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Show 'TJ THE SALT LAKE TIMES Ik 19 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1976 Page Three 9 Steak was W a lb, Ground Beef ms M a Ih Celery cost 5 a SiirMim t SiK shoes were T5 Ladys Mens White Shirts wane $2 A 956 Mid was $L99 Drive -- in dontte-featnre movie was 7. Bacon was W a Ih Gasoline was 29.9 a and natural gas cost D.2 per thousand cmhic feet Today, 20 years later, the cost of everything we need every day has gone up, including our rates for natural gas service. the cost tor a thousand cubic feet of gas was 50.2$. Today, that same amount costs you $1.13. Still, the rates you pay here remain among the very lowest in the nation, and are far lower than you'd pay for any other source of energy. Even in the face of these escalating prices, natural gas remains the most economical and efficient fuel for heating your home, your water, for drying clothes and cooking your meals. Twenty-years-ag- o, We're doing everything we can to keep our rates as low as possible. Please do everything you can to conserve this precious natural resource in your every use (and reduce you gas bill, at the same time). as advertised in Salt Lake newspapers, November, 1956. Association of America, Washington. D.C., weighted Petroleum Independent nation-wid- e price for regular gasoline. average feet of gas annually, Our typical residential customer uses 180,000-cubi- c and pays $233.32 for this service. To do a comparable job with another fuel you'd pay: $646.70 for propane. $ 445.42 for heating oil. $248.93 for coal. Commodity prices $596.91 for electricity. M, MOUNTAIN FUEL |