II

II

FOR If LINE"AT BADANAH

(ConI. 10 P,'~l' 1~)

.. It gi\'es m' ~rl'at plea'lIl'etl) he able to p;lrti"ipate heretod'IY in lh l'erelllonies mark­ing the opl'nin~ ot Taphne',lbdanah ho,pital.

Prior to th' ('ert'ITlOni,11 cul­tin~ of t l p greln l' hhon hyH. E. Ill' \mir. h ,- embl ol.!;, ,IP oJ GO\l'rn r.lle ~ne-t-,

\i-itll.!; membll'- (f thp Tap­I ne orgalllzati 'II. illl'llIdlll.!;\\'. H. Chandlpr ,1I1l1 I r. FrankZ II;I ski. ,llld Ihe 11O,p,t,1I -tallheard a dedll'atol~ addre,dehvered hy Tapline PresidentC. -\ . .'"igarl. rtll' Ie t of hisaddress lollows :

that prey ionsly had to he 'l'ntto Beirnl or Dhahran. thusbringing la, tel' n'lief tn theJulient, and ('\Itti'l~ the ('o-t-.tll-l'omlorl- anol dl'l,I~ - of lon~

trip- 10 olll-j Il' m dieal cpnter-.

H. E. AmiI' Muhammad a/-Sudairi, Governor of the Pipe L,ne Area,culs a green ribbon stretched across the doorwoy of the new Taplinehospital at Badanah during the ceremonial opening of the newmedical center, while Tapline PreSIdent C A Swigart watches

proudly,

Earh pump .. tation \\ ,II(. llltinul' to opera Ie In' pres 'ntl'merlTen('\' hll'dilies 10 can' lor... .Illinor injuries and illnpes andto gi\'e preliminary treatmentto morp ~erio\ls cases heforethe~' are rpmoH'd to till' Ill'WBadanah bospilal. The nl'\\"cenler. \\ ith its largl'r slall' andmodpl'Il l'!Juipllll'nl. will handlea grpat m.ln~ type, 01' ",I"es

.\ new 2:>-I)('d TaplinI' ho,­pital al Badanah \\as ofllC'iall~'

op('ned on .' .. pl('mh('r Hllh\\h('n II E .\·nir \IuhammadaI-:"udairi ('ut a ~rel'n ribhona 'r'ISS till' main ('Iilli,' dOIIl'\\ a~.Thl' :3)fJ.OO) hI -i,it.1I i'qnipped \\ Ilh l'Iini(·-. \ankoperali'l~ till' ,11'1"'. pll'dron·(·and .--1',1) ,lpp~r 11t;- ,,: d 11th, I'

1110 INn l'qllipnll'nl 1'1 al,lin~ ItI' off I' I' I'npr 'he I ,i 'I' II' ,; t­III 'nt an I h hpil lliza:ion lormo,t 01 the Illedil'al ('asp- 11l'11O('I'ur alon~ .. th .. lin' ..

NEW HOSPITALINAUGURATED

REFUGEESJORDAN

(ConI. (lI1 P,lgl' t t)

TENNIS TEAM RANKSTHIRD IN TOURNEY

\\'hen linal sl'on's \\ ert' ta­huhll'd .11 thp tonrth annualtennis tOllm.lIlll'nl of Pt'r,iantinlt oil 1'0 npanil's Iwld at Tri­POli, Leh.IIHln. ::-;l'ptl'mh 'I' :~

,11111 -to third plan' honoh wl'nt10 raplilll's te:lln. For the -l'­l'O1ll1 l'Olbl'I'Utl\ l' Yl'ar..\ram­('o's pla~ l'rs madl' 011 with theSaha lIaha('h~ trophy as \\in­ners 01 the lfl:i-l ml'pl. \\hilelournanwnl host,. I. P.C., plal't'dSl'I'ond.Otlll'r tournamenl par­til'ipanls inl'illdl'd team~ re­pre,entlllg Basrah Oil Co Ill­pan~'. Knwail Oil Companyand Qatar Pl'lroleum Company.

Spel'!a('nlar playing is cre­ditl'd to .Joe .Jahhollr. team ('ap­lain, who won till' men's singll'sfrom IP("s 111':11'1 lIaddad ,Jell'

made an oUlstanding rp('o\·ery

THA ~-.\HABIAN PIPE LINE COMPA~Y, BEIRUT, LEB.\.·O.·

VILLAGE FORDEDICATED IN

(CIlIlI. un Pag,' .-,)

The ol'easioll was obsl'I'\'l'd\\ ith speeches b~' C. A. Swi­gal'l, Calion En'ry, a spokl's­mall for lhe pre~s l'Ol'pS andlhe son of lhe Mllkhtar of till'village, 'peakillg lin hehalf of

Vol. 2 No, (j

The Mukhtar of AI Manara and Tapline President C. A SWIgartexchange a Friendly handshake at the dedication ceremon'es held inthe new village near Bethany on August 20th,

Presl'nt with ·l'.lpbIH'·S !'I'l'si­dt'nl 1'01' the 1'l'I'l'mOllil'S andIlInl'heon at Ihe 1Il'\\ Iy-bllilt\illage of \1 :\lan'II,I, IH'al'Hl'lll.lny. \\l'I'l' \\'. \, Edd~. \\.\. C'lmphell. II. II. :\tl'tz. II. ~.

!lodge and.' dih \1- \ ',Ill tromtill' Heirllt olli('l's, alld :I"id,lI'Iky ::-;lllIkri and Loui, .Ii,son

ll'llm\mman. TIH'~ \\ l'I'(' Jllinl'dal the \illagl' hy rl'pl'l'-l'nla­li\e' of th' ,Jlll'danian pn''',and h~ :\lahmud Ahu Hish,l\Ii('hael Wh'l'll'l' Booth andCanon En'l'y. dl'puly 1'111' lh'Bishop in ,Jel'llsalem. \\ ho a 1'<'

nH'lllbers of Ihe l'ommitleelhat ('on('l'i\,ed the i lea ofthe village and ~lIpl'l'\ised its('on slme t ion.

On .\lI~lIsl :!llh 'I gl'ollp 01 'I aplill repl'l"t'nlatin's headt'd hy(' .\. S\\igdl'l j(lIlrlll'~ l' I to a br'lnd'Ill'\\ \'illage on a hilliop ill.Ionlan to makl' lormal presl'ntalion 01' the \ illagl' and its I'at'i­Iities. IHIlIt l'ntirl'ly al Taplill(" l"pense. to forly lamilil's 01P'IIl'slinian rl'l'ugl'l'S whosl' honH' it has no" h'l'ollH'.

,I lIdgl' 10 tll'rk: .. Put

singl(· ....Iudge : "What IS your

nHJlll), sir 'r'OI'Il11('IIH11l : "My nallll' i

adilll.",Jlldgl' : "Single or mar­

ried '1 "(Jelltll'IlHIn : "Ah. ",Iudg(' to ('1'l'k : •• Write

marri('(1. "

Ill. There is no future in anyjob. Thl' fnture lies in theman who hold the job.­

Dr. G('orge W. Crane.

Fal 'h Hin .\hdullah, i\lohamed HinOlhman, \hm'd Bahu'he and,\I;ram .\hmad.

~loltanll'd Bin .Ia -1'111. Sharida Bin.'ahl and I'a sl'n Bin ~loham ,(I.

Hamadan Bin Taha, .\ lI11di Bini\lohanwd and You -et' .\hul lIu I

RAFIIA

Yonsuf .\hdul Maj d

Mohammed Bin .\hdulla lIaJiqi,S'oud Bin !\1ohamm d. SulaimanB, A .\ziz. lIamad B. lIu,sain,Ahdulla B. Faraj and .la,·oul! B.1\lutail 'k.

B,\I).\ 'All

Year (Silver)

T'IUIF

i\lohanllllrd Bill Sullan, ,\Ii HiSuleiman, S 'oud Bill . ul'ima •Khalil Bin .\nllllan, Ha, h 'd HinBrahim, Khal('d B Ahdulkarin.'alman Bin Sa'ad, ,'ouaih HI J

!\1ohalllnll'd and Ahdallah Bin Sag' •

lIamad Bin .\Ii and M. M..\ntar,

~lohamm 'd Bin llilal, ,'a's('r BilAhdlliraillnan and ,\hdulla .'agir.

Ahdul Karim Bin ~lohamllll

(lulanl, ,I. II. ShaylH, E..1. '('akl •

•'aZlh Sheikn, Y. A. ~lazhond~. t.~1. • ',Ijm, 1\1. ,Iiha and \'. K.

Ba rsa ml an.

1 Y'ar (. ih'pr) - .\hdul ~luh, (n Bill. 10hammed andA. \\'. Ilitar.

~ Y Hr~ (. ilver)

2 Years (Gold)

2 Y aI" ( ilver)

:~ Year's «;old)

~) Y ars (...·il\'er)

I Year (-'iher)

3 Years (. ilver)

2 Year (Silver)

a Years (Sih'er)

2 Years (Silver)

I. "With \\ hom were youtalking al the d(J(lr formore than half an hour'?""Wilh our nl'ighhol',Alil'c.""Why didn't you asl< h'rto ('om in'?""She was in a hurry."

II. .Judg : "May I know whalyour name is'?"Lady: "My nam' IS

adya.".Judge : ". ingle or mar­ried '?"Lady: 'All!! "

ANSWERS TO TEST YOUR ARABIC

ne year drh'er pins (sih'er) ha\'(' also hl'('n a\\arded to H., I.Bustani and A. A. I1us.. eini (If Ill'ra'a (.'~ ria) and 10 ~lohanlt'd

Ahmad and 1\1. O. Takrouri at Qariatain (ti.\).

DRIVER PINS AWARDED QUALIFIED PERSONNEL(ConI. f,om P"IoW L)

drive in ('onjunl'lion with oUH'r assigned dutil'S.

During (he months of ,Junl' and .Jul~, qllalifying Iltllllpstation personnel reeei\l'd safl' dri\er pin as follow

QAI MAliFahd B. ~lullaq

,Jamal Shakhtour and Tahnon Ibn~lohamed.

lIamad :all'll, (Jeorge lIel<H1.Khalifa lIamdan, lIasih Baasiri, AliBin Khaif, Ali Bin Sa'id andMohamed Ihn Ahdullah,

ar eord­\'isit the

Tapline mployeeially in\'ited toCompany" exhibit.

Personnel ReportPROUD FATHERS

Deign of Tapline' exhibiti the work of Graham Associa­te Corporation in collaboralion\\ ith Homer II. ~letz of Public

Relation.

BeirutIbrahim •. lIaddad (E&C)

a daughter, LamyaHas an .J. Taha (I h·y. Tran p.)

a son, aji

SidonAfif N. lIanna (E&C)

a daughter, AmalAlfred A. Hourani (Operation)

a on, Bernardim'lan E. Katra (Marine)

a daughter, LylaMostafa M. Khahbaz ( i\larine )

a on, ~luhieddine

As aad A. Tfayly (Operations)a daughtl'r, ' amiha

George Y. Wakim (Operationa son, Khalil.

Station G-AMohamed O. Takrouri (Eng. &

Mtce.) a son, Omar.

WEDDINGSBeirut

Michel A. Makdissi (Op rations)to Mi 'Aliee S. Wehbeh.

Dr. Nizar Y. EI-TlIl'k (M di('al)10 1i lIuda Fakhoury.

Sidon,Joseph S. ari (M[('e.)

to Mi' Nadia Khalil.

PIPELI E PEHISCOPE

and \\ ith an operating 30WIOI gale \'al\'e on Oil( end\\ill be on display. On end ofthe pipe and the gate \'al\e areeO\'ered with lransparent pIa 'tieto permit ohsl'l'\ .Ition by thepubli('. Another feature will bea typieal eontrol hoard panel,loaned hy \\'e~linghouse

Electrie International, illu tra­ting pipeline operatious. There\\ill also be a model of a crudetorage lank \\ith floating roof.

ixty thousand copie of aspecial brochlll'e entitled"Tapline and the Tran porlalionof Oil" have been prepared fordi lribulion to the public.Printed mo Uy in Arabic \\itha limited number available inEngli -h, thi booklet and"Tel-A- tory" picture slides willco\'er all fealures of Tapline'exhibit. ,\ttendant will be onduty at th exhibit every dayto alb\\ 1'1' question' and ai t

\'iilor .

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

COMPANY EXHIBITERECTED AT FAIR

(ConI. from pagc L)

promote eeonomic relationbetween yria and other Arabcountrie and between yriaand foreign countrie . Al 0, itwill be an oppol·tunity for

yrian and Arab market toob en'e lalesl development inforeign indu trial productionand to develop and expandover'ea market for theprod uets of ,l'ria and otherArab countrie .

The Company' exhibit willhave three main theme: (1)Tapline: What is i: what it doe;(2) How Tapline en'es the~liddle East; (~) Tapline and theFuture. Photo murals, maps andgraph will show the relation ofTapline, a' a tran portationunit, to the Aramco enterprise;will poinl oul difficultie inpip line ('omp tilion wilh fasterand larger la nk hi p ; and willilluslratc con tri bulions, bothdir ct and indil'ecl, thatTaplinemakes to progress in lhe transilcounlries, Two walls of thebuilding are given over todi. pla;.- windows ('()I11ainingeolor transpareneie of Compa­ny installation' and activities.

twenty-fi\' foot ectionof aO-:~l' pipe, eomplete wilhring girder" howing a wcld

(r.onl. from page 2.)

"Getting Ameriean to speakonly Arabic during cia periodsi a major problem," he tated.One group's re i tance to thiidea ha broken and anothercia will oon tart the amI'procedure. Hi' future hopes arethat all <'las es will be conduct­ed in thi' manner, and withJoe', ealm, choolma tel'per'istenee it's bound to

happen.

(ConI. from page I.)

~ingll's and douhles. ladies,~ingle, and douhles. and mixeddouhles. Finals \\ ill he playedon .'eptemher 4, and thate\enin~ a banquet will be gi\'enat which tournament prize' willbe a\\ard d the \'ictors of the

meet.IPC ha graciously extended

the u e of its faeilities at thesoeial. beaeh, golf and yachtclub to members of visiting

tea m .

TAPLINE TENNIS TEAM TOPARTICIPATE IN TOURNEY

c•

II

\ I

\ I

•

"I

I

RETIRES

.\ gladu,tlt' 01 Cllopt'r l'lIillnInstitlllt' 01 Tt,('ltnolog~. \\'·dthas al .. o dOll(' gl'adualt' \\lIl'k al( ollllllhiol l ni\,'r,it~, With tht'Field Artillel'Y in till' nr l\\'OIld War. ht' wOI\,l'd in a\ aridy 01 11\ l'I'Sl'as I()('atiollsdlll'illl.( World \\'ar 11 Oil inslal­lalion or pl'tl'oll'UIII 11wililil's.sll('h as pi('r,. laul,agl' alldpipl'lill('. 1'01' thl' allll('d rOn'( s.

Ollt' or his mosl illlnl'siingt' pt'IWIWt'S. \\'all rrlall's, hap­1II'IH'd ill 1!1~,; "ll('n II(' lIIad('a ~fi,O()O lIIil(' trip. ('o\('l'iul-(all 01 W('st AI'ri('a I'ronl Casa­blalll'a south lo I>oualla alldea, l to Kallo. lo ('\atllal( ,S.ArlllY trnn;nals. pip('lines andlIIarill(' installaliolls in the Bri­tish ('oloni(',' Oil tl1l' salllC tripIJ(' inH',lil-(aled It)('alion .. fornl'\I oil iwlallalions in till'f· rl'llI'h ll'rriloril's, TIlt'sr newin .. lallalions haw ,i'H'e b('enbuill or an' now undrr ('ons­lrlll'lion,

Bidding farewell to lheirlIIany fri('lllls in Beirul, Walland his Iwlilc wife. Sarah, sail­ed ahoard lhe S.s. Exc)('horda.'cplernber l:i for Nt'w York, f10­w('\,('r, Walt has no intentionwhatsoe\'cr of joining th «roc'­king ('hair ('hIll" dowlI in Virg­inia and fully expe('ls to('ontillue hi' engilleering ('areerelsewhere,

ENGINEERSAFETY

Thongh hi ' ['/'I'i,'t' 1'('('OIdwith TaplilH" lh,' Parenl ('0111­

pani('s and alliliat('d organiza­tions rl'ad. 22 yl'ars and IlIIon­lh... \\'all('r Koehl('r. n'lil'ing,'afl'ty Engill('el" ha' hl'l'n a'­sOl'iatl'd with till' oil induslrysin('e IHIH .\nd, whil(' pur uingthis ('ar prIll' ha ('on'r'd a,'on id('rahh' portion or till'globe \lith a"ignlll('nts ill till'Wesl IlIdi('s. C(,lItl'al ,\IIH'd('a.Brazil, \'elll'zllt'la, ('ololllbia.\\'est ,\fri('a and thl' :\Iiddlt'East.

Tapline's retiring Safety Engineer, Welter H Koehler, (stcnding)we s guest of honor at a Company luncheon in the Hotel Bristol'sprivate dining room September 3 President Swigert (seated at endof table) took the occGsion to review Mr Koehler's commendablerecord of over 22 years' service, and in porticular to congratulatehim on the successful Safety progrem he has carried out during thepost three yeers. (Photo Sayak)

In • 'OVOlnl)('I. I!HB WaltIransl'('rr'd 10 Taplilll' and wasa-. ignNI lo the We. ll'm Ili\ i­sion a. a (·on. trlll'lion ('ngi 111'('1',

\\'hil(' working in thi .. eap1l('ilyhI' sup 'lvi. I'd till' ('on, tnl('lionof Turail.1l('ling a, ('o·ordinalOJ'ht'twe('n lhl' ('ompan~ and lht,('0 nl nl(' lor.

\\'hen '(aplinl' pa.. , ed fromit ,'onslnll'lion to op('rationslagI'. he \\"a put in ('hargl' orthe Company',.; ne\\" Safelyprogram, DI/ring his It'nl/fl' asSafely r:ngillt'er, Tapline' 1l('­(·ident frt'ljll/'n('y rate ha beenrcdl/l'ed from ~i,2!' to !fj,(lIi, tht'nl/mbt'r of yearly a(·('itlenl.from 147 to In. frequell(,~' offire per year from !I to :3. andthe frequerH'y of vchi('le 1u·(·i­dent from H:3 to :H per year.

,0

76

101

805

PI PELl, E PEHISCOPE

Thi,.; i'J('fl'a 'e in tanker ~pa('e

ha,.; sent rates plunginl{ dO\ln­

\\afll :,ilH'e \\ork on Tapline

hega n,

,'0\\ appro,H'hing its fourth

year 01 operations. Taplinc's

imporlalH'e in the \\ orld oil

pidul'c has slipped ('onsid­

erahl~, Oil loadl'd in the Sidon

terminal has 110\\ n roughl~' a

to per ("ent dl'0p this ypal',

.\('('()J dinl{ to Tapline ofl'i<'ials.

an a\l'ral{e ot only 2S2.!Jn2

harrels daily han' h('t'n hned

from the Sidon terminal silH'l'

,January lst. as ('om pared to a

312.H24 daily 1I\'erag(' in 1!l3:3,

There is onr big reason for

thb drop-tanker ('ol1lpetition,

A\'ailable tankN spa('c is inn a­

sing ·tl'adily, hoth in number

and the size ot tankers, Tanker,

are being built at SUi'll a rat a

surplUS of -IBO is xpeeled by

lfl:)fj, TI1(' sizl's of taakers have

ilH'reased from an 'I\'rral.(l' of

I :3.:>00 tons in 11141> to an t'S­

li lila led 21,'iOO a \'erage or tho~e

now beinl{ built. The largesl

lankers afloat have more lhan

-!3,000 tons ('apal'it~,

(Ed, Ilolr':: This /lrlic/l' t/ltiS

wrillell t'/lrlit'r ill IIII' !INtI'. fiJI'

('/Irrelll ofJPrttlillfj fifjure reJi'r

10 Ptlfle :! oj I hi.~ i,~s/le.j

I\m ""rBl \I. \CUD!'.\!'..,

IV •

.,.

soo ~ 1111! ..

Middle East Oil TankerRate-Cut Costs Pipelines

\ hig drop in tanker rail"

Ilt\s ('au ed pipelilH's to 10 ('

tht'lr popularity as a mean .. of

transporling :\Iiddle Eastl'rn oil.

TIll' stor~ of thc :\Iiddle

E.lstern pipl'lilH' ("ompeting

lIIost diredly with tankl'r,;, 111('

AIIIpri("an-.)\\'netl Tra ns-.\ ra h­

ian Pipl' Linl', e:l.plain, \I hy oil

lIIen will think t\lil'e in the

tutlll'e bcl'or' inn?i>ting millions

of dollars in layinl{ pipl' a('ross

.\rahian desert sandi>,

(The following arlil'le hy Willon Wynn, hs(wiatt'd "n'ss(·orrespondl'nt. n'('('nlly appeared In til(' .. Fresno Bel' '. adail~' newspaper puhlished in Fresno. California, and otherCalifornia papers,)

stretl'hing I,oon miles from

Saudi Arabian oil fields to it·

:\Iediternlnean terminal in

'idon, Lebanon, Trans-Arahian

bcgan operations in HJ:iO, at a

tillle when tank I' rates still

\\ I'e high, While it eut 'traight

,I<'r<"s tll(' de..ert to the :'>Iedi­

lerranean tankers had 10 tr11\el

:l,300 mdl's from the Persian

Gulf around the Arabian Penin­

-ula to thl' eastern :'>led iter­

ran 'all. On top of that. tanker,'

had to pass through the SU('Z

'anal. where a toll of 12'

('ent's a barrel wa' ('halxed,

The linr, ('ommonly known

as Tap!int', was built at a time

\\!I('n oil ('ompanie,; \\'('re ·trul{­

gling 10 0\ erl'Ol1le the po ·twar

oil sbortage, The pipeline from

.\rahia, pet'ded up the deli\ery

of Oil to the thirsty markets 01'w('stem Europe,

i=.~.\I'L1\E

316,2,)7

12 ,,7:l

319,Ofi!1

741i

Year· 1954

Year-1954

319.n, ,

olil

:31 0,1l7')

I~8,4::lti

812,332

131.1171

362,6ii

130,782

REPORT

Report

WEDDINGS

ENGAGEMENTS

Beirut

Antoine G. Khoury (E & C)to Miss Mary Choueiri

Oct. -1954

31 ,93 I

80

Sidon

Zah~' W, Kaldawy (Comllluni.)to Oll.(a p, ~lofaregc

Sept, -1954

328.90:3

7t

Beirut

:\lohamed I. Chahine (T & ,\nto Zeinab Chahine,

Personnel

OPERATIONS

PROUD FATHERS

Beirut

Sidon

Hassan A, llala\li (~Iarine)

a daughter, Zahra,

:'>Iohamed 0, "lah (:\Iarine)a son, Villar,

Antonios M, Has,y (Operationa daughler. ~Iona,

(Jh eYe" /tJ1JIJe read'! for the

'M

:\Iohamed K, Itani ('I' & AT)a son, Issam,

.herage BPJ) reeei \'ed at idon

Ship Loaded

Average BPJ) Loaded

.\\'erage hbl' per 'hip

An'rage BPD reeel\'l'd at Sidon

Ships Loaded

.\ \ eragt' BPI> Loaded

A\'entl{e hbls pel' Ship

.\n energeti,' outdoor gal,,lane ha~ a kel'n Intere t insports, In winler it's :kiinl{ althl ('l'dar, and in summer ten­

nis and \\imming, he'· also a('amera enlhusiasl and a non­w('ary lourist. .\, a reult of('olllhining lhese lalter l\\"o hoh­hies. ,Jane now bas an eeell nl('ollel'lion of ('0101' slides takenon her lrip~ to r:urope. parlt('­ularl~ lo Italy and France, awl'lI a sightseeing jaunis in lhe:\Iiddle Easlern t·punlries. in('­hIding the rosc-red eily ofPcl ra. .\ Il'PPo. •\ n1l11a n, ,J enlS­ait'1Il and the man~' antiquities01 L ba non,

Wilh long \'a('alion jusl ate\\"we 'k' away_ .Jane is seriou 'Iy('onsidering a visit to the WetCoast - ,'an Franeisl'o and all­no doubl to 'ee how the olher

half really live'!

Jo'inishin!.{ her s"hooling. ,Jail('stnll'k olll IIII' lht' hig ('ily andwound lip as I 'gill se('relar~' fora ,'('w Yllrk ity' la\\ firm,\h lUt ,I ~ par lalrr tlll'lure ofrOl'('ign el1lplo~'n1l'nl took hl'rfall('Y. alld thl' spring of H130round her in Beirut as a Taplinermpln~'e(',

('ourst', is in \'('rlllonl and I'rolll\\hl<'h shr gl'il<luall'd wilh aPllitlini S('II'IH'(' dl'gl'l'l', (Don'ta-I-: \\ hen .. You might as \\ I'lla-" what ,\'(' II' I \\ IS llilrn." ,heprotl'. Il'd,)

SPOTLIGHT

5, AI·As'ad

R, E. Khottor

M. Jaouni I

Elias lutfallah

Rose Sowdoh

THE

W, R Heaps

Vartan Bezdikian

IN

Reporters:

Badanoh

Beirut

Resp. Director

Editor

Artist

Sidon

Turaif

Qaisumah 0, 0 Kitmilto

Ralho Abbas H, Hamodeh

.\ .. dyl'''-in-lIll'-\\ 1101 ,'1'\\

Englandl'r. ,I a 11(' hails lrolllI'I'Od01'. \'crlllllnt. (In hl'r esl­illlatilln any pla('l' \\ l'sl orPhiladelphia, Pa, i, slridl,\' I'('d­,kin l('l'ritorY,l L'pon ('ompl('t­ill" hi"h s('llOol, ,IanI' cnll'l'('d.... ....~Iiddl'hur~ ColIl'!.{t' whil'h. or

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PERISCOPE

Jane Ringlund has served two consecutive years as a member ofthe employees' club executIve committee

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Just inside the village, besi­de the 1\1 ukhtar" hou e, u tonetablet has been set in the nat­i\'e rock from \\hich the villuae

"wa built. The tablet bear'. inArabic, the inscription: «Allahis the Light of the Heavens andof the Earth. The founder ofthis \'illage named \1 l\lanarawas the Trans-,\rabian PipeLine Company. 13i3 A.H,­19:>4 A, D.»

The name .....1 Manara, mea­ning the «beacon» or <<light­house,» was cho~en for the newvillage not only a b ina appro­priate to its prominent itu­alion. on a hilltop one mile eastor the biblical to\\'n of Bethany,but becau e this ne\\' commu­nity. built by a pri\'ate Amer­ican company to helter agroup of homele's familie,represents a briaht gleam ofhope for the hundreds of thou­-ands of other Palestinian refu­gee' 'till li\'ing in mi ery, anda tihining example for tho'ewho are intere'ted in helpingthem,

Al Manara contain, be idethe communal facilitie , 20 two­family hou e , The total cost toTapline of its con truction, in­cluding the price of the landand all expene' up to the timewhen it was turned over to the\ iIIager' a a going concern,amounted to 6, U:i3 .Jordaniandinar-, It now become thecorporate propert\' of its for!\'families, held in •the name ;fthe ~Iukhtarand his ucce- or-,In case of a \'acancy in thefuture, the \'illagers them e!\'ewill choo'e a ne,,' family tojoin their (·ommunity.

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by the pro'pective villagerthem elves, The village arebuilt entirely of local materialand in the traditional Pale ti­nian style; and, 0 far a' po­ible, the inhabitant' originate

rrom the 'ame area or familygroup in Pale tine, 0 that theywill feel at home together i~their new community, built toresemble as clo ely a po iblethe village' from which theywere driven six year' ago andto which they hope ultimatelyto return.

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With the aim of pro\'idingpractical rehabilitation for re­fugees, rather than mere relief,the \'illage-building idea wasconcei\'ed and implemented bya group of private citizens whoformed the Jerusalem COlllmit­tee for Rebuildil1<T Pale tine

"Villages. Chairman of theCommittee is Bishop We tonStewart, Angliean Bi 'hop inJerusalem, and itti Vice­Chairman is Mahmud Abu Rish ,prominent citizen of Bethany.Both ha\'e long been acti\'e inerfort to help the refugee,Much of the actual planningand on-the- pot technical gui­dance durina construction ofthe YIllaaes i- pro\'ided by ~te­

wart Perowne, O.B.E" retiredBritish Colonial en'ice admi­ni trator educator archaeolo­gi t and historian,

The Committee raises fundthrough pri va te con tri butionsto buy land and materials forthe villages, It provideti techni­cal aid during eonstruetion, awell as building major facilitie'such as approach roads, peri­meter walls, watcr eisterns,cOlllmunlty 0\'e118 and anitaryfacilities. 1\10 t of the actualbuilding of the hou es is done

Government Relations personnel who have been with Tapline forfive continuous years are (left to right) Nida Simaan, secretary toW, A. Campbell, department manager; Mohamed Duweik translotionsection; Farid Najjar, lands and surveys; and M. A. Yamani of theDamascus office, (Photo Sayak)

Al Manara i the third of aseries of five such villaaeowhich have been, or are beina

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built under the auspices of thisvolunteer committee to providehouses for refugees from Pales­tine, thousands of wholll arestill living in brush huts, tentand cave in Jordan. The four­th village i now under con ­truction, and land has beenbought for the fifth, to be builtat the expen e of the ArabianAmerican Oil Company, in pi­red by Tran -Arabian Pipe LineCompany" example in pon 0­

ring AI ~Ianara.

VILLAGE FOR REFUGEESDEDICATED IN JORDAN

hi father. After the ceremonie ,the gue t and \'illager' enjoyeda luncheon provided by Taplineand cooked in the kitchens ofthe new house

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Another group of first year pin recipients included (left to right)T. ~. Chaya, George Mauneimneh, Y. A. Khalil; (right to left) Abde/­Lat,f Ibrahim and Joe Badawi. Employees of the P&T organization~. . '

elr pIns were presented by (third from right) W.P. Harris of GeneralServices. (Photo Sayak)

Watchman M. M. Rassy received h,s service pin from Fawzi Jabirof Special Services, July 14. (Photo Sayak)

)Wreathed in smIles an the occasion of their pin awards were (left)

Huda Ladki, (right) S F. Khasau, and (second from right) E. H.Bustany, as they posed with Bob Anderson (second from left), T&ATsupervisor. (Photo Sayak)

Among those awarded five year pins in the Accounting Departmentthis summer and fall were (left to right) Maurice Kerbage, K. N.Saliba, H. L Seeley; (right to left) N. T. Chemali, N. H. Habre andR. S. Salibi. Presiding at the ceremony was (center) O. K. Bigelow,

department superintendent. (Photo Sayak)

Bob Khalaf, Safety Engineering lecturer, received his five year pinfrom Walter H. Kaehler, retiring Safety Engineer. (Photo Sayak)

At Qaisumah John Rega reached the five year mark May 14th. Hewas presented his service pin by John Strader, then acting stationsuperintendent. (Photo by M. K. Jabbour)

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General Office Services personnel presented their first service pinswere (left) Rose Saudah and (right) A. N. Abu Said. Supervisor N. H.Habre (center) who made the presentation was also eligible for a

five year award. (Photo Sayak)

Shuttlin:;} back and forth between Arabia and Beirut, J. N. Alaufof Accounting was a hard man to catch (ang enough for H. L Seeley,Assistant Superintendent, to award him a one-star pin. (Photo Sayak)

M. A Makdissi, ail dispatcher, was the proud recipient of a fiveyear pin in July. Presentation was made by Chief Dispatcher A C.

Nelson. (Photo Sayak)

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Eleclrical engineer Souheil Sibai (left), and mechanical engineersEmad ~ahbany (ct>nler) and Suleyman Deeb (righl) occupy Room 311, asdoes Ibrahim Trabulsi (nol shown) 01 Safety Engineering.

Prior 10 departure on home leave, Hal Norby (lelt), conlracls represen­lalive, lurned over Ihe delails 01 his job 10 Howard Martin (righl),community deve/opmenl represenlative. Their oHice will be found inRoom 307-8.

Oul-way oul-was Glenn Bueftner. eleclrical engineer, who should besilting at the desk on the righl bul who was down Ihe "line" when theca,."eraman called; and. mechanical engineer Walter Hough would be alIhe opposite desk except he's on Slaleside vacalion. Anolher absenteefrom this oHice is engineer Bob Thompson, who was lending 10 conslruc­lion aHairs In Sidon.

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Below: The archilectural drafting seclion is located in ~oom 308. Herewill be found left to right Aram Balian ; Nicolas Loub Elias Najjar.who is in charge 01 Ihe section ; Simon Merasiedian ; and (back 10camera) Vartan Bezdikian.

Fred Khabbaz, chemical engineer, shares oHice space in Room 310wilh corrosion engineers Fred Maasrv. Joe Azar and Ahmad Bsal. all ofwhom were oul checking the "line" when the photographer came by.

Mary Rubeiz, secretary to Ihe Chief Field Engineer, will be foundin Room 311-A.

U1eet Bei'tutfl.eadq~s

Below: Occupying the remainder of Room 306 are draftsmen forconstruction proiects at all locations. They are (left) Elie Nasralla/l,structural; (upper right) Igor Melnikoff, piping; and (lower right)

Boutros Hamamii, electrical.

For the first time since construction days in Ras el Misha'ab,says Bob Prusinski, Tapline's Engineering Division is under oneroof and practically all located on the Assaily Building's thirdfloor. Still it is not possible to pictorially review in this editionthe entire E&C organization in Beirut, so scheduled for next issueare the offices of Safety Engineering and E&C Files as well asPhoto Reproduction.

Vartan Bezdikian, E&C draftsman and "Periscope" artist,submitted the below cartoon which, it is believed, portrays betterthan any wordy description the scope of activities and currentdilemma of the Engineering and Construction group.

(Photos by Sayak)

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Effective October II, Robert A. Prusinski was named Acting ChiefField Engineer. Bob's office is located in Room 309.

In Room 306 will be lound right Ibrahin S. Haddad. design engineer.and (left) Joseph Nassar, cosI eslimalor.

Known as the man with the calculator brain is A. E. Olson, ChiefField Engineer. Recently deporting on home leave, Art will also tokea year's leave of absence before returning to the Field.

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Mixed doublesNorah Bezjian

ambar.

TENNIS TEAM RANKSTHIRD IN TOURNEY

Competing in the ladie'division were Renee Yared,who played in the ingle andNorah Bezjian, who was teamedwith Henee in the double.

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from a first set slump of 1-6by smashing through with 7-5and 6-3 in the la t two sets.This also sell led an old corewith Joe who was defeated byHaddad two years ago whe~Tapline hosted the PGOCtennis tournament.

Another exciting match oc-curred in the men' inglewith Joe and Mike Ras oulcompeting against Aramco'sBill Taylor and Fred Hu sell.Though Joe and Mike took thefirst et 4-6, the Aramco rack­etmen won the next two set8-6,8-0.

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Climax or this year's tour­nament wa a dinner given theevening of Septembel' 5 atwhich trophie were awardedthe victor~. Afte\'wards a dancewas held at IPC' beach club.

The teum through theirmanager, Dave Dodge, haveexpre ed a vote of thank tothe Iraq Petroleum Companyfor the fine manner in whichthe tournament was conductedand the numerous entertain­ment fllcilitie made availableby the ho t.

"Location has not beendefinitely selected for the 1955PGOC tenni tournament ", ad­vises Mr. Dodge.

Capt. and :-'lrs.•f. H. Jones,Capt.and Mrs. H. Verwaayen, Mr.and Mr . H. H. Mas~ey and Mr.and Mrs. A. E. Kennedy, all ofwhom have returned from homelea ve.

Vacationing in the U.S.A. areCapt. and Mrs. P. Eo Cole, whodeparted on October 10th.

Conversion of the ::,ATQ to aMess Hall is nearing completion.

George Wakim has al 0 un­dergone an operation, at the EIKhalil Hospital in Sidon.

Mrs. E. Greenwood has re­joined her husband at Sidonafter having accompanied hertwo daughters to the U.K.

October was a popular monthhere for local vacations. Amongthe vacationers were N. H.Harmouche, Emile Azoury, M.F. Ismail. Fuad Arnaout, S.Shehab, G. Abu-Abdallah, A.Haddad, B. E. Bumefleh, GeorgeSaadeh, icolas Wakim, II. A.Daher. Joseph Geha, J.Harfouche, S. Y. Sader, PhilipObeid. J. Tannous, E. Y. Helou,

icolas Khoury, S. Zahar, S. N.Hamra, B. K. Barb, D. II.Iskandarani and A. S. A hkar.

Members of the Taplme tennis team Ihat played in the 1954lournamenl ot Tripoli on September 3rd and 4th. From lefl torighI, Ihey are: Joe Jabbour, Mary Khoury, Mike Bassou/, ReneeYared, David Sambar and Norah Beziian. (Photo Sayak)

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by R. E. Khana,

Sidon

Art Olson, Chief Field Engineer, occupies the seat of honor at the head01 the groaning board at the Bristol Hotel banquel given in his honor onOctober 8th by members of E. and C. D.. prior to his departure on anexlended home leave. (Photo Sayak/

A farewell dinner party washeld at the Bristol Hotel onOctober 8th in honor of A. E.Olson, Chief Field Engineer,prior to his departure for theUnited State on an extendedhome leave. The party, held bymembers of E. and C.D., hadthe atmosphere of a familygathering with everyone in thebest of spirits. Toasts weredrunk to the health of the guestof honor, to his service to theCompany, and to his happyreunion with the other membersof the Olson family, who depar­ted for the U.S. everal weeksago.

R. P. Cocke returned to ewYork Septembel' 28th a fter spen­ding three weeks in the field.

H. H. Metz, Public RelationsManager, departed for ewYork September 28th on abusi ness trip.

Mr. and Mrs C. A. Swigartleft for ew York on theGazelle on October 12th.

alih al-As'ad of Public Re­lations returned from a specialtrip to the United States onOctober 16th.

W. R. Heaps, our e teemededitor, boarded the S. S. Ex­cambion October 18th at thestart of his long vacatioll.

When Yous ef Esrawi under­went a serious operation atAUR Hospital recently, ArthurBilly, . E. Hajj, Elia .Abu- ader, icola Makhoul andHa an Bayoumi voluntarilydonated blood to help himthrough. Best wishes for aspeedy recovery, Youssef.

A hearty welcome home to

Beirut

October 16th, a farewell dinner­dance roof party was held intheir honor at the Dr. lIyias' onoctober 7th. The event wassponsored by all the families atthe station, and just abouteverybody was present for thehighly succes ful evening.

C;ongratulations to Mr. andMrs. Bill Pi('kell on the birth ofa 4 1 ~ -pound ba by girl onAugust 22nd. Further congrat­ulations to Charles and MaryLou Babb, who made big newson October 6th with the birthof twin boys. That's one quickway to build a family.

Badanah local leavel's: Mrs.and Mrs. Bill Haley, who wentto Vienna and Venice inAugust (Bill and Nancy say thetrip was wonderful): Mr. andMrs. H. C. Davis, who went toGermany to visit Mr. Davis'brothel'; Dr. and Mrs. FouadJlyia; R. H. Powell; and Mr.and Mrs. C.G. Hush, who lefton October 14th for Alexandriaand Greece.

eptember's big event atBadanah was the new hospitalon the 19th. Messrs. Swigart,Chandler, Zukoski and Bibbyflew in from Beirut and Turaiffor the opening ceremonies, atwhich H. E. AmiI' Mohammadal-Sudairi officiated. 1r.'wigart gave a speech express­

ing the good wishes of theCompany, and another speechwas given by AmiI' Zaidll- udairi on behalf of his father,expre sing good wishes andthank.

by Rose SawdBh

The rate of departures onhome leaves still remainedhigh last month. Among thosewho left: Mr. and Mrs. P. E.Cole, MI'. and Mrs. C. D. Evans,~1r. and Mrs. J. Trude, C. M.:\latherne, D. Harbin and W.,I. Keane.

To make up for the dE'partees,however, ix families returnedfrom their vacations: the G. H.Go ens, the W. E. Lochers,the .1. F. Mahans, the ,J. F.Pfisters, the P. S. Rattles, andthe C. H. Popes.

. Antoine Khoury, of Enginee-1'I •

ng, I enga~ed to Miss MayChoueiri.

E R?bert. Khallaf, of Safetyngmeermg, was married to

tbe former Miss Samira Salibion October 14th.

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Rafha

Current and recent vaca­tioners in Beirut from Rafha areRafic Hamadeh, Yousuf AssaI',Mansour Naimer, Elias Andrea,Sa'id Katirji, Khalil Sakhinin,and John Ashkar. Vacationingin Riyadh and Hayil are Fahadibn Mohammed, Mohammedibn Hamood, Awadh Aljizaniand Saleh ibn Mohammed.

Badanahby Elias LulfBUeh

by 4bhB5 H. HamBdeh

The Ed Wrights gave a dinnerat their home on September21st in honor of Mr . C. G.Rush's birthday. Most of theguests stayed on for cana"laand pinochle after enjoying Mrs.Wright's delicious cooking.

With the Wayne Vernonleaving on long vacation on

The junketing Turaif shuffle­board and ping pong teamdescended on Hafha Au~ust

21 st to tackle the local champsina series of matches beforeenthusiastic crowds. The Hafhashuffle boar deI'S successfull~'

stood off the visitors in a t\\'o­hour struggle; and the hometeam also managed to hold thechallenger in the ping pon~

tourney.

Both teams later enjoyed afestive dinner laid on by D. P.Harbin at the Dining Hall.

The Rafha community hasextended its welcome to newarrivals C. E. Knox and family.

Adnan Bitar and ajib.J.awbar are also new addition

to the station's complement, thefirst having been transferredfrom Badanah and the laller

from Qaisumah.

Mr. and Mrs.•John Pfisterhave returned to their homestation from long vacation in

the State.

of Services, replacing M. Y.Chakar.

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cro thwaitexpect to pull out in ovemberon long vacation, including lotof fishing and hunting inTexas, California lind Mexico.Sounds pretty cool to UM.

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Qaisumah

Summer vacationers fromQaisulllah included Reda AbdulSamad, Fawzi Najm, IbrahimHallaq, abih Abboud, L.Bou ekom, L. A. Frans en, H.Hathal, Abdullah Mohammed,Mohammed Hassan, Ahmed,Jassim, Mohammed Wehbeh,Tahir Hassan and your cor­respondent, O. O. Kitmitto.

Transferred in: Abu Hamad

Lewi" Mohammed Taki i10 Iraq, planning to bringwife back with him.

The new tennis court wasinaugurated here in August,and the local racqueteers expectto make good use of it with thearrival of cold weather.

A big bar'becue dinner partywas held on September 15th inhonor of the vi iting hurne­board and ping pong team fromTuraif. The gala event wa a

grea t uccess.

A fire demonstration was puton by E. B. Abi- aSl' and D. L.Tarney on September 25th toshow employees how to operateand recharge the Kidde fireextinguisher.

Mr. J. C. Kelley was wel­comed back to the station,having returned by boat fromStateside vacation. lIer returnmeans schooldays again for thekid. Opening day: October10 tho

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AI Oaisumah on September 25th E. B. Abi Nasr (center) and D. L,Tarney (right) of Maintenance demonstrated the use and relllling of theKidde 20-pound tire extinguisher. At lelt is O. O. Kitmillo, who has kindlytaken over as Oaisumah correspondent of the "Periscope," followingMufid Jabbour's transfer to Turail.

reaching epidemic proportions.A serie- of invitations were

issued by h is friend to wel­come Khami - ibn Mohammedon hiS return from the Pilgrim­age. He is now entitled to thehonor of being called Ha.ijiI<hamis.

The sports Committee methere on September 10th tooutline future ports programs.

Off on long vacation: theTerrys and the Giles. Retm­lIed: V. G AnJe~on andfamily, and H. S. Adams. Otherrecent vacationers wereSaoud, R. Haddad, AbdullIameed Shihabi, Nazih Shaikh,M.ll. Gerritsen, WilliamF'ernainy, Khaled Akhrass.Sultan ibn Abdullah and Bob

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On October /st Badanah held a stalion barbecue in honor of eventsthat never happened. The whole station turned out for the celebration ofBadanah's imposing record of two solid years without a lost-time accident.To be exact. the total was 805 straight days passed safely. Our pictureshows. lell to right, Mrs. H. C. Davis. Linda Wright and Char/olle and BillPickell gelling the chow ready.

Recent newcomer to Turaifinclude Mr. and Mrs../amesGrimes, Mr. and Mrs. .JohnPaolini and Mrs. Edward andon ~utch, to all of whom we

wish a happy time in thi­growing community.

An equally warm weleome tothe continuing influx of trans­feree from other stations,including Has an Taha, F.Nahas, Abdullah Siblani, AIAlameddine and Hamed ibnSaleh. Y. Abdul Ma.ieed washere for several weeks as avaealion relief.

am Abu Hamad transferredpermanently to Qaisumah onSeptem bel' 15th.

It was a plea ure to haveRichard Curran, on of R. K.ClIl'ran, with us here for a fewdays. Wi hit could have beenlonrrer. lie stopped off on hiway to Dhahran, where hewill be stationed.

