Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1959 Page: 26 of 32
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LIVINGi ABROAD AND LOSS OF
CITIZENSHIP
Question: I was naturalized as an
American Citizen 18 years ago. Because
of my health, I would likc to go to one
of the Caribbean Islánds to live. I am
afraid, nowever, that ií I clo so, I may
lose my. citizenship. What can I do to
protéct it?
Answer: Unless you'were born on one
of the Caribbean Islands, you may
safely go there tp live without risk to
your citizenship or liaving to také any
speciál steps to preserve it. This was
not always truc, but a law enacted on
August 4, 1959, pěrmits persons who
háve resided in the United States for
15 years subsequent to their naturaliza-
Tioh —• forméríy it was 25 — to: live
abroad, exoepl in tlie country of their.
biřth or former citizenship without los-
in g their American čiťizenship. If, on
the other hánd, you were born in the
Caribbean Islands and go back there
tor three years or more, you will lose
citizenship unless.you can persuade
the Department of State that you are
jprevented from returning because of ill
health. To do this, you will háve to
fulfill a nurnber of requirements and
it is, recommendcd that you do not také
steps in the matter without first Con-
sulting á sociál agency or an attorney.
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CAN PERSONS ON VISA WAITING
: LISIS COME TO U.S. AS VISiTORS?
Question: My family and I are anxious
to immigrate to the United States. We
háve been on the visa waiting list for
several years. We now expect that visas
will be available for tis in a few more
montlis. I háve just received a cable that!
my mother who already is ih the United;
States is vory sick. I am anxious to see
her, If I get a visitor’s visa in order to
visit my mother, will my nanic be taken
off the-waiting list?
Answer: According to the' regulations
iissued by the State Department, any
calien . whose nanie is alreadv on the
. waiting, list for an immigrant visa may
apply for: a nonimmigrant visa. If he can
iconyince the Consul that he intends to
visit the United States only temporari-
ly, he may be given a nonimmigranť
yisa and will not be dropped from the
jyaiting list for . an immigrant visa, if
he advis.es the Consul that (hc wishes to
remáin on it. You can safely apply there
fere for a nonimmigrant visa. While in
the United States, however, you mast
be careful not to seek employment, over-
stcy íhe tiiue for wliich you are per-
miíted to enter, or otherwise violate
your nonimmigrant status.
An a lion who wilfuHý violates his non-
VĚSTNÍK — WEST, TEXAS
immigrant status while in the United
States will be taken off the waiting
list for an immigration visa.
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RADIOACTIVITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
A San Antonio íirm exposes auto-
mobile piston rings to a radioactive iso-
tope. Later, ring wear is calculated by
measuring radioactivity in the engine
oil.
Til Houston a.. commercial art firm
cloes originál sketchcs with radioactive
inks. Then, by pressing the drawing
against photographic páper, they get a
finely detailed coppy truer than a phot-
ographic print, cheaper and more prec-
ise than lithography.
Texas Industries are using isotopes to
measure life expectancy of eutting tools.
Botanists are checking amounts of phos-
phaťe absbfbed by growing plants. Phy-
sicians use isotopes to destroy tumors
and to locate other body abnormalties.
all of which indicatcs that radioactivity
has grown right ot of the pages of sci-
ence fiction into everyday life, putting
the State Department of Health up to
its figurative ears in the business of
keeping tabs on radioactivity’s pheno-
menal growth as an industrial and médi
cal tool.
The Department, as part of the tedious
ťask of registering all radiation-produc-
ing devices use’d in Texas, has files on
more than 4,000 userrs, from mammouth
industrial concerns to private individ-
uals. Files háve accumulated since 1956
when regulations were adopted to cope
with the snowballing use of radiation
equipment.
Most names in the filé are physicians
and dentists who se x-ray and fluoro-
scopic devices. Any Texas doctor can
request an equipment siirvey for radia-
tion hazards. Départmental engineers
will check it out from anocle to x-ray.
Four nuclear reactors are operating
in Texas now. an'd two more are imder
construction. Convair in Fort Worth op-
erates two, and Á. and M. College and
Řiče institute operáte one each. A and
M. is constructing another one, and one
is being set up on Texas Tech campus
in Lutobock. All are subjec.t to Board of
Health regulations.
It takés more than whim to get an
isotope license. First the Atomic Energy
ComtrhiSssion must be convinced the risk
is good. Some 400 AEC licenses for iso-
topes aíone háve been issued in Texas
to dáte.
Then the operation must be register-
ed with State Health Department occupa
tional health engineers and periodically
inspected by them. If isotopes are losi,
spilled or otherwise mishandléd, details
' of the incident must immediately^ be re-
Wednesday, Děcémber 2, 1959
ported.
The Atomic Age has brought boom
business for health department engi-
mers. — State Dept. of Health.
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HOV/ MUCH DOES CREDIT COST?
Buy now — pay later It all sounds so
easy. As a matter of fact, buylng on this
is said to be a favorite American pa st-
ihne.
If you are one of the million ofAmeri-
cans who use credit, it will pay you to
eonsider the different types available,
and the usual costs of each.
Let me give you some cescription of
the various kinds you háve to ciioose
and pay for:
Charge accounts — There is no charge
for this type of credit, other than the
markup on all goods necessary to cover
Service costs.
Budget aecount — There is no charge
for the budget thrift, or extended pay-
ment pian unless you také more than
90 days to 6 .months allowed (the time
stated in your contract) to pay. Then the
charge becomes 1 y2% per month on un-
paid balance.
Revolving accounts — The store de-
cid,es how much credit to allow the c-us •
torner based on income rating. He may
charge purchases so long as he does not
cxeeed the credit limit set by the store.
He mak es set monthly payments on his
aecount, tisuálly one-Sixth of the balance
due. The ihterést rate is usually 1V2%
per month on the unpaid balance. This
cost runs pretty high if the customer
uses the aecount to the limit each mon-
th. ; . - ...... ....... .. . .. ..
Installment accounts — This is also
knowh as ‘‘Dealer credit” and "‘buying
on time.” The cost of installment credit
is expressed as carrying charges more
often than interest rates. The true an-
nuaí interest rate may be as much as
25%. '
Bank credit The. interest rate. on
bank credit is usually 8%. It vůli be more
if the bank follows the practice of dis-
coiinting the loan at the time it is made,
or if the loan is repaid, installments
rather than a lump sum at the end of
the loan period.
Také time to shop for credit, just as
you would for any other merchandise.
Now we begin the ýeaťs most exciting
sport, the race to see whether the num-
ber of shopping days until Christmas
run out before our money does.
If the sun would rnove closer to the
earth we could savé a lot of gas, wood
and coaL
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Hošek, Ludva O. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1959, newspaper, December 2, 1959; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth625157/m1/26/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.