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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...hotels and resorts are battling the effects of the gas shortage, so too are Americans who like their weekends. "I paid a lot of money just a few years ago for my place in Somerset County," says Richard Pendel, a Pittsburgh steelworker, "and I'll be damned if I'll let those oil companies destroy my investment." Pendel's dangerous solution: to stash extra gasoline in the trunk of his car. Hardware and auto supply stores across the country report a run on gas cans, and in Texas drivers are installing special surplus tanks in their pickup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All Gassed Up | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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