Word: tektronix
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Universal has spent more money on Galactica, or Star Wars 1½, as it might be called, than anyone has ever spent on a TV series before-$15 million, nearly double the cost of Star Wars itself. Moreover, Tektronix, Inc., a computer firm, has contributed a real computerized control room, and John Dykstra, 31, who created the wizardry special effects for Star Wars, was commissioned to work the same magic for Galactica...
...Tektronix Inc., an electronics firm in Oregon and the state's largest private employer, allows all its 15,900 workers to pick their own date of retirement, provided they are doing a satisfactory job. "We don't make generalized assumptions about age and its effect on productivity," says Susan Stone, director of communications. "We try to focus on the employee and his manager rather than set hard and fast rules. It's a pay-for-performance situation. We have people over 65 doing a heck of a job, no matter where we put them." Texas Refinery, a petroleum-products manufacturer...