Tuesday, February 7, 2017
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
East Oregonian
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband’s aggressive driving
makes wife a nervous wreck
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been married
Dear Abby: My husband is a very
aggressive driver. He tailgates, cuts
for seven years, and my husband and I
people off, narrates “play by play”
have had our ups and downs. He never
during driving and stresses me out. He
thought he would have kids until he
was involved in two accidents that I
met me, and now we have two. After
am convinced were his fault, although
our second child, we agreed that we
one was blamed on the other driver.
were done having children. I was OK
Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
with it because it seemed after each
Because of this I prefer to drive.
child our relationship became strained.
Jeanne
The other day, he actually reached Phillips
Recently we reached the point of
across and honked my horn while
deciding whether we would either
Advice
I was driving because somebody
separate or work harder on our
delayed a few seconds at the stoplight!
marriage. We decided to stick it out.
We weren’t in a hurry and there was no need The problem is, while we were in the process
to honk. Our children were in the car. When of getting back together, I became pregnant
I complained, he told me to “just get over it.” again. I’m afraid to tell him because I know
He gets so grouchy if I say anything about his how stressed he gets. I’m afraid it will be too
driving.
much for him, and he will cut himself off
We live in a relatively small town and our emotionally from me and the kids.
vehicles are very identifiable. All of the crazy
This wasn’t planned. We were using
road rage incidents I hear about certainly protection, but getting an abortion is some-
don’t help. Any suggestions? I’m ready to thing I could never do. I know this child will
resort to public transportation. — Prefers To make things more difficult, but this child is a
Drive
part of me and the man I love. How do I tell
Dear Prefers: For the safety of your my husband I am pregnant in a way that may
family, it’s time to find out what’s driving your make the news easier to take? — At A Loss
husband’s anger and dangerous behavior. His For Words
driving record speaks for itself, and he should
Dear At A Loss: You should have told
not assume any function of driving when you your husband about this the day you thought
are at the wheel, including honking the horn you “might” be pregnant. You can announce
“for” you.
the news by telling him that this baby is a
You are entirely correct that what he did symbol of your love and reconciliation, but
could have sparked a road rage incident. All whether he will accept this explanation is
that would need to happen would be for you questionable. You already know the news will
to encounter someone who is as angry as your not be warmly received, so get it over with
husband for a tragedy to happen.
before your pregnancy starts to show.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 6-7, 1917
Crushed under the engine of train No. 19,
second section, Mrs. Anna A. Coburn of Echo
was instantly killed at 6:05 this morning in an
accident that seems almost inexplicable. The
woman was going to her work at the Test Grill
and evidently attempted to cross the railroad
track just in front of the incoming westbound
passenger train. The engineer did not see Mrs.
Coburn until within few feet of her. She had a
scarf over her head and it is possible she either
did not see the approaching train or else did not
realize it was so near. The accident occurred
at the Buckley crossing, where the Main road
crosses the tracks. A strange feature of the
accident is that after it had occurred the glasses
worn by Mrs. Coburn were found undamaged
on the pilot of the engine.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 6-7, 1967
A wildcat strike today stopped work on
a $11.7 million powerline construction job.
About 30 pickets, including women and
children, marched in front of the job head-
quarters in Boardman of the John M. King
Co., Tacoma, Wash. Others were reported
picketing the firm’s office at Umatilla. The
powerline under conduction is to run from the
Bonneville Power Administration substation at
McNary Dam to the John Day Dam substation
near Rufus. Lonnie Stonecipher, The Dalles
spokesman for the picketers, told the firm’s
refusal to pay a travel allowance, and the firing
of six workers, are behind the strike.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Feb. 6-7, 1992
A budding sister-city relationship is devel-
oping, offering an exchange of Pendleton’s
western culture and the samurai heritage of
Haramachi City, Japan. Headway already has
been made in the effort to bridge the distance
between the two cities. Three Japanese visitors
spent Wednesday meeting with local business
leaders and city officials. They described at
length the enthusiasm people in Haramachi
City have for establishing the relationship.
Yukotoshi Uchiya, president of United Arrows
America, Inc. of Portland, and Yoichi Yoko-
kawa of the Oregon Economic Development
Department spent the better part of Wednesday
touring Pendleton businesses that reflect the
historic heritage of northeast Oregon. Both
Uchiya and Yokokawa live in Portland but
have strong trade links with Haramachi City.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 38th day of
2017. There are 327 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 7, 1817, Amer-
ica’s first public gas street
lamp was lighted in Balti-
more at the corner of Market
and Lemon streets (now
East Baltimore and Holliday
streets).
On this date:
In 1795, the 11th Amend-
ment to the U.S. Constitution,
dealing with states’ sovereign
immunity, was ratified.
In 1857, a French court
acquitted author Gustave
Flaubert of obscenity for his
serialized novel “Madame
Bovary.”
In 1931, aviator Amelia
Earhart married publisher
George P. Putnam in Noank,
Connecticut.
In
1936,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt autho-
rized a flag for the office of
the vice president.
In 1948, Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower resigned as
Army chief of staff; he was
succeeded by Gen. Omar
Bradley.
In 1962, President John F.
Kennedy imposed a full trade
embargo on Cuba.
In 1971, women in
Switzerland gained the right
to vote through a national
referendum, 12 years after a
previous attempt failed.
In 1984, space shuttle
Challenger astronauts Bruce
McCandless II and Robert
L. Stewart went on the first
untethered spacewalk, which
lasted nearly six hours.
In 1986, the Philippines
held a presidential election
marred by charges of fraud
against
the
incumbent,
Ferdinand
E.
Marcos.
Haitian
President-for-Life
Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his
country, ending 28 years of
his family’s rule.
In 1991, Jean-Bertrand
Aristide was inaugurated
as the first democratically
elected president of Haiti
(he was overthrown by
the military the following
September).
In
1992,
European
Community members signed
the Maastricht Treaty, which
led to creation of the euro.
In 2012: A federal appeals
court ruled California’s ban
on same-sex marriage was
unconstitutional, but gave
gay marriage opponents time
to appeal the decision before
ordering the state to allow
such weddings to resume.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Author Gay Talese is 85.
Former Sen. Herb Kohl,
D-Wis., is 82. Reggae musi-
cian Brian Travers (UB40)
is 58. Comedy writer Robert
Smigel is 57. Actor James
Spader is 57. Country singer
Garth Brooks is 55. Rock
musician David Bryan (Bon
Jovi) is 55. Actor-comedian
Eddie Izzard is 55. Actor-co-
median Chris Rock is 52.
Actor Jason Gedrick is 50.
Actress Essence Atkins is 45.
Rock singer-musician Wes
Borland is 42. Rock musi-
cian Tom Blankenship (My
Morning Jacket) is 39. Actor
Ashton Kutcher is 39. Actress
Tina Majorino is 32. Actress
Deborah Ann Woll is 32.
Thought for Today: “A
cruel story runs on wheels,
and every hand oils the
wheels as they run.” — Ouida
(Marie Louise de la Ramee),
English writer (1839-1908).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE