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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, November 12, 2020
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Woman discovers truth about
boyfriend’s dangerous nature
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: I have been in a
more than a year.
wonderful relationship and bliss-
I understand that he is embar-
fully happy for two years. We live
rassed to let his friends know he
together. When “Scott” and I first
is now divorced, but his closest
got together, he told me he had a
friends know. I’m still waiting for a
felony conviction and that a woman
time when I can be a part of his life
had falsely accused him of rape.
without hiding, but I’m beginning
I laughed it off because I didn’t
to feel he has no intention of letting
this happen.
want to see the truth, but it ate at
J eanne
He gets irritated and upset with
me badly. Then I finally looked it
P hilliPs
me when I ask if this friend or
up via a background check, and it’s
ADVICE
that knows about the divorce yet.
really bad.
He doesn’t want me to meet his
Two months after his ex-girl-
friend broke up with him, Scott
friends. Must I just accept that I
broke into her house and raped her while
was never meant to really be a part of his
she was passed out on prescription sleep-
life, even though he tells me he loves me?
ing pills. She called the police the next day,
— Still In Hiding in Washington
and he got a plea bargain, went to jail for
Dear Still In Hiding: I’m sorry, but I
think you may be finally reading the hand-
100 days and paid her $20,000 in restitu-
tion, probation and the whole thing. Scott
writing on the wall quite clearly. If he were
still insists it was all her fault and that he
proud of this relationship and in love with
is the victim. What do you think? — Shat-
you, he would be showing you off to his
tered in the West
friends, not hiding you. Have you actually
seen his divorce papers, and are you abso-
Dear Shattered: I am so glad you asked.
lutely sure that this man is divorced?
What I think is that you should extricate
Dear Abby: I am 64 years old and hap-
yourself from a relationship with this dis-
turbed felon as quickly and carefully as you
pily married to a wonderful woman. The
can. That Scott blames his victim for the
problem I’m having is she has a very large
rape he committed tells me he still has not
family. Most of them walk into our home
accepted responsibility for his actions and
without knocking. Even if I know they are
that he is dangerous. Consider contacting
coming over, it bothers me. I would never,
the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Net-
ever walk into any of their homes without a
work (rainn.org; 800-656-4673) for advice
knock. I was raised that you knock before
on how to safely end it.
entering, even at my parents’ house after
Dear Abby: I am a 55-year-old woman
moving out on my own. What do you think
about this? — Put Off in Florida
dating a 63-year-old man. Our relation-
ship didn’t start out in the best of circum-
Dear Put Off: Out of respect for your
stances eight years ago because he was still
feelings, your wife should have spoken to
in his 25-year marriage. His wife had been
her family years ago and asked them to
living out of state. When she eventually
either call before dropping in on you or, at
learned about our relationship, she asked
the very least, knock. And if it’s feasible to
keep the doors locked, do it.
for a divorce. The divorce has been final for
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 12, 1920
C. L. Bowers, whose sons, Russel and
C. E. Bowers, came home unwounded after
fighting in France, proved this morning that
he is not as successful as his boys when it
comes to dodging bullets. He is an Armi-
stice Day casualty, having been accidentally
shot in the left hand by a gun held by a man
named Eaton. Mr. Bowers, who is employed
at the DeMott cigar store, was in the act of
buying the gun from John Jones when Eaton
stepped up to the counter and picked up
the gun, which exploded. Mr. Bowers’ left
hand served to keep the bullet from enter-
ing his side. The bullet went through his
hand, struck a counter, then the wall back
of Mr. Bowers, after which it bounded back
to the opposite wall and then finished by
going through the elevator. Mr. Bowers is
the father-in-law of the late Robert Ingalls,
killed in the Argonne fight. Robert Pershing
Ingalls, Pendleton’s first war baby, is Mr.
Bowers’ grandson.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 12, 1970
Seen any ladies poking around under a car
hood lately, seeming to know what they’re
doing? They’ve probably been attending
the Auto Tips for Women evening classes at
Blue Mountain Community College and are
changing an oil filter or adjusting a fan belt.
Following classroom lectures, the women
crowd around car engines in the laboratory
and scrutinize every detail as thoroughly
as though they were examining lettuce at
a grocery store. The auto class, complete
with grease remover, teaches everything
from changing tires to recognizing tell-tale
engine coughs. Linda Sturdivant, a fresh-
man at BMCC, has her own reasons for tak-
ing the class. “My sister and I bought this
old car and sometimes it needs fixing. Our
boyfriends say to fix it one way and our dad
says to fix it another way. I decided to find
out how to fix it myself.”
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 12, 1995
Jackie Koppany’s Hermiston living room
is overflowing with floodlights and cam-
era equipment. The local press waits out-
side on her front porch, anxious to slip
inside the packed house for a glimpse of
Tom Bosley. That’s right, Sheriff Amos
Tupper from “Murder She Wrote.” Father
Dowling. Happy Days. That Tom Bosley.
Koppany’s amazing success selling prod-
ucts for the Specialty Merchandise Corp.
through her home-based business, Attila’s
Gift Emporium, is the reason Bosley and the
couple dozen or so production people have
come to her house today. Her story is being
taped along with the stories of a handful of
other successful SMC dealers throughout
the country. The testimonials will be used
in a 30-minute “infomercial” the company
is producing. This is the second infomer-
cial the company has taped featuring Bos-
ley. The first one set records for effective-
ness and response. Koppany’s business also
sells discount guns and ammunition in addi-
tion to various figurines and trinkets. It’s
unusual, but it’s successful mix.
TODAY IN HISTORY
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On Nov. 12, 1948, for-
mer Japanese premier Hideki
Tojo and several other World
War II Japanese leaders were
sentenced to death by a war
crimes tribunal.
In 1942, the World War II
naval Battle of Guadalcanal
began. (The Allies ended up
winning a major victory over
Japanese forces.)
In 1975, Supreme Court
Justice William O. Doug-
las retired because of fail-
ing health, ending a record
36-year term.
In 1977, the city of New
Orleans elected its first
Black mayor, Ernest “Dutch”
Morial, the winner of a
runoff.
In 1987, the American
Medical Association issued
a policy statement saying it
was unethical for a doctor to
refuse to treat someone solely
because that person had
AIDS or was HIV-positive.
In
1990,
Japanese
Emperor Akihito formally
assumed the Chrysanthe-
mum Throne. Actor Eve
Arden died in Beverly Hills,
California, at age 82.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actor-playwright Wallace
Shawn is 77. Singer-song-
writer Neil Young is 75.
Actor Megan Mullally is 62.
Olympic gold medal gym-
nast Nadia Comaneci is 59.
Figure skater Tonya Harding
is 50. Actor Ryan Gosling is
40. Actor Anne Hathaway is
38.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE