eyesight from serious injury o r possible loss
because t hey we r e safety - consci ous and wore
their safety glasse s with side shields .
Galen ' s accident happened on October 5 while
he was welding do or s . He r eceived weld splatter
on both l enses of his glasses, some of which
was embedded very deeply in the lenses .
Arthur ' s accident happened on October 21 , while
he was also spo t welding. Metal li c fragments
s truck both lenses of his glasses and these
fragments also became embedded in his glasses.
Arthur's award represented a speci al citation
as i t was his secon d Wise Owl Award . He
r eceived his fi r st one in 1965 .
Ironi cally , las t month, Ar tl1ur saved
serious injury to his l eft foot when a heavy
"brass hold-down b l ock " was accidental ly knocked
from a tab le. Th e block st ruck the top of
his s hoe and crease d the steel toe cap wh e 1' i.
cut through the leathe r.

SCOCEE Skeet League Pr esident .John Glenn pre sents 1\ayne Kite h'ith first place trophy as
Wayne lxne (second place "inner) and Dennv
Capriotti (spo rt smanship ahard h'inner) look
on . \lonty \lcPhatter and Tom \loor e (second r oh)
also r ece i\ed ~lh'anls Ca r shootino pe r fect
scor es of 25 scratch during lea;e competition .

***** *6}: 7:::: *** --:::-.~: ;'!:.

PROPOSED CONSTITLITIQ\AL RE\'l SlO>JS

Main Hody of the Constitution
No. I

Quesrion: Shall rhe Constitut io n be

ge neral ly amended a nd rev ised. as agreed
to by the Ge nera l Assembly at its 1969
ancl I 970 sess ions (except for the three
proposa ls sepa ralely sta red below)?
No. 2

No. 3

Lotteries

Quest ion: Shall the Constitut ion .be

amended by repealing section 60 (which
prohibits lot1eries) . le <.~ving it to t~e G~ n
eral Asse mb ly to dern..le wheth e1 to .iuthorize or prohibir Jot1eries?
General Obligation Bonds

Quest ion: Shall the Consritu tion be

amended to perm it the Ge:ieral Asse mbly .
subject to approval by the people i~ a 1.efere ndum. to a uth orize general obltgat1on
bonds for spec ific cap ita l projects. the tota l
not to exceed 1.1 5 times the annu al income
and sa les tax reven ues of the Commonwea lth?
Revenue Bonds
No. 4
Questio n: Shall the Consrirur ion be
amended to permit the General Asse mbly.
by a 2/ 3 vote. to pl edge th e fu ll fa ith and
credit of the Commonwealth to reve nu e
bonds iss ued for revenue-producing capit al
projects if the Governor certifies that the
ant icipated revenues from such projec ts
will be sufficie nt to pay pri ncipal and interest as they become due. the total not to
exceed I . 15 times the annua l income and
sales tax reve nues of the Comm onwealth?

111e Frate rnal Order of Police wi ll

sponsor a Gospe l Tal e nt Shmv on November 1
in the lfaynesbor o I li gh School audit orium .
Tickets wi l l be $2 . 50 per person . Proceeds
will be used [or underpri vileged children
in the are;:i . for further in formation contact
Thomas Bellamy , 9-12 -426-1 .

QU,\ RTER CE\TLJRY CLUB \!EETS

'!embers ol the \\a:mesboro Plant ' s Quarter

Century Club g;:ithere<l Octobe r 28, 1970 , at
the General \\'c1:~11 e ~ lotor r IU1 tor th e Club's
annual dinne r.
Offi cers c lec t e<l ror the coming y ear
were Earle 1\lcllrnvell , pres i Jent ; CJ1arlcs
..-..
llughes , vice pres i <lent ; an<l .Jolm Ra1mie,
Secretary-Tre~1su rcr (pictureJ hc loh left to
ri ght ) .
Guest speah'r for the Ji.1me r meeting
has \lr. Ross \'. lle r~ c:-, hcll -kJ10h11 fo r h is
ho rk h'ith the l oca l Kih:mis Uub .
Currently , there a re 81 membe rs in t he
Quarter Centm) Club , hith Robert (Bob) >lissman
of CCl)]) Engineering becoming the nehes t member .
Approxima tcl;- 70 pe rs ons attende<l the
<linner , inclu<l i.ng l () ret i re<l pensioners I rom
the Company Ji v i ng i1~ the lfoynesboro ;:irea .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volume XII, No . 91

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

VICE PRESIDENr GIFFDRD COMv1ENTS ON

REVISION OF VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION

October 30, 1970

HAMER APPOINTED .MANAGER-MEGIANICAL

PRODUCTS AND QC IN CBARLOTIESVILLE
Numerical Equipment Control Department
Manufacturing Manager C. W. Gerni announced
this week the appointment of Ray Harner to
position of Manager-Mechanical
Products and Quality Control
at the Department's Charlottesville plant effective November
1.

,.-.... ''We should look upon the new Virginia

Cu1istitution as one which gives more voice to
the voters on many different issues. "
Vice President Dick Gi fford viewed the newly proposed document in this light and pointed
out that it offer s more safeguards for the
citizens of our state. The much publicized
Consi tutional revis ion will be considered by
Virginia voters next Tuesday, November 3.
Mr. Gifford, Vice President and General
Manager of the Corrmunication Systems Division,
a member of the corrmittee fo r consti tutional
revision noted that "in balance , the new constitution i s a bipartisan one which provides
greater protection for the voice of individuals
and their rights." As an ext ens ion, he added
that the voter s will give to the General
Assembly the adequate and respons ible capacity
to i ssue general obligation bonds. ''Virginians
are again safeguarded in that they may accept
or reject the General Assemb ly ' s proposals in
a referendum .
r'"\ "Our present constitutional bond lirni t i s
.... er than that of other s tates . Consequently,
we cannot compete with other s tates in such
areas as education and highways. Voter ap -

"This new position,

which wil l report to Plant
Manager Don House, has resulted from the move of the
mechanical products line
from the Waynesboro Plant to
Olarlottesville and the increased emphasis we are placing on providing
customers with the very finest quality products, " he said.
Ray, who is presently Manager of the
Mechanical Products Shop Operations here in
Waynesboro , joined General Electric in 1959
as a program engineer in Schenectady, New
York, follow ing his graduation from the
University of Alabama, where he was awarded a
BSEE. He f irs t came to Waynesboro in 1960
as a product engineer. Subsequent promotions
brought him i nto the positions of senior product engineer, pr oject engineer- -production
engineering and supervisor-quality control
and aerospace and defense.
CDNSTITUfION . . ... (continued from column 1)
proval through the use of the r eferendum will
change this limit. "It mus t be r emembered,"
concluded Mr. Gifford, "that this Constitution
i s not a totally new one, nor is it a has tily
prepared one. It was constructed by carefully
sel ect ed people with broad political knowledge
from both parties. It has been before the
General Assembly, and has been subj ected by
them t o much deliberation and discussion."
The proposed revisions as they will appear
on the ballots for the November 3rd el ection
appear on the back of this issue. Vote yes
or no on each individual i ssue .

CCNrRIBUTIONS TO SALARIED LTD!

PLAN WAIVED '!WO MJRE MJN1HS

UCF A Success (continued frcm Page 1)

in maintaining approximately the same level of

The three-month elimination of employee
giving this year as in 1969. This was achieved
contributions to the Long Tenn Disability
even though the level of employment at our ~
Income Plan for Salaried Employees has been
General Electric Waynesboro Plant is consi~
extended to five months, E. S. Willis, manager ably less than a year ago."
of employee benefits for the Company, announced this week. The elimination of contributions
Bill expressed his appreciation to all
applies only to those who were covered by the
solicitors for their fine efforts. Bill said,
plan a~ the end of 1969.
"A special thank you should go to the ten key
chainnen for the in-plant drive." They were:
Mr. Willis said that the waiving of conCCDD: Finance and Administration-L. F. Beckerle;
tributions began on August 1, 1970, and was
Manufacturing- F. B. Curto; Marketing and
made possible by favorable experience under the Administration-D. W. Garber; Control Devices
plan. He said that continued good experience
Operation-B. Cooper;.ERgineeri~g-T. L. Crapser;
made it possible to extend the elimination of
New Products Development-D. N. Sitter; NECD:
contributions to the end of 1970.
Finance and Administration-D. P. Russell,
Marketing and Administration-A. V. Brancati;
Engineering-E. G-.. Menaker; and AEPBS-A. J. Haas.
The Long Tenn Disability Insurance Plan
for Hourly Employees has not been in existence
Bill also stated that he wanted to make
long enough to allow for experience adjustments
special mention of the eight areas which
to be reflected in contributions. The plan
for the hourly employees was effective in 1970 achieved 100% employee participation for
their united support of the Drive. They were:
while the Salaried Employees' Plan began in
CCDD: New Product Development and Business
1965.
Analysis and Administration; NECD: Advertising and Sales, Bwtlness Information
Services and Administration, Business Analysis,
ATI'ENTION HUNTER.5
Cost Estimation and Accounting, Resources
With small game season about to open, it
Planning and Administration, and Mechanical~
might be well to note that 6 cases of Tularemia Products Operations.
(deer fly fever) occurring in Virginia this
******************
year, have been reported by the Virginia State Notable Quote: "Unions and management must
Department of Health. Most cases of Tularemia come to aacept the "new ideals of coizeative
are transmitted to man by tick bites or conconsultation." Boulwarism, perhaps under a
tamination of the skin with blood or tissue
different name, wi U become the general workfrom infected animals. To avoid infection,
ing practice Labor and management "have a
remove ticks from the body as quickly as poscommon interest in moving toward collective
sible and wear rubber or plastic gloves when
consultation as a substitute for primitive
cleaning squirrels or rabbits. This is
coZZective bargaining. "--John Charriberlain
especially important if there are cuts or
in the June Freeman's review of Collective
scratches on the hands.
Bargaining: The POl.t)er to Des troy by Merry Ze

Stanley Rukeyser.

DAYLICHI' SAVING5 TIME ENUS SUNDAY

Daylight Savings Time tenninates this
weekend at 2: 00 a.m. on Sunday, October 25.
At that time clocks should be turned back
one hour to read 1:00 a.m.
CARA.VPN '70 TO BE HERE TIIE 301H

Watch for EIN' s (fonnerly Electrical

Design News Magazine) fourth annual Caravan
tour which will be at our plant on October
30 from 9:00 to 12:00 noon. Caravan '70 is
a traveling exposition of products and ideas
visiting over 100 leading electronic manufacturers throughout the U.S.A.

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

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
VolLUlle XII, No . 90

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

GEi\JERAL ELECTRIC RECEIVES OIC ' S

HIQ-IEST Al\IARD AT PHILADELPHI A MEETING
Ci ting outstanding contributions to the
uplifting of t he Lll1ski lled in Amer ica, the
national Opportunities Industri alization Center has awarded the General Electr ic Company
its highest recognition at the organizati on's
annual dinner meeting in Philadel phia. The
event occurred October 15 .

October 23, 1970

PLANT UCF DRIVE A SU CCESS

Total Pledged Ove r $35,000

Give

TI1e OIC Key Award, presented by Rev . Leon

Sul livan, fol.ll1der of the OIC ' s which ar e now
in 90 cities throughout the country, was in
r ecogniti on of the nati onwide support Gener al
Electric has given t o the movement over the
past sever al years . It was accepted by Vi r gil
B. Day, General Electric ' s vice president of
e,-.._ ronmental services and a member of OIC's
na L1onal i ndustrial advi sory board.
In accepti ng the award for Gener al Elec t ric
Mr. Day paid tribute to Rev. Sullivan's personal contribution to OIC's self-help concept ,
saying that in the area of community responsibility, it "has given i ndus t ry the i deal avenue through whid1 i t can channe l i ts considerable energies. "
Recent l y, Gener al Electric Board Chairman
Fred J . Barch toured OIC facili t ies in Phi ladelphia and reaffirmed t he Company ' s enthusiastic support for the organizati on ' s work.
PAY INCREASE OOES INTO EFFECT
MJNDAY

Don Russe l l , NECD Finance , one of the key

chaiY'l71en for the UCF campaign in the plant
this year, points out to Charles Minter, Dis play Designer, the level of the thermometer
for the f inal tabulation of employee partiai :pati on.

Employee UCF pl edges and contributions,

A cost-of- living pay increase will go int o coupled with the Company ' s contribution, neteffect Monday, October 26 , for many of this
ted over $35,000 f or the l ocal UCF agenci es.
pl ant ' s employees. Under the provisions of the 111is is indeed a real success story and
curr ent company-union contract , hourl y pay
congratualtions are extended t o each one of
rates will be adjusted upward by five mor e
the 51% of empl oyees who parti ci pat ed.
cent s. At the same time, the weekl y rates
f~on-exempt sal aried j obs wil l increase $2.
111is year ' s contribution is the second
l
argest
in the history of the plant with 1969
This wi ll be the second cost- of-living inbeing
only
s l ightl y gr eat er . Bi ll Perry,
crease this year at our plant. A special
Plant
campaign
d1airman, s tated, "Incr eas ed
three - cen t s-per-hour adjustment went into efempl oyee partici pati on was the main fact or
fect on January 26 as an advance payment on
the t otal c-o-1 pay boost.
(cont inued on Page 2)

SQ{OLARSHIP REMINDERS
Ge11eral Electric employees and their
children are reminded of the availability for
qualified candidates of the Richard H. Rice
Memorial Scholarship Awards at Stevens Institute of Technology, and the Steinmetz Memorial
S?1olarship Awards at Union College. Application for these awards must be made directly
to the respecdve institutions on their regular application fonns.
_Candidates_fo~ these scholarships must
qualify for admission on the same basis as
any other student applicant and all decisions
regarding admission and qualifications for
fi~ancial aid will be made by the institution.
Wlnle Stevens is primarily an engineering
school, Union College offers both engineering
and the liberal arts .

Eligible for these scholarship awards

are (1) children of employees of the General
Eiectric Company and (2) children of residents
o~ Schene~tady "if there should be no qualified applicant from any of the General Electric
Company's works." Application deadline is
February 1, 1971.
UCF IN -PLANT DRIVE EXTENDED
The UCF in-plant drive guidelines were
established prior to the campaign kickoff.
One of the guidelines was to eliminate individual cash contributions because of the
tremendous amount of record keeping and
accounting that is required. General Electric
felt the payroll deduction method for UCF
contributions was the best and easiest way
for everyone. There is no advantage to the
Company in this method, but it appeared to
be more convenient for the employee.
However, because of numerous requests
from employees to make cash contributions
to the UCF, an arrangement has been made
for those employees to do so. Beginning today
contributions of $10 or more will be accepted '
and plant solicitors will be contacting
those employees who have expressed the desire
to give cash and others to give them an opportunity to make their contributions. The
individual cash contributors will count
toward achieving 100% participation in the
individual's area.

There will be a country music show at

the Centre for Shopping on Sunday, October 17,
from 4:00 to 7;00 p.m. Featured will be
Harry Snyder and the Upt~mers, Wayne Snow,
The Chancellors and many more area artists.
The show is for the benefi. t of the United
ConmW1ity Fund and a silver offering will be
taken.

INCOME EXTENSION AID PLAN HAS PAID

our $13.5 MILLION IN DECADE

General Electric's Income Extension Aid

Plan is 10 years old this month and on January 1, 1971, the Plan will be improved for
the third time to make it even more valuable
to General Electric employees. Over the 10
years of its existence, the Pl an has paid out
a total of more than $13.5 million in benefits both as income to those affected by longterm layoffs and as tuition payments to affected employees who have wanted tc train for
new or better jobs.
Income Extension Aid was pioneered by the
Company in 1960 to ease the impact of employment reductions on individual employees and
their families, and to offer such employees
an opportW1ity to retrain or improve their
skills for the opporttmities of the future.
In general, the Income Extension Aid
Plan offers eligible employees one week's pay
for each /ear of credited service when they
are affected by long-term layoff, or if their
job is being eliminated by change or plant
closing. The benefits are paid as income
extension after unemployment compensation
benefits run out, with the employee receiving
half a week's pay each week until his total
benefit of a full week's pay for each year
of service are exhausted. However, benefits
also can be taken in a ltunp stnn within 60 days
after layoff, but in this case, GE service
is terminated and recall rights given up.
Several improvements in the Plan will
begin on January 1, 1971. The requirement
that an employee have three years of service
in order to be eligible for benefits will
be lowered to two years for layoffs and plant
closings starting in '71. In another improvement an employee who is recalled after receiving benefits will have all his Income Extension
Aid credits restored 52 weeks from date of
layoff if he has returned to work instead of
having to rebuild his credits gradually as
in the past. Under this "new start" for
example, an employee with 10 years of service
who has been on layoff and has collected his
full benefits will have his benefits once
more available in full one year after the
date of layoff if he has returned to work.
This provides significant additional "back up"
protection for those who might experience a
second layoff after exhausting previously
built benefits.

********************
~yo~e

having information about dial indicators

missing from the relay machine room, please
contact the Process Control Lab immediately.

I""""..

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENE RAL@ELECTRIC

Volwne XII , No .

8~

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Oct ober 16 , 1970

- - - - -- - - - - -- - ---- . - --.

- .

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRA.'.I

EFFECrIVE JANUARY 1, 19 71

The Individua l Devel opment Program, a new

pr ogram for hourly and non - e xempt s a l a r ied
empl oyees , will go i nto effe ct on January 1,
1971 ' accordino
to Mr . H. \\I . Tulloch , Managerb
Rel ations , here i n Waynesboro. A brochur~
out l inin g the hi ghligh t s of the program wi ll
be ava i l ab l e shortl y to eli gi bl e employees .
"l\'hile applicati on fonns wi ll not be
availab l e until afte r January 1 , i t i s not t oo
ea r l y for eligibl e empl oyees t o be gi n th i nking
about how they can make us e of the pro gr am ,"
Mr. Tulloch s a i d . Ile added t ha t late r on -probab l y in De cemb e r - -a full bookle t will be
issued descri:,ing all det ails of the p l an and
..,..4s ope r a tion . Mr. Tulloch sai ~ t~at the
.di vidua l Deve lopment Pro?,Yarn i s intended t o
provi de fi nan cial ass istance t o GE hourly and
non- exempt emp l oyees \,ho ma y want t o t ake ad vantage of educationa l oppor tun it ies t o im pr ove job s ki lls a nd qua lificat io~s an<l 1vho
a r e 1villi n g t o devote s ome of the ir 01,rn t ime
out s ide "'or king hours .
~Ir . Tu lloch pointe d out tha t the r e a r c
three areas of benefi ts whi ch may app l y w1der
the pro~ram. 111c firs t area ~rovicles t ui t i.on
r efund fo r full - time hourly or non- exempt
salaried empl oyees who have at l east six
months o [ se rvice c r edits . '!11c se cond one
offer s t ui t i on re fund- - and in some c ases a
tra i ning a llowan ce - - to emp l oyees on l a yo ff \~ho
have s i x months of se r vice c r e dits a nd r c t a rn
reca ll ri ghts . The third area deals with
company-sponso red t r aining pr?grarns basc<l on
needs of the business for t rarnc<l persormcl.
111esc l at t er courses nay be o ffer ed before or
aft e r \vor king hours or r.i.ay be g i \en in con j unction with the l ocal s chool sys t ern .
~ Ir .

