The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 27

rrrrrt rrv rtnmnmmnry yvnnr rmnnnr rr ymrrr rr rMtyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyf Thursday May 22 1975 THE MIAMI HERALD 27-A ACTION LINE (Te Me imi oi the season and stop by your eonvenient THURsf fri? sat friendly Drug Mutual Store for these and many other savings Action Line tolvet problemt gett answers cutt red tape stands up for right write Action Line The Miami Herald 1 Herald Plata Miami Fla 33101 Or call 379-0764 from 9 am to 9 ptn any day of the week Action Line Is my last hope I received a VA disability check since November I get an answer out of the VA All I get is promises Herman Golovine North Miami We got you a check for $354 The VA says your benefits were suspended when you moved from Flushing NY and the check they mailed you came back stamped We got in touch with the VA and convinced them you were living in North Miami Your case got special handling from the VA They put you back in their active file lifted your suspension and mailed you a check for the money they owed you The New Yorkers in our office gave me odd looks when I referred to New York City as the Big Apple They say they never heard that term before When did the nickname originate? I Hialeah Regular 39 PICNIC SPECIALS MEDI-QUIK FIRST AID SPRAY SEA SKI SUNTAIN LOTION P0L0R0N PLASTIC ICE CHEST PLUS 49 I Sffi I19 PLUS MATCHING ONE GALLON JUG SJlKddiUtm 5-OZ Regular 245 4-OZ Regular 200 HI-IMPACT PLASTIC ORANGE AND WHITE FUJI COLOR FILM 126x12 BAND-AID BRAND PLASTIC STRIPS 30QT CHEST SHOULDER SPOUT JUG The island the Manhattan Indians sold to Peter Mi-nuit in 1626 for $24 in goods and trinkets got its Big Apple nickname back in the jazz era Showbiz types considered New York a 'bigtime town and the word was: apples on the tree but the place to No sure who coined the term Big Apple Some claim it was Walter Winchell others say Damon Runyon In the 1930s a dance craze called the Big Apple swept the nation and there was a New York nightery with the same name Three years ago Charles Gillett of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau resurrected the Big Apple nickname and now used in all the publicity CARTRIDGE JW FOR ALL ASO CAMERAS OP1 BOTH FOR it: tfi i '1 i Regular 99c Regular 1395 24 piece PLASTIC iKNIVES FORKS SPOONS DESENEX AEROSOL POWDER AMMENS MEDICATED POWDER If you help me get my license from the State Board of Cosmetology going to lose out on the chance to get a job I renewed the license last year and my renewal check was cashed long ago The Board still sent my license Help! li 19 49 I DIAPER OR HEAT RASH yjj Eight Knivi Forks Spoons SOOTHING COOLING 1 11-OZ Regular 179 6-OZ Regular 229 We got your license The problem was your fault You moved leave a forwarding address with the post office and notify the board of your new address The board mailed the license to you Jan 9 and the post office returned it Jan 15 When' we called the li- cense was still sitting in the Winter Haven office along with 200 other state cosmetology licenses returned for the same reason We gave them your new address and they mailed the license If you 200 other cosmetologists want' your licenses write the State Board of Cosmetology P'O Box 9087 Winter Haven Fla 33880 and give them your new addresses EVE DISPOSABLE DOUCHE SPEAK EASY BREATH FRESHENER CRUEX i MEDICATED POWDER 49 Can a Florida legislator vote on an issue for an absent colleague? A Miami Herald photo recently showed Dade Reps Elaine Bloom and Tony Fontana pushing vote buttons belonging to Reps Paul Steinberg and John Hill I thought that was against the rules Miami Springs It is and it House rules say a member vote for an absent colleague But House Rules Chairman A Gus Craig recently ruled that a legislator not at his or her desk but elsewhere in the chamber could signal a colleague to make the vote Rep Bloom told UPI reporters in Tallahassee who asked her about the vote that Rep Steinberg was across the room conferring about the' Medical Malpractice Bill Conference Committee when he signaled her to vote for him Fontana who voted for Rep Hill referred reporters to House Rules Chairman Craig who said he had no complaints about the incident My friend says heard women hold a lot of automotive patents Oh yeah? What do they hold patents on? Auto bodies and parts car tires and tire attachments roller bearings axles truck brakes self-adjusting brake shoes carburetors clutch mechanisms exhaust mufflers grease cups jacks pistons piston rod priming mechanisms wheel rims spark- plugs anti-skid tires and automatic windshield wipers to name just a few things British Leyland Motors Inc checked patent records in the and Canada a few years ago and discovered women are no strangers in what some folks regard as a male preserve For example the woman who invented the automatic windshield wiper was caught in a cloudburst in 1912 She and other drivers pulled over to wait until skies cleared Others fussed and fumed She spent her time figuring out how to build something to clean the windshield MET DRUG MUTUAL 828 East 8th Ava PALMEX DRUG MUTUAL 1880 84th St SIM'S DRUG MUTUAL 4080 8th Ava OFF INSECT REPELLENT PALM SPRINGS AREA CORAL SPRINGS DRUG MUTUAL 8228 Somplo Road POMPANO AREA MECIW0RLD DRUG MUTUAL 48 Ftdaral Hwy DELRAY AREA FIFTH AVENUE DRUG MUTUAL 108 NW 8th Ava LANTANA AREA BUY-RITE DRUG MUTUAL 108 3rd Street LAKE WORTH AREA HENRY'S DRUG MUTUAL 1 3188 Contrast Avtnua RIVIERA BEACH AREA PALM SPRINGS NORTH DRUG MUTUAL 17887 NW 78th Avt' BUM (0(0) HALLANDALE AREA BALER DRUG MUTUAL 313 Hallandolt Baaeh Bird BOUND OFF GREATER MIAMI AREA ALLEN DRUG MUTUAL 4000 Rt4 Rd BAY DRUC MUTUAL 1(00 NE 2nd Avt BENNETT'S DRUG MUTUAL 1288 NW 119th St 1UDGET DRUG MUTUAL 3001 NW 7th $1 CORAL PARK DRUG MUTUAL 8722 SW 8th St DON'S DRUG MUTUAL (234 Dili FAMILY DRUG MUTUAL 1(100 NE 19th At GALLOWAY DRU6 MUTUAL 7035 SW 87th Avt HOWARD DRUG MUTUAL 1388S Dixie Hwy LEE'S DRUG MUTUAL 7(88 Coral Way LIVE I LET LIVE DRUG MUTUAL 3820 NW 17th Avt MEDICAL ARTS DRUG MUTUAL 836 NW 183rd St RELIABLE DRUG MUTUAL 2170 NE 123rd St SENTRY DRUG MUTUAL 8378 Millar Road SHELL'S CITY DRUG MUTUAL 1838 Madru(i Avtf CG WHEELER'S DRUG MUTUAL 3787 NW 187th St YOUR DRUG MUTUAL (86 NE 128th SI PURINE ARIA HOLLYWOOD AREA 7-OZ Regular 164 TELL THE REASON many cyclists use the Old Cutler bikeway is because they feel use-able Aside from the sand and rocks that are never cleared from the path sprinklers give riders a bath and cars pull out of driveways without looking One section has several stacks of concrete blocks in the middle of the path OK for a leisurely ride but it meet safety requirements for a 30 miles-per-hour cyclist on a $500 ten-speed Seth Sklarey Director Bikeways Now! To Our Reader RIVIERA (EACH DRUG MUTUAL 1301 (roadway LAKE PARK AREA LAKE PARK DRUG MUTUAL 832 Park Avenue JUNO AREA SERGE'S DRUG MUTUAL 11841 US Highway 1 OKEECHOBEE AREA RAID ffff FLYING INSECT BARRON'S PEMBROKE DRUG MUTUAL 7177 Pembroke Rd DRUG MUTUAL -1402 Federal Hwy LAKE FOREST DRUG MUTUAL 4080 SW 40th Ava FT UUDERDALE AREA COLONIAL GARDENS DRUG MUTUAL 4701 Federal Hwy GARDEN DRUG MUTUAL 4400 Andrews Ava PARK DRUG MUTUAL 840 Ftdaral Hwy SCOT DRUG MUTUAL 2780 Davit Blvd SMITH VENICE DRUG MUTUAL 1(10 Sunrise Blvd WILLIAMS CITY DRUG MUTUAL jd02 NW 28th St wo rat rv the 19 PARK DRUG MUTUAL 413 South Park Street I Thanks for all your calls and letter We wish we could answer or even acknowledge every request you make While this possible we will consider each request and publish the most interesting answert CLEWISTON AREA SAN DRUG MUTUAL 810 Sugarlaad Hwy 1214-0Z Regular 180 PENNINE CENTER DRUG MUTUAL Ptrrlat Shtpalafc Canter right to limit quantities.