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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, August 15, 2017 BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ DEAR ABBY Girlfriend urges more pushback against disapproving parents FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I am in an interracial an attractive container — on the table. relationship with a guy whose parents She says they will just collect dust don’t support our being together and are not pretty. On top of that, she because I’m from a different race and refuses to allow a pill container for culture than he is. Our countries of my vitamins or heart medicine. origin were antagonistic in the past. I would never leave her over this, When his parents tell him to break but what can I do with this stubborn, off relations with me, he listens but otherwise wonderful woman? — patiently and defends his affection Pick-Less In Pennsylvania Jeanne for me. He does not, however, really Phillips Dear Pick-Less: Your nearly speak up for me or point out how perfect wife may prefer that you pick Advice unfair their prejudice is, given that your teeth somewhere other than at they’ve never even met me. the table, and would like you to take This is my first interracial relationship. your medications elsewhere as well. While My parents don’t have a problem with it. Is it it would be nice if she were more solicitous, too much to ask my boyfriend to speak up the you may have to appreciate her for the other next time his parents lecture him? — Unde- fine qualities you mentioned, because it fended In The South doesn’t appear that she’s going to budge to Dear Undefended: Not knowing your accommodate you. boyfriend, his parents or how they relate to Dear Abby: I have a 39-year-old daughter one another, I can’t judge whether he should I’ll call “Angela” who attracts unsavory challenge them any further than he is already. underground types — thieves, druggies, I think it would be a mistake for you to try homeless — wherever she lives. My husband to script him. You didn’t mention how long and I recently decided to move to Mexico you two have been involved, but if the because we are both retired. My husband and relationship continues, they may — at some son are driving his vehicle, and I am driving point — mellow. my own. Dear Abby: You and your readers may My husband asked me if I wanted to invite consider my problem trivial, but to me it’s Angela to drive with me. I’m afraid if I do, really irritating. My wife, who is in her early she may decide to stay with us after we arrive, 60s, has the figure of a 40-year-old. She’s a and more of those unsavory types will start great lover, fabulous cook, wonderful mother coming around. Should I not worry about it? to our four children and warms my heart I’m in need of practical advice. — Retiree In when I see her enter the room. The West The problem is, my teeth are spaced rather Dear Retiree: You are making a new start. far apart, and food gets stuck between them. My “practical advice” is to follow your better After every meal, I need to use a toothpick, judgment and resist the urge to invite your yet she refuses to put toothpicks — even in daughter to accompany you on the journey. 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 Aug. 14-15, 1917 Portland people received the surprise of their lives when the cowboys of Troop D formed in columns and marched through the streets, according to E.E. Cleaver who arrived home yesterday from Portland and who was there when the Pendleton cavalry troop reached Portland on route to Clackamas. After they had enjoyed quiet amusement at the appearance of the un-uniformed cowboy troopers as they sauntered around the city, they were not prepared for the military manner in which they fell in and marched just before entraining for Clackamas. Each wore the Round-Up scarf presented by Pendleton and a light breeze kept the bright-colored silk streaming behind them as they walked. Many had on sombreros and high boots and they presented a picturesque contrast to the metropolitan Sunday throng. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 14-15, 1967 Annie Osborn of Milton-Freewater, who had been married longer than most people 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 live, died at a Walla Walla hospital Sunday. She was 97. On Dec. 18, 1966, Mayor Bill York proclaimed an “Annie and Robert Osborn Day.” This proclamation, apparently unprecedented, honored the 80th wedding anniversary of the Osborns, married Dec. 18, 1886, at Gaylord, Mich. On recent wedding anniversaries, the Osborns had been described as the longest-married couple in the North- west. Survivors include the widower, who will be 100 next Dec. 5. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Aug. 14-15, 1992 Yes, it was plenty hot Thursday. But not as hot as in 1977. The National Weather Service in Pendleton reported a record high at the airport — 104 — but Thursday’s downtown high of 105 missed the record for the day by four degrees. Walla Walla suffered record-breaking heat Thursday of 106, four degrees hotter than the 102 high in 1977. Other highs in the area included a stifling 113 at Hermiston, where the Umatilla County Fair is in progress, 104 in Heppner and 107 at Whitman Mission near Walla Walla. Today is the 227th day of 2017. There are 138 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 15, 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. On this date: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain. In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn took place as Potawatomi warriors attacked a U.S. military garrison of about 100 people. (Most of the garrison was killed, while those who remained were taken pris- oner.) In 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Terri- tory. In 1939, the MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” opened at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Holly- wood. In 1945, in a pre-re- corded radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II. In 1965, the Beatles played to a crowd of more than 55,000 at New York’s Shea Stadium. In 1967, a 50-foot-tall sculpture by Pablo Picasso was dedicated in Daley Plaza in Chicago by Mayor Richard J. Daley. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York. In 1974, a gunman attempted to shoot South Korean President Park Chung-hee during a speech; although Park was unhurt, his wife, Yuk Young-soo, was struck and killed, along with a teenage girl. (The gunman was later executed.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress Rose Marie is 94. Actress Abby Dalton is 85. Actress Lori Nelson is 84. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan is 82. Actor Jim Dale is 82. Actress Pat Priest is 81. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is 79. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is 79. Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) is 75. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 73. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 71. Rock singer-musician Tom John- ston (The Doobie Brothers) is 69. Actress Phyllis Smith is 68. Britain’s Princess Anne is 67. Actress Tess Harper is 67. Actor Larry Mathews is 62. Actor Zeljko Ivanek is 60. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The) is 56. Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 53. Actor Ben Affleck is 45. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 28. Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 27. Thought for Today: “To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.” — George Edward Woodberry, Amer- ican poet, critic and educator (1855-1930). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
