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Show 1FEBRUARY 19, 19841 Siaiiilica By Irving Wallace, David Wallecliinsky and Amy Wallace Tubmates in Hot Springs, Ark.: Water is tinged by low levels issur Portraits to remember todays magic moments of radioactivity Radioactive Health Spas ave you had a radioactive bath lately? Perhaps you have if you've visited a natural hot spring. Several hundred of the worlds geothermal springs are radioactive (their w aters flow through radioactive rocks) , and many of them are popular health spas. Jachymov, Czechoslovakia, is considered the oldest atomic spa. People bathe in its radioactive springs, drink the water and inhale radon gas. Spa therapists recommend the treatments for rheumatism and arteriosclerosis, among other things. Visitors to Luchon, France, drink the water and inhale gas that can be ' 15,000 times more radioactive than normal air. In the U.S., radioactive springs include Hot Springs, Ark. (with very low levels, described as being no more harmful than standing in the sun), and Alhambra Hot Springs, Mont, (with high levels . . .that could constitute potential hazards to health," says the U.S. Geological Survey). When radioactivity was first discovered in mineral springs, it was thought to be the source of the curative effects of the water. However, scientists now question whether the risks arc worth the benefits. Idea submitted by Robert Livingston, Silver Spring, Md. The Most Crowded Place in 1900, the highest density in the world was somewhere in India or but in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where people lived cheek by jowl at 640,000 per square mile. Today, Manhattan averages only 64,922 persons per square mile. But back at the turn of the century, the Lower East Side, a triangle, had Vh times the density of Bombay, India. Inhabitants lived in squalid tenements and worked in sweatshops. Half of the citys population was foreign-boand the Lower East Side was crowded with immi In the World grants from Slovakia, Germany, Russia, Poland, Lithuania and Hungary. Restrictive federal legislation in the 1920s stemmed the influx. The west side of Mongkok, a district on the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong, is now packed with 652,910 persons per square mile about the same density as the Lower East Side had in 1900. Most of these people live in the housing projects run by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the biggest landlord in the world. Idea submitted by Bob Alvis, Springfield, Ore. Sears studios specialize in photographic portraits of babies, children, adults and family groups. No appointment necessary. 95C for each additional subject in a portrait package. Poses our selection. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Also Available In Addition To Package: Black Background & Double Feature Portraits Studios located in most Sears Retail Stores Check your local store for days and hours of operation. Offer good for portraits taken thru Feb. 25 Instant Passport Photos Instant color prints that meet all U S. government requirements for legal passports. Also ideal for business publications, resumes and license registrations Portrait Studio Use your SearsCharge C IVH4, Irvmg Wallace, David Wallcihmsky, Amy Wallace NMM MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 19, 19M PAGE 15 j j j |