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Show Me Wfiy Te HEATHCLIFF fo W IN VN TtHEAftl AkTOF 'SELF PEFEE , MV BOV. - y . By ARKADY LEO K I'M The idea that the number 13 is unlucky is called a superstition. Jj!: Z.I4TD )L ( PUT .. ON . .. .ANP THE I CANT BREATHE FLAP YOUR LUIN65 ANP PANCE AR0UNP..ACT LIKE ABOUT IT, CHUCK. ..YOU LOOK 6REAT! r-v-- n 15 jN V TRCUBLEVV By Charles M. Schuli PEANUTS There are many different kinds of superstitions, which are based on things in nature, charms, spirits, objects, colors and accidents. But there is probably no superstition as universal as believing that 13 is an unlucky - Page LEAV)JcrrL THEM ON TILL VjV Thirteen Unlucky cirrHAa THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1983 By Art Sanson. MHEFIPST f p We Call til Tuesday, March 22, THE BORN LOSER A REAL WHAT WE REALLY I s. SPECIAL FOR 0PENIN6 PAY.., ...THE PELICAN I WONDER IF UJe s COULP DROP YOU NEEP 15 50METHIN6 1 FROM A HELICOPTER..; FAN5 LIKE LOTS OF ACTION! number. Many hotels don't HEP UKE ID REPORT A POT HOLE. By Dave Craue ALLEY OOP BUT IF THIS BUNCH Y'CALL CONGRESS ALL TH LAWS AN STUFF, WOULDN'T I LOSE MV BIGHTS AC KING? NO... BECAUSE kasses YOU'D HAVE A vnni J ' IMT TIB HIS I USING GUZ IS QUESTIONING OOP ABOUT ESTABLISHING DEMOCRACY IN MOO. A VETO, EH? Y'KNOW, OOP, THIS NEW klNDA GOVERNMENT SOUNDS BETTER ALL TUl TIME ...THAT MEANS YOU CAN SAY "NO TO ANYTHING THEY COME UP WITH! AM By Ernie Bushmiller NANCY MSFGH SLUS6Q WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? I YOU I ( makk tASK-Y- CAUSHT THE ' MUMPHS VLA 1983 United ) Feature Syndicate, Inc. T- P?) ThB -- 7f J'? x BUT iadv- - Rnnteie WAS BftPAkfNG THE RULES MAKING THAT PHONE CALL.' THINK I'M GOIH6 TO . .4? tl ., I, A mim t I i Y y sou mm? I'M I THINK? V Of TUB THE BOSS DESERT HEALTH SPA! MAKE THE PENSIONS SINCE WHEN UO MUSCLES ) J 7J WINTHROP By Dick Cavalli FROM NEVER KNOW WHEN I5HE(S PUTTINcSrMEON THE ONE I GOT ROBERT REPTORD? COUNTINC5- HOW MANY VALENTINES DIP YOU (SET LA6T VALENTINES DAY, CINDY? - . rfitir 1963bvNEA BOUGHT A OD MONTH'S SUPPLY HI 3 By Alfred Andriola KERRY DRAKE THE PUZZLE BOX - TX , . TT-- . By Bob Thaves FRANK AND ERNEST FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1 ) When rain comes down what goes up? 2) Why is the figure 9 like a peacock? 3) When is a pig like ink? Answers: 1) Umbrellas. 2) Because without a tail it is nothing. 3) When you put it in a pen. i iA- have a 13th floor or a room No. 13. Many people would never have 13 guests at a dinner table. Yet the strange thing is that there is no single, accepted explanation for the origin of the superstition about 13. There are many different ideas about the origin of it. Some experts say 13 was unpopular from the time when man learned to count. By using his 10 fingers and two feet as units, he came up with the number 12. But because 13 was beyond that, it was unknown and frightening to him. In religion, the 13 superstition is traced back to the Last Supper, attended by Christ and 13 in all. the 12 disciples Other people go back to the story of the Valhalla banquet in Norse mythology, to which 12 gods were invited. Loki, the spirit of strife and mischief, intruded, making 13. During the banquet, Balder, the favorite of the gods, was killed. Despite these strong superstitions, 13 was regarded as lucky by the ancient Chinese and Egyptians. (Win a "Tell Me Why" book, hundreds of questions answered. Illustrated. Send your questions, name, age and address to "TELL ME WHY" in care of The Daily Herald, P.O. Box 717, Provo, Utah 84603. Include ZIP code. In case of duplicate questions the author will decide the winner. Today's winner: Dawn Dudley, 9, Troy, N.Y.) inc 4mM IMQtl TMHeg US Pal By Gordon Bess REDEYE MB OF OLD FAIR SPRING TRAINING 1 WHAT ARE YOU D0IM& TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR fOR i flt'S 3-2- 2 By lleimdohl & Stoffel BUGS BUNNY ox, isrs sez how VOU CAN CATCH A -- r This is a geographical location in the United States. To find out what it is, rearrange the letters and make one word. See tomorrow's paper for the answer. ' fts i Answer to yesterday's cross-woo- d puzzle. ACROSS. 1) ants. 4) no. 5) door. DOWN. 1) and. 2) noon. 3) sore. COPYRIGHT 1983 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE rr X TMINX OUR CENTER FIELD PROBLEM KEN MAS SOLVED- - By Al Vermeer PRICILLA'S POP WEIGHT, PDC C-- THE PROBLEM IS, I CANT PASS A 0AKERY OR CANPY COUNTER WITHOUT EHJVING 6CWETHI NG I'VE TRIEI7 CANT LD5E V;Ft-:.iri.--,r-- ' "1 ' EVERY J y PIET KNOWN TOMAN. y v 1 nf... APZESENTOA SiSVAOW MARY A, Utv Sm 3&74&E,JWE.&.--THIS IS VINCE'S ... VOU MUST &E SPECIAL J TO MR. ALGAKVEli9 HE NEVER INVITES ANYONE TO Hie - M YOU'LL &E THE FIRST WOMAN TO GO IKCE THERE HIS WIFE N This Day In History By United I By Saunders & Ernst MARY WORTH Press International Today is Tuesday March 22, the 81st day of 1983 with 284 to follow. The moon is in its first STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD quarter. LOOK,STV" The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. American actor Karl Maiden and French mime Marcel Mar-cea- u were born March 22 Maiden in 1914 and Marceau in -- AH' YOUR V HOW WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LOSIM'TRUPY JOB... By Saunders & Overgard J WOULD YOU NEVElZ HAP A YOU !. TfllV KNOW?' T JOB WORTH ANP AS FOR WOMEN YOU COULP NEVER HAN 6 VAlT A A jiyjiTC1 (!jlN Z'l 1923. On this date in history: In 1791, Congress enacted legislation forbidding slave trading with foreign nations. CNGIMG I ANP PRETZELS OR PEA-- . J NUTS AM? CHIPS.' HOME 6IX-PACK- S "S. QT5HAL HAVE VOJ EVER THOUGHT AFJOUT HAVING YOUR V PALLET WIREP SHUT ; . y In 1820, Commodore Stephen Decatur, American naval hero, was mortally wounded in a duel with Commodore James Barron outside Washington, D.C., over . Barron's removal from active duty. In 1941, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River began producing electric power for the Pacific Northwest. In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson recalled Gen. William Westmoreland as commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam and made him Army Chief of Staff. Gen. Creighton Abrams took over in Saigon. CAPTAIN EASY 7JT " - By Crooks & Casale I 7 THANK YOU. I I J I I r7 PIBASE aJ I a Urn .V . NvWi |