Tulloch said that the t uiti on r c -

~1<l bcncfi t for both active and l a i d 0 rr

emp l oyees \\'i ll refund 10 0% of t he ~os t o r

t uition and fees for empl oyees takin g ma na.r,c ment- a ppr ovcd e ducation and trainin g cour ses
at approved educa ti ona l ins t itut ions , up to
$40 0 :)e r yea r .

:.'r3s Petri e ( cente:!') 1-eceives his 30- ,JP?r

tie cla.sp frorn Ml' . R. !l. DuB ridge a.s Mr . F .
if . ilu t ten wr ~chef .

'\l/Y'.

\\tS DETRI E co:,!PLETES 30 YEARS

i'lr. \\:cslc: Pet ric bc .~ an \\'Or k \\'i. th the

General El ectric Company i n 1934, but hi s
empl oyment \\as inter rupted . ! le r esLU:ie<l
hork in 1940 and his continuous sc r nce dat es
rrom tha t year .
Aft er a nLUnbcr of <.tss i gnment s i n ~lad1 inc
Shop and Product i on in Re fr i. ge r a t or ~. lanu
r::icturin o."::> an <l in l nS)CCt
ion fo r the Trans l
mi ttcr Dcp::irt;;1ent , \\.cs jo inc<l the Control
D i \'i~ i. on in 19 4 7 .
lie has filled Yari.ous
su!Je rvi son nosi tions s incc 1949 , <.tn <l j oined
th~ Spccial t)' Cont r ol Department in _1954 .
Cur r ent l y , \\.cs is ~lana"er-Rc;)roduct ion a nd
Cus tome r Da t.::i .
Ile mo\c<l to \\ a\ncsbo ro in >lard1 , 1955 ,
and presen t l y r esi des :.it 2-H5 >It . \"crnon
jth iiis wife Dol ores ~u 1d Daughte r s Rosemarie ,
Terr i ~-laric , an<l Deborah ,\nnc . Another
d.::iugh t er Su::;umc li\cs 111 Richmond .
1
\\

The s t ock ~uH.l fLuHJ LU11l pri ce !o r t :ic

.on th of Scptcmhc r .::i re ; 1s rollrnvs :
Stock Price
hmd Unit Pri n'

SSU. 70 2
<::'-). "'7'1

AN EDI TORIAL:

CAUSE FOR CONCERN

BOB CALE RECEIVES "SERVICE PLUS" AWARD

Waynesboro GE employees -- faced with the
cont in uing post-s t rike " ca tch-up" task--are
keep ing a wary eye on the unce rtai n econo:
conditions in th e country.
While some econ omists p r edict a b usiness
upturn i n the last qua r te r and the stock
market s howed s trength recent l y , there are
s till some dis turbing economic signs- - both
nationally and close r to home.

---

Fo r examp l e:

--Bus i ness acti vity in the country today

remains s luggi sh according to the l atest
issue of Bus i ness Wee k magazine .

The i,gency & :Jistribv.tor Sales Operation r e cently launched a major interraal recognition
pr ogr am under t he banner of "Se rvice Plue . "
Objectives of thi s program are to pr ovide
our distributors with ser vice "above and
beyond" the -r:.onnal anc!. to re cognize out s tanding service pe rfonnan ~e by A&DSO em ployees and produ c t depa r tment employees .
i3ob Cale (right) o f I rice :::di t received a
"Service Plus " CMard j'02 the month of ,June .
Bob and Jim Austin, Supe rvisor-Requisition
Processing and ~la:Mhouse , che ck the ballot
box for more votes . Bu being elected to
receive the aJ,Ja-Pd, Bob is no.,; eligible .cor
other pri zes includir..g a b~li lding lot i;i
?lorida. ':fze iiE:.'S ex :,enll.s best wis;wr; to
Boo i ;. 6ze co;:tes i:. .
KEY PLANT UCF CHAIRMEN ANNOUNCE D
For the Plant ' s United
Drive Scheduled for the week
the fo ll owing employees have
to serve as key UCF chai rmen
respective sections:
L.
T.
D.
B.

F . Becker l e
L. Crapse r
N. Sitte r
Coope r

w.

Garber
B. Curto
J . M. Stoner
D. p. Rus sell
E. G. Menaker
A. V. Brancati
A. J . Haas
D.

CCDD

F.

NECD
AEPBS

Community Fund
of October 12,
been chosen
for th eir

Fi nance
Engineed n g
New Prodi..c t Deve l.
Con trol Devices
Busines s Section
Marketing
Manufacturing
Re l ations
Finance
Engineering
Mar keting
All

\~ . R. Perry , UCF Plant Chairman, will

con duct a meeting with the above chainnen
today at which time the prog r am will be outlinea .

