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This conference was held despite Stavropoulos' assurance to Adolf Berle, who was leaving the same day for Puerto Rico, that nothing would be done until his return on January 22, except that the Secretary General would probably order the list destroyed.
As used in this Act, the term ' saline water ' includes sea water, brackish water, and other mineralized or chemically charged water, and the term ' United States ' extends to and includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
the term `` State '' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any possession of the United States ; ;
The term `` State '' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico ; ;
the term `` United States '' includes the several States and the District of Columbia, and excludes the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii.
For each State ( except Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ) determine average per capita income based on the last three years.
Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ) that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the U. S..
By law this is 75% for the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.
The term `` State '' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico ; ;
the term `` United States '' includes the several States and the District of Columbia and excludes the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii.
For each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), determine the average per capita income for the last three years.
Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), that percentage which bears the same ration to 40% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the United States.
By law this is 70% for the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.
Nonresident aliens in Puerto Rico.
If you are a nonresident alien and a resident of Puerto Rico, your return is also due June 15, 1962, or the 15th day of the 6th month after the close of your fiscal year.
Citizens of the United States who, on April 15, are not in the United States or Puerto Rico, are allowed an extension of time until June 15 for filing the return for the preceding calendar year.
Military or Naval Personnel on duty in Alaska or outside the United States and Puerto Rico are also allowed this automatic extension of time for filing their returns.
You must attach a statement to your return, if you take advantage of this automatic extension, showing that you were in Alaska or were outside the United States or Puerto Rico on April 15 or other due date.
If your principal place of abode for the tax year is outside the United States ( including Alaska and Hawaii ), Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands and you have no legal residence or principal place of business in any Internal Revenue district in the United States, you should file your return with the Office of International Operations, Internal Revenue Service, Washington 25, D.C..
Division six will be headed by the Coast Guard, followed by the reserve forces of all services, five states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territories and the Canal Zone.
He was getting the feel of the room for a concert tomorrow night for Puerto Rico Governor Luis Munoz Marin.
The greatest depth, Milwaukee Deep with, is in the Puerto Rico Trench.
* Puerto Rico Trench, in the North Atlantic, is the deepest trench at
Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).
Venezuela was judicially dependent on the High Court of Santo Domingo, ecclesiastically dependent on the Bishopric of Puerto Rico, militarily dependent on the Budget from New Granada ( Bogota ), administratively autonomous but overseen by the Viceroy of New Granada and the Bogota Presidency.

Puerto and train
* 1944 – A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill.
During his 24 year tenure, many buildings and other types of structures were inaugurated, including the Parque De Las Ciencias, the Parque del Trensito ( which had, at the time it opened, Puerto Rico's only running train and a DC-3 plane formerly used by United Airlines ), the city hall, which is a building that crosses over an avenue, the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum, the Canton Mall, a small suspension bridge and many others.
Puerto Rican soldiers were deployed for World War II and the Korean War from the train station located where the Golf Club is presently located, to the rail-connected Army terminal by the San Juan Bay.
The University of Puerto Rico was created by an act of the Legislative Assembly on March 12, 1903 emerging as an outgrowth of the Normal School, which had been established three years earlier to train teachers for the Puerto Rican school system.
In 1896 or 1897 Utuado was the first city in Puerto Rico with a public electric lighting system powered by a hydraulic turbine power plant, and in that same year mayor Juan Casellas was planning a train system to unite Utuado with Arecibo.
* November 7: Election day accident in Puerto Rico: a passenger train derails at Aguadilla due to excessive speed on a downhill grade ; 16 are killed, 50 injured.
* April 20, 2005: Tierra Madre Consultants create Tierra Madre Railway which buys a caboose ( TMRX 1 ) and leases it to Tren Turistico del Noroeste, S. A. de C. V., a tourist train that will operate from Tijuana to Tecate and from Mexicali to Puerto Penasco.
The 64th AD continued to train and provided air defense combat ready forces for the aerospace defense of of North America, including 24 eastern states, Puerto Rico, Greenland, as well as the Atlantic providences of Canada for ADCOM by commanding the Goose Air Defense Sector ( Manual ) at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada.

Puerto and system
The rail system once served the entire country, running rail lines from Arica in the north to Puerto Montt in the south.
The Santo Domingo Metro is the first mass transit system in the country, and second in the Caribbean & Central American nations after the Tren Urbano in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Politics in Puerto Rico revolve around a multi-party political system.
The new government of Puerto Rico, organized under the Foraker Act of 1900, was a mixture of the British and the American system, somewhat similar to that established for the territory of Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase.
Transportation in Puerto Rico includes a system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ports and harbors, and railway systems, serving a population of approximately 4 million inhabitants year-round.
During the 1870s and 1890s, Puerto Rico did not have a national railroad system, but the city of Mayagüez did have a small passenger rail system for transporting its residents mainly along the Mendez Vigo Avenue.
Before its downfall, the Puerto Rico railroad system operated in all major cities, with tracks and stations along most of the coastal towns and direct lines to all major sugar refineries.
Puerto Rico has an extensive system of roads and highways featuring tolled freeways ( autopistas ).
In 1858, Morse introduced wired communication to Latin America when he established a telegraph system in Puerto Rico, then a Spanish Colony.
* The courts of Louisiana and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are organized under a civil law model with significantly different procedures from those of the courts in all other states and the District of Columbia, which are organized on an American version of the common law system established originally in England.
* Tren Urbano, the metro system used in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Early horse drawn passenger rail system in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, circa 1872.
In September 2004, WAPA-TV became the first Puerto Rican station, and the seventh TV station in the U. S. ( including territories ) to become a superstation and broadcast shows through the DirecTV satellite system to the United States, under the name of WAPA America WAPA America's master control headquarters are located in Springfield, Massachusetts in the nearby suburb of Chicopee.
On January 16, 2007, Rosselló led the party caucus in the Senate to a reprimand of two more NPP senators, fellow Arecibo senator José Emilio González and Bayamón senator Carmelo Ríos for voting in favor of a concurrent resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would turn Puerto Rico's bicameral legislature into a unicameral legislative system, increasing the number of reprimanded caucus members to eight of the total of sixteen elected in 2004.
Mr. Carrión has also contributed to improving Puerto Rico's public education system.
There, he excelled in another sport, baseball, making the Puerto Rico penal system all star team three times.
* The federal court system divides each state principal, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, into one or more federal judicial districts.
" ( a social commentary song that attained hit status in Puerto Rico when one of its authors, Panamanian organ player Avelino Muñoz, moved to the island ) through the stadium's public announcements system between innings or at the seventh inning stretch during Caguas games.
The system, owned and operated by the NWS, consists of more than 900 transmitters, covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and the U. S. Pacific Territories.
By 1524, Alonso Manso, bishop of Puerto Rico, had become interested in gaining personal wealth, and he accused Barrionuevo, among others, of various crimes under the Spanish justice system of the time.
In Puerto Rico, this system ended with the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico on March 22, 1873.
The group openly expressed their opposition towards any government that was guided by any other system besides the Marxist-Leninist principles and rejected any kind of support or solidarity towards the Puerto Rican independence coming from the government of these countries.

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