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Massachusetts residents have particular cause for concern, according to Cairns. "If you live around here, your probability of dying of cancer is about one-third higher than if you lived in a Rocky Mountain state," he said...
...tons of Iranian crude, even though the company's inventories are all but overflowing. Ashland executives had no firm idea of what to do with the shipment, though they hinted that they might try to resell it in the coming weeks at an even higher price than they paid for it. Says Chairman Orin Atkins, who tends to get so distracted by corporate affairs of state that he forgets to remove his black homburg while being zipped about in the company jet: "What is good for Ashland Oil is good for the country...
...Government has eased its controls lately so that dealers may now pass their increased costs for rent on to consumers. The DOE'S new "tilt" clause offers much the same opportunity to the oil companies. Enacted three weeks ago, the measure will allow oil companies to pass their higher gasoline refining costs on to the dealer, thus probably setting off a new round of rises for the nation's drivers...
...indictments, and the continuing investigations, center on violations of the Government's six-year-old, two-tier price structure for domestic crude. This sets a low rate (now an average $5.65 per bbl.) for "old" oil already in production and, as an incentive for more exploration, a higher price (now $12.53) for "new" finds. The fraud involves false certification and sale of the cheaper "old" oil as expensive "new," an easy matter of fixing papers to hide origins, since all the crude looks the same...
...have begun to climb. Government experts and gas company executives expect increases of 18% to 25% this year in Chicago, New York City, Memphis, Louisville and elsewhere. A similar rise is expected even in gas-rich Oklahoma over the next few months. The Department of Energy expects that the higher prices will cost U.S. consumers $1.7 billion to $2 billion...