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Charter members incl ude NCR, Rohr Jndu~tries, General Dynamics, Northern Telecom, Loral Terracom, C1p er ata Pro du cts, Tur- bomach/Sunstrand, Ametek- Straza ~nd Teledyne Ryan Electronics. The component~ for middle managers, supervisors a nd technical professionals will be in June, August and September. The week-long sessions at the Manchester Center provide com- puter time, materials and meals as well as access to USD recrea- tion facilities. Non-affiliated companies may participate on a space-available basis. For detailed information on the program, contact Waller at 260-4586 or Covert at 265-5669. L --~A

The executive workshop and luncheon will be Wednesday at USD's Douglas F. Manchester Executive Center, from 8:30 a.m.-2030 p.m. Among the speakers will be Robert Close, vice president of a company long known for its com- mitment to quality, Eastman Kodak. Close will present a case study of Kodak's experience in "Developing a Quality Ethnic." Author and lecturer Ken Blan- cha1 d will speak on "The Customer and Quality" and SDSU management professor James Belasco on "Building the Quality-First Culture." The institute's other com- ponents are offered on a membership basis, with levels for both large and small organizations.

"This is San Diego's own pro- gram - built by San Diego in- dustry for San Diego industry," said Peggy Covert, executive director of SDSU Professional De\ elopment. unique facet of the program is that training is offered at all levels of the corporation to instill a feeling for quality throughout the organization. "The new program, which pro- vidL'S an unusual opportunity for USD and SDSU to combine re ources, is aimed at everyone from the chief executive officer don to the assembly line,'' said Kalh;y Waller, assistant director of SD Continuing Education. e first component to be of- fered I a session for top ma agers on "Quality and Pro- du ivity - Executives Make the Di erence."

A mencan in ustry 1s engaged in an intense battle to regain its competitive edge in the world mar et. Both business leaders and con- sumers feel that mediocre quality and productivit) can no longer be tolerated. In response to this need, two of San Diego's leading universities have joined with the San Diego corporate community to create a program designed to raise the level of quality and productivity in local manufacturing concerns. After a year of planning ses- ions with manufacturing ex- ecutives, University of San Diego Continuing education and Sari Diego State University' College of Extended Studies have d veloped the Institute for Quali- ty and Productivity, the first of its kind in San Diego.

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Spin nets USO student $1 million 1 '-1.'i~ T Assoc,ated Press A retired Air Force officer, "too nervous" to spin for himr,;elf, won a $4.1 million annuity Saturday when his daughter spun for him and hit the grand prize on the Cali- fornia Lottery's "Big Spin." Two other spinners, including a University of San Diego student, won annuitiesworth $1 million each. The grand prize winner was Tom Hedrick, 61, a former Air Force major who retired in 1970. He stayed home in Merced and sent his wife, Mary, and daughters, Camilla Weed and Melissa Proiet- ti, to Sacramento for the "Big Spin." Weed spun the wheel and landed in one of the two grand prize slots on the 100-slot wheel the first spinner to do so since March 21. Hedrick will get an annual check for $164,000 for 20 years. The lot- tery deducts 20 percent federal in- come tax. Mrs. Hedrick aid her husband was an electronic warfare officer on B-52 bombers, which she said involved "jamming enemy radar." She said he flew some missions during the Vietnam war and re- The $1 million winners were Son Tran, 31, a USO physics student at the Univerfilty of San Diego, and Debbie Clements, 29, a bookkeeper from La Mirada. Each will get an annual check for $40,000 for 20 years. Tran, who said his goal is gradu- ation, came to the United States from Vietnam 10 years ago and has become a citizen. The grand prize, which starts at $2 million and increases by $25,000 each time it isn't won, will be $2,250,000 for the first spinner next week. . $50,000 - Frank Evans, 70, Lo- di, and Virginia Mottashed, 60, Los Angeles. $25,000 - Dorothy McKinley, 51, Ceres; Jo Ann Durgen, 38, Fair Oaks, and Lucio Munos, 68, Lin- coln. $10,000 - Meloney Martin, 42, Modesto. Other winners: $100,000 - Jerry Langford, 42, Paskenta.

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But in seeking quality, be said, managers m~t know what business they are in, that they are headmg in the right direction, what drives thei_n .and what satisfies them and the price they are w1Umg to pay "The moment of truth," he said, "is any time you're dealing with the customer." Richard C. Close, president of Eastman Kodak sub- sidiary Eikonix Corp., said Kodak is guided by George Eastman's 1880 demand for the company to produce . Quality, said Close, "is the degree to which you meet or exceed the customer's expectation." Acompany and its managers "must create an envi- ronment where people have the courage to do the right thing for the customers." To survive competition for survival, he said, !he commitment to quality extends beyond production areas to engineering and administration. James A. Belasco, professor of management at San Diego State University, asked, "if everyone is in favor of first-time quality, how come we don't get it?" for success. "good goods."

Some sponsors may have felt bitten during yester- day's opening session of the Institute for Quality and Productivity. American industry, they were told, generally does . The institute, supported by San Diego mdustry, 1s sponr.ored jointly by USD's school of graduate and continuing education and the college of extended stud- ies at San Diego State University. Planned as a one-day sermnar, the institute grew "by demand" into components for key executives to middle managers to supervisors to production em- ployees, said Margaret A. Covert, its executive direc- tor. Three speakers told about 50 managers that cus- tomers determine quality standards for any company. Kenneth Blanchard, chairman of Blanchard Train- ing and Development, Escondido, said ~anagement style directs the company's quest for quality. "Managers must create the apparatus for the work- er to win," he said. Workers will take on tough tasks, including quality production, "if they know you want not produce high quality products. . .

H"lls_gir to attend seminar n·' ejj;;' Hills resident Brooke Hermann has been chosen by Canyon High School faculty and . taff to attend the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) ~·oundation ·outhern California Leadership Sem- inar this June 5-7 at the Univer ity of Sa Diego. Hermann. a sophomore at Canyon High, will join 125 other students at the leadership seminar. The event. open to all sophomores, L de igned to har- nes the leadership potential of today's youth. 011 . ophomor from each high chool in Orange, hupenal. H1vers1de ·and San Diego counties at- tends the event. Students will go head-to-head in round-t~ble discus ions with leaders in business, e

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Escondido, CA (San Diego Co.) Times Advocate (Cir. D. 32,685) (Cir. S. 34,568)

Oceanside, CA (San Diego Co.) Blade Tribune (Cir. D. 29,089) (Cir. S. 30,498)

Ramona, CA (San Diego Co.) Ramona Sentinel (Cir. W. 5,307)

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!: w~!!!i?,~"""' 1 check for $164,000 for 20 years. The lottery deducts 20 percent federal income tax. Mrs. Hedric k said her husband was an electronic warfare of- ficer on B-52 bombers, which she said involved "jamming enemy radar." She said he flew some missions during the Vietnam war a nd retired after 24 years' ser- vice. The $1 million winners were Son Tran, 31, a physics student at the 'University of San Diego, and Debbie Clements, ztr,-a-- book- keeper from La Mirada. Each will get an annual check for $40,000 fo r 20 years. Tran, who said his goal is graduation , came to the United States from Vietnam 10 yea rs ago and has become a citizen. The grand pr ize, which starts at $2 million and increases by $25,000 each time it isn 't won, will be $2,250,000 for the first spinner next week. Other winners : $100,000 - Jerry Langford , 42 , Paskenta. $50,000 - Frank Evans, 70, Lodi, and Virginia Mottashed, 60, Los Angeles. ..,,....-

Us~~,4P.~~~ win~ 00 A retired Air Force officer, "too nervous" to spin for himself, won a $4.1 million annuity Satur- day when his daughter spun for him and hit the grand prize on the California Lottery's "Big Spin." Two other spinners, one a Vietnamese immigrant living in San Diego, won annuities worth $1 million each. The grand prize winner was Tom Hedrick, 61, a fo rmer Air Force major who retired in 1970. He stayed home in Merced and sent his wife, Mary, and daugh- ters, Camilla Weed and Melissa Proietti, to Sacramento for the "Big Spin." Weed spun the wheel and landed in one of t he two grand prize slots on the 100-slot wheel - the first spinner to do so since March 21.

called for a two-year building ban on not only houses but commercial and industrial development while a regional plan is created. "What I'm saying is, let's slow down and figure out how to accom- modate that growth," Worden said. But the harm caused by the building ban and the higher prices that will be produced by the growth controls are too onerous for the average person to bear, Schnaubelt said. "We hear them offer Shan- gri-La, Utopia if we just give up our freedom. I think the cost is too high," Schnaubelt said. "What they are advocating really is planned chaos." Other issues that will be debated dui;ing USD's forums include mo- rality in public office, border issues and airport location. The universi- ty plans to publish a study guide about the forum, which is expected to be televised on Southwestern Cable's public access station. The video will also be available to inter- est groups.

the issues. Lynn Benn, chairwoman of the Sierra Club's Land Use Task Force and vice chairwoman of the coun- ty's growth advisory committee, Joined attorney Dwight Worden, former Del Mar city attorney and expert on environmental and land-use law on the pro-manage- ment side. The con side was taken by Con- struction Industry Federation at- torney and lobbyist Kim Kilkenny and former San Diego City Coun- cilman Fred Schnaubelt, who is now involved in real estate devel- opment. Several North County cities, in- cluding Vista, Oceanside and Carlsbad, have passed growth management measures. Develop- ers and environmentalists alike ex- pect this trend to continue unless omething is done. The solution to the crowded streets and overloaded sewer systems lies in a regional growth management plan, according to Worden. Although the economy could quffer temporarily. Worden

By Heidi H. Holmblad T mes Adsocate Stall Wu er SAN DIEGO l";rowth man- agemPn t was placed on t a here Wedne:, ay. Attorneys argued their sides and called expert witnesse . The wit nesses agreed that some kind of growth management is needed, but disagreed on the need for new laws to govern growth. No clear verdict was reached by the eight judges hearing the case. Four said they agreed with the need for growth management, three said the current law were enough and one i;aid the attorneys and witnesses did not address the need for affordable housing. So went the first in a series of forum sponsored by the-.1.lniYfil:ai:.. _jy of Sau Diego that use dramatics to tackle the region' pre sing prob- lt'm . Patterned after public televy s10n' "The Advocate ," the pro gram featured a matching of wi•s between not only the a orneys who directed the que t1 s, hlit the witne ses who argue tl}"~r sides of

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