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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Hospital patient receives
surprise anatomy lesson
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
I have a feeling there may be some-
Dear Abby: I recently had to
spend a night in the hospital following
thing nasty she’s hiding. I’m afraid I’m
minor surgery. One of the female
heading into a trap, but my love for her
techs taking care of me leaned over
makes it tough to consider breaking
me to straighten out the bedding and
up. Am I being too demanding? —
I could see “everything” when the top
Concerned Guy In The South
of her scrubs fell open.
Dear Concerned Guy: If your
I’m not sure if it was on purpose or
intuition is screaming that your girl-
by accident. I say this because after
friend’s desire for a hasty marriage
Jeanne
the first time, it happened several Phillips could spell trouble in the future, you
more times. I only looked the first
should pay close attention to it. It is
Advice
time out of shock. The other times, I
not “too demanding” to want to know
looked away.
what one’s fiancée has been doing for
Other than saying, “Hey, lady, I can see the last seven years. Under no circumstances
your boobies when you bend over,” what’s should you marry this woman without first
the polite way to say, “Oops — wardrobe talking to a lawyer, who I am sure will suggest
malfunction”? — Got An Eyeful In Illinois
doing a background check and/or drafting an
Dear Got An Eyeful: Since, with luck, ironclad prenuptial agreement.
you won’t have to make another visit to the
Dear Abby: I recently attended a bridal
hospital, I think your question may be moot. shower for my nephew’s fiancée. My sister-
However, the discreet way to deal with in-law (the future mother-in-law of the bride)
something like that would be to mention what also attended the shower. She did not choose
happened to the head nurse or supervisor and any gifts from the bride’s registry, but decided
say that it made you uncomfortable.
instead to give the bride lingerie, including thong
Dear Abby: I’m in my early 30s and underwear. Frankly, I was shocked. I didn’t
recently met a very attractive woman my age. think it was appropriate for either the mother or
We are planning to get married. She wants us the future mother-in-law to give such intimate
to be married as soon as possible because she gifts. Am I wrong? — Flummoxed In Florida
has been divorced for the last seven years.
Dear Flummoxed: Shower guests are
My problem is, she’s extremely secretive not restricted to items based solely upon the
about her past, especially the period between couple’s registry. They can give whatever gift
her divorce and our meeting. I have been they wish to the bride and groom. Your sister-
open with her about my past, but when I ask in-law chose something she thought the bride
about hers, she refuses to discuss it and says it and groom would enjoy. Please try to be less
has nothing to do with our relationship.
judgmental and hope she was right.
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
June 28, 1917
A.D. Irish, in charge of the warehouse
of the Monogram Oil Co., has the laugh on
Senator Fred Steiwer and other bear hunters
of the county who are in the habit of making
frequent excursions into the wilds of the state
in search of bear meat. Casting his eye aloft
last evening he discovered a cub bear serenely
occupying the top of a telephone pole near the
company’s warehouse in the west end of the
city. He climbed the pole and captured the
bear with his bare hands. He now has it in
captivity. The little animal is only about three
weeks old. It may have escaped from the
Barnes circus while the show was here and it
may have been the pet of a local resident. Mr.
Irish intends on keeping it unless someone
positively establishes ownership.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 28, 1967
A graduate of the Air Force Academy,
1st Lt. Danny L Eckles, Pendleton, received
the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal with ten oak leaf clusters for the 228
combat missions he flew as the pilot of an
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
RF-4C Phantom II over Vietnam. How does
it feel to be shot at? “I was much too busy
concentrating on my target to bother about
the enemy gunfire,” Lt. Eckles replied to his
questioner. Eckles, a star athlete in PHS and
who played end on the Air Academy varsity
football team as a sophomore, is the son of
Raymond Eckles.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
June 28, 1992
Pat Burke and Maggie Jones used to call
Eugene home — now the outline of the Oregon
Trail is their world. In May, these modern-day
pioneers sold their Eugene home and cars,
quit their jobs and saddled up their Tennessee
Walking horses. They’ve been trekking east-
ward since, following the general outline of the
Oregon Trail. After camping at the fairgrounds
in Heppner, they estimated it would take them
four days to reach Pendleton — maybe by the
weekend. Stopovers along the way hopefully
will include a watering hole and some shade.
Traveling without any support vehicles or pack
horses, their goal is to go as far as their legs
and resources will take them — hopefully all
the way to Missouri, where wagon trains once
departed for the West.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 179th day of
2017. There are 186 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On June 28, 1914,
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
of Austria and his wife,
Sophie, were shot to death in
Sarajevo by Serb nationalist
Gavrilo Princip — an act that
sparked World War I.
On this date:
In 1778, the Revolutionary
War Battle of Monmouth
took place in New Jersey;
from this battle arose the
legend of “Molly Pitcher,”
a woman who was said to
have carried water to colonial
soldiers, then taken over
firing her husband’s cannon
after he became disabled.
In 1836, the fourth pres-
ident of the United States,
James Madison, died in
Montpelier, Virginia.
In 1838, Britain’s Queen
Victoria was crowned in
Westminster Abbey.
In 1919, the Treaty of
Versailles was signed in
France, ending the First
World War.
In 1939, Pan American
Airways began regular
trans-Atlantic air service with
a flight that departed New
York for Marseilles, France.
In 1944, the Republican
national
convention
in
Chicago nominated New
York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
for president and Ohio Gov.
John W. Bricker for vice
president.
In 1950, North Korean
forces captured Seoul, the
capital of South Korea.
In 1964, civil rights
activist Malcolm X declared,
“We want equality by any
means necessary” during the
Founding Rally of the Orga-
nization of Afro-American
Unity in New York.
In 1978, the Supreme
Court ordered the University
of California-Davis Medical
School to admit Allan Bakke,
a white man who argued
he’d been a victim of reverse
racial discrimination.
In 1989, about 1 million
Serbs gathered to mark the
600th anniversary of the
Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
In 1997, in a wild
rematch, Evander Holyfield
retained the WBA heavy-
weight boxing championship
after his opponent, Mike
Tyson, was disqualified for
biting Holyfield’s ear during
the third round of their fight
in Las Vegas.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Comedian-movie director
Mel Brooks is 91. Former
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., is
83. Comedian-impressionist
John Byner is 80. Former
Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta is 79. Actress Kathy
Bates is 69. College and
Pro Football Hall of Famer
John Elway is 57. Record
company chief executive
Tony Mercedes is 55. Actress
Mary Stuart Masterson is 51.
Actor John Cusack is 51. Jazz
musician Jimmy Sommers is
48. Country singer Big Vinny
Hickerson (Trailer Choir)
is 34. Country singer Kellie
Pickler is 31.
Thought for Today:
“Logic is one thing, the
human animal another. You
can quite easily propose a
logical solution to something
and at the same time hope in
your heart of hearts it won’t
work out.” — Luigi Piran-
dello (1867-1936).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE