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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Grandparents’ pink grad gift
comes right out of the blue
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My daughter is
extremely close. By close, I mean we
graduating from high school in May.
have conversations about how things
She has been accepted to a prestigious
would be if we were dating. We have
university, entirely due to her own
so much fun together. We never, ever
hard work and dedication.
argue, whereas my girlfriend and I are
My father-in-law recently informed
constantly fighting. I legitimately want
us that his new wife had selected our
the other girl, but I don’t know what I
daughter’s graduation present, and
should do. — Scared And Stuck In
they are excited to give it to her. They
St. Paul
Jeanne
chose a pink luggage set. My husband Phillips
Dear Scared And Stuck: You
and I are mystified about why they
are
a free man, neither married nor
Advice
decided this would be the perfect gift
engaged. Because you have romantic
for our daughter. We know she will be
feelings for someone else, gather your
embarrassed — but gracious — if she receives courage and level with your girlfriend. Tell her
this gift in front of our family and friends on that while you appreciate everything she has
graduation day. We would like to spare her the done for you, you want to be free to date other
awkwardness and having to return an inappro- people and think she should, too. The news
priate gift.
will probably come as a shock to her, but it’s
Abby, would it be rude of us to strongly the honest thing to do and better for both of
encourage them to rethink their gift? How you.
do we broach the subject so we don’t cause
Dear Abby: My ex-husband recently died,
hurt feelings or a rift? We are grateful for their and I have just learned he had an illegitimate
generosity, but we know the gift won’t suit our son 25 years ago. The son tracked me down
grad. — Mystified Mother
wanting to know things about his biological
Dear Mother: I do not advise your father. My late husband and I had two children
becoming involved with this. Warn your before this one was born. So, do I tell my
daughter in advance what the gift will be so children they have a half-brother and his
she isn’t caught flat-footed on graduation day. aunts they have another nephew? — Tracked
If she chooses to exchange the luggage for Down In Illinois
something she feels will be more appropriate,
Dear Tracked Down: I see no reason to
she should do so. Luggage that stands out like a make any announcements right now. Keep
sore thumb may be easier to spot on an airport the news to yourself until you are sure that
carousel, but it can also be more vulnerable to the man wants more contact with his relatives
theft than something that blends in.
and isn’t just looking for medical information
Dear Abby: I have a tough problem. I that could affect him. You also should make
care very much for my girlfriend. She keeps absolutely certain that he truly IS your late
me in check and does everything for me. husband’s son by discussing it with an attorney
However, my best friend’s sister and I are before sharing any news or details.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 3-4, 1917
Pendleton people were “on their toes” last
night as the result of nearness of actual war
with Germany. The eagerness with which
they purchased the copies of the extra edition
of the East Oregonian bringing the first
news of the president’s speech asking that
congress declare war proved that there is no
indifference here. Nearly 700 copies were
sold by the newsboys last evening and the
only reason more were not sold was that there
were no more printed. As it was the presses
were started four different times to supply
the insistent demands of the “newsies.” Only
250 copies were printed originally but these
disappeared within a few minutes.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 3-4, 1967
A Pendleton Jaycee team swept to victory
in Saturday’s Blue Mountain Community
College raft race in record time. The winning
raft with Jim Sewell, Claude Mackie, Dave
Thorne and Jim Christensen aboard, covered
the distance in one hour and 50 minutes. The
second annual race was declared a splashing
success by its sponsor, the Circle K. Club.
Fifteen rubber rafts started the race at the
Mission Bridge and 11 finished about two
hours later eight miles downstream at the Bob
White Babe Ruth Baseball park. A roaring fire
was on hand to greet the river runners, many
of whom were blue with cold and soaked
to the skin following their ordeal in the icy
Umatilla.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
April 3-4, 1992
Divers searching for a gun Thursday found
that and more in the Columbia River near
McNary Dam. Before they were finished,
they also found a motorcycle, car and pickup
that had been dumped over the years at the
boat ramp above the dam. The gun was sought
in the death investigation of Roy R. Burnett
of Umatilla, whose body was found in the
river earlier this week. Based on an autopsy,
Burnett died of a single gunshot wound to the
torso. Divers found a sawed-off shotgun of
the same gauge that caused Burnett’s injury.
The victim reportedly owned a shotgun of the
type found.
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
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 94th day of
2017. There are 271 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 4, 1968, civil
rights leader Martin Luther
King Jr., 39, was shot and
killed on a balcony of the
Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tennessee.
On this date:
In 1818, Congress decided
the flag of the United States
would consist of 13 red and
white stripes and 20 stars,
with a new star to be added
for every new state of the
Union.
In 1841, President William
Henry Harrison succumbed to
pneumonia one month after
his inaugural, becoming the
first U.S. chief executive to
die in office.
In 1859, “Dixie” was
performed
publicly
for
the first time by Bryant’s
Minstrels at Mechanics’ Hall
in New York.
In
1864,
President
Abraham Lincoln, in a letter
to Kentucky newspaper editor
Albert G. Hodges, wrote: “I
claim not to have controlled
events, but confess plainly
that events have controlled
me.”
In 1887, Susanna Madora
Salter became the first woman
elected mayor of an American
community: Argonia, Kansas.
In 1917, the U.S.
Senate voted 82-6 in favor
of declaring war against
Germany (the House followed
suit two days later by a vote of
373-50).
In 1933, the Navy airship
USS Akron crashed in severe
weather off the New Jersey
coast with the loss of 73 lives.
In 1949, 12 nations,
including the United States,
signed the North Atlantic
Treaty in Washington, D.C.
In 1958, Johnny Stom-
panato, an enforcer for crime
boss Mickey Cohen and the
boyfriend of actress Lana
Turner, was stabbed to death
by Turner’s teenage daughter,
Cheryl Crane, who said
Stompanato had attacked her
mother.
In 1983, the space shuttle
Challenger roared into orbit
on its maiden voyage. (It was
destroyed in the disaster of
Jan. 1986.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Sen. Richard Lugar,
R-Ind., is 85. Recording
executive Clive Davis is 85.
Bandleader Hugh Masekela
is 78. Author Kitty Kelley is
75. Actor Craig T. Nelson is
73. Actor Walter Charles is
72. Actress Christine Lahti
is 67. Country singer Steve
Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers)
is 66. Actress Mary-Margaret
Humes is 63. Writer-pro-
ducer David E. Kelley is 61.
Actress Constance Shulman
is 59. Actor Phil Morris is 58.
Actress Lorraine Toussaint is
57. Actor Hugo Weaving is 57.
Rock musician Craig Adams
(The Cult) is 55. Talk show
host/comic Graham Norton is
54. Actor David Cross is 53.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. is
52. Actress Nancy McKeon is
51. Actor Barry Pepper is 47.
Country singer Clay Davidson
is 46. Magician David Blaine
is 44. Actor Eric Andre is 34.
Thought for Today:
“Take the attitude of a
student, never be too big to
ask questions, never know
too much to learn something
new.” — Og Mandino, Amer-
ican author (1923-1996).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE