Today in History revisits the Thursday, Nov. 8, 1956, edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story of gasoline prices dropping due to a price war in Greater Grand Forks...to .223 cents a gallon for regular gasoline.
City Gasoline Prices Down
Gasoline prices at most Greater Grand Forks service stations Thursday dropped from 4 to 8 cents per gallon as the result of a “price war.”
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An East Grand Forks station quoted regular gasoline prices at .223 cents a gallon.
Grand Forks stations were also selling regular at four and six cents per gallon less than the normal level. Similar decreases were reported in premium gas prices.
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