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Show Page 3—THE HERALD, Provo. Utah. Wedni THE BORN LOSER Tell MeWhy HEATHCLIFF By Art Sansom People Get Freckles By ARKADY LEOKUM To understand what freckles are and PEANUTS® the color of the skin is T formsoflife it is melanin ain fish and lizards to In humanbeings, it controls the skin's color and protects us against the harmful effects of too much exposure to sunshine Melanin is produced by a network of special cells that are scattered through :iFNOURHAVING and stormy night. \Worktp sueeestS* is the thin, outer part of our skin. These cells are called ‘melanocytes.’ Now we come to the question of freckles eckles are simply a | oy ] YOu SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. decide the winner, Today’s winner: Chris Egan, 9, Springfield, Mass.) eee : 4 iy i~B By Bob Thaves | 4 ft: Naz IT WOULD SOUND NEAT, MR. PRESIDENT, 2 — Weinherit freckles from our parents. (Win fourillustrated ‘‘Tell Me Why” books, with 1,500 questions answered. Send your questions, name, age and address — w'th zip code — to “TELL ME WHY" careof this newspaper. In case of duplicate questions the author will : FRANK AND ERNEST Thecolor of freckles(reallythe color of the melanin in them) can vary from can not only darken them, but it can cause new melanin to form. The reason some people have freckles and others don't is heredity and dark night. : Br color, the color of the pigment melanin light tan to dark brown, depending one exposure to sun and heat. Sunshine It was a stormy r—JIk : ; \ bunching-up of melanocvtes in spots That's whyf s have a brownish SHORT RIBS i DIFFERENT APPROACH... the lower layer of the epidermis, which “1 DID.” By Charies M. Schulz It was a dark ] ax is ) i WE CAN GET AWAY i WITH RAISING THE ; RETIREMENT AGE TO : “SEVEN. | FOUR*SCORE-AND-SEVEN. KERRY DRAKE By Alfred Andrigla GEE, DAD! THANKS FOR THE NEW i Bur = DON’T THINK AN' FOR THE YOU'RE DRIVIN' LIKE A NEW PAINTS.’| SONS /., BUT THIS STUFF DOESN THEY'RE NEAT/\ BASKETBALL/ FALL OFF TREES! IT'S TIME FOR] RELAX, BRANT— CRAZY WOMAN, JUBA-LEE /| AN' LEAVE THE SLOWDOWN’! YOU'RE GONNA\ DRIVIN’ To ME / > aA_—A<4 I CAN'T STAND PEOPLE WHO LITTER THE PARK WITH PAPER 1 DON'T SEE ANY TRASH BASKETS Win a ‘Tell Me Why’’ Bookfor Writing About ‘WHAT I LIKE ABUT MY FAMILY” What do you especial!y like about your family? Write a letter aboutthis and you may win a ‘Tell Me Why” book. Entries must be addressed ‘‘My Family,” Tell Me Why, in care of this newspaper, and give your name, age and address eee This week's winners of a “Tell Me Why" book for letters sent in are: DawnHewitt, Kingston, Jamaica; Lisa Mocerino, 12, Spencer, Mass.; Sheri Early, 14, Middletown, Pa.; Terri Narrell, 9, Danville, Ala.; Becky Grim, 13, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Shari Goldmark,9, CulverCity, Calif.; Lisa Lancaster, 11, WINTHROP I GOTA DETENTION TODAY. By Dick Cavalli FOR NOT STAYING AFTER|| SCHOOL WHEN I GOT MY LAST DETENTION. WHAT. FORZ JAMA wont meas U8 Pa Ton Fredericksburg, Va oe Answer to yesterday's puzzle box five $1 bills, 50 $2 bill, 19 $5 bills. ees (Win an illustrated ‘Tell Me Why’ Nov-18 By Heimdah! & Stoftel By Gordon Bess YOU CREEP THRU THE PALEFACE OUTPOSTS,,, OVERPOWER THE GATE SENTRY--. SNEAK PAST THE GUARD D0GS--- THEN THRU THE PARK TO THE AMMO DUMP GOTCHA! |? “it é 1 GOT MUGGED IN THE PARK &p 48 «3 Bs 3 COPYRIGHT 1981 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE This Day In History ByUnited Press International Today is Wednesday, November18th, the 322nd day of 1981 with 43 to follow. The moonisin its last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury, Wisenae Fon © 1007 United Feanure Syndicate, nc book, with hundreds of questions answered. Send your riddles and jokes to “RIDDLES, JOKES, TELL ME WHY” in care of this newspaper.) My TEACHER GAYS ITS SOMETHING LIKE COMPOLINDING INTEREST AT THE BANK MARY WORTH By Saunders & Ernst [rT mavee He's THE =) ABOMINABLE WHO |S RESPONSIBLE, e U D-MAN, ; FOR THIS: - -TH' IS, WHEN I CAME TO. Wo! RK THIS MORNING S72, MS. BERDAN! HE WAS ALREADY IN YOUR OF +++ EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING AT MY DESK 2!2 Mars, Jupiter and Saturn The evening star is Venus Those born onthis date are under the sign of Scorpio. American astronaut Alan Shepard was born November 18th, 1923 On this date in history y Al Vermeer WHY SO GLUM NY [x EEL \GOSH’ WHAT] REVEREND WEEMS? }| | SORRY FOR | HAPPENED MY POOR | |PAREHIONERS’ ie J) meeting with Soviet communist party SS STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD Gyesies Have A 2 LOOKIT THE GUARDS. KID-OU AINT ABOUT TGET INTA DAYTON'S HOUSE , es ; _WAY, MIKB+* TLL \ GET OUT HERE. / chief Leonid Brezhnevin Vladivostok. A thought for the day: Britain playwright George Bernard Shaw said The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behavein a quar- BARBS I PREACHEP? ON GIVING TILL IT rt = “AND THE SUNDAY COLLECTIONS SHOW WHAT IT SEEMS, YOU PRECIOUS FOOL! BIER HIDES A SECRET STAIRWAY TO THE HIDDEN WINE CELLAR! NOW ENTER! THEY HAVE A VERY. LOW PAIN THRESHOLD’ Showus a man who designs infrastructures, and we'll show you a fellow who never gets around to finishing a foundation for anything Remember when folk who fiddled around with bugs were called “exterminators” rather than types? “cloak-and-dagger” tees 201 sesudiewss pres PRICILLA’S POP In 1883, the United States adopted Standard Time andset up four zones — Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. In 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treatyfor the building of the Panama Canal, liking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. 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