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Gas drive-offs rise with high fuel prices across U S
Bill Douglass, operator of nine Sherman convenience stores, reports monthly drive-offs averaging 500 to 1,000 dollars per store as gas prices climb. Nationally, self serve regular averages 1.68 a gallon this summer, sparking lawsuits and tougher penalties in Kansas Georgia and several other states. Drive-off thefts hit interstates and big cities hardest, with young men most often the offenders.
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Bill Douglass
Sherman
Douglass
Midwest
Jeff Lenard
National Association of Convenience Stores
Alexandria
OPEC
Lenard
Texas
Richard Oneslager
Denver
Colo