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Gas Prices -- Biggest Jump Since Gulf War, AAA Michigan States

4 August 1997

Gas Prices -- Biggest Jump Since Gulf War, AAA Michigan States

    DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 4 -- In outstate Michigan, the average
price for unleaded self-serve regular gasoline is $1.261 per gallon, up 7.1
cents from last week.  This week's price marks the biggest weekly increase
since the start of the Gulf War (August 1990) and reflects Michigan's 4-cent
gas tax increase which took effect last Friday (Aug. 1), AAA Michigan reports.
    The price varies between $1.149 and $1.389.  In Metro Detroit, gas prices
average $1.231 per gallon, up 4.2 cents from last week, varying between $1.159
and $1.319.
    A survey of outstate marinas shows unleaded gas at $1.638 per gallon, up
.5 cent from last week.  The price of unleaded gas varies between $1.339 and
$2.259.  Outstate diesel prices average $1.416 per gallon, down .1 cent from
last week, varying from $1.209 and $2.109.
    Unleaded marina prices average $1.611 per gallon in Metro Detroit, up .7
cent from last week.  The range is between $1.399 and $1.799.  Metro diesel
prices average $1.509, unchanged from last week.  Diesel prices vary between
$1.399 and $1.709.
     AAA Michigan's weekly "Fuel Gauge" report surveys 300 stations and 85
marinas.

SOURCE  AAA Michigan