THE GULF WAR : Gas Prices
The average price nationwide for a gallon of SELF-SERVE UNLEADED GAS WAS $1.225, the American Automobile Assn. said this week. That was down 2.4 cents from the previous week. Still, a gallon of gas costs about 15 cents more than it did the day before the invasion of Kuwait. Oil and gas prices were driven skyward after the invasion, but crude oil prices suddenly sank after war began.
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