Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1959)

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(tv-radio productions), that city, as associate producer. • Hap Copeland, formerly International News Service business representative, Dallas, to World Wide Information Services, similar capacity, Texas area. Other World Wide business rep. appointments: Edwin Albertson, San Francisco area, and Gordon Law, Colorado market area. • Donald W. Lloyd joins Marvin Becker Films, San Francisco tv-motion picture film producer, as sales rep. • James H. McCormick, manager of CBS Films Inc.'s Atlanta Office, named account supervisor in New York. • Robert Berman, president of Magna Film Production, Watertown, Mass., appointed member of board, Communication Productions, N.Y. • Jeffrey Sayre elected president of Screen Extras Guild for coming year. Other officers: Paul Cristo, first vp; Tex Brodus, second vp; Paul Bradley, third vp; Kenner G. Kemp, treasurer; Bess Flowers, recording secretary. • Dick Sexty, traffic and bookings manager of Radio Recorders, Hollywood, appointed sales manager. Josephine Bevilacque, succeeds Mr. Sexty as traffic manager. James McKenzie, who continues as manager of company's Sunset-Highland division, will also serve as night manager of main studios. Harlan Harker transfers from night supervisor to daytime operations, working with sales department. • Edward Sullivan, formerly account executive of Campbell-Ewald's Detroit office, elected vp of Compass Productions N.Y. Other appointments: Robert Hartung, formerly associate producer, Hallmark Hall of Fame, as associate producer and director; Sybil Trubin as executive assistant to Mr. Schaefer and supervisor of casting; Gordon R. Wynne, Jr., attorney, as production coordinator and story editor, and Joan H. Frank as production associate. Equipment & Engineering • Richard W. Lee, vp of engineering and research, General Precision Lab, Pleasantville, NY., elected president, succeeding James W. Murray, chairman and chief executive officer of GPL's parent company, General Precision Equipment Corp. Other GPL appointments: William P. Hilliard, vp and general manager, and William J. Tull, vp of avionic engineering and sales. • Dr. Robert Adler, associate research director of Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago, elected vp. He is credited, among other contributions, with development of wide-band, low-noise, highgain amplifier tube for use in uhf and microwave receivers. • L. A. Miller, formerly staff and consulting engineer of Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) , appointed marketing director of Central Scientific Co., Chicago. • Peter Onnigian leaves as chief engineer of KBET-TV Sacramento, Calif., to devote himself full-time to Jampro Antenna Co., Sacramento, and associate company, Sacramento Industrial Tv Corp., (wireless microphones, electronic products). • Capt. Robert B. Conaughty (USNret.), formerly commanding officer of U.S. Naval Communication Station, Norfolk, Va., to Page Communications Engineers, Washington, as manager of European operations. • Aurel G. Petrasek, manager, merchandising, receiving tubes, RCA Electron Tube Div., Harrison, N.J., named manager, industrial tube department. • Martin Minney, partner in San Francisco law firm, Heller, Ehrman, CORRECTION Size price listed in our Symmetra-peak ad appearing in the May 4, 1959 issue of BROADCASTING was in error. The correct price is #295. FOB factory as shown in our current ad on page 84. KAHN RESEARCH LABORATORIES, Inc. 22 Pine Street, Freeport, New York White & McAuliffe, appointed vp and general counsel of Ampex Corp., Redwood City, Calif. Allied Fields • Stafford Clark, director of advertising-publicity of McCadden Productions, has joined Pat McDermott Inc.. public relations firm, in charge of client relations for both Los Angeles and New York offices. Richard K. Bellamy, formerly director of publicity of Benton & Bowles and Kenyon & Eckhardt, appointed director of publicity of Pat McDermott. • William A. Ulman resigns as account representative and vp of Communications Counselors, Washington. D.C., public relations affiliate of McCann-Erickson, to open Institute of World Travel (pr and research firm) in Washington. Paul M. Douglas, manager of CCI, Cleveland, Ohio office, named to succeed Mr. Ulman, and Mrs. Peg Trippel, named public relations account representative and assistant to Mr. Douglas. International • Peter Golick, formerly vp and member of board, Ronald Advertising Ltd., Montreal, to Grey Adv., same location, as vp and general manager. Mr. Golick Mr. McGill 94 (FATES & FORTUNES) • RA. Stevenson to radio-tv director of Spitzer & Mills Ltd., Toronto, Ont., advertising agency. • J.J. McGill, advertising manager of Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, Montreal, Que., elected president of Assn. of Canadian Advertisers, succeeding H.E. Whitehead, Kimberly-Clark Canada Ltd., Toronto. J.C. Miller, Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Toronto, elected executive vp. • Other AC A officers elected: A.B. Yeates, Prudential Insurance of America, Toronto, vp-treasurer; E.T. Gater, Sterling Drug Mfg. Ltd., Aurora, Ont.; J.W. Cook, Shawinigan Water & Power Co., Montreal; K.J. Farthing, Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.; P.J. McGinnis, Bell Telephone Co. of Canada, Montreal, and E.J. Coleman, Kraft Foods Ltd., Montreal, all vps. B.E. Legate, Toronto, reelected general manager and secretary. BROADCASTING, May 11, 1959