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...General Motors canceled layoffs of 27,000 workers that had been scheduled to begin this week, in the hope that greater availability of gasoline would halt the deep slump in car sales. Gulf Oil slashed prices of jet fuel, kerosene and heating oils between 1.5? and 5? per gal., while Texaco announced a penny-per-gal. cut on gasoline-welcome signs of a break in the seemingly endless inflationary escalation of oil prices...
...freezing, cold factories and homes, closed schools, massive unemployment, brownouts and all the rest." He gained more supporters three weeks ago, when gasoline dealers threatened a massive shutdown to underscore their demands for an immediate gasoline-price increase. Simon resolved the dispute by offering the dealers a 2?-per-gal. hike. Although that offer means higher prices for motorists, it was an assurance that gas would continue to flow. Dealer-Leader Victor Rasheed was so impressed that he is now touting Simon as a candidate for President...
...nationally televised news conference last week, the President contended that the rollback would deepen gasoline shortages, presumably by discouraging oil companies from stepping up exploration and production. Supporters of the provision say that it would knock gas prices down as much as 4? per gal. and still give oilmen more than enough incentive to boost output-since the rolled-back price would still be higher than any prevailing before late last year...
...present, the handicapped would fare no better if the Federal Energy Office orders nationwide gas rationing under its current standby rationing plan. All drivers living in the New York area, for example, would get 33 to 40 gal. per month, though the Paralyzed Veterans of America Inc. figures that on the average, the handicapped need 100 gal. Disabled drivers require more gas because they are dependent on their cars for traveling even the shortest distances. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, however, are working with...
...bubbles small and separated, thus providing a maximum surface area on which the cleansing reactions can take place. Sonozone will soon be put to a larger test. A full-scale plant is about to start up in the Indiantown, Fla., area, where 5,000 people produce some 600,000 gal. of sewage...