Marty, CITGO sign caretaker since 1965.Marty, CITGO sign caretaker since 1965.
The 1950s
Join Venture Discovers Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his hearings as Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Un-American Activities.
1951 A crude topping unit at Lake Charles Refinery has a record run of 875 consecutive days and "B" Cat establishes a record 1,058-day run.
1951 The Universal Automatic Computer, or Univac-the first computer designed for commercial purposes-is completed.
1952 Yankees defeat the Dodgers in the "Subway" World Series.
1952 Cities Service begins exploration in the Middle East in Muscat and Oman.
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stephenson in the presidential election.
1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
1953 Cities Service joint venture discovers oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
1954 In a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that racially segregated schools are unconstitutional.
1954 Cities Service acquires exclusive rights to operate service stations on the New Jersey Turnpike.
1955 Disneyland opens in California.
1956 Rock and roll comes of age with Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock."
1957 The computer language "FORTRAN" developed.
1957 Cities Service begins aggressive credit card marketing and makes first delivery of jet fuel to the U.S. Air Force.
1958 Louisiana State University wins the National Football Championship.
1958 Cities Service begins building "super" service stations-each averaging about 800,000 gallons of gasoline a year.
1959 The Soviet Union launches Luna 2, the first space probe to reach the moon.
1959 Cities Service subsidiary Arkansas Fuel operates 1,159 oil wells and in Louisiana drills its deepest well-15,120 feet.
1959 J. Ed Warren named President of Cities Service.

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