European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 21,1990 Calif store starts drive through shopping from wire reports on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena Calif., motorists no longer have to leave their cars to grocery shop. Customers can cruise to a drive up window for the eggs detergent or some of the other 1,400 grocery items fast food or household goods at the drive thru express store opened by the Vons supermarket Chain. The window Isnit just another car crazy California trend company officials say. Its More an example of How supermarkets Are trying to compete with convenience stores fast food restaurants and vast  Quot we think that somebody who a tired today can swing by the store and pick up dinner for tonight they can pick up their detergent to do the laundry and even pick up a fresh fruit tray for their breakfast tomorrow a said Phil Hawkins Vonso vice president of sales. A and it s ail at a Good  similar setups have been tested at convenience stores in such cities As Edgeworth pa., and Spring Vilie Utah. Quot there seven a drive through newsstand in Lancaster pa.,&Quot said Sheri Aguirre a spokeswoman for the National association of convenience stores. Markets across the country now include everything from Post offices to Bank branches to cafes Vons. Southern californians largest retail supermarket Chain with 328 stores is a regional Leader in such  j. Pitches baseball claim new Jersey gov. Jim Florio on tuesday made a pitch to have Hoboken declared the Birthplace of baseball and he did it from the pitchers Mound at a site not far from where supporters say the first game was played. Florio backed the theory that it was Alexander Cartwright not Abner Doubleday who invented baseball and that the first game was played not in Cooperstown n.y., but in Hoboken on june 19, 1846. Cartwright a knickerbockers played the new York nine and lost 23-1. Leading off the Celebration was Jim Reardon singing a country music song written for the occasion called a baseball was bom in this  Florio wearing a Brooklyn dodgers shirt promised to a Correct a major league  Florio who grew up in Brooklyn said a unlike the dodger fans of old who used to say a wait a til next year a Weye going to say right now the Birthplace of baseball is  Cooperstown mayor Harold Hollis did not return a Telephone Call seeking comment. Village clerk trea surer Martha Sherwood said of the Hoboken claim a i Don t want to touch  byline but. I the name was familiar but seemingly out of place in the sports Section a world cup soccer column in the los Angeles times under the byline of Henry Kissinger. Actually it Wasny to the first time the former Secretary of state had undertaken such an Endeavor and it wont be the last a Kissinger and times senior Cor-1 respondent Anthony Day Are teaming up on five world cup columns during this years Competition in Italy. R Tom a a customer doing her shopping from her car at a Vons supermarket in Pasadena Calif. The first column previewed the Competition. The next column will appear june 24 and three will follow on consecutive sundays. A Henry and i Are going to meet up in Italy on june 26 and stay there for the rest of the world cup a Day said. Day 57, admitted he knows a lot less about soccer than the 67-year-old Kissinger who a the vice chairman of the world cup �?T94 organizing committee. The 1994 world cup will be hosted by the United states. A a he a been a soccer fan since he was a boy in Germany a Day  use a debit cards if students at Simon Lake elementary school leave Home without it they wont be Able to say Quot charge it when it comes time for a Power lunch of soup Sandwich and milk. The school is taking part in a Pilot program being tested in Milford conn., and West Hartford to allow the use of a debit cards instead of Cash to  for lunch in the cafeteria. The Milford food service director Edward Huff and computer companies introduced the cards two months ago. The debit cards resemble automatic Bank tellers cars and have proved popular. A this is a tremendous Tim Saver. Collecting Money from pupils each Day is a very cumbersome task that takes valuable time away from the teaching a Huff said. The students insert the card into a Little machine that lights up red Green or yellow to Tell children How much Money they have left to spend. But Huff said that if the system showed any pupils had run out of Money they would still get lunch. Janet Bantley school lunch coordinator for the state Board of education praised the new system saying it not Only offers greater accountability but guarantees the privacy of children on assistance programs. Dear Abby i am one of four secretaries a a very Busy office. Our Boss what a the i m is wonderful. So problem his wife. She Calls nearly every Day asking questions we would prefer not to answer. For example with whom is a emr. La having lunch today what time did he get to the office this morning what Are or. Los travel plans we think if or. L wanted his wife to know these things he would have told her. Of course we give her As Little information As possible but she is very persistent. We done to want to be rude but she is getting on our nerves. Any ideas fed up foursome dear fed up on the Chance that your Boss does no to View his wife a questions As infringements on his privacy Tell your Boss that you Are unsure of How to answer these inquiries and let him decide How they should be handled. Dear Abby dear Abby. Our 24-year-old daughter has been living with a Young Man for two years. They recently became engaged. My husband and 1 were very Hurt when on the advice of their friends they did not think it was necessary to ask for our blessings. The grooms parents did not approve of their living together and gave the news of their engagement a very Cool reception. We were not Happy about their living together but we love our daughter and have tried to be supportive. Now our daughter expects us to give her a Large expensive wedding. Her girlfriends have had Large expensive weddings but they had not been living with their finances prior to the ceremony do you feel that a Large extravaganza is appropriate in View of the fact this couple has been living As husband and wife for two years or would a smaller More modest Celebration be More suitable under the circumstances your candid expertise would be appreciated. Trying not to be old fashioned dear trying. A wedding is a gift that some parents traditionally bestow upon their daughter but nowhere is it written that they have an obligation to do so. Under the circumstances i think a smaller More modest Celebration would be More suitable. But your daughter and her Fiance Are entitled to have any kind of wedding they wish a providing they Are willing and Able to  for it. Dear Abby please Tell me How to introduce my sex daughter in Law. We Are very close and see each other often. We run into friends quite a bit when she is visiting. Do 1 say a this is my sex daughter in Law Annie a i would greatly appreciate your help. This has been puzzling me for some time. Her sex Mother in Law dear sex just introduce her As a Annie my son s former  c Universal press