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Show , . --., ,,,.,...., . - - - - - i 1 - - . ... - - r .: ., - ... MBMW HMfU: ...eiii' -J'aWj BOOST PRODUCTION Wallace Harding, Pleasant Grove, shows Harvey Edwards, division superintendent and Raymond W. Sundqulst general superintendent, how his suggestion will boost production of nitrate prills. Wallace was awarded $5,000. Wallace Harding Awarded $5,000 Under Employee Suggestion Plan For one Pleasant Grove family, fam-ily, Santa came early this year. And when he arrived it was dad. Wallace V. Harding, 50-year-old father of five, last week won a $5,000 award, only the second of its kind ever paid, under the Employee Suggestion Sugges-tion Plan at U.S. Steel's Geneva Gen-eva Works. Mr. Harding, assistant solution solu-tion operator at Geneva's Nit- rogen Plant, picked up his payment, pay-ment, minus taxes, just in time for Christmas. In presenting the check, Raymond Ray-mond W. Sundquist, Geneva general superintendent, recognized recog-nized Mr. Harding for his shared shar-ed interest in improving the overall competitiveness of the Utah steel industry. He pointed up his contribution as an example ex-ample of the important role every Geneva employee fills in this common responsibility. The innovation that won the payoff boosted production of ammonium nitrate prills during dur-ing hot weather when higher temperatures have caused a reduction re-duction in the prilling rate. Mr. Harding suggested a new method to inject saturated steam into the top of the prilling prill-ing tower, which lowers temperatures temp-eratures at the base of the tower and increases prilling rate. His idea qualified for the maximum award, paid only once before, under Geneva's Employee Suggestion Plan. |
