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Middle East Oil Control

In the midle of the nineteen seventies or so the countries in the Midle East regained full control over their oil. The American oil companies were just about thrown out. That last action allowed the countries to regain complete control of oil production. Foreigners weren’t allowed to be making any money off their oil.

The Jefferson family was having a hard time getting by. The slow economy had torn their income In half. Mike just hoped there would be enough money to send him to college when he graduated from highs school. As it was Mike had to grin just thinking about graduation. That would allow him to start making some income on his own.

idle East Oil Price Jump

The price of gasoline got very high compared to the years before it. It wasn’t always available and gas customers had to wait in line at some gas stations.

In his senior year Mike had to drive a real old Dodge half ton pickup. It was all his parents could afford when he had got his drivers license. Mike was able to learn how to drive that old pickup. It didn’t matter to him that it didn’t have power steering. It’s just that in his senior year Mike got into a race on the way to high school. When they had reached some road construction Mike got run off the road. Swerving to avoid a large tractor had made his old Dodge roll up on its side. With some help Mike got is sitting back on four wheels. He was able to limp all the way up to campus.