European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 faces n places the stars and stripes thursday october 5,1989 convenience stores escalate soft drink War from wire reports Chilly chug Gers jumbo burps and double gulp Sarc the contenders in a soda Battle that convenience stores arc hoping Consumers won t find hard to Swal Low. The starving Marvin Chain Sells the 32-ounce Chilly a Hugger and at High s stores customers arc offered the 46-Ouncc jumbo burp. 7-Elcvcn, however is the Leader with the Mammoth 64-Ouncc double gulp. Even fast Rood giant Mcdonald s has recognize the move toward gluttony and introduced its super sic 32-Ouncc soft drinks. Convenience stores have been trying to wide their customer base and the easiest Way to do that is to get More out of the customers you have said Donna Lawrence of the National association of convenience stores based in Alexandria a. While Fountain drinks account for Only 2.8 percent of sales at convenience stores they carry a 64 percent Gross profit margin. 7-Elcvcn introduced its 64-Ouncc serve yourself double gulp nationwide this summer. However even 7-Elcven officials Aren t sure Why anyone would want to drink a half gallon of soda which is the equivalent of More than five 12-ounce cans. It s an Odd  said Steve Barnickel owner of a Baltimore 7-Elevcn franchise. It s just some thing we have in Case someone wants to buy it. Think it s too much  words across Fate Waves an 8-Ycar-old boy stuck a message in a bottle threw it into the Ocean off the Florida coast and waited for a response. He got one five years later from England. Hello Tommy wrote 15-year-old Anya Leeds. Idon t know whether you remember sending your note in a bottle. We just found it on the other Side of the  we were royally shocked said Tom Mote Odania fla., whose son Tommy put the bottle in the Ocean in july 1984. I could t believe that bottle had been around for five  the bottle was found by 10-year-old Gareth wild Man on a Beach in Penzance on the Southwest tip of England. He gave it and the note which crumbled rare stamp a Christie s of London employee holds a rare 1901 Mauritius Post office cover from the Weill collection which is expected to break All philatelic auction records. It will be auctioned in Zurich nov. 22 and is expected to fetch a Price of around $1.6 million. The envelope bears two of the finest known examples of the red Mauritius Post office one Penny Stamps of which is exist. It was first bought in India in 1897 for s rupees. When touched to Anya who worked with her Friend Emma Prowse 14, to reassemble the message. Tommy who s now 13, has become a pen pal wit the two British girls his father said. The Wrife comb Nof ors More than so years ago Edith Spargo picked the name Leatrich Roy on a pen pal list secretly hoping la trick was a boy s name. Even though Spargo was wrong the Friendship endured and the two kept writing. They say they have no idea How Many letters they have traded neither saved the letters saying they did t Tell of extraordinary events. For the first time in 45 years they talked to each other in person last week at Roy s Home in Nashua n.h., a meeting that fanned memories and brought tears. It was their first meeting since the july 4 week end of 1944. The correspondence began through a school pro Gram in october 1938. In her sixth Grade class in Belmont n.c., Edith then 12, picked la trick name from a list in a school newspaper. In her first letter Spargo now 63, said her firs question was a gender inquiry. If she was disappointed that Roy now 65, was a girl the feeling did t last. Almost 51 years later she still writes at least once a month. Royal reign resumes John Sundby and Kari rolling have More experience at being crowned King and Queen together than most members of Royalty. They were crowned Homecoming King and Queen monday at aug Slana College in Sioux Falls ., is years after being enthroned As Valentine s Day King and Queen of hearts in their kindergarten class in rapid City  They say they Don t remember much about their first Coronation. But Sundby said there s one thing he remembers about Rolfing i used to have a really bad crush on  Rolfing s family moved from rapid City a few years after their first Coronation but the two were reunited when they enrolled As freshmen at Augusta a in 1986 and have become Good friends. Stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores of a a q. Cd of the desperate fight for Freedom the pro american sudanese government in Khartoum has been overthrown in a libyan backed military coup. The Trump card against . Interference three hostages. The military won t touch it a commando Force tried and failed. One fed Calls in a troubleshooter. Northeast Africa is a powder Keg where madmen play with deadly toys. For the Brave rebels of Khartoum Mack Bolan is a lethal weapon in their desperate fight for Freedom. In the nightmarish Cycle of terror and counter terror the innocent need All the help they can get. The executioner is ready to offer assistance. Twenty years of hard hitting action has kept Mack Bolan one of the bestselling action adventure series of All time. Sudan Slaughter is available in paperback for $2.95 at most bookstores stars and stripes bookstores stars and strip bookstores