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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, October 20, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Wife tires of long marriage
to a resentful curmudgeon
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
in their activities or pickups and drop-
Dear Abby: I will soon be married
48 years, but it is not much of a
offs, but never hesitates to interject her
marriage. There is no sex, no touching,
opinions about what I should do with
no kind and compassionate words,
their time. It causes communication
only bickering and arguing. I can’t
problems between their father and me.
figure out why I’m still here. I have
I don’t want to be rude to her. Where
thought about leaving many times.
does the line need to be drawn? —
I have written three books, and
Momma Knows Best
because of it, my husband has ridi-
Dear Momma Knows Best: Give
Jeanne
culed me. I have also owned and oper- Phillips your ex’s current wife the benefit of
ated two businesses. I’m active in the
the doubt. She may be trying to be
Advice
community, which he resents. He is an
helpful. Then, for the sake of your own
introvert, while I am an extrovert. He
sanity, simply ignore her comments
no longer accompanies me to activities, but and continue communicating with your ex in
when he did, he would make snide remarks parenting matters.
to people who stopped to chat with us. So I no
Dear Abby: Many years ago, as I was
longer invite him. Help me, please! — Sad, about to graduate from college and begin
Lonely Wife
looking for a job, I read a book called “Dress
Dear Wife: I will try. If you are asking for Success.” One of the things I remember
my permission to divorce your husband, I from it is that a man’s tie should be tied to a
can’t give it to you. Instead, I suggest you length that is between the last button of his
ask yourself why you have tolerated such a shirt and the top of his belt buckle.
lonely marriage for 48 years and what you
Since the last election I have noticed that
feel you would have to gain by leaving. As many politicians, our new president included,
an intelligent woman, once you answer that, wear their ties several inches below their
I think you will know what to do.
belt. Is this a fashion trend or just them being
Dear Abby: I am a mother of two. I share unique? — Chris In Washington
50 percent custody of my children with their
Dear Chris: I brought your question to
father. My children also have two stepparents. the attention of the Brooks Brothers corporate
How involved in decision-making should office and was told that what you read in
the stepparents be? I value their opinions, but “Dress for Success” was correct. That some
I think I know what is best for my children. people wear their ties longer is an individual
Their stepmother isn’t particularly involved style decision, and not a fashion trend.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 20, 1917
It is rumored that a new $8000 building is
to be built at Rieth. It is to be a hotel, restau-
rant and barber shop and confectionery store
combined. Excavation for the building has
been started and if it is completed will make
quite an addition to Rieth.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 20, 1967
Jubilee Lake is filling today. The 24-inch
gate in the bottom of the new dam was closed
Wednesday and began backing up the waters
of Motet Creek. Flow in the creek and in two
other trickles of water into the lake basin are
low now and Jubilee won’t fill noticeably
until fall rains come. The spring runoff will
complete the job. The manmade, 100-acre
lake is about 10 miles north of Tollgate in the
Blue Mountains.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 20, 1992
Deepika Sharma of Hermiston says a summer
working at a national research laboratory was
the most enlightening experience of her life. “I
thought I was going to be a ‘gofer,’ but it turned
out I had my own office, telephone, computer
and mailstop, and an assignment waiting for me
to work on.” Sharma, a high school junior, had
been selected for an apprenticeship program
at the Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
in Richland, one of the nation’s five national
energy research laboratories. Sharma worked
with scientists J.V. Ramsdell, Ken Burk and
Chris Simonen in the Atmospheric Science
Department. One of her assignments was to
help translate a complex Fortran computer
program known as “Ratchet” from a Sun
computer version to an IBM PC version. The
work allowed staff members access to the Sun
software on their personal computers.
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 293rd day of
2017. There are 72 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 20, 1967, a jury
in Meridian, Mississippi,
convicted seven men of
violating the civil rights of
slain civil rights workers
James Chaney, Andrew
Goodman and Michael
Schwerner;
the
seven
received prison terms ranging
from 3 to 10 years.
On this date:
In 1714, the coronation of
Britain’s King George I took
place in Westminster Abbey.
In 1803, the U.S. Senate
ratified
the
Louisiana
Purchase.
In 1936, Helen Keller’s
teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy,
died in Forest Hills, New
York, at age 70.
In 1947, the House
Un-American
Activities
Committee opened hearings
into alleged Communist
influence and infiltration
in the U.S. motion picture
industry.
In 1964, the 31st president
of the United States, Herbert
C. Hoover, died in New York
at age 90.
In 1968, former first lady
Jacqueline Kennedy married
Greek shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis.
In 1973, in the so-called
“Saturday Night Massacre,”
special Watergate prosecutor
Archibald Cox was dismissed
and Attorney General Elliot
L. Richardson and Deputy
Attorney General William B.
Ruckelshaus resigned.
In 1976, 78 people were
killed when the Norwegian
tanker Frosta rammed the
commuter ferry George
Prince on the Mississippi
River near New Orleans.
In 1977, three members
of the rock group Lynyrd
Skynyrd, including lead
singer Ronnie Van Zant,
were killed along with three
others in the crash of a char-
tered plane near McComb,
Mississippi.
In 1987, 10 people were
killed when an Air Force
jet crashed into a Ramada
Inn hotel near Indianapolis
International Airport after
the pilot, who was trying to
make an emergency landing,
ejected safely.
In 1994, actor Burt
Lancaster died in Los
Angeles at age 80.
In 2007: Republican
Congressman Bobby Jindal,
the U.S.-born son of Indian
immigrants, was elected
governor of Louisiana; he
became the first non-white
to hold the job since Recon-
struction. Former Green
Bay Packers receiver Max
McGee died in Deephaven,
Minnesota, at age 75. Peg
Bracken, author of the “I
Hate to Cook Book,” died in
Portland, Oregon, at age 89.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Japan’s Empress Michiko
is 83. Rockabilly singer
Wanda Jackson is 80.
Former actress Rev. Mother
Dolores Hart is 79. Actor
William “Rusty” Russ is 67.
Actress Melanie Mayron is
65. Retired MLB All-Star
Keith Hernandez is 64.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,
D-R.I., is 62. Movie director
Danny Boyle is 61. Former
Labor Secretary Hilda
Solis is 60. Actor Viggo
Mortensen is 59. Rock
musician Jim Sonefeld
(Hootie & The Blowfish)
is 53. Rock musician David
Ryan is 53. Rock musician
Doug Eldridge (Oleander) is
50. Journalist Sunny Hostin
(TV: “The View”) is 49.
Political commentator and
blogger Michelle Malkin is
47. Actor Kenneth Choi is
46. Rapper Snoop Dogg is
46. Singer Dannii Minogue
is 46. Singer Jimi Westbrook
(country group Little Big
Town) is 46. Country musi-
cian Jeff Loberg is 41. Actor
Sam Witwer is 40. Actor
John Krasinski is 38. Rock
musician Daniel Tichenor
(Cage the Elephant) is 38.
Actress Katie Featherston is
35. Actress Jennifer Nicole
Freeman is 32.
Thought for Today:
“Everybody’s private motto:
It’s better to be popular
than right.” — Mark Twain
(1835-1910).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE