Friday, May 29, 2015
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Politics served with profanity
makes dinner hard to swallow
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My sister-in-law
Dear Abby: After 12 years of
and her live-in boyfriend, “Bud,” get
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We enjoy each other’s company, but
I was very happy to have a child
over the last couple of years he has
on the way, but I was also very
been making disparaging remarks
depressed. My OB/GYN had to put
on the subject of politics. We do not
me on anti-depression medication
belong to the same political party, and
for it. I felt that only family should
his remarks make our blood boil.
know and, while I was pregnant, my
Jeanne
Bud knows we belong to the Phillips husband went along with it.
other party, but continues his barrage
But now, if someone asks about my
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peppered with profanity. It’s impos-
pregnancy or jokes about us having a
sible to have an intelligent debate with
second child, he will tell them he’s
him before the cursing starts spewing out. A not sure because during my pregnancy I was
difference of opinion is tolerated, but when depressed. When I ask him please not to tell
it’s laced with profanity it becomes hard to people about it, he says, “Why not? You have
swallow. My husband feels the same way.
nothing to be ashamed of.” How can I get
I would tell Bud to head south as far as him to understand that for me, it’s not about
he can go, were it not for my sister-in-law’s shame but PRIVACY? — New Mom In
feelings. (She’s pretty close to my husband.) Louisiana
I thought it better not to say anything during
Dear New Mom: While I agree that
these dressing-downs, but I don’t know depression is nothing to be ashamed of, I
how much longer I can keep my mouth shut also agree with you that some things should
without blasting him. How should I handle be kept private — and your medical history
this? — Ready To Blow In Idaho
is one of them. Perhaps your husband would
Dear Ready To Blow: You and your understand if you analogize it with a man
husband should pick up the phone and call using Viagra. While he might use the little
your sister-in-law. Tell her that as much as you blue pill with abandon, many men would
love her and Bud, the political discussions prefer folks to assume they didn’t need the
have gotten out of hand, and therefore, there pharmaceutical assistance.
will be NO MORE discussions about politics
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van
when you get together. Period. If Bud starts Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and
in, your husband should not take the bait. You was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
are both to say, “We’ll never agree on this, so Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
let’s change the subject.”
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29, 1915
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Three of the senior girls of the high school
thus gave their answer some months past to
three waiting swains who could ill content
themselves with the delay. So impatient were
they in fact to claim their brides that they made
graduation day also their wedding day. That
is, two of them did, while the third waited less
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troth. Thus today comes the announcement
that three of the sweet girl graduates of last
evening, Miss Lois Hampton, Miss Carrie
Ferguson and Miss Maude Suiste, have made
their graduation a commencement indeed. In
fact two of them were brides when they took
the place on the stage last evening although
there were few aware of the fact. All three of
the weddings have been the nature of surprise
affairs and have given the high school
students something of which to talk.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29, 1965
Some area residents may turn back the
clock thousands of years in event of a nuclear
attack by taking shelter in a cave. Civil
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
defense personnel plan a survey soon of
the area south of Pilot Rock, where a large
cave exists on the Porter ranch. They would
determine if the cave would provide protec-
tion from the radioactive fallout of a nuclear
explosion. Tom Campbell, Umatilla County
civil defense director, said the Pilot Rock area
is one where more shelters are needed.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 29, 1990
Fourteen years ago Harvey Helms
brought a tiny redwood tree on the California
coast to take home to Hermiston. He planted
the tree, a twig a few inches high, among the
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Oak Avenue. He never gave it much chance
to live, because the redwood tree, which
typically stands 200 feet and higher, thrives
only along the coast from central California
to southern Oregon. Rarely is it found more
than 50 miles inland. “It didn’t start growing
for years,” he said. Then a couple of years
ago, the tree decided it liked Hermiston’s
climate in general and Harvey’s yard in
particular. It began to grow. Today the tree
hits Helms at the waist, and this spring pale
green needles popped out around the tree
like never before.
Today is the 149th day of
2015. There are 216 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On May 29, 1765, Patrick
Henry denounced the Stamp
Act before Virginia’s House
of Burgesses.
On this date:
In 1790, Rhode Island
became the 13th original
colony to ratify the United
States Constitution.
In 1848, Wisconsin
became the 30th state of the
union.
In 1912, the ballet
“L’Apres-midi d’un Faune”
(The Afternoon of a Faun),
with music by Claude
Debussy, premiered in Paris
with Vaslav Nijinsky dancing
the title role.
In 1913, the ballet “Le
Sacre du printemps” (The
Rite of Spring), with music
by Igor Stravinsky and
choreography by Vaslav
Nijinsky, had its chaotic
world premiere in Paris.
The D.H. Lawrence novel
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published by Duckworth &
Co. of London, albeit in an
expurgated version.
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In 1917, the 35th pres-
ident of the United States,
John F. Kennedy, was born
in Brookline, Massachusetts.
In 1932, World War I
veterans began arriving in
Washington to demand cash
bonuses they weren’t sched-
uled to receive until 1945.
In 1943, Norman Rock-
well’s portrait of “Rosie
the Riveter” appeared on
the cover of The Saturday
Evening Post.
In 1953, Mount Everest
was conquered as Edmund
Hillary of New Zealand and
Tensing Norgay of Nepal
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reach the summit.
In 1961, a couple in
Paynesville, West Virginia,
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of food stamps under a pilot
program created by President
John F. Kennedy.
In 1973, Tom Bradley was
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of Los Angeles, defeating
incumbent Sam Yorty.
In 1985, 39 people were
killed at the European Cup
Final in Brussels, Belgium,
when rioting broke out and
a wall separating British and
Italian soccer fans collapsed.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Baseball Commis-
sioner Fay Vincent is 77.
Motorsports Hall of Famer
Al Unser is 76. Actor Kevin
Conway is 73. Actor Helmut
Berger is 71. Rock singer
Gary
Brooker
(Procol
Harum) is 70. Actor Anthony
Geary is 68. Actor Cotter
Smith is 66. Singer Rebbie
(ree-bee) Jackson is 65.
Movie composer Danny
Elfman is 62. Presidential
assailant John W. Hinckley
Jr. is 60. Singer LaToya
Jackson is 59. Actor Ted
Levine is 58. Rock musi-
cian Chan Kinchla (Blues
Traveler) is 46. Cartoonist
Aaron McGruder (“The
Boondocks”) is 41. Singer
Melanie Brown (Spice
Girls) is 40. Actress Lorelei
Linklater (Film: “Boyhood”)
is 22.
Thought for Today:
“When we recall the past,
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the simplest things — not
the great occasions — that
in retrospect give off the
greatest glow of happiness.”
— British-born American
comedian Bob Hope (born
this date in 1903, died 2003).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE