1970 – Watts

01/70

  • 11,000 Profit-Sharing Eligibles for 1969 (December Checks Total $3,666,189.92, or 8%), 1.
  • HP Videotapes Available for Employee Viewing, 1.

02/70

  • Mobile Lab Tours Mexico (First Such Venture Across the Border), 1.
  • HP Credit Union New on Horizon, 1.
  • HP’s 1970 Catalog Set for Distribution, 3.

03/70

  • Demere Named Head New Operational Group, 1.
  • HP Shareholders Authorize Stock Split, 1.
  • Foster Home Need Urgent, 1.
  • HP Reports First Quarter Sales/Earnings, 1.
  • W.D. Eberle and Dr. Phillip R. Lee Elected Directors, 1.
  • HP Scholarship Program Enters 19th Year, 2.

04/70

  • 8620A and 8443A Score for Microwave at IEEE, 1.
  • Another High Honor for Bill Hewlett (“Business Statesman of the Year”), 1.
  • HP Acquires Granger’s Palo Alto Facility, 1.
  • Federal Charter to HP Employees Credit Union, 2.

05/70

  • The Corporation and Society–A Statement by Hewlett-Packard Company, 1.
  • New High for Scholarship Fund Donations, 1.

06/70

  • Top National Awards to HP Television, 1.
  • HP Climbs Higher in U.S. Business Rosters (Fortune 500 listings), 1.
  • HP Six-Month Sales and Earnings Report, 1.
  • Heavy Response to Credit Union Membership Drive, 1.
  • Analytical Instrument Organization Formed, 1.
  • HP Grant Forty-Nine Scholarships for 1970, 2.

07/70

  • Production Cutback–The HP Way, 1.
  • A Changing Role for Watt’s Current (reduction in size, change in focus), 1.
  • Credit Union Membership Climbs Over 2,000, 1.
  • Ten New Video Tapes Available, 2.

08/70

  • George Newman Named United Fund Industry Head, 1.
  • Credit Union Member Total Nears 2,100, 1.
  • HP Declares Regular Stock Dividend, 1.

09/70

  • HP Takes Home Three WESCON Awards, 1.
  • Affleck Named Hewlett-Packard Environmental Control Coordinator, 1.
  • Sales Up–Earnings Down, 2.

10/70

  • United Fund–1970, 1.
  • Large Savings Deposits Sought to Broaden Credit Union’s Lending Base, 1.
  • Vote Rapid Transit–An Ecological Must, 2.
  • A Vote for Rapid Transit, 2.

11/70

  • Fund Results Down–But Still Good, 1.
  • CSC’s United Fund Drive Over the Top, 1.
  • HP Announces New Plant Site (Grenoble, France), 1.
  • Federal Credit Union Insurance Approved, 1.
  • Women’s Liberation at HP, 2.
  • HP Introduces Optical Power Meter at 1970 Electro-Optics Show in New York, 3.

12/70

  • Hewlett-Packard Executive Vice President Noel Eldred is Heart Victim, 1.
  • Eulogy to Noel Eldred, 1.
  • Credit Union Show Steady Growth, 1.
  • HP Sales Up–Earnings Down, 2.
  • New Heart Catheterization System Introduced by HP, 2.