Thought For Food Prices Reflect Long-Term Market Forces
The price of beef today stems from nature and livestock market conditions set months and years earlier. A beef animal travels from farm to feed lot to market over more than a year before processing. Cattle production is not a rapid process, so planners look two to three years ahead. Canadian style bacon is cured and smoked pork from the same bin, sold fully cooked or cook-before-eating.
Quiet Holiday Police Blotter Reports Multiple Car Wrecks
Local police logged several two car collisions over the holiday weekend with no injuries or tickets listed. Drunk and disorderly arrests were reported and one break in was under investigation. Vehicles left scenes on multiple occasions as officers searched for missing drivers.
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Births at Hart Clinic Hospital Welcomes Murphy Boy
Mr and Mrs Larry Murphy welcomed a son born Sunday at Hart Clinic Hospital weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces at 12 45 p.m. Alvin Godwin listed as involved in the announcement.
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Larry Murphy
Hart Clinic Hospital
Alvin Godwin
Multiple Early Morning Fires Across Town
Fire crews answered several incidents including candles causing a kitchen oven fire at 8:59 a.m. at Loyce Phillips home on North Main with smoke damage to the kitchen. An oil tank fire on Shell Camp Road was contained in the heater treater. A grass fire on Phillips Springs Road was extinguished with no listed damage. A Dean and Sabine building fire was caused by gasoline in a beer can with no listed damage. A trash fire on Kilgore Highway prompted a responsive fire truck. no further details available.
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Loyce Phillips
North Main
Richey
Shell Camp Road
Phillips Springs Road
Dean and
Sabine
Kilgore
Tips to Reduce Noise at Home and In Appliances
Practical steps to cut noise include using noise absorbing floor materials in busy areas. Place washing machines near heating and cooling equipment in an enclosed space. Use a headset for hi fi listening and keep volume low.
Rich fossil ape finds from Ru Singa Island Lake Victoria
Ru Singa Island in Lake Victoria hosts one of Africa’s richest fossil primate remains. Scientists emphasize the site as a key archive of early ape evolution, revealing diverse specimens and providing insights into prehistoric ecology.
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Rusinga Island
Lake Victoria
Africa
Gladewater 4-H Club Holds Tenth Christmas Party
The Gladewater 4-H Club celebrated its tenth annual Christmas party December 19 at the Bell home on Glade Street from 7 to 9 30 pm. Guests enjoyed parlor games in the game room and music in the triple garage by Too Mean Situation with Richard Jones Tim Jowell and others.
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Gladewater 4-H Club
Robert Bells
Glade Street
Mastro Richard Jones
Tim Jowell
Kenneth Stevenson
Jimmy Brewer
William Cooksey
Mark Liddell
Joyce Timmons
Wilma Howell
Margo Bell
Mr. Bell
Kilgore man charged with robbery by assault in 7 Eleven holdup
Kilgore Police say Ellis Franklin Mosley 27 of Starrville was arrested after an early Thursday morning hold up at Cabell's 7 Eleven on the corner of Houston and Martin Streets. He allegedly used a knife like wooden stick in the robbery and was held on bond of 20000 at Gregg County jail after a voluntary statement. The 19 year old clerk aided swift capture providing a detailed description.
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Ellis Franklin Mosley
Starrville
Cabell
Houston
Martin Streets
J. M. Climer
Justice of the Peace
James Cashion
Owentown
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Climer
7-Eleven
Sharpless couple to celebrate golden anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Sharpless will be honored by family and friends on their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at the Lyle Street Church of Christ in Big Sandy on Saturday evening, December 30 from 5 to 7. They married December 31, 1922 in Big Sandy and have lived in Upshur County since. Their children are Mrs. Varee Robinson Mrs. Juanita Bouldin Mrs. Dorothy Osband and Miss Janice Sharpless. They have no grandchildren.
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O. L. Sharpless
Lyle Street Church of Christ, Big Sandy
Sharpless
Big Sandy
Upshur County
Varee Robinson
Juanita Bouldin
Dorothy Osband
Galveston
Janice Sharpless
Saginaw, Michigan
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