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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, February 14, 2000
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'Peanuts' creator Schulz dies at 77
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz died on Saturday, turning his farewell note in yesterday's papers into an epitaph for both a comic strip and its creator.
Schulz was 77, and died in his sleep at about 9:45 p.m. at his home in Santa Rosa, Calif., said his son, Craig Schulz.
He was diagnosed with colon cancer and suffered a series of small strokes during emergency abdominal surgery in November 1999. He announced his retirement a few weeks afterward.
Schulz had seemed fine earlier in the day and had gone to his daughter Jill Transki's home in Santa Rosa, Calif. Only his wife, Jeanie, was with him when he died, Craig Schulz said.
His wildly popular "Peanuts" made its debut on Oct. 2, 1950. The travails of the "little round-headed kid" and his pals eventually ran in
more than 2,600 newspapers, reaching millions of readers in 75 countries.
His last strip, appearing in yesterday's newspaper editions, showed Snoopy at his typewriter and other Peanuts regulars along with a "Dear Friends" letter thanking his readers for their support.
"I have been grateful over the years for
the loyalty of our editors and the wonderful support and love expressed to me by fans of the comic strip." Schulz wrote "Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy ... how can I ever forget them ..."
It ended with his signature.
One of the most endearing qualities of "Peanuts" was its constancy.
The long-suffering Charlie Brown still faced misfortune with a mild, "Good grief!" Tart-tongued Lucy still handed out advice at a nickel a pop, a joke that started as a parody of a lemonade stand. And Snoopy, Charlie Brown's wise-beet-weed beagle, still took the occasional flight of fancy back to the skies of World War I and his rivalry with the Red Baron.
Schulz was born in St. Paul, Minn., on Nov. 26, 1922, and studied art after he saw a "Do you like to draw" ad.
He was drafted into the Army in 1943 and sent to the European theater, although he saw little combat.
After the war, he did lettering for a church comic book, taught art and sold cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post. His first feature, "Li'l Folks," was developed for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1947. In 1950, it was sold to a syndicate and the named changed to "Peanuts," even though, he recalled later, he didn't much like the name.
CHARLES SCHULZ ON CARTOONING
"I have never regarded children as my main audience. The real fans are adults...for they have memories of what it was like to be a child, and can appreciate "Peanuts" much more deeply than can the youngsters."
"You can't create humor out of happiness. I'm astonished at the number of people who write to me saying, "Why does Charlie Brown always have to lose? Why can't you let him kick the football?" Well, there is nothing funny about the person who gets to kick the football."
From "Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me" (1980)
He was to have been honored with a lifetime achievement award on May 27 at the National Cartoonists Society convention in New York.
Reformers full of conflict after Ventura leaves party
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ross Perot's Reform Party ousted party chairman Jack Gargan, an ally of Jesse Ventura, during a Saturday showdown that exploded almost immediately with raw hostility and scuffling. At one point, local police threatened to shut down the proceedings, organizers said.
The committee, ousted Gargan by a 109-31 vote. They voted to replace him with Pat Chote, who was Perot's running mate in his failed 1966 bid for the U.S. presidency, by a 101-29 margin.
doesn't surprise me. That's why I made the decision I made yesterday."
Ventura, the governor of Minnesota who quit the party Friday after branding the party dysfunctional, was not mentioned during the meeting.
Ventura noted that Gargan had won the chairmanship fair and square last July. Gargan said after the meeting in Nashville that the cards were stacked against him.
"Democracy can be messy, can't it?" said Donna Donovan, representative for the Perot faction.
Of the action in Nashville, Ventura said Saturday: "It saddens me, but it
"This was a sham." he said.
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At one point, a Perot ally rushed the front of the room and tried to unplug Gargan's microphone because he wouldn't call the meeting to order. A Gargan supporter slapped and pushed the woman to the floor, and two police officers separated, the two. The Gargan supporter was escorted from the room as it rang with members telling one another other to shut up and begin the meeting.
Israel, Palestine miss peace talk deadline
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — It was supposed to have been a day of clarity, the first time Israelis and Palestinians outlined the shape of a permanent, peaceful coexistence.
Instead, yesterday, the deadline for the framework of a final status agreement on the conflict's toughest issues Jerusalem, final borders and refugees — was a blur of recriminations and dire predictions for a peace process gone awry.
Palestinians accuse Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak of neglecting them to focus on talks with Syria; Israelis say Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is asking for too much, too soon.
Talks broke down early this month, and neither side knows when they will resume. The delay could jeopardize the Sept. 13 deadline Barak and Arafat have set for a full-fledged permanent agreement. And missing that date, both sides worry, could lead to a total peace breakdown.
Barak told his Cabinet yesterday that their responsibility was to try to reach arrangements by the end of this year. In an effort to get the Palestinians back to the table, Barak's chief negotiator said Israel was ready to concede a key Palestinian demand: a contiguous block of land in the West Bank, seen by the Palestinians as a crucial underpinning to a future state.
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