--Unemp l oyment na t i omli de has cli mbed

back to 5% of t he l abor force.
--Job vacan cies are down 48% fro m a
yea r ago, the Burea u of Labor Statistics
reports, a fi gure t hat explains why many coll ege students --in cluding in our own area -had di ffi culty linin g up s umme r j obs.
- -Twenty- four of the 150 met ropo li tan
areas in the co un t ry now have unemp l oymen
rates at 6% or more --u p from j ust five su e..
cities a year ago .
-- Locally, we have had layoff s over the
last several months as orders for such products as relays fai led to be oGtained as
planned.
--Seve ral man ufactur in g businesses in
the area have reduce d forces very recent ly
which adds to the depress i ng effect on the
loca l economy .
These examples of pessimism a r e n ot
cause for p r essing the panic b ut ton. But
they are a cause for concern . Co up l ed with
the a lready difficult post- st r ike job of
t rying t o do a year ' s business in less than
11 mon ths , it ' s a timely reminde r t o do our
jobs right . .. everyone needs t o apply his
f ull ene r gies to producing high - quality products, on time , with the lowest amount of
waste, r ewo rk and s c rap as poss ible. This
is th e only way to get a bigger share of a
sma lle r amount of available business and
thereby p r o t ect jobs.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 87

HEALTH NOTE
W. J. MILLER PROMOTED
At this time of t he year, questions
concerning influenza usually begin t o arise.
The following information r egardin g influenza
is based on the re commendations of the U. S.
Public Health Service :
Influenza is a common respir a tory illnes s which occurs in the United States every
year, although n o t always in an epidemic form .
While it is n o t possible to control the
di sease in the general population, pe r sons
of all ages who have chronic il lnesses which
involve the heart , lungs, and kidneys should
consider being vaccinated. Examples are
asthma, chronic bronchi t is, emphysema,
rheumatic heart disease and heart di sease
~socia ted with high blood pressure .
Dia_tics are als o advised to have the vaccinations, as a r e the elderly.
Although the Waynesboro Plant is not
planning to conduct an influenza immunization program, further informati on , if
desired, may be obtained by consulting the
Medical Clinic or your personal physician .

***************
SEPTEMBER SERVICE PINS
5 Years
Bonnie Alexander
Mildred Garrison
Betty Van Fossen
Danny Mccann
Alma Sorre U
Sheila SmaU

Irnne Harris
Mary Ann Hutchinson
Hermon A. Price
Randolph Foltz
Be tty Turner
Frank Casey

10 Years
Jerry Comer

,.-...

Reggie Hiner

W. Joseph Miller has been named Manage r Small Exciters and Station Con tr ol Engineering
in the Power Regulation
Engineering Operation .
A native of Bristol,
Tennessee , Joe received his
BSEE and MSEE degrees from
the University of Tennessee
in 1960 and 1961, r espec tively .
From 1960 and 1961 he was a
Graduate Assistant in the
Electrical Engineering Departme nt of the University of
Tennes see .
Joe has been with the General Electric
Company since 1961 and has held positions
with the Engineeri ng and Science Program and
the System Planning and Control Sec tion . Until
his recent promotion , he was a Project
Enginee r in the Communication and Control
Devices Department , where he worked on project
engineering and development of thyrist or
excitation sys tems for large system t urbine gene rat ors .
He is a member of the Main Street United
Methodist Ch urch and a member of the Institut e
of Elect rical and Elec tronic Engineers. Joe
makes hi s home at 215 Randolph Avenue, Waynesboro.
REGISTER TO

V0TE

.#'~ -~

~ ff(:::~
- :~\ '
\\ :a-..::::~/ ~

""9

_.,,

Tomorrow' Oct . 3' is

the last chance you
have to register for
the November 3 election .
The reg i strat i on offices
will have special hours
Sa turday for those who
have not reg i s te red .

RusseU Culver

_./ \

. '"0>

' ,'.;--. \ -~
.,
. . . . '\:- , o I (;)., \
'--"-- -. \ \,/,, '_,
,

..

Jon 1 t th row your vote

away by fai li ng to
re g i. s te r .

STATE OFFICIAL ADDRESSES BRISA

FINE ARTS O-IAPTER OPENS NEIV
SEASON
A Lectur e - Demons tration opens the 1970- 71
year of the Waynesboro 01apter of the Virgi r
\lusewn of Fine Arts . ~1r . Barclay Sheaks ,
Associat e Profess or of Fi ne Arts at Virgini a
Wes l eyan and artist- adviso r for llunt Manufactur ing Company will pr esent hi s tedmiques of usin g
acrylic palme r emulsion paints and his methods
of composing a pa inting on Sunday afternoon
from 4:00 to 6 : 00 p .m. in t he Mul ti-purpose
Room of the \l/aynesboro Pub lic Librar y . Mr .
Sheaks will bring with hi m exampl es of hi s
work which will be exhibi t ed on the wa lls
of the Multi-purpose Room on Sunday on l y. The
public i s invi t ed t o join Chapter members
in a ttending thi s even t.
I/ , R. ?errt' , Pr esiden t of Blue Ridge Indust rial
sa: etb Assoc:iation (3 RI.';A) along with Mr.
Bernar d Gibsor.. ( Yignt) , Vi ce Pres ident of BRISA,
ere shown we laonring Mr . Edr'IOnd Boggs to ~laynes
horo as ouc;., t srieakeY' ro1 BRISA 's di nne r meetin9 held~ at i/;,1.Po1:t .-;e&~e:;day night . Mr . Boggs
is the Commi ssi oner for the Virginia State
Department o f Labor and Indus try . The meeting
was attended by 56 p.2rsons representing 24
industries from 11 lbemar le , Augusta, Rockb ridge
and Rockingham Counties .
1

~10NOGRl\i' I

SERIES RETIJRNS

" KI FARU !", a study o[ the African Rhino,

will l ead off the second seas on of the Gene r al
Electric Monogr am Series on Thursday , November
12 , 7: 30-8 : 30 EST , on the NBC -TV networ k .
PARR COMPLETES APPRE:.JTICE TRAINING .-..

LOST : American Standard Book , volwne 6 , from

u1e lib r ary files . Anyone havin g this book ,
pl ease return it to \1r. Crapser ' s office .

RI DE \ EEDED
f-r ances ,\ laiden needs a ride from U1e Mt . Sidney
a r ea for t he 8 to 4: 30 s hift. She can be
contacted on Ext . 411 .

If you enjoy homecooking , country s tyle ,

come to the 4th Armual Augusta Re lief Sale
Saturday , September 26 , 1970 , 3 mi l es s outh
of 1\ayncsboro on U. S . Route 340 .
For more information contact Alvin lleat wole at 942 -7685 or Dennis S1.;artz , 942-3987 .

BOTTO\lS UP
In r1a,ry lan~ , a poli ce officer advi sed a
l ady U1at her license plates were ups ide down .
She rep lied that it made it eas i e r f or he r to
l ocate he r car i n a parking lot.

Blaine D. Parr has recently comoleted the

r equirements for graduation fro~ the General
Electric Apprentice 'l'raining ?r ogrom . He i
shown receiving hiR Certificate of Apprenti~ . ship from D. L. Coughtry , Manager- Manufacturing
as Paul :varren, Supe rvisor- Apprentice Program
wat ches . Blaine resides at Route 3, Waynesboro
wi t h his wife Lynn and their new- born son .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL @ELECTRIC
September 25 , 1970
UCF I:.J- PLANT DRIVE TO BEGIN
OCTOBER 12 - 16

PO\\'LR SHORTAGE AFFECrS OPERATIONS

The current power s hortage which i s affectina the enti r e East Coast of the United States
h~ a Jso had its repercussions i n Waynes bor o ,
and particul arly in this plant. Management
received an urgent call from VEPCO on Tues day
afternoon askin g for voluntary assis tance . in
conserving power whe r ever possib l e ~o assi s ~
the power company i n keeping essential services
going . Vf:PCO said that this "b rrnvn_o:it~" a
partial reduction of pohe r, would minimize the
danaer s of trying to continue t o carry an
ext;a heavy load' caused by the heat and high
humidity 1.;hich cou l d easily b lack out the
en tire sys tem.
,-.. Management took steps immedi a tely to
.nply h'i th the VEPCO r eques t and s hut ?ff
prnver to all equipmen t not currently bern.g
used and c los ed drnvn s ome auxiliary equipment.
In the futur e , i f the extreme heat and humicli t y
continues and the power s hort age r emains acut e ,
management has several plans under conside r ation
to help in so l ving the prob l ems , s uch as. s huttina off the a ir conditioni n g in the office
porti on of the bui l ding and lookin g a t r e schedulina s ome pieces of equipment that are
heavy prnv~r use r s from the fi r st to the second
s hi f t 1vhen more powe r is available . Management does not an t icipate the need fo r s hutting dohrn the air circulation sys t ern in the
fac t ory.
VIPCO expressed its
and t o the empl oyees for
in overcornina th is acut e
accepting in~onveniences
of complaints .

thanks to the Company

wi llin gly ass i sti ng
pO\ver s ho rtage and
1vi th a minirnlUTl amount

Pl IYLL I S PENDERGRAFT NAMED TO

GOVERNORIs CO\MI ITEE
,.-..._ Congratul ation s go to Phy ll is Pendergraf t,
r eception is t fo r the \faynesboro Plant, upon
her r ecent appointment to the governor ' s 19rnernbe r Conunission on the Status of Women.
Phv ll is is vi ce chairman o[ the Seventh District
Republ ican Commi ttee .

~.
. ...
~

Shown ab ove are Ed McCray (Apprenti ce ),

Char lie Minter (Maintenance) and Robert Lenn
(Maintenance) out7:-inc the rina l touches on the
ins tallation of the large UCF employee parti cipation t he rmometer . The sign will be l ocat ed
on GE Blvd. and each day e1"'?~ loyees will be
able to s ee the progress c: the in- plant drive
a.s they come to wor k .
The in-p l ant United CommLmitr fund ( UCF)
drive is s l a ted for the 1"eek of October 12 ,
1970 . Bi ll Perry, UCf chairman for the
l\faynesboro Plant s t ated t his year ' s UCf s l ogan
is , " If you don 't do it , it h'on ' t ge t <lone ."
'T11e fund drive ' s objective t h i s year wi 11 be
t o i mprove employee partici pation .
Bill notes , "I t ' s a drnllenge but the need
is so gr eat because this yea r' s l\'aynes boro -Eas t
Augusta Coun t y United Fw1d goal is $165,000 , an
amount which will s upport 14 member agencies
fo r the next operating year. ~lost i mportant of
all--if sLq)port ed , these 14 agencies will not
be knocking on your doors fo r contributions
during the year .''

SCOGEE SVIL GOLF TEAM

NEWS AROUND TI-IE

CO~IPANY

..-..

Bango r, Maine, To Vo t e
About 135 employees at the Mechanical
Drive Turbine Department ' s Bangor , Maine , plant
will vo t e on October 8 whether to remain with out a union or to have the IUE r epresent them.
This is th e first represen tation e l ection
since the department acquired the facility
about a year ago .
Asheboro, North Carolina , Votes No Union
At the Hous ewares Division's Personal
Appliance Department plant in Asheboro, N. C.,
169 employees vo ted f or no union and 168 for
the I UE. 1\vo ballo ts we re void. The union
has filed objections to the con duct of the
campaign .
This is the s econd representation election
in the 18-year history of the pl ant. The
first occurred in 1964 when the IUE also los t,
with about the same number of votes for i t.
Indi anapo lis, I ndian a , Votes No Uni on
At the Gene ral Le arning Corporation-Time,
I nc. , ware house in Indianapolis , Ind . , 59 employees voted fo r no uni on and 26 f o r the
Who lesale , Ret ai l , and Department Store Empl oyees . Genera l Learning Co rporati on is
j oin t l y owned by Gene ral Electric and Time , Inc.
Oakland , Cali f ornia , To Vote
The NLRB h as o rde r ed an election to dete r mine whe ther e mployees at the Oakland, Calif. ,
Service Shop wi s h to have the UE or the IBEW
re p res e n t them or t o have no uni on . The UE
h as r e pres ente d th e m s ince 196 3.

