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that declare a local ment
gas

emergency.

Dom cortese, chairman of
the Santa Clara County Board
oI su[u.uiso.",..onri.,il#"thi"
mo"ning that fhe plan to conirot sat& of gasoliie according
to vehicle li6ense pr.t"" *itT

take effect at it01 a.m.

iliednesday.

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aeclaring
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state of
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7

order to avoid confusion for'
neoole who come in without
ftnoioing the rules," said Richard Miullin, chairman of the
state Energy Commission.
Other drivers in odd-even

counties will have to line uP
for fuel by license number- Vehicles with Plates ending in an
odd numbef or with Personalmay Prrrchase gasoized plates
-on odd
numbered daYs.
line
Cars with even numbered' or
new car paper Plates maY buY
on even numbered daYs- The
31st day of a month will be a
day open to everYone. Commircial and emergencY vehicles and those driven bY handicapped persons

will

be exemPt.

Customers musf buY at least
half a tank and no more than

20 gallons.

A violation is a misdemeanor, punishible by a maximum
gs00 fine and up to six months
in jail.
Violations should be rePorted

to the sheriff's office or citY

police department, GraY Davis,

it'"I

to becorne luw ut rnidn'ight,

the governor's chlef, oflitaff,
said at the Sacramento meeting-

Terry McGovern, rePresentins the California Service Sta-

ti;h

Dealers Association, asked
the governor to declare MaY 16

and-21 as free daYs for gasThese are the daYs immddiately preceeding and following the
fbrir-day shutdown of stations
planned by oPerators in Caliiornia and 35 other states who
want the federal government
to increase dealers' ProfitsMcGovern said dealers get
10.47 cints per gallon sold and
wdnt at least two cents a gallon more because federal regulations hav,e not'allowed them
an inciease since 1974.
Rusty Schweickert, an aide
to the governor, urged the association to call off the shutdown because "You will be
hurting peoPle who are not responsible for the Problem You
cite."
Recreational vehicle rePresentatives and sPokespersons
for recreation areas at the

meeting questioned whether
the plan would hurt them.

Don Gamel of the Central
Vallev Recreational Vehicle
Dealeis, noted there were $80
million in RV sales last Year
and that there should be some
special categorY in the Plan for
tf,e recreational vehicles.

Maultin told tourist industry
representatives the Plan,_will
bring some order and "will not
be a burden if travelers Plan
their trips well."
Transit operators around the
state report increased ridership.

Santa Clara CountY Transit
District Director James Graebner has reported a 44 Percent
increase in riders in APril compared with the same month a
year ago.

The Southern California

Rapid Transit District rePorted

10 percent more Passengers
boaided its buses in APril than
a year ago. Taxi service was
up 3O percent, a taxi cab association spokesman said.

San Diego Transit District
fisures weie not available, but
an'official said "it's aPParelt
we have an awful lot more riders."
Greyhound and Continental
Ttailways buses were carrylng
30 oerimt more riders into
and'out of San Francisco, with
bis increases in service to tourist"areas, including Lake Tahoe
and Reno, bus comPanY officials said.

The Alameda-Contra Costa
Transit District rePorted an increase of more than 500,000 riover the same
ders in APril
-19?8,
and the BaY
month in
Area Rapid Transit District'

coming olf the lengthY closure
of thelrans-baY tube, rePorted
ridership jumPdd from a diilY
ol r+a,ooo to a high of
"trerase
162,00"0 passengers last FridaY.
The San Francisco MuniciPal

Railway rePorted $500'-000
more at- the farebox in the last
two months and taxi drivers

said thev were experiencing a
l0 perce-nt increase in calls-