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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