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Show a - The Daily Utah Ckroalcie NATION 6T. WO LAS VEGAS (AP) More Leisure Time SEC Calls Fraud Power Pollution - A southern Nevada awironmental alliance in Las Vegas andMoapa rank third among die state's top polluters for sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Company officials say they doubt the accuracy of die figures used by the Clean Air Alliance. The figures were based on a report by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.G The report says Nevada Power's Clark Station and its coal-fire- d power plant in Moapa each released 845 tons of sulfur dioxide in 1995 and more than 3,500 tons of nitrogen oxides in 1994. The figures rank Nevada Power's plants third behind Southern California Edison's Mohave Generating Station at Laughlin and Sierra Pacific Power's plant in Reno. The report was compiled from environmental agencies. Nevada Power is of the Mohave Generating Station and receives 14 percent of its output, which accounts for as much as 10 percent of the power used in the Las Vegas Valley. Nevada Power spokesman Tom Henley said the Clark Station emits only one or two tons of sulfur dioxide per year and operates g natural gas. primarily on Jolaine Johnson, air quality bureau chief for the state Environmental Protection Division, said Nevada Rower has a good track record and complies with its permits. says Nevada Rawer Co. plants clean-burnin- - - PanWorld Minerals International. in The suit filed U.S. District Court contends PanWorld executives filed false quarterly and annual financial reports from 1989 through 1995. It alleges they distributed promotional materials to investors that fraudulendy inflated the value of company mineral properties from Chile to California so they could sell millions of dollars in company stock. "We paid $3.5 million for our interest in the property. The SEC will have a hard time arguing with that," PanWorld President Robert G. Weeks said. "The problem is that when the SEC makes these kinds of allegations everyone believes them." interest in the Weeks said the company owns a with a Korean is in a Peru venture in mine and iron joint largest company to develop it He declined to name the Korean firm. The SEC said that while allegedly fraudulendy touring PanWorld stock and manipulating its market price, Robert Weeks and company insiders Ken Weeks and David A. Hesterman sold company stock to unsuspecting investors, collectively realizing at least $6.4 million. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Hey! Yeah, you, running out the door, late for work, gotta drop the kids off at school, pick up the house. groceries, make dinner and dean free time that you think. more You've Relax. got acclaimed Two gurus studied the daily routhe over Americans tines of 10,000 past 30 years and came up conclusion: controversial with a The average American has more free time than at any other point in the past three decades. John Robinson and Geoffrey Godbcy declare in their new book, Tone fir Lift, that in contrast to recent studies showing a decrease in free time, Americans are now enjoying an average of close to 40 hours of leisure a week up from 35 hours in 1965. "We knew people felt more rushed VNfc knew that stress levels ... seemed to be going up," said Godbey, a professor of leisure studies at Perm State University. "Nfc thought more free time would slow down the pace of life, but what we're finding is free time is increasing as the pace of life increases." The bad news is that all this lazy time is usually available in only short bursts scattered throughout the workweek. And just what are we doing with all this precious rime? see Fraud" on page 4 see Time" on page 4 The Securities and Exchange SALT LAKE CITY (AP) filed suit alleging fraud by executives of Salt Commission has Lake City-base- d nt CAMPUS riefS Arthur Smith Among Those Getting Degrees The past president of the University of Utah, his wife, a retired U. professor, two alumni and an Episcopal bishop will receive the U.'s highest accolade as honorary degree recipients during the 1997 commencement Friday.June 13. Arthur K. Smith, U. president from 1991 to 1997 and now chancellor and president of the University of Houston System and University of Houston, and his wife, June, who worked 22 years as a teacher, will each receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Robert Parry, U. Distinguished Professor Emeritus in chemistry, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science. John Warnock, board chair and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Inc., will receive an honorary Doctor of Science. Rodney Brady, U. alumnus and president and chief executive officer of Deseret Management Corp., will receive an honorary Doctor of W --v- " ; (Sib a Dennis Bramble points out the features GflOMttt fnon KB Mitchell of an orangutan during a Biology 348 field trip to Hogje Zoo Wednesday. Laws. Carolyn Tanner Irish, 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. -- David Jackson 11111,1(11111 v v Free Seminar on Asthma at PCMC . ? 9i . The American Lung Association of Utah (ALA), Primary Children's Medical Center, Intermountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic and Glaxo Wellcome arc joining to present a free asthma seminar Saturday. Representatives from the local medical community will share tficir insight on asthma. The topics will include the cause and treatment of asthma, and the ongoing medical research There will be workshops for adults and children with asthma, as well as for children who have parents or siblings with the disease. The seminar, located in the gymnasium at Primary Children's, will begin at 9 a.m. and run until noon. In Utah, more than 99,000 people, including nearly 50,000 children, suffer from asthma, a disease in which muscle spasms, inflammation and mucus con-stri- a the flow of air to the lungs. Asthma is fast becoming a mounting epidemic, according to the ALA. In the decade from 1982 to 1992, the number of Americans suffering from the disease increased 57 percent to 12.4 million, and the number is still climbing. More than a third of those with asthma arc youngsters under the age of 1 8. In 1995, the most recent estimate said 13.1 million Americans suffer from asdi-m; These figures have not risen merely because of population increases, accord ing to ALA. The percentage of the population diagnosed with asthma climbed 41 percent during the period from 1982 to 1992. The rise in prevalence for children was even steeper. The seminar is open to the public and is free of charge. For more information contact ALA at 4844456 or LUNGUSA -- David Jackson ft'? eg Joi2tSSp8 x , u drink from CwwiNobMHIicMI whik |