Letters: May 5, 1986

Oil Spree

To the Editors: The fall in oil prices [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, April 14] is of great interest to those of us in the Northeast. Remember the bumper stickers saying LET THE BASTARDS FREEZE IN THE DARK? While I sympathize with the unemployed in Texas, I find it difficult to feel sorry for the rich oil barons. Peter J. Scarafile Fairport, N. Y.

Revenge is sweet. I remember OPEC ministers and U.S. oilmen admonishing American consumers for our unrestrained consumption of oil. I remember, too, those avaricious souls telling the world that high oil prices were nothing more than the...

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