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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Friday, January 18, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
As girlfriend becomes more
distant, woman feels despair
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: My girlfriend and I
you tell her. And if you need more
have lived together off and on for
support than they can give, contact
the nearest gay and lesbian center
three years. We met at a lesbian bar
for counseling because they will be
in Los Angeles, and it was love at
able to help you. Trust me, you’ll
first sight for me.
be glad you did.
I suspect she has been see-
ing another woman. She has
Dear Abby: My wife has got-
ten herself into more debt than she
changed her dress style and even
J eanne
earns in a year. She finally con-
her cologne. When I confront her,
P hilliPs
fessed to me that she can make
begging her to tell me if she’s been
ADVICE
only the minimum payments on her
cheating, she laughs it off. We
credit cards.
don’t communicate well anymore,
She has asked me for help, but
and she’s sleeping in another room
she refuses to allow me to monitor her prog-
now.
ress paying off her debts. I have refused to
I have cared for her for so long. We were
help her get out of the hole she has dug for
going to be married. Now I feel she doesn’t
herself unless I have access to her credit
love me anymore. I have tried follow-
ing her, but she disappears and sometimes
card statements. She had the gall to be upset
doesn’t come home for days. I haven’t slept
with my request. I no longer trust her to
or eaten in weeks.
manage her spending. Am I wrong to feel
this way? — Needs Access in Texas
I love her so much. If she doesn’t come
Dear Needs Access: No, you are not
back to me, I’ve had thoughts of suicide. I
wrong. Your wife has a serious problem
can’t afford a shrink. I hope you can help.
and is refusing to take the “medicine” that’s
— Freaked Out & Clueless in California
required to fix it. I’m not sure what kind
Dear Freaked Out: What’s happening
of help she expects from you, unless it’s
is painful, but you don’t need a “shrink” to
money to bail her out of her situation.
help you figure this out. People who love
Some people shop for the “thrill”; oth-
each other — or even care about each oth-
ers do it to cope with depression. I have
er’s feelings — do not treat each other the
mentioned an organization, Debtors Anon-
way you are being treated. That your girl-
friend has been seeing someone else is
ymous, in my column before. It’s for indi-
viduals who are unable to control their
entirely possible. And whether she laughs it
spending. The website is debtorsanon-
off or not, it isn’t funny.
ymous.org, and you should look into it.
I know it’s hard, but someone who acts
However, if your wife continues to refuse
the way she has isn’t worth killing yourself
to allow her spending to be monitored, for
over. It may be scary, but it’s time for the
the sake of your own financial future, you
two of you to separate. If you need emo-
should consult an attorney.
tional support, have friends with you when
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1919
Do you know that even in this renowned
city of the last frontier, the Equine Caballus
(commonly called a horse) is no longer to
be had for driving purposes? The fact was
brought home this morning when a stranger
desiring to drive into the country sought
everywhere to find a horse and single buggy.
He went to all the places that formerly oper-
ated as livery stables but in vain. Men looked
at him with queer expressions as much as to
say, “What do you mean — horse.” They
had cars of various makes to sell and they
knew of cars for country hire but a horse and
buggy was beyond them.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1969
A Milton-Freewater naval officer,
Lt. Cmdr. Ron Foster, received shrapnel
wounds to his legs in the explosions that
rocked the USS Enterprise this week. The
officer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fos-
ter, Milton-Freewater. He graduated from
McLoughlin Union High School and East-
ern Oregon College. He is a career officer
with nine years of service behind him. Fos-
ter said today he talked with his son Wednes-
day night on a ship-to-shore call. “He said
he was all right except for wounds in his
leg from shrapnel.” The Enterprise counted
24 dead, 17 missing and 85 injured after a
series of explosions rocked the carrier, the
world’s biggest warship. The Enterprise was
75 miles southwest of Honolulu when the
blasts occurred Tuesday.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Jan. 18, 1994
A 14-year-old Pendleton trapshooter has
been selected to the Amateur Trapshooting
Association sub-junior All-America team.
Ryan Hadden claimed the sub-junior clay
target singles title at the Grand American
national tournament at Vandalia, Ohio, last
August and won the Class B singles award
at the Western Zone Shoot at Spokane the
following week. His father, Rick Hadden of
Pendleton, won the Class A singles award at
Spokane. Ryan began shooting in 1991.
TODAY 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
On Jan. 18, 1957, a trio
of B-52s 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 1778, English navigator
Captain James Cook reached
the present-day Hawaiian
Islands, which he named the
“Sandwich Islands.”
In 1904, actor Cary Grant
was born Archibald Leach in
Bristol, England.
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 Fran-
cisco Harbor.
In 1919, the Paris Peace
Conference, held to negoti-
ate peace treaties ending the
First World War, opened in
Versailles, France.
In 1943, during World
War II, Jewish insurgents in
the Warsaw Ghetto launched
their initial armed resis-
tance 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.
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo,
who claimed to be the “Bos-
ton Strangler,” was convicted
of armed robbery, assault and
sex offenses. (Sentenced to
life, DeSalvo was killed in
prison in 1973.)
In 1975, the situation com-
edy “The Jeffersons,” a spin-
off from “All in the Family,”
premiered on CBS-TV.
In 1993, the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday was
observed in all 50 states for
the first time.
In 2001, President Bill
Clinton, in a farewell from
the Oval Office, told the
nation that America had
“done well” during his pres-
idency, with record-break-
ing prosperity and a cleaner
environment.
In 2005, the world’s larg-
est commercial jet, the Air-
bus A380 “superjumbo”
capable of flying up to 800
passengers, was unveiled in
Toulouse, France.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie director John Boor-
man is 86. Former Sen. Paul
Kirk, D-Mass., is 81. Sing-
er-songwriter Bobby Golds-
boro is 78. Comedian-sing-
er-musician Brett Hudson is
66.
Thought for Today:
“Words are, of course, the
most powerful drug used
by mankind.” — Rudyard
Kipling (1865-1936).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE