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Show SUGGESTION PLAN AGAIN PAYS OFF -,v if ss--w MJ- "H V r 1 1 " 1 ' P&Zs. 1 11 :' ' I George Vaughn, chief clerk and buyer in Utah Copper Division's :" purchasing department it not looking at the world through rose col- I ored glasset, but the piece of plexiglass he holdt representi a $500.00 j award he received for a suggestion on eliminating costly losses thru 1 broken locomotive and thovel windowt at Kcnnecott't Utah mine. Other top award payments made during September to employees included in-cluded a $115 award to Ivan B. Labrum, of 5610 South, 1300 West, Murray for his suggestion on eliminating elim-inating asbestos rope waste, and $85 to Grant Peterson, of 6551 West, 3785 South, Magna for his suggestion on the . placement of stainless steel screen box in electro lytic purification dip tanks to catch and remove foreign objects. The award was Mr. Peterson's sixth and brought his total winnings to $300. A total of 32 additional award payments were made for suggestions sugges-tions approved during September. They amounted to $1440. So far thit year, a total of 483 suggestions sugges-tions have been approved and a-ward a-ward payments amounted to $17,- 282. I A suggestion which will save an estimated $2000 the first year in broken locomotive and shovel ' windows at Kennecott's Utah Mine resulted in a $500 award for an j employee of the Division's Salt Lake City office. George G. Vaughn, of 1034 Elgin El-gin Ave., Salt Lake City, chief clerk and buyer in the Division! purchasing department, suggested ; that the present glass windowt be replaced with unbreakable plexiglass. plexi-glass. The suggestion wat put into effect and it paid off, both for j the Division and Mr. Vaughn. ; The $500 award brought to $610 the total awards Mr. Vaughn hat been paid under the Division"! Suggestion System and , Patent Plan. He had been awarded an $110 for five other suggestions accepted by the Division. |