New Horizons
For Argus Cited

Sylvania President
Tours Local Plant

The relatively new means of
using light beams for communi-
cations has opened to the Argus
Cameras Division "unlimited
possibilities to take advantage
of its optical and electro-me-
ch'r 'dlls," a company of-

fice •; tods

W

lie is Gene K, Beare, presi-
dent of Sylvania Electric Prod-
u c t s , Inc.,
which owns
Argus. Beare
was in Ann Ar-
bor today to
tour the Argus
plant.

"As the Ar-
gus Division be-
comes further
involved with
sophistic a t e d
optical sys- Beare
terns, it will have a tremen-
dous advantage being li)Ccucti
near the University," Beare
said.

Beare said that Lee L. Daven-
port, Argus vice-president and
general manager, is working
"very closely" with a U-M
radar group, and has a con-
tract for the design of an opti-
cal system used in conjunction
with a coherent light program
being developed at the U-M's
Willow Run Laboratories.

"Argus, in addition to its
military efforts, is increasing
its commercial optical business
and is presently doing work
for companies such as Eastman
Kodak and Bausch & Lomb,"
Beare said.

Argus manufactures still and
motion picture cameras and
projectors, besides optics for
military use.