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Show RA THE BORN LOSER h TellllMe Why HEATHCLIFF Provo. Utah—Page 23 By Art Sansom lron Gets Rusty By ARKADY LEOKUM When you leave a piece ofiron for few days in a place where it’s damp ce wet. a covering of rust forms over it ans jstasomemehacomeiong What is rust? Why does it form on n pai iron and steel” Rust is iron oxide. It is created when iron ‘burns’ By Charles M. Schulz PEANUTS® OUR EOL NUIFE geveve THe 0 dL Acari = c [> FAT ent (MATURE? ~~ — a by uniting ee ®T AQ) ALL THINGS MMATUKE _ —~ > 0) ae phe oe [ANSWER iS MATURITY uw with oxygen dissolved in water Whena dropof rain falls on a bright iron surface, the drop will remain clear /=AMERIC THE AED! Oo from spreading onceit has started. Wheniron andsteelarticles have to be stored for long periodsof time, the problem ofpreventingrustis an impor- oS By Ernie Bushmiller SLUGGO !S MAKING UP FOR ALL THE DAYS HE BUT I KNOW, SCHOOL 1S BUT --- CLOSED | PLAYED HOOKEY coated with a special paint or a plastic film. 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This is because the rough spot of rust helps moisture in the air conpene ee the moisture and olds it. That's why it's easier to pre- Whatdid the big picture say to the little picture? Answers: 1) A scale. 2) Because it is out of your head. 3) You're too young to me pening HOW DO YOL\ LIKE MY NEW CAMPING CANTEEN 2 (With illustration) THE PUZZLE BOX WINTER WINTHROP OLD FAIR ou Spee 20). Can you rearrange the these two words to make one word that will be the name of a ion? See tomorrow's* paperfor the bene! —— see (Win anillustrated “Tell Me Why” © 1961 Untied Feature Syrcicate, inc ERNIE BUSHMILCER_ JULY-3] By Heimdahl! & Stoffel BUGS BUNNY HAPPY BI RTH: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 10 YOU, .o f wy LAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR i) A WK WAL (Ovarynakwe Tag US Pa TO letters in By Gordon Bess REDEYE WHATS THE WEATHER ---WITH GUSTY WINDS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE TODAY 2 ©1981 King Fasnuree Semcicane Inc Word noe HE COMES OVER AND SLEEPS BY THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY book, with hundreds of questions answered. Send yourriddles and jokes to “RIDDLES, JOKES, TELL ME WHY” in care of this newspaper.) COPYRIGHT 1981 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE This Day In History By United Press Today is Friday, July 31, the 212th dayof 1981 with 153 to follow The moon is new. The morning stars are Mercury and SY you DONTGETNOUR WISH DOC. A CANDLE f Mars. The evening stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born onthis date are under the sign of Leo. American writer John Kent was born July 31 LOOK, IVE GOT AN MAAN PSYCHOLOGY! By Saunders & Ernst T IVE LEARNED SOMETHING IL OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, KATE! ABOUT PAY INCREASES AND Z| I ALWAYS ASSUMED YOU PROMOTIONS! ; WERE “WELL: OT : LHAVE BEEN FOR THE ‘ 4 CASTTEN YEARS q Onthis date in history In 1792 Director David Rittenhouse laid the cornerstonein Philadelphia for the United States Mint the first building of the federal government In 1972, Missouri Sen. Thomas Eagleton withdrew as Democratic vice-presidential nominee, six days after disclosing previous hospitalization and psychiatric treatment In 1973 88 people diedin the crash of a Delta Airlines plane in Boston. There was one survivor but he died four In 1974, WINTER NIGHT! J 6 ho 1763. months later toll 89 YOU CAN'T SNUGGLE UF, TO THEM ON A COLD HT YEAH. YOURE = Hic.» RIGHT LES HAVE A ORINKEE -- HEY ! TH BLOODY THING 15 ‘OHO! You've GOT T LISTEN T'ME, PLEASE!/ IL EMPTY making the final death Gi John Ehrlichman was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his role in the breakin of the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist A thought for the day: \ ig “1 as American writer Henry Thoreau said “It takes two to speak che truth, one to speak theother to hear ILAMIS N THIS WORLD IS GETTING CRAZIER A FREELANCE REFEREE ’ IF WE'RE Sau WHAT ABOUT YOU, | KILL THET BIG VARMINT, WE'L! i as Justifiable homicide should include elimination of theatergoers who reveal the plot before the film gets to the good part. Faith is what enables you to believe that a temporary tax will really be taken off the books. NEED ALL TH’ HEP WE CAN GET! DOC? 1S OUR FRIEN'LY { YES. NEIGHBOR: ‘ WHY'S WELL, DEAD THAT THAT, ? ANIMAL'S ONLY A BIG PIECE OF MEAT! 71} ...BUT TAKEN ALIVE, SUCH A BEAST WOULD BRING US A FORTUNE |