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Article: Texas gas prices down from record highs
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- June 14, 2001
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Roxanne Garza
University Wire
06-14-2001
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Gas prices around Texas are down slightly from record levels, just in time for the peak summer driving season, the American Automobile Association announced Wednesday.
The average price for regular gasoline in Texas is $1.52, down about nine cents from last month's record high of $1.61 and 14 cents lower than the national average of $1.66. Currently, gasoline in Texas is on average only a penny more per gallon than it was last June, AAA officials said.
"The lowering of gas prices will help so many people this summer," Rose Rougeau, a spokeswoman for AAA Texas, said. "During the summer, gas prices are usually ...