Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1958)

14 Trade Personals: Lloyd B. Kiely, ex-Philco of Canada, named to new post of gen. mgr., TV-radio div.. Zenith of Canada, Windsor, Ont. . . . David G. Koch promoted to eastern district mgr., industrial sales, RCA electron tube div. . . . John R. Ward, ex-Pyramid Electric, ex-CBS-Columbia, elected comptroller of IT&T components div. . . . Richard T. Orth, ex-Westinghouse & RCA v.p., now v.p.-planning of Sanders Assoc., Nashua, N. H., reports his firm coming out with new product called “Flexprint” (flexible printed circuitry) . . . Don Ross promoted to national field sales mgr. of Pilot Radio, with headquarters in Chicago . . . Michael Ames, ex-Emerson, sets up Michael Ames Assoc., public relations firm, 251 W. 42nd St., N. Y. . . . Edward J. Gerrity Jr., ex-Scranton Times, named mgr., general news, IT&T public relations dept. . . . Henry Onorati, ex-Dot Records, named pres, of newly formed 20th Century Records, subsidiary of 20th Century-Fox (Vol. 14:5); Lou Del Gurcio named v.p.; Donald Henderson secy.-treas. . . . Bradley B. Hammond, ex-Market Research Corp. of America, named to new Columbia Records post of director of market research, Clifford J. Benfield named director of organization development . . . Lewis Jesser resigns as sales administrator of Olympic of Cal., San Francisco, to become manufacturers rep. James M. Toney, new RCA Victor TV div. v.p.-gen. mgr. (Vol. 14:6), announced Feb. 14 that top staff will continue in current positions: J. P. Bannon, sales mgr.; D. D. Cole, chief engineer; J. B. Davidson, purchasing agent; F. R. Demmerly, controller; B. S. Durant, administrator, color TV coordination; J. H. Hickey, administrator, black&-white TV coordination; A. B. Mills, merchandise mgi\ ; C. N. Reifsteck, general quality control mgr.; H. M. Rundle, product development mgr.; P. R. Slaninka, personnel mgr.; J. M. Williams, adv. & sales promotion mgr. RCA’s policy of diversifying into new fields, pointed up with appointment of Charles R. Denny as v.p., product planning (see p. 6), was indicated with purchase this week of assets of Arlin Products Inc., 13541 Auburn St., Detroit, maker of custom-built equipment for factories such as conveyor belts. Company had wound up its business, but RCA took over payroll of 50, rental of building, production line. Obituary Wm. J. Barkley, 69, retired exec. v.p. of Collins Radio Co., whose home was in Contoocook, N. H., died Feb. 7 in E. Orange, N. J. As a young man, he founded Wireless Specialties Co.; later was gen. sales mgr. of De Forest Radio Co. He joined Collins in 1933 as gen. sales mgr., retiring in 1955. Surviving are widow, daughter, son, sister. ELECTRONICS PERSONALS: Edward A. Link, originator of the Link trainer plane, elected pres.. General Precision Equipment Co., Hermann Place continuing as chairman . . . Rear Adm. Frederick R. Furth, USN ret., IT&T dii'ector of research & engineering, elected a v.p. . . . David R. Hull promoted to new post of v.p. for Raytheon defense programs ... I. Tunis Corbell promoted to mgr., microwave design engineering, GE communication products dept., succeeding A. Clarke Gunn, now mgr., design engineering for military equipment . . . John W. Lazur, ex-Servomechanisms Inc., named militai'y operations mgr., DuMont industrial & military equipment div., succeeding J. Nelson Lord Jr., recently named asst. div. mgr. . . . Boyce Nemec, ex-SMPTE exec, secy., named exec. v.p. of Reeves DISTRIBUTOR NOTES: DuMont appoints 11 distributors for industrial TV equipment: Appliance Wholesalers, Portland, for Ore. & southwest Wash.; Ecko Sound Equipment, Minneapolis, for most of Minn.; Fentriss Sound Equipment, Oklahoma City, for Okla.; Foster Electronics, Escanaba, for northern Mich.; G&W Distributing, Phoenix, for Ariz.; Rocky Mt. Industrial TV, Denver, for Colo., Wyo. & most of Ida.; Sound Engineering, Dallas, for northeastern Tex.; Southeast Audio, Jacksonville, for northern Fla.; Southern Radio Supply, New Orleans, for southern La. & southern Miss.; Taylored Sound, Albany, for eastern N. Y.; Unitized Electronics, Cleveland, for northeast Ohio . . . Allied Appliances, Inc., Denver (Motorola), has been purchased by 3 employes who become new officers: W. G. Lujan, pres.; A. J. Nerone, v.p.; R. A. Hansen, secy.-treas. & Motorola sales mgr. . . . Ohio Appliances, Cincinnati (RCA), elects Earle F. Bracken v.p.; he continues as branch mgr. in new Reinhold Drive headquarters . . . Westinghouse names R. F. Castner asst, to C. V. Roseberry, midwest region v.p.; G. A. Corcoran succeeds him as Des Moines district mgr. . . General Electric Appliance Co., Cincinnati, names W. S. McCoy mgr. of dealer sales, succeeding H. W. Burdekin, transferred to same post at GEA, Chesapeake branch, Washington . . . Hotpoint promotes Hal B. Avery to new post of sales planning mgr. for TV and names 4 new marketing counselors: Jacob L. Miller, southeast; Paul L. Sullivan, northeast; Harold P. Murphy, midwest; Mitchell M. Werwa, west coast . . . DuMont N. Y. Inc. promotes Jack Fieldsteel to field sales mgr. . . . Apollo Distributing Co., Newark (Zenith) promotes Wilbur Wosnitzer to sales mgr. of Zenith div.; names Phil Solow district mgr. . . . American Geloso (U. S. rep for Italian tape recorder) appoints Edelmuth & Co., Cleveland; Dymac Inc., Buffalo; Washington Wholesalers, Washington; Hall Co., Los Angeles . . . Hoffman Electronics Corp. consumer products div., names Samson Distributing Co., Pittsburgh, and Western Mass. Assoc. Inc. More reports on 1957 TV sales by regions, as compiled by local electrical leagues (see also Vol. 14:5-6): Los Angeles — Distributors sold 320,002 TVs in 1957 vs. 350,602 in 1956, 26,276 TVs in Dec. 1957 vs. 36,701 in Dec. 1956; 416,134 radios in 1957 vs. 382,064 in 1956, 66,517 in Dec. 1957 vs. 63,614. Wichita— Dealers sold 16,000 TVs in 1957 vs. 20,185 in 1956, 2017 in Dec. 1957 vs. 2665. Retail sales of household appliance & radio stores for 1957 were down 2.8%, according to Census Bureau yearend report issued this week. Dealer sales were S3.9 billion in 1957 vs. $4.1 billion in 1956; $448,000,000 in Dec. 1957 vs. $480,000,000 in Dec. 1956. TV, radio, appliance & electronic parts distributor sales were $3.96 billion in 1957 vs. $4 billion in 1956; year-end inventories were 2% below 1956. Soundcraft . . . J. H. Dalton, ex-Fairchild Camera, named asst, to pres, of Servo Corp. . . . Wells R. Chapin promoted to sales mgr., northeast sales region, GE technical products dept. . . . J. Z. Millar named to head sales of Western Union technical services & equipment, adding to present duties as asst. v.p. of development & research . . . Everett A. Gilbert, Radio Frequency Labs engineering v.p., elected a director . . . James R. Brennan promoted to technical liaison asst, of Sylvania electronic systems div., Dayton . . . Jack A. Amsterdam resigns as adv. & sales promotion mgr. of American Electronics to join pres. James C. Killingsworth of Killingsworth Co. public relations firm, to establish Electronics Publicity Inc. of Cal.