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Battalion/Page 3
February 25, 1982
The price of gasoline has been steadily decreasing in the
past few weeks. These gas stations on University Drive
and Nagle Street are staying neck and neck in the gasoline
price war.
Local gas prices fall,
dealers blame surplus
by Johna Jo Maurer
Battalion Staff
Local gasoline prices have fal
len sharply in the last few weeks,
and at least one dealer predicts
prices could drop below $ 1 a gal
lon within two months.
Sam Labarera, manager of
Burley’s Gulf in Bryan, said if
current trends continue, the
price of gas could fall to 90 cents
a gallon. Prices have already
dropped three times in the last
two weeks, he said.
The most recent price reduc
tion was Tuesday, LaBarera
said, when regular leaded gas
went from $1.17 to $1.15. Un
leaded regular is now $1.20 — a
4-cent reduction — and un
leaded super went from $1.30 to
$1.25.
“Prices should go down again
before Friday”, he said.
LaBarera attributes the cur
rent reduction in gas prices to a
local gas surplus.
He said Gulf administrators
tell him what the current price is
and he calibrates his pumps
accordingly.
Sigmor Shamrock #997 in
College Station had its last gas
price reduction Saturday, Wiley
Hurst, a station employee, said.
Regular gas has fallen from
$1,219 to $1,159 in the last two
weeks, he said.
Hurst said the market is glut
ted with gas now and so prices
have been reduced to move sur
plus supplies.
Rudy Prigge, manager of
Rudy’s Exxon in College Sta
tion, said his prices have gone
down 4 cents a gallon this week.
“What you offer the public,
and the work force needed to
service the public, is what gov
erns the price of gas at the
pump,” Prigge said.
Gasoline suppliers determine
pricing since the government
has no control over dealers, he
said.
Full service stations charge
higher prices for gas because of
the range of services offered.
More manpower is required to
accommodate customers’ needs
and so prices increase, Prigge
said.
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OCA encourages registration
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by David Calvert
Battalion Staff
Tht Off-Campus Aggies en-
week-long voter registra-
jnldrive with a party at the
Wai|is Center Wednesday
IKhe drive, which was sup-
by Student Government
id the Residence Hall Associa-
|)n, was aimed at increasing vo-
i^ttwareness among Texas
&M students.
To attend the party, people
rove they were 19 and had
registered to vote in Brazos
ty. Members of OCA were
nt to help anyone wishing
Jegister to vote in Brazos
i|nty.
aul Bettencourt, president
CA.said 1,000 students had
:en registered to vote during
lefcrevious week. He said the
rive was supported by student
aders throughout the campus.
“We’ve had support from the
lorps of Cadets, from RHA and
om Student Government,”
ttencourt said.
icourt said the party
so was sponsored by A&M gra-
luatcs in Brazos County.
“Aggie businessmen want to
see students get more involved
in Brazos County government,”
Bettencourt said. “In the past,
the students have not been
known for turning out to vote.”
Bettencourt said there are
two factions at work in College
Station that have different ideas
about how the city should de
velop.
“The First group would like to
see university students get more
involved in the community,”
Bettencourt said. “They are all
for the growth of College Sta-
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