Gas Prices Remain Stable: Despite the new...

Gas Prices Remain Stable: Despite the new federal gas tax, prices at the pump have remained virtually unchanged for three weeks, the Lundberg Survey reported. The average price of all grades of gasoline at full- and self-service stations was 146.06 cents a gallon Dec. 7, an increase of .08 cent from Nov. 16. The 5-cent-a-gallon federal tax increase was implemented Dec. 1. Average prices at self-service stations Dec. 7: regular unleaded, 135.28 cents; premium unleaded, 151.06 cents, and regular leaded, 132.89 cents. At full-service stations: regular unleaded, 157.50 cents; premium unleaded, 171.35 cents, and regular leaded, 153.24 cents.