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Show t The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, Mav 2fl, 1073 Fuel Squeeze Hitting Home Specter of the Empty Tank Looms Across U.S. By Bob Monroe Associated Press Water Suddenly the gas shortage was as obvious as a mayfly splattered on a windshield Millions of Americans took to the road for Memorial Day with their car radios warning that they might have to shop around for fuel to get home While there was enough gas for most, many motorists encountered locked service stations and gas rationing For them the squeeze that oil companies and government officials had been talking about begun to hit home Effects Felt There is debate over whether the shortage is natural or contrived, but its effects have been felt or feared for weeks bv tr inkers. farmers, and m.inv oth-- rs whose livelihood depends directly or indirectly on motor fuel Though many car owners have paid a bit more at the gas pump recently, few appear to have imposed any restrictions on their personal driving so far An Associated Press survey found little indication of changes in driving habit., or plans for vacations Order Allocations But gas consumption has been increasing 7 percent a year, and traffic counts continue to go up A number of major oil companies have put distributors and dealers on allocations based on last years sales ... I tell him I never Donald doesnt fighl fair want to see him again, and he goes out and buys a new earl "Ton better make yourself known around here says one Utah independent gasoline dealer , "or you may not be able to buy gas. cade by buying surplus has from the major oil companies and selling it at discount paces from 2 to 10 cents below the standard. Our first obligation is to supply branded jobbers and dealin stations that fly the company's flag and who have been loyal to us for years. Robert Moore, vice president of Cities Service Oil Co , said recently ers who invest Independents maintain they have performed a public service by providing competition that kept prices down One federal official recently termed them a very helpful competitive spur. Urged to Share Under a federal voluntary allocation program annourced three weeks ago, the major od companies were urged to "share the shortage among their own stations and the independents. The government Somewhere down the road he mathematics will meet unvolunless supplies are increased or there are reductions in driving. tary or mandatory Some industry analysts predict the shortage will last into s the because it will take that long for refinery' capacto shortbe expanded. That would mean the first long-terity age the country has ever faced in peacetime. We are Both Open Till 9 P.M. Tuesday mid-l!)70- Red Chinese Envoy Arrives for Duties NEW YORK - (UP!) Am- bassador Huang Chen, veteran Chinese diplomat, flew to the I nited Mates Monday with his wile and a delegation to lake charge of Peking's new liaison office in Washington The Huang party flew to New Yoik aboard a Trans World An lines plane fiom l.ondon After spending the night in New York. Huang Hies to Washington Tuesday morning aboard an American u lines, plane, with arrival scheduled shortly before noon. The United States and China agreed earlier this year to liaison 'oftiees in each other's capitals, a move which while short of diplomatic opens up much recognition closer contacts between the two powers. Ambassador David K. E. Brucq opened the U S liaison office m Peking about 10 days ago. Huang, who is a Inember of the central committee of the Communist party of China, previously served as ambassador to France. , In advance of Huang's arrival, several members of the Chinese liaison staff set up temporary quarters in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, complete with communications to the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Peking The site ot the Chinese diplomatic office in Washington has not yet been determined. John Lichthlau. head of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, predicts. Although the gasoline shortage will not last torever. the changes brought on bv it will likely be permanent Economically and psychologically, the American consumer as well as the oil companies will become accustomed to husbanding energy rather than wasting it. said the program w'ould be made manda End-Q-Mon- Industry sources say the shortage is essentially the res.it of limited supplies of crude oil and limited refinery capautv Vte're running every barrel oi crude oil we can get in our i. E' Lee To u;v finery. said. Gulf Oil Corp President James it someknowledge nobody is holding back products and hiding where where would we hide it'' The oil shortage is just a b.g Others see it differently. farce." asserts Jake Tuteska. president of the New Jeisey Retailers Assn "It's a manmade shortage The ml com and they are using the excuse panics are after certain things deepof a shortage to get them They want drilling water ports and an Alaskan pipeline " Fuel contracts are being canceled all over the United States. says William Barmch. director of government aflan-fo- r the National Association of Motor Bus Ovvneis. Gas-ohn- e It's not just owners of buses and cars, that feel the specter of the empty tank. The fact remains that there isn't said Ed Kiley. vice president of enough fuel for everybody. the American Trucking Assn. SHOP FOR SUPER SPECIALS UNTIL Early FATHERS TUESDAY DAY SELECTIONS Drivers may want to consider the advice given by one Utah independent dealer to a new customer. You better make yourself known around here, or you The way things may not he able to buy gas. he counseled. are going, it looks like we'll only be able to take care of the old customers AT ALL ZCMI STORES dark glasses at a bright low price (The Independents and major stations alike in many areas have cut back on hours, closed Sundays and in some cases begun rationing. Over the weekend some stations m the Milwaukee customers to five galarea were limiting sales to lons per dnv er. Blue Boor said figures supplied by the Office Rep. Les Aspin, of Emergency Preparedness last Thursday show 882 stations of an estimated 220.000 in the country forced to close for lack of gasoline. Another 1.863 were threatened with shutdowns, OEP said. There are some indications that those figures are conservative. lathes Independents Mostly The industry lacks the capability of deciding how an allocation system should work, and making it work, when each f us is only a small part of a total competitive element." Spahr said. with Big Savings th & Consider Adv ice not work Charles Spahr hoari tory if voluntary controls do Co Ohio, Oil Standard , of urged that it do just that chairman LJ Most of the stations closing are independents, which have grown to capture 25 percent of the market over the past de !? CLOTHIER 210 South Main S.L.C. 1" list to $6 pr. Wide assortment of quality 'shades' with metal or plastic rims. High fashion for a tiny price in ZCMI all stores. Budget Store Accessories Hz ONI I SALT LAKE CO'TONWOOO S 8A VALlE OGDEN UN Vau T rend HUSKY BOYS CLOTHING HALTER... Srr.ar'Iy s'yied tr, iv-- THEFUNSHINE ! - fashion . . bu..4. tc ;:! 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