CASSANDRAS of the energy crisis have long warned that some day gasoline rationing would allow only a few gallons per customer and that autos, buses, police cars and fire trucks across the nation would be stranded for lack of fuel. Suddenly, some day seems ominously close. Many parts of the country are, in fact, short of gasoline and diesel fuel. The scarcities threaten to persist, at least in some localities, throughout the peak summer driving season.
Texaco, the nation's largest marketer of gasoline, is already allocating its distributors only as much fuel as...
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