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              Wednesday
September 5,1979
*\
CALIFORNIA    STATI    UNIVIISITY,    FRESNO
V   .   '
Students suffer from increase
Gas prices continue to soar
When OPEC met last J uh/ «id decided
to once igafn raise tht priest for their
oil, Fresno and tha ratt of tha country
want through tha soma ordaal of tha oil
embargo of 1973
Jutt as ki '73, few service stations had
gas to sail and thoae that did raquirtd a
long wait bofoio one ever reached the
pumps And all the while prices for the
gas kept going up
Oil shortage problems in tha US
began whan tha political lituatian in
Iran began ta deter writ late last year.
causing inSsriuptiom in the flow of
oil out of tha country and finally leading
to tha temporary dosing of tha oil fields
In December, OPEC alto began a
series of gradual price increases, with
the final increase commg in J ulv During
that period from December to July,
OPEC's price for thmr oil increased 61
After the July price increase by
OPEC, the situation in tha United States
had become critical. While meeting in
Tofcoyo, President Carter asked leaders
of Western nations to place a ceiling on
oil imparts for that/ countries
After that meeting, Carter returned to
the United States and spam a week and a
half at Camp David reviewing, among
other things,   America's  energy   pro-
Carter then presented in his energy
speech to tht notion those solutions he
devised at Camp David. Carter pledged
in his speech that the US would not
import anv more oil than in W8 He also
proposed a synthetic fuel program and
more extensive conservation to help
lessen out dependence on OPEC nations
for oil
Although the panic buying and long
lines of tarty summer have disappeared,
motorists still must readjust their life
style to cope with increased gas prices.
Thoae collage students who heve limited
money supppiies have been hit espec-
aity hard by the price«
Following is a table of gas prices taken
from service stations within about a
mile radius of the CSUF campus
ii

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Title	1979_09 The Daily Collegian September 1979
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1979
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
Format	Microfilm reels, 35 mm.
Technical Information	Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data"
Language	eng

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Title	September 5, 1979 Pg 1
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1979
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
Format	Microfilm reels, 35 mm.
Technical Information	Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data"
Language	eng
Full-Text-Search	Wednesday September 5,1979 *\ CALIFORNIA STATI UNIVIISITY, FRESNO V . ' Students suffer from increase Gas prices continue to soar When OPEC met last J uh/ «id decided to once igafn raise tht priest for their oil, Fresno and tha ratt of tha country want through tha soma ordaal of tha oil embargo of 1973 Jutt as ki '73, few service stations had gas to sail and thoae that did raquirtd a long wait bofoio one ever reached the pumps And all the while prices for the gas kept going up Oil shortage problems in tha US began whan tha political lituatian in Iran began ta deter writ late last year. causing inSsriuptiom in the flow of oil out of tha country and finally leading to tha temporary dosing of tha oil fields In December, OPEC alto began a series of gradual price increases, with the final increase commg in J ulv During that period from December to July, OPEC's price for thmr oil increased 61 After the July price increase by OPEC, the situation in tha United States had become critical. While meeting in Tofcoyo, President Carter asked leaders of Western nations to place a ceiling on oil imparts for that/ countries After that meeting, Carter returned to the United States and spam a week and a half at Camp David reviewing, among other things, America's energy pro- Carter then presented in his energy speech to tht notion those solutions he devised at Camp David. Carter pledged in his speech that the US would not import anv more oil than in W8 He also proposed a synthetic fuel program and more extensive conservation to help lessen out dependence on OPEC nations for oil Although the panic buying and long lines of tarty summer have disappeared, motorists still must readjust their life style to cope with increased gas prices. Thoae collage students who heve limited money supppiies have been hit espec- aity hard by the price« Following is a table of gas prices taken from service stations within about a mile radius of the CSUF campus ii

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