Front row- knee ling : C. Thompson , S . Preston

(ho lding runner-up t rophy) , R. Kerbe r. 2nd r ow :
R. Assi d , G. Hall , F . Gum , J . Mc.Kay , S . Mi l l er .
Back row: D. Phelps , K. Kent , L. Swanson , B.
Dedrick, D. Fitzge r ald . Absent f r om pho t o : B.
Coope r, A. Ha as , G. Rankin, B. Rankin , D. Ha r r ell,
and D. Dondie go .
SCOGEE ' s 19 70 SVIL Golf Team shown above
di d an ou tstanding job on the golf links this
s ummer and likewise for t he final all- day golf
tournament held at Lakeview Golf Course on
September. They placed third in the ma t ch .
U. S. SAVINGS BO~DS TO HAVE INTEREST
"BONUS " IF HELD TO MATURITY
U. S . Savings Bonds, Series E--the kind
i nveste d in under the General Electric Savings
and Securi t y Pr ogram , Stock Bonus Plan a.~ d
Savings Plan--now earn an extra one - hal f of
one percent " bonus" for t hose who keep t hem
until ma turity .
Th e increase brings the rate on Se r ies E
Bonds t o 5~% if t hey a r e held t o maturi t y .
That ' s t he maximum a l lowed under a new law r e cently signe d by Presjdent Nixon. Previously
t he bonds paid onl y 5% interest at matur ity .
Th e new r ate applies to all bonds p u r ch ased afte r June 1 , 1970, with the bonus applying to the ful l term of the bond . Series
E Bonds pur chase d before that date wi l l re ceive a one- hal f pe r cent increase in interest
f o r s e mi- an nual interest periods beginning
af ter June 1 , but payable after maturity .
The new bonus means t hat an i nves tme
of $18.75 i n a bond today will bring $2 5, tJ
when the bond is r edeemed five years and t en
months from n ow--the cur r ent mat uri t y date. A
$5 0 b on d costing $37. 50 will b ring $5 1. 46 a t
maturity ; a $100 bond costing $75 will bri ng
$102 . 92. I f the bonds are held past maturi ty
they go on earning the new 5!2% r a t e .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ ELECTR IC
Vo lume XII,

~o .

85

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

September 18 , 1970

RELAY AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILURE

CAUSES WORK STOPPAGE
The main air condi t ioning unit in the
Relay Area s topped working ear ly Wednesday morning, September 16. Attempts to keep operating
proved uns uccessful, and all personnel wor king
in the main Relay Assemb l y area were sent home
at 1: 30 p .m.
Since the Relay Machine Shop , the Solder
and Stamp Room, Coil Win ding and Header Assembly area are on a diffe r en t coolin g system,
these ope rations were continued .
Service personnel from the equipment manufactu r er arrived at 4:00 p.m. on September 16 .
The unit was disassembled and the prob l em
f,..._nd early in the e ve ning . Since it could not
t repaired here, th e in-operative assembly
was boxed, loaded in a station wagon, and
started toward the factory i n no r t hern New
Jersey. It will be re- worked on a "round-theclock basis " and r e turned at the earliest possible time .
Hopef ully, we can resume operations on
Friday, Se ptember 18 . If this is not possible ,
the affected r e lay personnel will be called and
to l d when to report back to work .

STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICE

The Stock Price and the Fund Unit Price
for the month of August, 1970 , are as follows :
STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$76 .214
$21.547

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Unions now find that strikes realZy
don 't set t le a thing . "- -George Meany , Presi dent
AFL-CIO unions at a Lahar Dery press Conference,
September ?, 19 70 .

Verna Rudine, Engraving operator in Electronics ,

i s shown using compressed air. The safety air
knoz zle shown in her hand is one of hundreds
that have been installed th roughout the plant
as a safety measure for emp loyees . The knozzle
reduces the air flow rate to 30 psi, but even
at this rate operators must v.se ex tr-eme care .
COMPRESSED AIR--DANGER
The Plant's safety regulation on compressed air describes the use of compressed
air as very hazardous , even to t he point of
death.
A blast of compressed air can rupture a n
eardrum; worse yet , it can cause a brain
hemorrhage and can be fata l. An air jet can
drive metal chi ps and other deb ris at high
rates of s peed . Also, a n air jet directed
into the mouth can rupture lungs , and intns t ines.
Aimed at the eyes , it can even cause blir. '.:1ess .
Directed a t the skin, compressed air can damage
the tissues so as to resemble a bu rn, qu~,_cc
apart from dirt, f ragments or chips that ca'
be driven int o the flesh .
Use your air hose carefully . Don' t use
the air for the wrong purpose. And don't 'er
us e it fo r hors eplay . It i s sheer stupidit y
for a prankster to turn an air ho~e on a fe llow
worker. It ' s just air , b ut so is a typhoon jus t
air--and deadly .

GENERAL ELECTRICS & S PROGRAM MUTUAL FUND

Semi-Annual Report, June 30, 1970
To Program Participants and Fund Unit Holders: This report shows the net asset value per Fund Unit
on June 30, 1970 and December 31, 1969 and a list of investments on June 30, 1970.
Asset Value. The net asset value per Fund Unit was $21.02 on
June 30, 1970. This compares with $28.57 on December 31,
1969 and $27.05 on June 30, 1969.

credited. to participants in the form of additional Fund Units

in accordance with the Savings and Security Program.)

The value of a Fund Unit decreased 25.2% for the 6 months

ended June 30, 1970 and decreased 20.9% for the 12 month
period. These decreases have been .adjusted for the distribution
of$.48 per Fund Unit paid in March 1970. (The distribution was

Note: Employee savings and Company contributions are

credited at the average Fund Unit Price in the month for
which such credit is made, and not at the asset value as of the
end of particular periods specified above.

General Electric S & S Mutual Fund List of Investments, June 30, 1970
COMMON STOCKS 94.00%
Shares

At Market""

Shares

1,437,625
1,036,775
1,046,400
1, 190,375
1,726,875

15, 700
45,000
20,000
22,700
35,200

Oil 6.10%

Building 6.40%

43,400
36,700
43,600
53,500
30,700

Carrier Corp.
Cousins Properties
Fishbach & Moore, Inc.
Rouse Company
Trane Company (The)

At Market

Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.

Mobil Oil Corp.
Schlumberger. Ltd.
Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)
Texaco, Inc.

6,438,050
Business Equipment 11.71%

16,300
30,000
15,000
55,600
35,000

Burroughs Corp.
Digital Equipment Corp.
International Business Machines Corporation
National Cash Register Co.
Xerox Corporation

Burlington Industries, Inc.

Coca-Cola Company (The)
Heublein, Inc.
Simplicity Pattern Co . Inc.

2,066,550
2,081,250
1,918, 125
2, 196,278
8,262,203

Drugs 9.67%

30,000
40,000
100,000
51,000
45,000

Abbott Laboratories
American Home Products Corporation
B<Jxter Laboratories, Inc.
Betz Laborutones
Medtronic, Inc.

1,845,000
2,280,000
2,287,500
1,989,000
1,327,500
9,729,000

electrical 2.36%

12,400
19,800
47,750

Emerson Electric Co.

lnt'I. Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
Pic;kwick International, Inc.

633,950
683, 100
1,056,468
2,373,518

Merchandising 9.62%

25,000
16,200
55,000
15,600
40,000
40,000
50,000

A.R.A. Services, Inc.

