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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man wrestles with coming
clean about his infidelity
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been married
you are clean, discuss this with your
to my wife for 10 years. We have two
religious adviser, if you have one.
beautiful daughters and have always
Justify it however you may wish, but
had a great relationship.
what you did in Europe was a moral
Last month I was invited to go
failure.
on a trip overseas and was hesitant
Because of her military career,
about asking my wife. Once I did,
your wife may have to be absent for
she immediately said yes and told me
various periods of time. How would
to have a good time on the trip. She
you feel if the situation was reversed
Jeanne
recently chose a career in the military Phillips and SHE had numerous affairs while
and is away from home now.
Advice
she was gone? It may be time for both
While I was in Europe, I had three
of you to recommit to each other if
affairs and, at the time, enjoyed them.
your marriage is to survive. And the
But Abby, this is not the man I am! I always place to start is to be honest with each other,
maintained that I’d never, ever do something but not while your wife is deployed.
like that, and I’m still in shock that I did. My
Dear Abby: My husband’s 45-year-old
excuse at the time was that I was used to sister-in-law recently got a boob job. She’s
having a woman around me, and that I was a professional woman who used to be very
compensating for my wife’s absence. While
that’s no excuse, I have been dealing with conservative. Now she comes to family
my guilt by shedding tears because I love my dinners wearing clingy low-cut shirts that
leave little to the imagination. (Once she
wife so much.
almost
fell into the paella.)
Should I tell her what I did? I know it will
My
husband, teenage sons and I are
never happen again, and I don’t want her to
resent me. Some people have told me not to uncomfortable. Does she want us to comment
say anything, while others say I should. What on them? She clearly wants them noticed,
based on her attire. I’d ask her to cover up,
should I do? — Hurting Husband
Dear Hurting Husband: I don’t know but is that appropriate? She is very easily
how many people you have confided in about offended. If I do, it will likely be our last
this besides me, but the larger the number, the conversation. — Embarrassed In Montana
Dear Embarrassed: While it would be
greater the chances are of word getting back
to your wife about what happened in Europe. nice if you could talk to your sister-in-law
Because what happens in Europe about this, because you can’t, I’ll offer
DOESN’T always stay in Europe, unlike another solution: When she’s coming for
Las Vegas, the first thing you should do is be dinner, crank the thermostat WAY DOWN.
tested for STDs to guarantee you didn’t bring And if she indicates that she’s chilly, offer her
an unwanted “souvenir” home with you. If a sweater. Problem solved.
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 21, 1918
Mrs. Edna Norton Gregory, the woman
convicted of sending poisoned candy through
the mail, was today sued by her husband, Carl
Gregory, for divorce. They were married in
Spokane in 1916. He not only cites her recent
conviction but alleges she has threatened to
kill him, has sought to have him arrested on
false charges and has conducted herself as an
immoral woman.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 21, 1968
A thorough investigation will be made
of charges leveled against the Pendleton
Police Department and the results will be
discussed with the city council at a committee
meeting, City Manager Rudy Enbysk said
today. A Pendleton law firm is preparing to
file a $25,000 damage suit on behalf of a
16-year-old girl against the city of Pendleton.
The suit says the girl was arrested March 12,
1967, and charged with being drunk in a public
place. In a trial Oct. 10, 1967, she was found
innocent. The girl charges a Pendleton police
officer gagged her with a dog chain after her
arrest. She is attending school in another state
and the suit will be filed early this summer
when she returns to Umatilla County, an
attorney said. Another suit charging a Pend-
leton officer with false arrest and malicious
prosecution was filed on behalf of a man who
was arrested and charged with vagrancy on
April 1, 1966; the charge was dismissed in
Pendleton Municipal Court. A third suit filed
by a woman who claimed she was injured by
Pendleton policemen was settled out of court.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 21, 1993
If the weather cooperates, the skies over
the Hermiston airport will be filled with
parachutes this weekend. The “Access
Boogie” will be an annual event, according to
organizer Mitch Myers of Hermiston. It will
bring together parachute enthusiasts from
around the state and Northwest. The name of
the event refers to Myers’ successful effort
to get permission from the city to hold para-
chuting events at the airport. Myers expects
“well over 100” registered parachutists from
Spokane, Boise, Eugene, Salem, Portland,
Mollala and Seattle to participate today and
Sunday. Flights will begin around 8:30 and
continue all day.
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 80th day of
2018. There are 285 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 21, 1918,
during World War I,
Germany
launched
its
Spring Offensive on the
Western Front, hoping to
break through the Allied
lines before American
reinforcements could arrive.
(Although successful at
first, the Spring Offensive
ultimately failed.)
On this date:
In
1556,
Thomas
Cranmer,
the
former
Archbishop of Canterbury,
was burned at the stake for
heresy.
In 1788, fire broke out
in New Orleans on Good
Friday, destroying 856 out of
more than 1,100 structures;
one death was reported.
In 1925, Tennessee Gov.
Austin Peay signed the
Butler Act, which prohibited
the teaching of the Theory of
Evolution in public schools.
(Tennessee repealed the law
in 1967.)
In 1935, Persia officially
changed its name to Iran.
In 1946, the recently
created United Nations
Security Council set up
temporary headquarters at
Hunter College in the Bronx,
New York.
In 1952, the Moondog
Coronation Ball, considered
the first rock and roll concert,
took place at Cleveland
Arena.
In 1963, the Alcatraz
federal prison island in San
Francisco Bay was emptied
of its last inmates and closed
at the order of Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy.
In 1972, the Supreme
Court, in Dunn v. Blumstein,
ruled that states may not
require at least a year’s resi-
dency for voting eligibility.
In
1981,
Michael
Donald, a black teenager
in Mobile, Alabama, was
abducted, tortured and killed
by members of the Ku Klux
Klan.
In 1990, Namibia became
an independent nation as the
former colony marked the
end of 75 years of South
African rule.
In 2006, the social media
website Twitter was estab-
lished with the sending of the
first “tweet” by co-founder
Jack Dorsey, who wrote:
“just setting up my twttr.”
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Kathleen Widdoes is
79. Songwriter Chip Taylor
(“Wild Thing”) is 78. Singer
Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) is
72. Singer Eddie Money is
69. Rock musician Conrad
Lozano (Los Lobos) is 67.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Actor Gary Oldman is 60.
Actor Matthew Broderick
is 56. Rosie O’Donnell is
56. Rapper-TV personality
Kevin Federline is 40.
Thought for Today:
“Among individuals, as
among nations, peace is the
respect of others’ rights.”
— Benito Juarez, Mexican
statesman (born this date in
1806, died 1872).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE