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“Dear Arbby.

By Abigail Van Buren

©1977 by Tha Chicago Tribune-N.¥.Naws Synd. inc.

Teen Drivers: A

Doonesbury by Garry rrudead Ghostly Warning

100K DEAR ABBY; Last summer you wrote something that
a Ar Me? tint! virtually saved my life—and maybe the lives of many
TiE GOT uNT.. A others. Thad just gotten my driver's license and that
ut fi column really opened my eyes. I think about itevery time

CINT ALL WATON 15 turn on the ignition in my car. ;
. I am‘enclosing it. Please run it again. And run it every
year for those kids who may have missed it.

LOVES LIFE AT 18

DEAR LOVES: Seldom has a column made such an
impact as the one to which you refer. I shall repeat it with:
-pleasure: :

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PLEASE GOD, 'M ONLY 17

The day Idied was an ordinary school day. How I wish I
had taken the bus! But I was too cool for the bus. I
remember how 1 wheedled the car out of Mom. “Special
favor,” I pleaded, “All the kids drive.” When the 2:50 bell
rang, I threw all my books in the locker. I was free until
8:40 tomorrow morning! Iran tothe parking lot, excited at
the thought of driving a car and being my own boas. Freet

It doesn't matter how the accident happened. I was
goofing off—going too fast. Taking crazy chances, But I
CATEISH was enjoying my freedom and having fun. The last thing 1

remember was passing an old lady whe seemed to be going
awfully slow. Lheard the deafening crash and felt a terrific
jolt. Glass and steel flew everywhere. My whole body
seemed to be turning inside out. heard mysolf scream.

Suddenly I awakened; it was very quict. A police officer
was standing over me. Then I saw a doctor. My bedy was
mangled, 1 was saturated with blood. Pieces of jagged
glass were sticking out all over. Strange that I couldn't feel
anything.

Hey, don't pull that sheet over my head. I can’t be dead.
I'm only 17, I've got a date tonight. I am supposed to grow
up and have a wonderful life. I haven't lived yet. I can't be
dead.

Mm Catfish

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ADDS TO ORDINARY MISERY.
@ 1977 King Features Syndicate. Inc.
Today's Cryptoquip clue; Tequals U

The Cryptoquip is a simple substitution cipher in which each
‘letter used stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it
will equal O throughout the puzzle, Single letters, short words,
and words using an apostrophe can give you cluvs to locating
vowels. Solution is accomplished by trial and error.

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PAGE 13, THE HERALD, Friday. September 9, 1977

-Your individual

Horoscope

Frances Drake

financial interests especially

FOR FRIDAY, favored. «
SEPTEMBER 9, 1977 SAGITTARIUS
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Tip-top Jupiter influences
foster more of the grit and

ry

ARIES ingenuity that won laurels for
(Mar. 21 to Apr. 20) Ves

you in the past. This will be a
A pleasant surprise indicated good day for innovations.

— possibly the settlement of an CAPRICORN W
outstanding. obligation. (Dec, 22 to Jan. 20)
Romance highligh

ted, too. Don't be tricked by the

TAURUS bizarre. Overactivity also
(Apr. 21 to May 21) OGyr

unwise. A well-reguiated day

lendid period in which to will bring achievement,
‘home Improvements; also stimulate incentive. Avold

With your innate ingenuity, dicated, but certain tedious

matters will require attention
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day's demands. Others are oe of those ingenlous ‘twists
competing for identical goals.

PISCES
Push on! _ (Feb. 20 to Mar. 20) MEX
(June 22 to July 2a, BEY Some trends | change

at which you are so adept. .

Synchronize your activities to
accomodate. Curb a tendency to
become overly emotional in a
relatively unimportant

Stellar influences warn

innate consetvatism the situation.
opposite sex. - ¥OU BORN TODAY are

GbR always eager to be numbered
) f among the frontrunners in

23
There may be a hitch in gmbitious and worthwhile

certain arrangements noW — enterprises even though you
especially those involving may, at times, become
travel, Be prepared to im qicnirited over your life's work

or your means, You usually rise

VIRGO
( Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) mp, above such moods, however,

hecause you are not only
To be avoided: irrational ingenious and basically op-

moves, hasty conclusions, timistic, but have that im
misjudgments through portant “will to win.” You have
carelessness or prejudice, This an affinity for science and may
won't be difficult if you display -be especially attracted to
your usual foresight. electronics or physics; may do

important research work in

LIBRA
(Sept, 24 to Oct. 23). ae either fleld. You could suceeed

An “iffy sort of day, much in the theater — as actor,

depending on your Initiative and producer, playwright or critic
good judgment. You have and, with your gift for writing,
plenty of planetary backing to would make an excellent
carry out worthwhile moves journalist. Other areas in

and plans, however. which, properly trained, you
SCORPIO mM Ae could excel: teaching, painting,
(Oct. 24 to Nov. 22) any occupation which involves

Influences beneficent. Take travel. Birthdate of; Lulgi

advantage by pressing on Galvani, Ital. physicist: Leo
toward lofty objectives. Job and Tolstoi, Russian author.

Later I was placed in a drawer, My folks had to identify
me, Why did they have tosce me like thie? Why did I have
to look at Mom's eyes when she faced the most terrible
ordeal of her life? Dad suddenly looked like an old man. He
told the man in charge, Yes, he is my son.”

The funeral was a weird experience. I saw all my
relatives and friends walk toward the casket. They passed
by, one by one, and looked at me with the saddest eyes I've
ever seen. Some of my buddies were crying. A few of the
girls touched my hand and sobbed as they walked away.

Please...comebody...wake me up! Get me out of here. I
can’t bear to see my Mom and Dad so broken up. My
grandparents are so racked with grief they can ‘barely
walk. My brother and sisters are like zombies. They move
like robots. In a daze, everybody! No one can believe this.
And I can't believe it, either. .

Pleage don't bury me! I'm not dead! [ have a lot of living
to dol I want to laugh and run again.. I want to sing and
dance. Please don’t put me in the ground. I promise if you
give me just one more chance, God, I'll be the most careful
driver in the whole world. All I want is one more chance.

Please, God, I'm only 17!

DEAR ABBY: I certainly hope you or your readers can
help me with my problem. Is there such a group as
“Spenders Anonymous” for “Clothes-sholics?” If not, I
would be interested in starting a local chapter.

We are a lower middle-income family, I started working
recently to help with family finances, but all I do is shop! I
am compulsive about buying clothes, and I can’t seem to.
control myself.

Please help me. I am desperate.
. McKINNEY, TEX.

DEAR McKINNEY: [If there is such a group, I'll surely
heer about it and let you know. If not, there ought to be.

DEAR ABBY: Am I wrong for refusing te sleep with the
man I love because he wants his dog to sleep on the floor of
our bedroom? . ;

When J walked out, he said the dog always slept on the
floor in the same bedroom with him and his first wite, who
is now deceased. .

Abby, Ihave never had dogs and I.am not used to them.
I told him he could put the dog in the other bedroom, but
he said he wouldn't do it—that next to his deceasell wife,
the dog came first. So where do I stand?

NO DOGLOVER

DEAR NO: Right behind his dog.

DEAR ABBY: My older sister irritates me no end.
She never takes my word for anything, She always has to
check it out, If I were in the habit of lying, 1 could
understand it, but I'm not. I always try to stick to the
truth. ;

Another thing about her that bugs me is that if I happen
tobe out when she phones me, when she finally reachea me

- ghe always asks where I’ve been, Abby, 1 just hate having

to account for my whereabouts. She doesn’t. have to know
every move I make!

I'm not a child, Far from it. i'm a married woman in my -
40s.
Any suggestions?

y eneee YOUNGER SISTER

DEAR SISTER: Yes, grow up. You're still intimidated
by your older sister. Don't blame her if you lack the
courage to tell her that: (a) you resent her checking out
everything you say because you're generally truthful, and
(b) if you want her to know where you've been, you'll
volunteer the information. ;

Everyone has a problem. What's yours? For a personal
reply, write to ABBY: Box No. 69700, L.A., Calif, 90069.
Enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope, please,