8-K

 
                                 UNITED STATES

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                   FORM  8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT



    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 1998 
                              (December 22, 1998)



                         NATIONAL  STEEL  CORPORATION
                                        
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                   Delaware
                (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)



         1-983                                            25-0687210
(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)



4100 Edison Lakes Parkway,  Mishawaka, IN                 46545-3440
 (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:       219-273-7000

                                        

 
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

National Steel Corporation issued a press release on December 22, 1998 that
announced its Board of Directors appointed Ronald J. Werhnyak to the position of
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and also appointed Kirk A. Sobecki
to the position of Corporate Controller.  A copy of this press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit 99.1  Press release dated December 22, 1998.



                                   SIGNATURE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                         NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION

Date:  December 29, 1998                 By:  /s/Glenn H. Gage
                                              -------------------------
                                              Glenn H. Gage              
                                              Senior Vice President and  
                                              Chief Financial Officer     

EX-99.1

 
                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
News Release
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Media Contact:               Clarence Ehlers
                             (219) 273-7327

Analyst/Investor Contact:    Joseph A. Rainis
                             (219) 273-7158



                National Steel Announces Executive Appointments


Mishawaka, IN, December 22, 1998  National Steel Corporation (NYSE:  NS)
announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Ronald J. Werhnyak to the
position of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.  Mr. Werhnyak joined
National Steel in 1989 as Assistant General Counsel.  He was named Senior
Counsel in 1996 and was named Acting General Counsel and Secretary in 1998.
Prior to joining National Steel, Mr. Werhnyak was a partner with the firm of
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, in Pittsburgh.

The Board of Directors also appointed Kirk A. Sobecki to the position of
Corporate Controller.  Mr. Sobecki and his family will be relocating to the
Mishawaka area from New York where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of
Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  Prior to joining Luitpold, Mr. Sobecki was
Director of Finance/Controller for a unit of Zimmer Inc.-Bristol-Myers Squibb,
located in Warsaw, Indiana.

Headquartered in Mishawaka, Indiana, National Steel Corporation is the nation's
fourth largest integrated steel company, with annual shipments of approximately
six million tons of flat-rolled products.  National Steel employs approximately
9,400 employees.  Visit National Steel's website at:  www.nationalsteel.com.