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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, May 21, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Security camera captures
angry man’s hourlong rant
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: A few weeks ago,
I sincerely hope the two of you
my husband and I had what I thought
will try to iron out your differences
with the help of a licensed mar-
was a minor conflict, from which I
riage and family therapist. After all
walked away to avoid escalation. I
the years you have invested in each
could hear him continuing to rant,
other, it’s worth a shot.
so I pulled up the security camera on
Dear Abby: My husband and I
my phone and watched and listened
married 20 years ago. He never pro-
as he continued to say horrible things
J eanne
posed; he just came home one day
for an hour or more. He called me a
P hilliPs
from boot camp and said, “We need
disgusting blob, said there is nothing
ADVICE
to get married tomorrow so that I can
appealing about me, and I should go
get paid more,” and we did. I regret
out in the yard and kill myself just
that day. It wasn’t what I wanted, and
like my father did.
it meant nothing to me.
The words were so painful that I began to
Since then, so much has happened. He
sob uncontrollably and screamed in anguish.
cheated on me while he was in the service,
He never came to console me. In fact, he told
and had PTSD to the point where he tried to
me to “shut up.” I’m not a crier, typically, so
kill himself, among other things.
his blatant disregard for the effect his words
We are now in a happy place and have two
had on me raises another level of concern.
awesome kids. I would like to redo our wed-
We have since discussed the event, and his
ding day and for him to propose to me. The
first defense was to say he didn’t know I could
problem is, he isn’t ready. He said he hasn’t
hear him. Meanwhile, I have to live with the
done it because we have had more lows than
fact that I’m married to a man who has such
highs. He said he will eventually, when he
a low opinion of me that he thinks I should
feels the time is right.
kill myself.
My feelings are hurt, and now I’m ques-
I have no family, and I’m hesitant to
tioning why I am still here. I have stuck by
upend a life that is finally stable after a cha-
otic childhood and early adulthood. My hus-
his side for 20 years, through thick and thin.
band isn’t typically abusive, but this incident
I deserve that and much more. I’m not asking
has me questioning everything. We have been
for anything over the top. Do you think I’m
together for 22 years and married for nearly
overreacting, or should I finally move on? —
Tired Of Waiting in Texas
16 with no children. What are your thoughts?
Dear Tired: I don’t think you are over-
— Thrown Into Turmoil
reacting; I think you are over-orchestrating.
Dear Thrown: My first thought is that you
You say you and your husband are in a happy
and your husband need to find a healthier way
place now after years of struggle, plus you
to deal with your “conflicts” than your walk-
ing out on him, and him saying nasty things
have two awesome kids. Now is not the time
into a camera knowing full well he might be
to upset the apple cart. More important than
heard. If your definition of stability is tolerat-
redoing his proposal and your wedding day is
devoting some time to working on communi-
ing further verbal abuse, then you are — and
cating more effectively with each other.
will be — paying a high price for it.
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21, 1920
Judging by the number of votes cast in
four representative precincts in Pendleton at
1 o’clock today scarcely more than 10 per
cent of the registered vote in the city had
turned out up to that time. With the exception
of considerable quiet interest in the republi-
can presidential race the situation today has
been extremely apathetic. The county con-
tests are attracting but little attention and the
congressional race is not proving exciting.
In line with its usual custom, the East Ore-
gonian will flash returns from the primary
election tonight. The returns will be thrown
on a special lantern which will be located in
the Northern Pacific waiting room.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21, 1970
Umatilla County residents turned out
a thousand strong Monday for the unveil-
ing of the Umatilla Basin Project. Blessed
by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation and heralded by Gov.
Tom McCall and Rep. Al Ullman, the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation project calls for full
development of the basin’s major surface
water resources. Its cost — $353,088,000.
Direct annual benefits — $22,968,000. The
multi-purpose project has been a goal of
the area for more than 50 years. Assuming
authorization and funding by Congress, the
project will be completed in 18 years, with
parts of it operational in seven years.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 21, 1995
First, there was the mysteriously can-
celed check. Then there were discrepancies
in delinquent accounts. And Walla Walla’s
finance manager, Laura Nix, started to won-
der what the city treasurer was up to. The
treasurer, Daneen “Lynn” May, now work-
ing as a dishwasher and prep cook for $6 an
hour, is awaiting sentencing for embezzling
$700,000 from the city. When Nix con-
fronted May about the fraud, she said, “This
is the best day of my life,” and calmly con-
fessed to the embezzlement. May, who also
served as city clerk, said she had lost track
of how much money she had taken over the
years.
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 May 21, 1927,
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
landed his Spirit of St. Louis
monoplane near Paris, com-
pleting the first solo airplane
flight across the Atlantic
Ocean in 33½ hours.
In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant
was nominated for president
by the Republican national
convention in Chicago.
In 1892, the opera “Pagli-
acci,” by Ruggero Leonca-
vallo, premiered in Milan,
Italy.
In 1910, a year-old Jew-
ish settlement near the port
city of Jaffa adopted the
name Tel Aviv (Hebrew for
“Hill of Spring”).
In 1932, Amelia Ear-
hart became the first
woman to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean as she
landed in Northern Ire-
land, about 15 hours after
leaving Newfoundland.
In 1941, a German
U-boat sank the Ameri-
can merchant steamship SS
Robin Moor in the South
Atlantic after the ship’s
passengers and crew were
allowed to board lifeboats.
In 1972, Michelangelo’s
“Pieta,” on display at the
Vatican, was damaged by a
hammer-wielding man who
shouted he was Jesus Christ.
In 1979, former San
Francisco City Supervisor
Dan White was convicted
of voluntary manslaugh-
ter in the slayings of Mayor
George Moscone and openly
gay Supervisor Harvey
Milk; outrage over the ver-
dict sparked rioting. (White
was sentenced to seven
years and eight months in
prison; he ended up serving
five years and took his own
life in 1985.)
In 1991, former Indian
Prime
Minister
Rajiv
Gandhi was assassinated
during national elections by
a suicide bomber.
Today’s Birthdays: Rock
musician Hilton Valentine
(The Animals) is 77. Actor
Mr. T is 68. Actor Judge
Reinhold is 63. Actor-di-
rector Nick Cassavetes is
61. Actress Fairuza Balk
is 46. Actor Sunkrish Bala
is 36. Actor David Ajala is
34. Actress Ashlie Brillault
is 33. Country singer Cody
Johnson is 33. Actor Scott
Leavenworth is 30.
Thought for Today:
“Being frustrated is dis-
agreeable, but the real disas-
ters of life begin when you
get what you want.” —
Irving Kristol, American
writer (1920-2009).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE