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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Sex education should begin
before kids start to experiment
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I know you provide a
Dear Abby: I have observed
booklet to help teens with questions
(and experienced) that people won’t
about sex. But when should I talk to
tell you about a husband’s or wife’s
my son or give him a copy? He will
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turn 9 soon. I know that is young, but
are together. However, they WILL
kids today are exposed to so much so
reveal it after the divorce or death.
early. — Kristen In Maryland
What purpose does that serve?
Dear Kristen: You’re absolutely
If people don’t want to get
right; they are. They also mature
involved, then allow me to make a
Jeanne
earlier than children of previous gener- Phillips suggestion: Send an unsigned letter
ations. That’s why it is so important
in the mail with no return address.
Advice
for parents — and guardians — to
There are also phone features that
begin discussing subjects like alcohol,
let a person place an anonymous
drugs, sex and family values well before their call. Call the workplace of the cheated-on
children start experimenting. So talk to your spouse if you don’t have his or her cellphone
son now. Do not be shocked if he tells you he number. However you can, give the person
has already heard it all from contemporaries. as much information as you know. If you do,
If he has, ask him to tell you what he knows, maybe a marriage can be saved, or a spouse
because what he heard may be inaccurate, won’t have to deal with an STD. Do you have
and it will give you a chance to correct any an opinion, Abby? — Strictly Anonymous
misinformation.
Dear Strictly Anonymous: People who
My booklet “What Every Teen Should feel compelled to tell others something “for
Know” can help to start the conversation. It their own good” should closely examine their
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by educators and religious leaders, as well no return address are usually sent by cranks
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fortable to discuss these topics with their chil- or to destroy a marriage. If someone takes
dren. It can be ordered by sending your name it upon him- or herself to notify a spouse
and address, plus check or money order for about a mate’s cheating, that person should
$7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby Teen Booklet, be honest enough to state who he/she is. If
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. people can’t do that, they should mind their
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be to make informed choices in the future.
is wrong, but are not yet ready to deal with it.
DAYS GONE BY
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100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1916
Acting upon a petition signed by the
Tallman Drug Co., Koeppen Bros., and the
Red Cross Drug Store, the city council last
evening passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of ethyl alcohol by drug stores except
upon the written prescription of a physician.
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50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1966
“I wore a blister on my toe at the Smith-
sonian Institute, I got lost in the subway in
New York City, and I forgot to wear my white
gloves when I shook hands with President
Johnson.” Those were a few of the minor
crises Regina Gamble, presidential scholar,
lived through during her recent trip to the
nation’s capital. The Arlington High School
graduate had a memorable experience
during her ten days in Washington, D.C.,
and New York City. More than 70 students
earning the citation were housed in dormi-
tories at Georgetown University and were
escorted on a grand tour of Washington, to
all the shrines and government buildings.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 13, 1991
The cleanup of soil contaminated by
leaking petroleum tanks at the former Harris
Furniture Company site has been halted
because of the potential for an explosion,
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Seventh-day Adventist Church, which owns
the land, have been asked to continue moni-
toring fumes and to develop a safety plan.
The Pendleton Fire Department is being
kept informed of the situation, Hammond
said.
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
Today is the 195th day
of 2016. There are 171 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 13, 1793, French
revolutionary writer Jean-
Paul Marat was stabbed
to death in his bath by
Charlotte Corday, who was
executed four days later.
On this date:
In 1787, the Congress of
the Confederation adopted
the Northwest Ordinance,
which established a govern-
ment in the Northwest Terri-
tory, an area corresponding
to the eastern half of the
present-day Midwest.
In 1863, deadly rioting
against the Civil War mili-
tary draft erupted in New
York City. (The insurrection
was put down three days
later.)
In 1939, Frank Sinatra
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recording,
“From
the
Bottom of My Heart”
and “Melancholy Mood,”
with Harry James and his
Orchestra for the Brunswick
label.
In 1955, Britain hanged
Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old
former model and night-
club hostess convicted of
killing her boyfriend, David
Blakely (to date, Ellis is the
last woman to be executed
in the United Kingdom).
In 1960, John F. Kennedy
won the Democratic pres-
idential nomination on the
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convention in Los Angeles.
In
1965,
President
Lyndon B. Johnson nomi-
nated Thurgood Marshall to
be U.S. Solicitor General;
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black jurist appointed to
the post. (Two years later,
Johnson nominated Marshall
to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
In
1972,
George
McGovern received the
Democratic
presidential
nomination at the party’s
convention in Miami Beach.
In 1977, a blackout
lasting 25 hours hit the New
York City area.
In 1978, Lee Iacocca was
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Motor Co. by chairman
Henry Ford II.
In 1985, “Live Aid,” an
international rock concert
in London, Philadelphia,
Moscow and Sydney, took
place to raise money for
Africa’s starving people.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Game show announcer
Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeop-
ardy!”) is 92. Actor Patrick
Stewart is 76. Actor Robert
Forster is 75. Actor Harrison
Ford is 74. Singer-guitarist
Roger
McGuinn
(The
Byrds) is 74. Actor-come-
dian Cheech Marin is 70.
Actress Daphne Maxwell
Reid is 68. Actress Didi
Conn is 65. Singer Louise
Mandrell is 62. Rock musi-
cian Mark “The Animal”
Mendoza (Twisted Sister) is
60. Actor-director Cameron
Crowe is 59. Tennis player
Anders Jarryd is 55. Rock
musician Gonzalo Martinez
De La Cotera (Marcy Play-
ground) is 54. Comedian
Tom Kenny is 54. Country
singer-songwriter Victoria
Shaw is 54. Actor Steven R.
McQueen is 28.
Thought for Today: “If
I were to wish for anything,
I should not wish for
wealth and power, but for
the passionate sense of the
potential, for the eye which,
ever young and ardent, sees
the possible. Pleasure disap-
points, possibility never.” —
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish
philosopher (1813-1855).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE