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East Oregonian
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Foot-dragging boyfriend puts
engagement on endless hold
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m 28 and have been
Dear Ready: Not knowing your
dating my boyfriend, “Spencer,” for 2
boyfriend, I can’t guess why you
1/2 years. We have talked a lot about
haven’t received the official proposal.
getting married. We know where
It’s time to talk turkey with Spencer
we want it to be, who will be in our
and ask him exactly why he seems
wedding party and what the theme
to be stuck at the starting gate. It was
will be.
considerate of him to postpone your
A year ago we discussed getting
engagement so it wouldn’t distract
engaged. Spencer said he’d propose
from his sister’s wedding plans. But
Jeanne
“sometime within the next year” Phillips for him to do it again because of his
and last spring it seemed like he was
friend’s impending fatherhood doesn’t
Advice
working up the courage to do it. (He
seem like a legitimate reason to me.
was talking about how happy he was
Dear Abby: I am a tween and I’m
and what he was seeing for our future). Then scared about getting a disease or sickness. It
his best friend got his girlfriend pregnant and started when I watched the news one night
told Spencer he was thinking about proposing last month waiting for a show to come on.
to her. After that, the idea of us getting married The news had all these terrible crimes and
went on the back burner. Spencer stopped diseases, and that’s when I started freaking
talking about us, and I think the reason was he out. My friend says I’m crazy, and I’m afraid
didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. (It’s why she’s right. All this worrying has me really
he said he didn’t want to get engaged when feeling out of it. What should I do to quit
his sister was getting married.)
worrying about diseases? — Southern Girl
How do I bring up the subject without
Dear Southern Girl: There’s a saying in
coming off as pushy or selfish? A lot of our the news business, “If it bleeds, it leads.” It
friends are in committed relationships. If we means the more shocking a story is, the more
put our lives on hold every time one of them attention it will grab and the more people will
gets engaged, we’ll be waiting years before watch. Quieting your fears may be as simple
it’s our turn and we can start a family. I’d as talking with your parents about what’s
appreciate any advice you might have. — scaring you, or having them schedule a visit
Ready To Move Forward
with your pediatrician.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1918
That owners of the timber in the southern
part of Umatilla County are preparing to
develop their property this spring and that
the plans in connection with the enterprise
call for extending the Pilot Rock Branch to
Ukiah and the establishment of a large saw
mill adjacent to Pendleton is the substance of
a report received here today. There is said to
be “only one chance in a thousand” that the
plan will not be carried out. Nothing is said
as to the probable location of the mill but
several suitable sites are said to be available
for the purpose. A crew of from 250 to 300
men is contemplated.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1968
The city of Pendleton will find itself
on a list of delinquent property taxpayers
Umatilla County will publish next month in
a foreclosure list. The city council learned
Tuesday that the city is now almost $40,000
behind in taxes the county has assessed on
the city’s rental property at the airport. The
terminal building and the cropland are not
included. City Attorney John Walker said
Tuesday his research indicates the city failed
to pay the 1963-64 bill because of a lack of
funds.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1993
The only thing missing is violence. All the
other signs — the colors, hand signals, tattoos,
oversized clothing and graffiti — point to at
least three formal, functioning youth gangs in
Hermiston. Parents are worried, school offi-
cials are concerned, and police are cautious
enough to commit three-fifths of an officer’s
time strictly to the investigation of gangs
in Hermiston. So far, activities by gang
members — mostly Hispanic boys between
the ages of 11 and 18 — have been fairly
unremarkable. Guns and drugs have played
a very limited role, although a 12-year-old
boy was accidentally killed in November by
a blast from a shotgun, which was to be used
in a rumble between gang “wannabes” from
Umatilla and one or more Hermiston youth.
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 18th day of
2018. There are 347 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Jan. 18, 1943,
during World War II, Jewish
insurgents in the Warsaw
Ghetto launched their initial
armed resistance against
Nazi troops, who eventually
succeeded
in
crushing
the rebellion. The Soviets
announced they’d broken
through the long Nazi siege
of Leningrad (it was another
year before the siege was
fully lifted). A U.S. ban
on the sale of pre-sliced
bread — aimed at reducing
bakeries’ demand for metal
replacement parts — went
into effect.
On this date:
In 1778, English navi-
gator Captain James Cook
reached the present-day
Hawaiian Islands, which
he named the “Sandwich
Islands.”
In 1862, the tenth pres-
ident of the United States,
John Tyler, died in Rich-
mond, Virginia, at age 71,
shortly before he could take
his seat as an elected member
of the Confederate Congress.
In 1911, the first landing
of an aircraft on a ship took
place as pilot Eugene B. Ely
brought his Curtiss biplane
in for a safe landing on the
deck of the armored cruiser
USS Pennsylvania in San
Francisco Harbor.
In 1919, the Paris Peace
Conference, held to negotiate
peace treaties ending the
First World War, opened in
Versailles, France.
In 1936, Nobel Prize-win-
ning author Rudyard Kipling,
70, died in London.
In 1949, Charles Ponzi,
engineer of one of the most
spectacular mass swindles
in history, died destitute at
a hospital in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, at age 66.
In 1957, a trio of B-52’s
completed the first non-stop,
round-the-world flight by jet
planes, landing at March Air
Force Base in California after
more than 45 hours aloft.
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo,
who claimed to be the
“Boston Strangler,” was
convicted of armed robbery,
assault and sex offenses.
(Sentenced to life, DeSalvo
was killed in prison in 1973.)
In 1970, David Oman
McKay, the ninth president
of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, died at
the age of 96.
In 1988, a China South-
west Airlines Ilyushin 18
crashed while on approach
to Chongqing Airport, killing
all 108 people on board.
In 1993, the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday was
observed in all 50 states for
the first time.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie
director
John
Boorman is 85. Former Sen.
Paul Kirk, D-Mass., is 80.
Singer-songwriter Bobby
Goldsboro is 77. Comedi-
an-singer-musician
Brett
Hudson is 65. Actor-di-
rector Kevin Costner is
63. Country singer-actor
Mark Collie is 62. Actor
Mark Rylance is 58. Actress
Alison Arngrim (TV: “Little
House on the Prairie”) is
56. Former Maryland Gov.
Martin O’Malley is 55.
Actress Jane Horrocks is
54. Comedian Dave Attell
is 53. Actor Jesse L. Martin
is 49. Rapper DJ Quik is
48. Rock singer Jonathan
Davis (Korn) is 47. Former
NAACP President and CEO
Benjamin Todd Jealous is
45. Singer Christian Burns
(BBMak) is 44. Actor Derek
Richardson is 42. Actor
Jason Segel is 38. Actress
Samantha Mumba is 35.
Country singer Kristy Lee
Cook (TV: “American Idol”)
is 34. Actress Devin Kelley
is 32. Actress Ashleigh
Murray (TV: “Riverdale”) is
30. Tennis player Angelique
Kerber is 30. Actor Mateus
Ward is 19.
Thought for Today:
“If history were taught
in the form of stories, it
would never be forgotten.”
— Rudyard Kipling (1865-
1936).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE