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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, March 9, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Granddaughter is blind to signs
of fiancé’s abusive potential
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My granddaughter is
make me angry” instead of “I am
getting married in seven months and
angry,” or says, “You’re hurting me
I’m worried for her. I see many red
by not doing what I tell you.”
flags she’s ignoring. Because I’m old,
(8) Hypersensitivity: Is easily
I don’t think she will believe me.
insulted, claiming hurt feelings when
You have printed a list of warning
he or she is really mad. Rants about
signs of an abusive mate. Can you
the injustice of things that are just a
print it again so I can give it to her? —
part of life.
Perceptive In Pennsylvania
(9) Cruelty To Animals Or
Jeanne
Dear Perceptive: Gladly, because Phillips Children: Kills or punishes animals
it could be a lifesaver.
brutally. Also may expect children
Advice
(1) Pushes For Quick Involve-
to do things that are far beyond their
ment: Comes on strong, claiming,
ability (whips a 3-year-old for wetting
“I’ve never felt loved like this by anyone.” a diaper) or may tease them until they cry.
An abuser pressures the new partner for an Sixty-five percent of abusers who beat their
exclusive commitment almost immediately.
partners will also abuse children.
(2) Jealous: Excessively possessive; calls
(10) “Playful” Use Of Force During
constantly or visits unexpectedly; prevents Sex: Enjoys throwing you down or holding
you from going to work because “you might you down against your will during sex; finds
meet someone”; checks the mileage on your the idea of rape exciting.
car.
(11) Verbal Abuse: Constantly criticizes
(3) Controlling: If you are late, interro- or says blatantly cruel things; degrades,
gates you intensively about whom you talked curses, calls you ugly names. This may also
to and where you were; keeps all the money; involve sleep deprivation, waking you with
insists you ask permission to go anywhere or relentless verbal abuse.
do anything.
(12) Rigid Gender Roles: Expects you to
(4) Unrealistic Expectations: Expects serve, obey, remain at home.
you to be the perfect mate and meet his or her
(13) Sudden Mood Swings: Switches
every need.
from sweet to violent in minutes.
(5) Isolation: Tries to isolate you from
(14) Past Battering: Admits to hitting a
family and friends; accuses people who are mate in the past, but says the person “made”
your supporters of “causing trouble.” The him or her do it.
abuser may deprive you of a phone or car, or
(15) Threats Of Violence: Says things
try to prevent you from holding a job.
like, “I’ll break your neck” or “I’ll kill you,”
(6) Blames Others For Problems Or and then dismisses them with, “Everybody
Mistakes: It’s always someone else’s fault if talks that way,” or “I didn’t really mean it.”
something goes wrong.
Anyone at risk should contact the National
(7) Makes Others Responsible For His Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233
Or Her Feelings: The abuser says, “You or thehotline.org.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 9, 1918
Miss Eglantine Moussu has been appointed
to the telephone service of the signal corps
and is soon to be in France serving as an oper-
ator behind the lines of the American army.
She has been selected for the position because
of her knowledge of the French language and
she is one of two girls thus far selected for
this work from Oregon. The other young lady
is Miss Ruth Clark of Portland. There are to
be 200 girls in the unit now being formed
and Miss Moussu will be ordered first to San
Francisco for instruction. The girls will be a
regular part of the signal corps and will wear
the army insignia. The lowest pay will be $60
per month and expenses.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 9, 1968
Doris Ditton, Peace Corps volunteer
from Hermiston, has found the training she
had in Camp Fire and 4-H work invaluable
in her work with the Peace Corps in India.
“Although my Peace Corps training gave
me a review in the newer techniques of
agriculture and poultry, my work would have
been harder and less progressive without
the training and benefits I received from
the Camp Fire Girls and the various 4-H
clubs.” Miss Ditton lives at Literacy House,
Lucknow, India. Literacy House, founded in
1953 by an American woman, is headquarters
for teacher training, writing of textbooks and
audio-visual aids. The Hermiston volunteer
works in the women’s field work department
in ten villages, five of which have women’s
centers.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 9, 1993
Annie Lowe was 16 years old when her
father, fulfilling a promise he’d made to his
wife, gave up the gentleman-farmer lifestyle
in Durham, England, and moved his family
to the desolate frontier of Eastern Oregon.
Today Annie Krebs, a youthful 94, routinely
sits in a hardback chair that’s even older than
she is.
With an afternoon sun lighting her eyes,
Annie reminisces about her days growing up
in Cecil, where her father ran the community’s
only store, post office and phone exchange.
During the Oregon Trail migration in the
1800s, and even as late as 1918, Cecil was
an overnight stay for families continuing west
along the Oregon Trail.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 68th day of
2018. There are 297 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 9, 1862,
during the Civil War, the
ironclads USS Monitor and
CSS Virginia (formerly USS
Merrimac) clashed for five
hours to a draw at Hampton
Roads, Virginia.
On this date:
In 1661, Cardinal Jules
Mazarin, the chief minister
of France, died, leaving King
Louis XIV in full control.
In 1796, the future
emperor of the French, Napo-
leon Bonaparte, married
Josephine de Beauharnais.
(The couple later divorced.)
In 1841, the U.S. Supreme
Court, in United States v.
The Amistad, ruled 7-1 in
favor of a group of illegally
enslaved Africans who
were captured off the U.S.
coast after seizing control
of a Spanish schooner, La
Amistad; the justices ruled
that the Africans should be
set free.
In 1916, more than
400 Mexican raiders led
by Pancho Villa attacked
Columbus, New Mexico,
killing
18
Americans.
During the First World War,
Germany declared war on
Portugal.
In 1918, writer Mickey
Spillane, famous for his pulp
detective novels, was born
Frank Morrison Spillane in
Brooklyn, New York.
In 1933, Congress, called
into special session by Pres-
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt,
began its “hundred days” of
enacting New Deal legisla-
tion.
In 1945, during World
War II, U.S. B-29 bombers
began launching incendiary
bomb attacks against Tokyo,
resulting in an estimated
100,000 deaths.
In 1954, CBS newsman
Edward R. Murrow criti-
cally reviewed Wisconsin
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s
anti-communism campaign
on “See It Now.”
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme
Court, in New York Times
Co. v. Sullivan, raised the
standard for public officials
to prove they’d been libeled
in their official capacity by
news organizations.
In 1997, gangsta rapper
The Notorious B.I.G. (Chris-
topher Wallace) was killed
in a still-unsolved drive-by
shooting in Los Angeles; he
was 24.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former Sen. James L.
Buckley, Conservative-N.Y.,
is 95. Actress Joyce Van
Patten is 84. Country singer
Mickey Gilley is 82. Sing-
er-musician John Cale (The
Velvet Underground) is 76.
Singer Mark Lindsay (Paul
Revere and the Raiders) is
76. Former ABC anchorman
Charles Gibson is 75. Actress
Juliette Binoche is 54. Actor
Emmanuel Lewis is 47.
Actress Jean Louisa Kelly
is 46. Comedian Jordan
Klepper is 39. Rapper Bow
Wow is 31.
Thought for Today:
“Inspiration is an empty bank
account.” — Mickey Spillane
(1918-2006).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE