Marty, CITGO sign caretaker since 1965.Marty, CITGO sign caretaker since 1965.
The 1970s
Cities Service Moves Headquarters to Tulsa
1970 United States invades Cambodia.
1970 Lake Charles Refinery capacity increases to more than 260,000 barrels per day.
1970 Environmentalists hold first Earth Day.
1971 Gloria Steinem founds Ms. Magazine.
1972 Robert V. Sellers named Vice Chairman and Charles Waidelich named President and Chief Operating Officer of Cities Service.
1972 The Olympic Games become a terrorist target when the radical Palestinian group Black September attacks the Israeli quarters, killing 11 athletes.
1972 CITGO Quik Marts come into being, increasing sales volume from 30,000 gallons a month to more than 100,000 gallons per retail outlet.
1973 Arab Oil Embargo disrupts oil flow to U.S. and causes price spikes.
1973 Cities Service joins a joint venture to produce Syncrude from tar sands at Fort McMurray, Canada.
1974 In response to the OPEC oil embargo, Cities Service expands its super-deep drilling in the United States and expands its operations in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and the Alaskan North Slope.
1974 President Richard M. Nixon resigns.
1974 Cities Services moves all of its headquarters to Tulsa.
1975 The first personal computer, the Altair 8800, is introduced.
1975 Cities Services discovers oil in Wyoming.
1976 Federally operated United States military academies open their doors to women, earning the dubious distinction of being among the last institutions of higher learning in America to become coeducational.
1977 Apple Computer Company, established by Stephen G. Wozniak and Steven Jobs, introduces the Apple II, the first personal computer with color graphics.
1977 Bargaining unit employees walk out on a 77-day strike at the Lake Charles Refinery.
1978 Disco music was celebrated in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta in the starring role.
1978 Cities Service significantly expands its Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) operations and the develops Hackberry, LA Salt Dome for storage capacity of up to 11 million barrels.
1979 Worldwide vaccinations eliminate smallpox around the world.
1979 Cities Service subsidiary Columbian Carbon is reorganized as a standalone company.
1979 Iran hostage crisis.

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