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East Oregonian
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman who is HIV-positive
is hiding her status from men
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I moved away from
much.
my hometown 18 years ago. At the
Unfortunately, he has become
time, a friend of mine had found out
mildly controlling and critical. Roy
she was HIV-positive. Thankfully,
has no children of his own, and he
healthwise she’s doing well. To look
doesn’t seem to realize what goes into
at her you would never know.
working, raising children and running
We have reconnected, but I have
a household. Recently, he gave me a
recently learned that she had several
promise ring, which I accepted. He’s
relationships in the past and didn’t
great with the girls and he makes me
Jeanne
reveal that she was HIV-positive or Phillips happy.
use protection. She says she “loves”
My father, however, says that
Advice
these men, their families and their
the controlling behavior will only
children. It makes me sick that she’s
get worse down the road. I think it’s
killing them.
because Roy was laid off from work and is
Someone called her doctor and he talked to having a hard time ¿nding a Mob. I’m sure
her about it, but she lied and said that she had once he’s working he’ll be less focused on
told them. These men have no idea! What can me. Who’s right, me or my father? — Mom
be done so she quits spreading this disease? Of Two In Rhode Island
— She’s Killing Them In Indiana
Dear Mom Of Two: When a couple
Dear S.K.T.: I ran your letter by an old and has been together for only six months, they
trusted friend, Dr. Mervyn Silverman, former are usually still in what is referred to as the
director of health in San Francisco. He asked “honeymoon phase.” Has Roy been Mobless
me to reassure you that if your friend has since you met him? If the layoff is recent,
been under treatment for HIV, her chances of then his change in behavior may be related to
passing it on are far less than they were years his frustration at not being able to ¿nd another
ago. He also mentioned that if these men’s Mob.
wives had contracted HIV from their husbands
However, your father not only has a point,
and become pregnant, that their disease would he also has more experience than you do.
very likely have been discovered.
Pay attention to what he’s telling you. If Roy
You need to talk to your friend and explain becomes increasingly controlling and critical,
that this is both a health issue and one of you’ll know your father was right, and you
morality. If she’s continuing to have unpro- should return that promise ring. So take your
tected sex with her partners, there is still some time and please don’t rush!
potential risk that she could pass along the
Dear Abby: I have been a divorcee for 12
virus. So if she truly loves anyone but herself, years. I haven’t dated in more than a decade.
she will get with the program and be honest I know a man who was widowed a couple of
about her health status.
months ago. His wife died in her sleep. I have
Dear Abby: I’m a single mother of two always been interested in him. When would
wonderful daughters. I have a fantastic it be appropriate to approach him? — Inter-
boyfriend, “Roy,” who I met when I was ested In Chicago
pregnant with my second. We have been
Dear Interested: If I were you, I’d get in
together for six months and I love him very line NOW.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 8, 1915
A. Phimister Proctor, noted New York
sculptor who is now making Pendleton his
home, this morning received noti¿cation
that he had been awarded the gold medal for
sculpture at the Panama-Paci¿c exposition
at San Francisco. A number of Mr. Proctor’s
works are included in the art exhibit at the
exposition. In front of the art building the
plaster cast of his buffalo, the bronze of which
is now being installed on the Q street bridge
in Washington, D.C., occupies a position to
attract the attention of all fair visitors and in
the art building is his mounted Indian and a
number of other pieces selected for exhibition.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 8, 1965
A $1 million underpass on SW Emigrant to
enable emergency vehicles and regular traf¿c
to keep moving despite railroad traf¿c moved
a step closer to reality last night. The Pend-
leton City Council decided to ask the Oregon
Highway Department for cooperative funds
in the venture and to prepare cost estimates
and engineering studies. The underpass as
proposed would run from 10th to 13th on SW
Emigrant under the Union Paci¿c Railroad
tracks. Only streets that it would block would
be the extension of SW 12th. By its action
in asking for state help, the council made no
commitment of ¿nancial support.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 8, 1990
Jon Q. Johnston must answer charges that
he “pulled the trigger” in the double murder
of a Brownsville couple on Lincton Mountain
Road June 24. After 90 minutes of testimony
at a preliminary hearing Friday afternoon,
District Court Judge Richard Courson ruled
that Johnston, a 26-year-old forklift operator
from Milton-Freewater, will be held account-
able for the deaths of George and Charmaine
Meyers. Courson based his decision on
evidence presented by seven witnesses
— including Johnston’s girlfriend and a
co-worker — called by Umatilla County
District Attorney Dave Gallaher. The prelim-
inary hearing for David L. Selders, who also
was charged with the Meyers killings, will be
scheduled at a later date.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 189th day
of 2015. There are 176 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 8, 1776, Col.
John Nixon gave the ¿rst
public reading of the Decla-
ration of Independence,
outside the State House
(now Independence Hall) in
Philadelphia.
On this date:
In 1663, King Charles II
of England granted a Royal
Charter to Rhode Island.
In 1853, an expedi-
tion led by Commodore
Matthew Perry arrived
in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a
mission to seek diplomatic
and trade relations with the
Japanese.
In 1889, The Wall Street
Journal was ¿rst published.
In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld
staged his ¿rst “Follies,” on
the roof of the New York
Theater.
In
1919,
President
Woodrow Wilson received
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a tumultuous welcome in
New York City after his
return from the Versailles
Peace Conference in France.
In 1947, demolition work
began in New York City
to make way for the new
permanent headquarters of
the United Nations.
In
1950,
President
Harry S. Truman named
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
commander-in-chief
of
United Nations forces in
Korea. (Truman ended up
sacking MacArthur for
insubordination nine months
later.)
In
1965,
Canadian
Paci¿c Air Lines Flight 21,
a Douglas DC-6B, crashed
in British Columbia after the
tail separated from the fuse-
lage; all 52 people on board
were killed in what authori-
ties said was the result of an
apparent bombing.
In
1975,
President
Gerald R. Ford announced
he would seek a second term
of of¿ce.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Steve Lawrence is
80. Actor Jeffrey Tambor
is 71. Ballerina Cynthia
Gregory is 69. Actress Kim
Darby is 68. Children’s
performer Raf¿ is 67. Celeb-
rity chef Wolfgang Puck is
66. Actress AnMelica Huston
is 64. Writer Anna Quindlen
is 63. Actor Kevin Bacon is
57. Actor Robert Knepper
is 56. Rock musician Andy
Fletcher (Depeche Mode)
is 54. Country singer Toby
Keith is 54. Rock musician
Graham Jones (Haircut
100) is 54. Rock singer
Joan Osborne is 53. Writ-
er-producer Rob Burnett
is 53. Actor Rocky Carroll
is 52. Singer Beck is 45.
Rock musician Jamie Cook
(Arctic Monkeys) is 30.
Actor Jaden Smith is 17.
Thought for Today:
“History must stay open, it
is all humanity.” — William
Carlos Williams, American
author and poet (1883-
1963).
BY JAN ELLIOT
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE