Like Nylon Stockings Beef Price Hike Jolts Northwest Shoppers
The Northwest faces a sharp beef price surge with 10 percent higher wholesale costs and weeklong sales spikes. Shoppers from Washington to Utah rush stores, pay 30 cents more per pound for sirloin, while Marysville auction bids rise for day-old calves. Experts cite supply and demand, feeder cattle shortages, grain costs, weather, and policy shifts as drivers.
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Northwest
David Ammons
Associated Press
Sam Kramer
Marysville. Wash
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Moscow
Washington State Beef Commission
Golob
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vern Divers
Washington State Agricultural Development Division
Jonnsiuregor
Portland
Albertson's
Nixon
Russia
USDA
Goloo
Molly
Four Odessans Charged With Possession of Marijuana
Four youths from Odessa were charged Saturday with marijuana possession. Brent Bates, 22, William Schenkel, 21, Cynthia Prickett, 19, and Linda Carlton, 17, were detained after Odessa police found a pipe, cigarette papers, and a plastic package of suspected marijuana in a car in the 1300 block of North Jackson. Bonds were set at 5,000 for Bates, Schenkel, and Prickett, 3,000 for Carlton. All posted bonds and were released from Ector County Jail.
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Ector County
Brent
H. Bates
Westbrook
William S. Schenkel
Laurel
Linda F. Carlton
Cresent
Cynthia Prickett
North Lauderdale
Bates
Schenkel
Prickett
Miss Carlton
Justice of the Peace
J.A. Purifov
Odessa
North Jackson
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