Road Deaths 48 Record New Utah High Bad Judgement Held Cause Of Most Fatal Accidents Utah chalked up a new highway record in 1948in red chalk. Just about one victim for every 1,000 drivers in the state met death, some while walking along the higway, others at grade crossings, many more in the jagged, crumpled wreckage of what used to be a car. Fourteen met it riding on a bus. Deaths new acquaintances totaled 219 33 more than he greeted in 1947 three more than in 1938, his previous most popular year. Record in 48 Last years record brought to 2649 the number of persons killed in Utah traffic accidents during the past 15 years. In attempting to analyze reasons for Utahs bad record nationally the traffic toll is expected PRIVATE CRAFT Utahs Plane Deaths 21, 3 Over 47 Geneva Tops Utah Plants In Pay, Size Geneva Steel, which became a member of Utahs family of private industries only 2 percent years ago, moved up to the No. 1 position during: 1948 in terms of total employment and pay roll. With approximately 6200 employes as of the end of the year and pay a roll at the rate of 22,000,000 annually, the U. S Steel Corp. subsidiary became the states largest single employer and distributor of wages and salaries its steel production for 1948 was years total and not far below rated capacity. And the rate of open hearth steel production at the years end was above rate capacity. Comparative figures are 965,000 net tons of ingots during 1947 and 1,112,000 net tons (estimated) during 1948. Plate production rose from 515,972 tons in 1947 to 95,000 tons in 1948 and structural steel tonnage climbed from 172,770 tons in 1047 to 195,000 tons in 1948