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Show Service stations seldom see cash in Russia Cash has gone out of style at gasoline stations in the Soviet So-viet Union. The American Petroleum Institute In-stitute publication "Oil Facts" reports that Russian motorists have to fill out a questionnaire, go to the government office to buy a coupon booklet, then go to a government-owned station to trade the coupons for gasoline. gaso-line. At the stations, which are hard to find even in large Russian Rus-sian cities, the motorist may have to wait in line for a long time. Then he has to guess how much his tank will hold, check his coupons and handle the hose himself. All the attendant does is to collect the coupons and set the pump dial. For oil, anti-freeze or repairs, the driver driv-er has to go elsewhere. By contrast, "Oil Facts" points out that United States motorists are free to choose among an estimated 214,500 privately owned stations, each competing to supply the best possible goods and services. Litter cleanup costs U. S. Taxpayers an estimated $500 million annually. Urban communities com-munities spend nearly $300 million mil-lion of that amount for street cleaning. Another $100 million goes for litter removal from highways. Additional millions are spent delittering parks, beaches, waterways, harbors and recreational areas. |