(MONEY Magazine) – Wall Street's wobbly bull aside, the MONEY Magazine/ABC poll found Americans pulling in their horns. Some 65% feared that a '70s-style energy crisis, gas lines and all, is either very or somewhat likely to recur by the end of 1990. A full 31% said they would cut back their harder-to-deduct charitable contributions this year, and our consumer confidence index remained in the minus column.

CHART: CONSUMER COMFORT INDEX

+ September -6 August -7 Year ago -3

Index: on a scale of -100 to +100

The index is derived from the response of 1,000 randomly selected adults to three questions about public and personal finances in telephone polls taken over the five weeks through Sept. 6. CREDIT: MELANIE MARDER PARKS CAPTION: NO CAPTION DESCRIPTION: Color illustration: Pumpkin, squash and corn.