Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1962)

president of board of directors of newly chartered Los Angeles-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists Federal Credit Union. Other board members are: Art Gilmore (national AFTRA president), vp; Joe Yocam, secretary; Bertha Ziff, treasurer, and Tyler McVey (AFTRA local president). Ted de Corsia, Michael Rye and Mr. Yocam were elected to serve on credit committee. Claude McCue, AFTRA executive secretary, John Kennedy and Mr. McVey were appointed by board to supervisory committee. Ken Niles Jr., former associate producer of Face the Facts and On the Go on CBS-TV, joins Glen Glenn Sound, Los Angeles, as vp in charge of production. John Tranchitella has been re-elected president of Los Angeles local (47) of American Federation of Musicians for another two-year term. Other officers are: Max Herman, vp; Don F. Morris, secretary, and Bob Manners, treasurer. Edward T. Estabrook has been reelected president of IATSE International Photographers Local 659, Hollywood. Fred Frink appointed Detroit sales representative of Animation Inc. and Image Productions, Hollywood-based producers of live-action and animated tv commercials, succeeding Ted Petok, who resigned. George Montgomery has been signed to star in hour-long color tv series, Thunderbird, which Selmur Productions will produce for ABC-TV. Series, ABC-TV's first in color, will be contemporary western, with Mr. Montgomery cast as owner of an Arizona ranch located near Mexican border. Robert W. Larsen, former staff director of Jerry Fairbanks Productions, 'Man of the year' Ralph Beaudin, president of WLS Chicago, was named "radio man of the year" Dec. 7 at annual awards banquet of American College of Radio Arts, Crafts & Sciences, held in grand ballroom of Conrad Hilton Hotel. The award was presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of radio. Mr. Beaudin has been president of the ABC-owned and operated outlet since March 1960. Mr. Beaudin joins Alexander Film Co., Colorado Springs, Colo., as producer-director. Donn Greer, design consultant, appointed art director. Cy Kaplan, sales executive, Independent Television Corp., New York, named national sales manager. Mr. Kaplan joined ITC in 1959 from National Telefilm Assoc., where he was director of national sales. EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING Robert J. Welsmann, manager of custom products for Ampex Corp., Redwood City, Calif., appointed manager of manufacturing for company's video and instrumentation division. Mr. Welsmann joined Ampex in 1950 as electronics inspector and has served in his present capacity since 1953. Mr. Welsmann "SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION" BROADCASTING The Businessweekly of Television and Radio 1735 DeSales Street, N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Please start my subscription immediately for — J □ 52 weekly issues $7.00 □ 104 weekly issues $12.00 □ Payment attached f" □ 52 issues & Yearbook published next November $12.00 □ Please bill title/ position* company name addr city Send to home address — zone state Charles J. Lucy appointed manager of newly created electronic devices department in electronic products division of Corning Glass Works, Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Lucy, who joined Corning in 1952, has been division's manager of market development for special products since 1961. Other divisional appointments announced: Louis H. Gauss Jr., manager of special products; Dr. Morton R. Shaw, manager of microcircuit development, and John Spiegler, manager of components development. Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, noted scientist, engineer and inventor, and honorary vp of RCA, elected first vp of medical electronics section of Pan American Medical Assn. Jerome Schwartz, project engineer, antenna development labs of Channel Master Corp., Ellenville, N. Y., promoted to assistant chief engineer in electronics division. Andrew F. Inglis, manager, broadcast merchandising and engineering department, RCA, elected to new position of division vp, operations, broadcast and communications products division. Mr. Inglis joined RCA in 1953 as manager, broadcast equipment planning. He became manager of tv systems engineering in 1955 and manager of closed circuit tv department, three years later. GOVERNMENT Dorothy Counts appointed confidential assistant to FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow, replacing Gloria Coe, who will be married Dec. 30 to New York attorney Paul L. Klein. Mrs. Counts has been secretary in chairman's office since June 1961, and for 15 years was with HonigCooper & Harrington advertising agency in San Francisco. Her husband is research editor with Library of Congress. DEATHS Fayette B. Dow, 81, former senior member of Washington, D. C, communications law firm of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson and one of the founders of American Petroleum Institute, died Dec. 10 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N. Y. From time of founding Petroleum Institute in 1919 until Mr. Inglis Mrs. Counts 82 BROADCASTING, December 17, 1962