Vernal Express | 1953-06-18 | Page 4 | Price of Gas Goes up at Vernal Stations Section

price of gas goes apat pat venial vernal stations all major utah oil companies have announced an is increase crease in gasoline asoline prices at wholesale level which means a rite of approximately a I 1 cent per gallon in retail sales at service stations in vernal n it is the first time since 1947 that wholesale gasoline prices have been raised with the exception of a cent per gallon federal tax and I 1 cont cent per gallon galion state tax I 1 y P in this same am e period pori I 1 od cost production labor transportation and supplies PlIes have been continually rou InU Ally rising r g company spoke spokesmen explain the on in rates has bat become necessary n to these other rises they said sold