Heinz (H.J.) Co.
Mammoth Mart, Inc.
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
Penney (J.C.) Co.
Sears Roebuck & Co.
Woolworth (F.W.) Co.

2,081,250
526,500
838,750
904,800
1,640,000
2,225,000
1,462,500
9,678,800

Metal and Mining 1.82%

22,200
20,700

Kennecott Copper Corp.

Phelps Dodge Corporation

960, 150
874.575
1,834,725

Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4.33%

37,500
30,006
25,000
24,200

Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Diebold, Inc.
Lenox, Inc.
TRW, Inc.

7:35,938

1,968, 750
1,277,500
1,242.825
915,200
6, 140,213

Paper and Containers 7.32%

1,491.450
1,665,000
3,750,000
2,314,350
2,555,000
11,775,800

Consumer Products 8.21%

59,900
30,000
55,000
30,086

1,298,438
1,590,318
803, 125
6G5,500
4,357,381

70,000
62,740
54,300
80,000

International Paper Co.

Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Scott Paper Co.
U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.

2, 135,000

1 ,929.255
1,391,438

1,910.000
7,365,693

Photography 4.11%

35,000
36,000

Eastman Kodak Co.

Polaroid Corp.

2,222,500

1,908,000
4, 130,500

Public Utilities 2.77%

32,000
32,400
34,800

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Duke Power Co.
Southern California Edison Co.

1,320,000
664,200
800,tlOO
2,784,600

Publishing and Services 6.96%

25,000
25,000
45,000
29,500

Burns (William J.) International

Detective Agency
Disney (Walt) Productions, Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc ..
Pinkerton's, Inc.

581,250
2,934,375
1,951,875
1,534,000
7,001,500

Soap and Cosmetics 9.66%

30,000
45,000
20,000
35,000
45,000

Avon Products, Inc.

Gillette Co.
International Flavors and Fragrances
Plough, Inc.
Revlon, Inc.

2, 111,250
1,698,750
1,067,500
2,327,500
2,508,750
9,713,750

Other 2.96%

26,100
31,200

General Motors Corp.

Marlennan Corp.

1,621,462
1,357,200
2,978,662

Total common stocks 94.00%

Cash, corporate short-term notes,
receivables, etc., net 6.00%
Total Net Asset Value

94,564,395

6,034,000

s 100,598,395

'S>!curities l1stecJ nr1 1ational exchanges are valued at the closing sales
price at June 30, 1970; securities traded in the over the-counter
n,arket are valuen at the last bid price at that date.

MCTUAL FUND .... (continue d)

SCOuEE INTRA- PLAN1 SOFTBALL CHAJ1PIONS

have r eceive d actual ce rti ficates prior to the

first r egular payout of uni ts included pensioners and oth ers.

,-.

Of course, fund par ti cipants invest a

fixed amount of dol lars each month r ather than
purchase ~ fixe d number of units.
As a result,
when prices are l ower the same amount of money
buys more uni ts than when p ri ces are higher.
The first holding period distribution of
f und uni ts under the S&S Program wil l be ear l y
in 1971 after the end of the specif i ed three year holding period.
The S&S Program Mut ual Fund does not have
a sales--or loading-- char ge f or purchasing
fun d units, and the re is n o charge for redeeming units.

SPUDNUTS DISCONTINUED
Mr. Art Smith, Cafete ri a Manage r, announces
with ?eg r e t that the make r of "Spudnuts " can
n o l ong<::r supp ly us due to circums tances beyond
hi s cont rol.

,.-.

Mr . Smith says he will seek other sources

replace the pop ular " Spu dnut " pas tri es and
in th e mean time, will continue to offer the
re5u L. r don uts and pas try items.
~-

WHAT LOSES JOBS?

To listen to the union these days, it would
seem very s imple to answe r this ques tion. This
week's un ion leaflet said " GE ' s g r eed for profit s harms jobs. " At other times the unions
say busjncssmen don't pay enough wages ... at
ot'1, ,: times unions say that businessmen charge
t1ii)1 r . ices . . . e tc.' etc .

Now Lf the causes are thi s simp l e, then

the solution is also very simple--j us t pass a
law to elimina te profits, raise everybody ' s
wages , and lower all the prices . If that's too
complicated, maybe there is a n even easier
solution ... just take businessmen off the job
altogether and hand it over to someone else . ..
but who? The government (who might make up
1'A_t profits wi ~h increased ~axe~)? The u~ions
~ seem to think the solution i s t o castiga te
the businessman)? Forei gn compc ti tors (who
pay low wages)?
All our employees know better . Everyone
knows that without profi t there is no opport unity t o p r ovide a product t o se ll to the cus tomer and without sa les there are no jobs .

The Stockroom team finished the season with a

record of 8 wins and 1 loss. They also won
the playoff tournament. Members of the team
are : (kneeling, left to right) Cl arence
Henderson, Phil Babe r, Wayne Bowles, Larry
Martin, Willie Woodson , Julian Branstetter;
(standing) Clement Waggy, Gary Mawyer, Kenny
Cr ay, Al ~l cDanie ls, Cliff Anderson, Fred
Huffman, Hma rd Henderson, Dan Wells, Jim
Johndrow, and Ron Johnson , team captain, being
congratulated by SCOGEE President, Frank Gum .
Other teams competing were CCDD Engineering,
Marke ting, and NECD Engineering , finishing
in th at or der . (Missing from photo-W arren
Sp rouse.)

******************
Jane and Kenneth Reid would l ike t o express
appreciation for the kind expressions of
sympathy shown in the death of Jane ' s brother,
James F. ~ cLa u ghlin.

******************
Would the person who borrowed a " Minimi te "
Thermo- Potentiometer f rom Carter Swann please
contact him on Ext . 421.

*******************
A limited number of University of Virginia
Cou rse schedules are avai lable in the Relations
Office .

*******************
A.S.Q . C. TO MEET
The Ameri can Society for Quality Control will
hold its Sept. meeting next We d . , the 16th,
in Charlott es ville at the Dutch Pant1~. The
social hour will begin at 6:30 at the Mount
Vernon Motel directly behind the Dutch Pantry.
Cost for the dinne r meeting will be $4 . 25 .
Reservations should be made by Sept. 14 by
calling Alma Humphries, Ext . 318.