Fuel lines and long waits drain patience at gas stations
MARLENE DIGIACONO reports Mrs Cardella, a Media Courthouse employee, rising before dawn to chase fuel amid lines and shortages. She recalls starting at 4:30 a.m. and facing closed pumps, delayed openings, and empty tanks across Marshall Road, Baltimore Pike, Lansdowne Avenue, and the Mesa Theatre area as gas stations failed to open on time.
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Marlene Digiacono
Daily Times
Cardella
Media
Labor leaders call for protests against oil firms
Delaware County AFL-CIO Council president Charles Ferguson urged major unions to back mass demonstrations outside oil company headquarters to protest rising gasoline prices. A resolution from the council seeks a national work holiday urged at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention to pressure officials and executives. Ferguson says workers may stay home for several days to ensure the message is heard.
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Harry Maitland
Daily Times
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Charles Gerguson
Delaware County Council
Ee Ferguson Sai
Ferguson
Delaware County
Afl-Cio Council
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
Phila
State
Organized Labor
Sei
Calls Grow for Nationalizing Oil Industry
Ferguson urged national action to seize fuel from private oil firms and criticized President Carter and Energy Secretary Schlesinger for siding with the industry. He complained of long gasoline lines and demanded the President address the crisis from the Oval Office.
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Carter
Schlesinger
Ferguson
Washington
Japan
Oval Office
Gasoline Reserve Expanded for Key County Services
Media Courthouse Delaware County reports an extra 1100 gallons of gasoline to sustain core operations. Councilman Dennis J. Rochford notes funds support law enforcement senior services and transportation for Fair Acres Geriatric Center staff and the local food facility. Officials specify usage priorities include sheriff operations and the Major Crimes Force.
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Delaware County
Dennis J. Rochford
Fair Acres
Gasoline crisis chain letter targets Shell boycott
Delaware County residents confront a circulating chain letter urging a Shell boycott to combat high fuel prices. Oil executives call the letter false, noting OPEC-driven prices and Shell's long history in the U S and Royal Dutch Shell group. Local gas stations report tight allocations and skepticism about chain-letter impact.
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Delaware County
Wic. F. Lawler
OPEC
Fritsch
Harry Knobel
BP Oil Co
Shell
Sawer
London
Paris
Spain
Germany
Israel
Worst Wednesday in memory hits Ridley gas lines
Ridley Township residents and gas station owners report chaotic scene as long lines formed at stations including Sunoco at 1601 MacDade Blvd. and Pietrobono's. Owners say the day was the worst since 1973 with delays up to an hour and panic among customers.
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Ridley Township
John J
Sunoco
MacDade Blvd
Pietrobono
Lethas Chester
Cindy
Salisbury
Gas line woes and diesel protest mark tense Bucks County day
Daily Times readers share 10 vivid tales of waiting for gas during the Pennsylvania crunch as motorists report delays from 45 minutes to hours. In Levittown, independent truckers stage a six hour protest, moving slowly with swastikas on trucks and a 5 mph march along Routes 13 1 and 413.
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Paul Scicchitano
Daily Times
Santana
The
Louis
Fortunato
Atlanta
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Pontege
Blythe
Primos Gas
Philadelphia
Levittown
UPI
Bucks County
Falls Township
Bristol Stete
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Clifton Heights
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