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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man’s dramatic weight loss
causes gossip and concern
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband has lost
afraid of what they will hear. You
should be alarmed because your hus-
a significant amount of weight over a
band’s sudden, unexplained, pro-
very short period of time. He isn’t on
longed weight loss can be a symptom
drugs and eats well. I have begged
of a life-threatening illness.
him to see a doctor. He has come
This is not a question of how
up with a variety of excuses and
or how well you cook (bless those
reasons why he has lost the weight.
church ladies!), or whether your hus-
First it was because he was stressed
J eanne
band is on drugs. It is a question of
at work. Then it was because he was
P hilliPs
you alerting his doctor, explaining
stressed at home. Now he says he
ADVICE
what’s going on and possibly sav-
just needs to eat and exercise more,
ing his life. If he won’t listen to rea-
but he’s “sooo busy,” but he’ll start
son, put it in terms of him being
eventually.
alive long enough to see his child/children
It has become a problem for several rea-
sons. One, all the church ladies have con-
into adulthood. But if he still won’t listen to
cluded that I don’t cook at home (which I do).
reason, then all you can do is make sure his
Two, he looks so ill and malnourished that
affairs are in order in case the worst happens.
Dear Abby: I am about to be shipped off to
people are asking me if he is on drugs (he has
basic training for the Army, and I have heard
been tested at work, and this is not the case).
many horror stories about military spouses
Three, friends and family are deeply con-
cerned but scared to approach him about his
cheating while their significant other is away.
Any advice on how to make sure my relation-
health because he swears he feels fine and is
ship doesn’t end up like that? Do you think
actually doing wonderfully.
she will cheat? — Wondering in Tennessee
Abby, I love my husband. He’s a good man,
Dear Wondering: Having never met your
although he can sometimes be stubborn and
significant other, I have no way of guessing
closed-minded. I’m terrified that he’s dying
whether she will cheat on you — just as I can’t
of cancer and he’s going to leave me a single
predict if the reverse will be true. But this I do
mom. I can no longer discuss the subject of
know: Communication is the key to overcom-
weight with him because he gets extremely
ing the physical distance. Writing and Skyp-
defensive and says I should just give him time
ing as often as you can to share what’s going
to get back to how he was. How long do I give
on will keep you from drifting apart.
him? It has been 10 months. I’m afraid if this
Will there be more temptations while
goes on any longer, it will put a strain on our
you’re separated? Probably. That’s true for
relationship that won’t be easily fixed by just
both of you. If you plan on spending the rest of
talking it out. — Alarmed in Louisiana
your life with this person — or anyone — you
Dear Alarmed: Some people foolishly
should be confident that she’s trustworthy.
avoid going to the doctor because they are
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
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BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 29, 1919
The mayor of Pilot Rock, Levi Eldridge,
brought down a 19 point buck, the largest
buck killed in the mountains south of Pend-
leton this year. The deer weighed 350 pounds
dressed and was almost as large as an elk, said
L.C. Scharpf, who was in the hunting party
with Eldridge. Fred Moes, Helix banker, and
George Done, of Pilot Rock, members of the
same party, also killed a deer each.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 29, 1969
Brig. Gen. David C. Baum, commanding
general of the Oregon National Guard, was in
Pendleton Monday to speak before the Pend-
leton Rotary Club. Gen. Baum expressed con-
cern over the present state of American soci-
ety and charged Rotarians to become lifters,
not leaners. He said that objectivity in report-
TODAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
ing in newspapers, radio and TV have dis-
appeared and blamed interpretive reporting
for “instant riots and instant poverty.” Baum
added that America’s youths have been given
everything and have had to achieve nothing,
resulting in their disassociation from society.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 29, 1994
The Main Street Cowboys are miss-
ing several signs from the organization’s
old-fashioned calliope. The Cowboys pro-
mote Pendleton and the Round-Up through-
out the year. The signs disappeared two
weeks ago when the calliope was parked on
the street. According to a Main Street Cow-
boy board member, most years missing items
are “usually ‘found’ somewhere in the area
within a month or so” but they haven’t seen
or heard anything about the signs. The Cow-
boys are not looking to press charges. They
just want their signs back.
On Oct. 29, 2012, Super-
storm Sandy slammed
ashore in New Jersey and
slowly marched inland, dev-
astating coastal commu-
nities and causing wide-
spread power outages; the
storm and its aftermath
were blamed for at least 182
deaths in the U.S.
In 1787, the opera “Don
Giovanni” by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart had its
world premiere in Prague.
In 1901, President Wil-
liam McKinley’s assas-
sin, Leon Czolgosz, was
electrocuted.
In 1911, Hungarian-born
American newspaperman
Joseph Pulitzer, 64, died in
Charleston, S.C.
In 1923, the Republic of
Turkey was proclaimed.
In 1929, “Black Tuesday”
descended upon the New
York Stock Exchange. Prices
collapsed amid panic selling
and thousands of investors
were wiped out as America’s
“Great Depression” began.
In 1956, during the Suez
Canal crisis, Israel invaded
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
“The
Huntley-Brinkley
Report” premiered as NBC’s
nightly television newscast.
In 1960, a chartered
plane carrying the Califor-
nia Polytechnic State Uni-
versity football team crashed
on takeoff from Toledo,
Ohio, killing 22 of the 48
people on board.
In 1967, Expo 67 in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
closed after six months.
In 1987, following the
confirmation defeat of Rob-
ert H. Bork to serve on
the U.S. Supreme Court,
President Ronald Rea-
gan announced his choice
of Douglas H. Ginsburg, a
nomination that fell apart
over revelations of Gins-
burg’s previous marijuana
use. Jazz great Woody Her-
man died in Los Angeles at
age 74.
In 1998, Sen. John
Glenn, at age 77, roared back
into space aboard the shuttle
Discovery, retracing the trail
he’d blazed for America’s
astronauts 36 years earlier.
In 2017, all but 10 mem-
bers of the Houston Tex-
ans took a knee during the
national anthem, reacting to
a remark from team owner
Bob McNair to other NFL
owners that “we can’t have
the inmates running the
prison.”
Today’s
Birthdays:
Singer Melba Moore is 74.
Musician Peter Green is 73.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is
72. Actress Kate Jackson is
71. Actor Dan Castellaneta
(TV: “The Simpsons”) is 62.
Comic strip artist Tom Wil-
son (“Ziggy”) is 62. Actress
Finola Hughes is 60. Rock
musician Peter Timmins
(Cowboy Junkies) is 54.
Actress Joely Fisher is 52.
Actress Winona Ryder is 48.
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross is
47. Actress Gabrielle Union
is 47. Actor Jon Abrahams
is 42. Actor Brendan Fehr is
42.
Thought for Today: “Put
it before them briefly so they
will read it, clearly so they
will appreciate it, pictur-
esquely so they will remem-
ber it and, above all, accu-
rately so they will be guided
by its light.”— Joseph Pulit-
zer, American newspaper
publisher (born 1847, died
this date in 1911).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE