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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, October A2 13, 1990 Allergies raise questions on effective air cleaners Question My children have allergies and my house gets dusty. Are freestanding room-siz- e air cleaners as effective as one mounted in central furnace or blower? Do they use much electricity? K. L. Room air cleaners Answer can be as effective as a furnace d air cleaner and are often less expensive. They usually also include a charcoal filter to remove odors. One unit csn clssri ths sir in two sdjs-cerooms. In today's airtight houses, an efficient air cleaner is often necessary. A central furnace air cleaner only operates when the furnace or air conditioner is running. Operating the furnace blower continuously can drive up your electric bill. You can run a room air cleaner continuously and move it to rooms where you have the greatest dust or allergy problem. There are several general types of room air cleaners available High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA), elec- James V Duiley I CUT YOUR UTILITY BILLS blower-mounte- nt trostatic precipitator, pleated media, electret, and ionizer. HEPA and electrostatic precipitators are the most effective, especially for extremely small smoke particles. A HEPA (very dense and filter material) finely-packe- d air cleaner is over 99 efficient at removing all the particles (dust, smoke, pollen, mold spores, etc.) from the air. These HEPA units are often used in hospital operating rooms and industrial clean room areas. HEPA air cleaners are not available for central furnace-mounte- d units. The very dense filter material would create too much air resistance for the furnace blower to operate efficiently-Electros- tatic precipitators electrically charge dust and pollen particles as they pass through the air cleaner. These charged particles then stick to plates of the opposite charge in the air cleaner. Every month or two, you remove the filter cells and clean them in your dishwasher or bathtub. Pleated media is a lower effi- ciency, type of HEPA. The electret ma- - BUDGET: (Continued from Page Al) ing by $49 billion over the period. Of that, $17.6 billion would come from increasing costs to the elderly and disabled in the program. An example of one higher cost would be a doubling of the $75 annual deductible for physicians' fees to $150 next year. Information made available by the source who provided details did not include a total amount to be achieved for budget deficit reduc- tion through higher taxes and spending cuts. Like other plans, the Senate Finance Committee Package would raise taxes on tobacco, alcohol and luxury items. SNOW: (Continued from Pace AH that some confusion may have been a result of the format itself. Oveson said even though the 1984 disclosure reports seem to indicate there is a $61 surplus, it appears Snow actually may have been in debt. Snow earlier told The Herald, "I had a $25,000 debt after campaigning for governor." The disclosure reports do show one $7,500 contribution from Snow personally to the Snow for Governor Committee, and a similar contribution from Snow of $5,000. This could be viewed as a $12,500 debt if Snow intended to pay himself back for the donations. Snow's reports also list as contributions $9,400 in campaign pledges that Oveson said probably did not require reporting. Caras said that eventually as much as $2,000 of those pledges were donated. The difference of what was promised and actually received could also be viewed as $7,400 campaign debt, indicated Caras. This possible debt shown in the disclosure statements only amounts not the $25,000 Snow to $19,900 claims he was in debt. But Caras said some of the debt trailed into the Marriott Snow political campaign. Caras added that Snow eventually paid all his campaign debts. "If he paid $25,000, I know nothing about it," said Marriott when contacted this week. Asked if Snow trailed any campaign expenses with him onto the joint MarriottSnow ticket, Marriott said Snow didn't. Marriott said he took care of most of the campaign debt himself. But in a photocopied Feb. 7, 1985, letter from Marriott to Snow that Snow provided the Herald, Marriott wrote: "To this date I have assumed $65,000 worth of campaign debts and would ask if you could assume $3,000. "Your share is primarily that He indicated attributed to your terial is similar, but it creates a natural ctafi- - oViorno if fvor particles. An ionizer charges the air itself to capture dust. Select a room air cleaner with a high maximum air flow rate. The more room air that flows through it, the quicker and better it cleans. Also consider the weight, which can range from about 12 lb. to 43 lb.. A lighter unit is easier to move from room to room. The electricity cost to operate a room air cleaner ranges from 40 watts to 200 watts (low continuously fan speed). At an av- erage electric rate cents per kilowatt-hou- of eight it costs cents per hour. r, about 12 to You can write to me for UTILITY BILLS UPDATE No. 024 showing a buyer's guide of 16 manufacturers of room air cleaners, addresses, types of filtration method, model numbers, maximum air flow, weight, and price. Please include $1 and a STAMPED BUSINE- James SS-SIZE envelope: Duiley, The Daily Herald, 6906 Royalgreen Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 44524 Would you explain what Q aerogel insulation is and how it is supposed to reduce the damage to the Earth's ozone layer? H. M. A Aerogels are not current- ly available, but much research is being done. Aerogels are gel materials dried under high pressure and temperature, producing one of the lightest solid materials. A piece of aerogel vacuum sealed in plastic has an insulation value of This is six times better than fiberglass. The ozone layer is saved because the aerogel can replace standard rigid foam insulation which is often made with (CFC's). R-2- Fourth jetload of Middle East refugees arrives MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Nearly 260 Americans and other refugees from Kuwait ended a long and tiring odyssey Friday, some rejoicing as the plane landed on native soil while others began searching for a new homeland. As Hurricane Lili churned off the North Carolina coast, the chartered Pan Am Boeing 747 dubbed the Clipper Wild Wave touched down about 4:40 p.m. Of the 257 refugees aboard, state officials said there were 123 American citizens, seven Canadians, and the rest were of unknown nationality. They included two young girls who had not seen their mother for more than 10 weeks. "When the plane touched down in North Carolina, I hollered so loud 'Thank God I'm in freedom city,'" said Mohammad Issa, a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent who was accompanied by his wife and par ents. The first group off the plane were woman in Middle Eastern garb, such as flowing robes and veils, carrying sleeping children and some personal belongings as they came down the ramp. North Carolina National Guardsmen escorted other children of varying ages off the plane. A number of young men in casual clothes and men in business suits also were on board. Issa said his family's journey by bus from Kuwait to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, was the "most miThere was no food. A trip that was supposed to take lVi hours, maybe two, took 14 hours." "They were trying to break us down mentally, to make us suffer some," said Issa, a former U.S. Marine once stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. and 6, were reunited with their 1 mother, who left Kuwait on Aug.. to visit her father in Chicago. Iraq invaded Kuwait the next day. "When they came through the door, that was one relieved mother," said Joe Dean, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. "They were clinging to their mother about as tight as you could cling to your mama. And she was clinging to them about as tight." The woman's husband, an oil engineer and Kuwaiti citizen, was not permitted to travel with their children. The flight arrived in London on Thursday night, where passengers spent the night before completing the final leg of their journey away from the crisis in the Middle East. All qualified for the evacuation flight because they were either GULF: "We must hope they work," she said in an address at the close of the party's annual conference in Bournemouth, England. "If not, the military option is there." The 5,000 delegates applauded when Mrs. Thatcher said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein must face war crimes charges, pay reparation for the devastation of Kuwait and be denied the power to mount new attacks. The French magazine L'Express reported that U.S. military officials have drawn up plans to free Kuwait and defeat Iraq in a four-da- y war in November that would destroy Saddam's armed forces. L'Express said it obtained an outline of the plan from an uniden tified adviser to Defense Secretary Cheney. The weekly publication is a general news magazine, similar to Time or Newsweek, and has one of the largest circulations in France. L'Express said U.S. planners estimated the offensive might cost 20,000 American lives. It gave no estimate for dead of other nations. U.S. officials refused to comment, in line with Pentagon security rules. Saddam has claimed that Kuwait is historically part of Iraq and has said repeatedly that Iraq will never withdraw. However, an Iraqi opposition said the Iraqi ruling Arab Baath Socialist Party has sales tax; New London would pay sales tax on fares and the state would not increase property taxes. The total cost to the state would be between $250,000 and $300,000. Ashton said the company would prefer the third option. He said the company's desire never was to sell everything to the state of Utah, but has always been to change the leases under which it operates and to improve the track. He said if UDOT will agree to any of the alternatives, the deal can be closed in a week or 10 days. The bill passed by the Legislature during its 1990 session appropriated $1.6 million "to purchase the terminal grounds and appurtenances together with various items of railroad rolling stock and arti- - facts." At least $329,850 is to be used for improvements and maintenance. That leaves $1,270,150 for the grounds, equipment and artifacts. Before the bill was introduced, Lowe Ashton, president of New London, wrote a letter to Sen. Alerik Myrin, who authored the bill, saying he would sell the grounds, real estate and structures for the state appraised price of $561,000, although his private appraiser set the value at $1.12 mil- (Continued from Page Al) Iraq. The U.S. forces in the gulf area now total more than 200,000, including elements of two armored cavalry units that arrived this week, the Pentagon sources said. Officials indicated the buildup may be winding down. The largest weapon used so far against Iraq has been the trade embargo imposed by the United Nations. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told her Conservative Party to be prepared for war if those sanctions fail. HEBER: (Continued from Page Al) agree to waive $109,000 in sales taxes claimed due, including all penalties and interest, and $43,000 in lease payments claimed due. The state would fund a rehabilitation program for the railroad right of way, which is owned by the state, and install all the ties purchased with state funds last year; a new lease agreement between New London and the state for the right of way would begin at $10 per year increasing to 5 percent on gross ticket fares when there are 100,001 passengers annually (60,000 passengers during past year) less the percentage for serable trip we've ever taken. I The package also include $29.4 billion worth of tax breaks, the bulk of them for $16.8 billion the poor through an increase in the earned income tax credit on federal income tax returns. Most of the rest of the tax breaks appeared to be for business. The new plan by the House Democrats also would raise money by delaying taxpayers' protection against "bracket creep" for a year. However, unlike other plans under consideration, it would include no increase in the tax on gasoline. Meanwhile, Republican House members squabbled among themselves as they tried to come up with their own plan to find before next Friday's deadline campaign." In a follow-u- p letter from Snow on Feb. 18, 1985, Snow said he had also drawn $5,000 from a line of credit from Provo Zions Bank, and made a $4,500 loan totaling $9,500 for political campaigning. It was agreed Marriott would take care of the $5,000 line of credit balance and Snow would assume $3,551 worth of their joint campaign debts. Considering the $19,900 debt, the $3,551 Snow finally agreed with Marriott he would the repay and the $4,500 loan balance of $27,951 is close to the $28,000 Snow told Marriot he owed. in spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the federal deficit over the next five years. $500 billion FREE Bush, seemingly unruffled as frustration grew on Capitol Hill, said he was confident a "sound budget agreement" could be found. "Just stay calm it will all work out," he said. Bush said Thursday he would accept an increase from 28 percent to 31 percent in the tax rate of the highest-incom- e Americans in return for a deep cut in the rate on capital gains from sales of stock, real estate and other investments. But he also said he didn't think Congress would pass such a bill, and he declared he would not accept the 33 percent top rate the House Democrats propose. WANTED 224-100- 0 7mm. ljc Prtiltj (I S S.N 7 KIRK PARKINSON Publisher N. LaVERL CHRISTENSEN. 1989 curately described Karl Snow's efforts to get a review of Michael Strand's tax conviction. 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HOME DELIVERY RATES Iby youth earners)' t Month, $ 8 25 carrier 6 Months, carrier $49 50 One Year earner $99.00 MAIL Diplomats from nations that oppose the Aug. 2 invasion have tried to hold out but are slowly abandoning the embassies for lack of food and intolerable living conditions. Electricty and water have been shut off to most of them. In Bonn, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman said the last diplomats in the German Embassy drove from Kuwait to Baghdad on Thursday. ZDF television, a German station, said the group included the ambassador and his wife, along with three staff members. The Foreign Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they had run out of food. Belgian officials in Brussels said their remaining two diplomats also left for Baghdad Thursday. 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SALES PERSONNEL The Hickory Farms of Ohio specialty food store in the University Mall seeks part-tim- e sales personnel for the coming Christmas season. Work mornings, afternoons or evenings. Experience not necessary. We will tram. Interviews Tues. & Wed Oct 23 & 24 11am to 2pm. Stores Saturday. Oct 27 also in American Fork. Provo and Spanish Fork Interviews for all stores held in the University Mall Store. 1984 Before the GOP convention this year, Snow told the Herald that Peggy Fugal had provided campaign advertising services for the 1984 gubernatorial race and had been paid on a cost plus services basis. Snow said she was paid what she was legitimately owed. But he said he refused to pay the bill for $3,357 creative services because he was convinced that all her services had been paid for. Fugal told the Herald that she had made an agreement that called for creative services to be paid after advertising costs had been CLEANING-UPHOLSTERY-FIN- system. drying. But charges of unpaid Snow cam- came early paign debts from in the current congressional race from Peggy Fugal Advertising. She told the Herald a $3,357 debt for creative services resulted from Snow's campaigni- CARPET 4 Two girls on the plane, ages 1990 pre-prima- 1 ve |