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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Newlywed’s world caves in
when the truth comes out
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I dated the perfect
husband, “Ralph,” 22 years ago,
man for two years. When he asked
I made it very clear that I would
me to marry him, I had to say yes. He
NEVER move to his hometown,
was kind, gentle, attentive, easygoing,
which is six hours away. Even though
full of dreams, great sense of humor,
it may seem selfish, my wish was to
an excellent provider and sexually the
be near my family. Our relationship
best.
progressed anyway. We’ve been
Three months after our perfect
married for 15 years, live in my
wedding, it all began to unravel.
hometown, and have three little boys.
Jeanne
I learned he is bipolar with manic Phillips
Ralph is 42, homesick and wants
episodes. He has been married three
us
to move back home now to be
Advice
times before me and always lost
around his parents because he’s lived
interest in sex. He says he may be
around my parents for 15 years. I told
attracted to men, then tells me he’s not sure. him my intentions were made crystal clear
He also isn’t as good handling his financial before we got married and I wasn’t moving.
affairs as he led me to believe.
His response was, “So you were worth
I’m 58, and he’s 59. How could I not have moving for, but I’m not?”
had a clue about any of this? I sold my house
There are other reasons for my not
to move into the parsonage with him. After wanting to move there, but the bottom line is
repeatedly being lied to, misinformed or left that I wish he had been true to himself before
out of the loop all together, I am now couch- deciding to marry me. I think it’s a bit late to
surfing, mainly at my ex-husband’s house.
be playing this game. I’d like your thoughts,
I feel tired and broken — no income, no and please give it to me straight. — Staying
home, no respect and no hope of him getting Put
it together. I would appreciate any advice or
Dear Staying: OK, here they are. I think
counsel. All I have figured out is to start over your husband has a valid point. Marriage is
and remain single as he is my third husband. supposed to be about compromise, and for the
— Third Time Around
last 15 years he has lived in your community.
Dear T.T.A.: You will feel less tired and
I wish you had shared what your other
broken after you have consulted a lawyer reasons for being against moving are, because
about helping you get out of this fraudulent they might have influenced my opinion. But
marriage. And while you’re at it, you and from where I sit, I think you owe it to Ralph
your lawyer should bring this to the attention to give it a try. Perhaps you and your family
of the church council or whoever holds the could rent out the home you’re living in and
lease on that parsonage. I am sure they will be rent a place in his hometown for a year. That
very interested in what you have to say about way, if you can’t adjust, you would be able
the leader of their flock.
to move back near your own family, which
Dear Abby: When I started dating my appears to be your first priority.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 17-18, 1917
With the official thermometer registering
107, yesterday was the warmest day Pendleton
has experienced since the first day of August,
1913. On that day the same temperature was
recorded. Last night was also within one
degree of the most uncomfortably warm nights
ever recorded in Pendleton. The lowest official
temperature recorded was 71 degrees above
zero. The record of 72 above for a minimum
night temperature was recorded on the night of
August 29, 1915.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 17-18, 1967
It was a day of feverish activity, but Union
Pacific officials were finally successful toward
Sunday evening in moving 322 passengers of
westbound train No. 105 out of Hinkle, most
of them via bus, after the train stopped at 7:25
a.m. The crew left the train when it pulled into
Hinkle, an important division point on the UP
system. The local tieup is part of the nation-
wide railroad strike. Frank Davis, UP Hinkle
trainmaster, said seven or eight freight trains
are stalled at Hinkle.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 17-18, 1992
Police put a stop to an unusual hobby early
this morning. Ross Akey, 21, and Edward J.
Price, 32, both of Hermiston, were arrested
by the Hermiston Police Department for the
theft of more than 70 license plates. Both were
stealing license plates in order to further their
goal of possessing plates from all 50 states,
according to police reports. The considerable
collection was seized from their residences
and vehicles, police said. The arrests were the
culmination of a two-week undercover investi-
gation by the Hermiston police. An undercover
officer was staked out at local motels and other
parking areas where a lot of out-of-state plates
could be found, a police official said.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
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 199th day of
2017. There are 166 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 18, 1947, Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman signed
a Presidential Succession Act
which placed the speaker of
the House and the Senate
president pro tempore next
in the line of succession after
the vice president.
On this date:
In A.D. 64, the Great Fire
of Rome began, consuming
most of the city for about a
week. (Some blamed the fire
on Emperor Nero, who in
turn blamed Christians.)
In 1536, the English
Parliament passed an act
declaring the authority of the
pope void in England.
In 1792, American naval
hero John Paul Jones died in
Paris at age 45.
In
1817,
English
novelist Jane Austen died in
Winchester at age 41.
In 1927, Ty Cobb hit
safely for the 4,000th time
in his career during a game
between the Philadelphia
Athletics (his new team) and
the Detroit Tigers (his old
one) at Navin Field. (The
Tigers won, 5-3.)
In 1932, the United States
and Canada signed a treaty
to develop the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
In 1944, Hideki Tojo was
removed as Japanese premier
and war minister because
of setbacks suffered by his
country in World War II.
American forces in France
captured the Normandy town
of St. Lo.
In
1955,
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulg-
anin, British Prime Minister
Anthony Eden and French
Premier Edgar Faure held a
summit in Geneva.
In 1969, Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left
a party on Chappaquid-
dick Island near Martha’s
Vineyard with Mary Jo
Kopechne, 28; some time
later, Kennedy’s car went
off a bridge into the water.
Kennedy was able to escape,
but Kopechne drowned.
In 1976, 14-year-old
Romanian gymnast Nadia
Comaneci, competing at the
Montreal Olympics, received
the first-ever perfect score
of 10 with her routine on
uneven parallel bars. (Coma-
neci would go on to receive
six more 10s in Montreal.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Skating
champion
and
commentator Dick Button
is 88. Olympic gold medal
figure skater Tenley Albright
is 82. Movie director Paul
Verhoeven is 79. Musician
Brian Auger is 78. Singer
Dion DiMucci is 78. Actor
James Brolin is 77. Baseball
Hall of Famer Joe Torre is 77.
Singer Martha Reeves is 76.
Country-rock singer Craig
Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is
68. Business mogul Richard
Branson is 67. Actress Margo
Martindale is 66. Rock
musician John Hermann
(Widespread Panic) is 55.
Rock musician Jack Irons is
55. Talk show host-actress
Wendy Williams is 53. Actor
Vin Diesel is 50. Retired NBA
All-Star Penny Hardaway
is 46. MLB All-Star Torii
Hunter is 42. Dance music
singer-songwriter M.I.A. is
42. Rock musician Daron
Malakian (System of a Down;
Scars on Broadway) is 42.
Movie director Jared Hess is
38. Actress Kristen Bell is 37.
Thought for Today: “It
isn’t what we say or think
that defines us, but what we
do.” — From “Sense and
Sensibility” by Jane Austen
(1775-1817).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE