Gas Station Operators Pinched by Price Rollback Fight
Gas station operators across the country threaten a shutdown if courts fail to end gasoline price rollback. Executives warn Phase IV controls will force many dealers to close, with protests including sick-ins and coordinated actions in Utah and Missouri amid new federal price ceilings.
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Service Station Association
Robert Jacobs
Dliners and
Indiana
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Jacobs
Atlantic
Pacific
Wwe
Jaeoboo
St. Tannis
John M. Huemmmrich
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Boventi Jone
Charles R. Matties
West Hartford
Gasoline stations reopen after price regulation protests
California stations along I 5 from outside San Bernardino to Las Vegas mostly reopened after a Friday shutdown to protest price limits. A boycott aimed at Barstow Victorville and Blythe failed to gain full support, while the California Highway Patrol noted most pits were operating. Inland Empire dealers report supply cuts and price caps keep margins low, with profits decades lower than the 1950s.
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Barstow
Vicorville
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Club
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Spokane
Wash
Cliff Robinson
Inland Empire Gas Dealers
Misidentified Houston victims tied to mass slayings
Harris County authorities prepare to repatriate two misidentified bodies amid the Houston mass murders case. Georgia graves held David Hilligiest and Gregory Winkle, initially linked to Donald Waldrop and Jerry Waldrop, as dental and postmortem evidence disputes the IDs.
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von Alpharetta
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Jerry Lynn
Tmousten
Joseph A. Dachimeszyk
Harristee
Ieriday
Walrrop
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Waldrop
Harris County District Attorney's Office
David Hilligiest
Gregory Malley Winkle
Jachimczyk
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Atlanta
Everett Waldrop
Dachimczyk
Stall Land
Lake Livingston
Texas
High Island
Houston Heights
Treasury attacks FTC action over oil company dominance
The Treasury Department released a report disputing the FTC antitrust case against eight large oil firms. It argues the shortage of refined product stems from government policies, not anti competitive oil company conduct, and warns divestiture would reduce refinery capacity.
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Treasury
FTC
James T. Halverson
Commission
Bureau of Competition
William E. Simon
National Petroleum Refiners Association
Interior Department
Simon
Lewis A. Engman
Engman
Les Aspin
D-Wis
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