Mr. Hargrove and sonDa\'id also \'i ited friend herein eptember, giving them achance to look over their oldhome station.

Cupid's arrow have wroughthavoc among Turai f' bachelorslately, among the \'ictims beingPhilip Hilal, Donald Ea ton, S.(.Jimmy) Najem, Yahya ibnNasser, Mohammed Ali lIa anand Hathal ibn aied. We'llhave to ('heck up on this; it's

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E HOSPITAL FOR LINEINAUGURATED AT BADANAH

(ConI. r....1ll pa.:e I)

.. The con,lrudion of lhis

hO'I)ila!. it 'eem: to me. is a, triki ng mani festation of the far­

• ightednes of HIs Majesty. the

King; my good friend, His Ex­

('ellelll'y the Amir Muhammad;

and the Governmenl and the

people of audi .\rahia general­

ly, .\s so many olher recent

e\enl ha\'e done, il e,lahli,he'

('Iearly lhe desire and deter­

mination or His ~laje,ly and Hi,

.Iajesty', faithful represenla­

ti\'e' 10 hring lhe highesl degree

or health. happiness and Pl'Og­

ress 10 lhe people of lhis

aneienlland. This is only one

of mlny far-rea('hing health

Jlrojel'ls whi('h haye beenlaun('!led under H i, ~Iajesly',

leadership.

.. We or Tapline ha\' always

been keenly inleresled in lhe

health and welfare of our em­

ploy es. Fir'l of all. we \\ ant

our employees 10 be happy,

and only healthy men can b

lruly happy, e('ondly. we

kno\\ that healthy men make

good employee-, And only

good employe sean ke pour

enlerprise a I the high le\ I of

elfitieney nece sar~' 1'01' ils'll('('e ful opera lion.

.. Thi ho pita I. a' welt as

mailer medieal e labli hlllenl.·

al lhe lhree olher puml) ,lalionsin .'audi Arabia, will haye

lhree nnin purpo:e': Firsl, to

pl'OYid medic'al ('are to emp­

loye(' in order 10 preSer\' lhe

phy:ic'al and menial health or

per. onnel 1I pon whom 1111'normal lunc·tion or eaeh PUlllP

lalion depencl. .. '('Ollll, 10

pro\ id(' general m'dic'al c'are

for lhe families of Oll!' emp­

loyee., And, lhird. 10 rulnll the

ohligalion c'onlained in our

('.>ny nlion wilh lhc Hoyal

Saudi Arabian (JOYCrnlll 'nt 10pro\'id(' llledic,,,1 c'are or an ur­

g nt ancl elll('rg Ill'y nalur' 10

lnl\ eler ancl resident. in tI/l'

\ic'inily of the PUlllP ·lations.Thi· i an ohligation whi('h wc

\\ rc happy to a 'UIlIP.

"1\ mf'dic'al ill titutioll. go.

thi '( mode I Jl!'ojec't. The

type of treatment availabl

here will. of neee ity, have to

be limited. Our illstitution willnot he able to fulfilt the fune­

tion of a great general ho pital.

sueh as lhO'l' in Beirut. Cairo,

.Jiddah and otlH'r large popula­tion (·enlers. It will nol be able

to admit palient: with eerlain

('hronie or infeelious di 'ea:e:

whieh require prolonged tn'at­

ment or rest. '01' will it he ahle

10 handle olher unusual ('ase

whil'h require highly . pel'ia­

lized forms of trealment normal­

ly a\'11ilahle only in the larg('st

hO,pitab, ,ut'h a~ hrain surgery.

tor exampl " ,'or will it Ill' ahle

10 admil palil'nls with hopell'ss

('ondition~ whic'h hospilal ('aI'''

('ould nol impnl\e, • 'everllll'­

less. 1Ill' Badanah ho:pilal and

its lraimd stalt'. hould he ahle

10 provide a high dpgrl'e of

nwdil'al ('are for the normal ill­

nesses and alOidion to \\ hidl

mo~l of Us are slIhjed,

.. The e lahlishmenl or a Ill'\\'

ho pital. e peeially in a r lali­

vel) i:olated ('ommunity, is

alwaj a c'ompli('aled lask, We

('annol hop 10 0111>1' the ma:­

imum in en'i('e and effic'ielll'y

at lh outs l. We shall haY' to

he~in on a minimum ha.. i..

wilh a minimum. tafr :lnd then

moye for\\ardl'p by 'lep in

an ord r1y manner IIntil lhe

ho.pilal i. ahle 10 perform lIw

rull fun('lion 1'01' \\ hic'h il i:

intended.

.. Those or you who an'

seein~ the ho.pital 1'01' the fir. t

lime today ma~ he inlerested

in a few :lali. lit's ('onc'erning

it. II c'oYer.' I::lOU :quan' meter.of sp,H'e and c'ontain .. ('Iini('s,

X-ray lreatment f'()om • I::hor­

alorie,. l/I'g ry, a pharmlH'y,

dcwlor.' offi('es, slore rooms,

and privale rooms and ward .. for

holh men and women, Its ('0,1

\\a' approximalely :i:;O,OOO

or SH. 1,::lO(),()OO. Bcd pali('nts

will he assured of' exc'elll'nteare bye. peri('n('ed medic'alper 'onnel whose ('hief eon('prn

will he 10 sep to it that the

patients regain lIll'ir Ill'alth 11l1cl

get bu('k 10 their johs and their

honlt·· a oon a. pos. ihle. The

he.. t aVllilahlt· mah'rials have

goonp into its ('onstrudion and

it I'ontain only up.lo-dlll and

Ie. ted equipment.

.. I repeal, thi i a 1II0d sl

projeet a medical in. titulion

~o. e\el'lhele.', I am ('onfident

that il will ('ontrihu!t' uhslllll­

liall~' to the welfare and pro­

~re' of Ihi. (·ommunity and 10

the effil'ienl'y and Ul'(·e. ot

our indu trial enterpri 'l'.

.. We of Tapline are proud 10

han' played a pari in brinJ,tingthis proje(·t into heing, It i. one

more instan('e of th(' fril'IHlly

('ooperal ion whid! preva iI.

helwl'en IIi .Iaje,t~' (Jowrn­

nH'nl and our (·ompany. A Isail! parlier. this hospital i, a

striking ('.'alllple ot th' dt' il('

of IIi :\Iajt'st). lh' Kill • and

of tho,t' \\ ho aid him in lht'

alway, diffic'ult hllsine of

gO\ ernml'nt, l'spl'c'ially III)

frit'lHl. lIis to: c'l'IIl'nc') lht'

AmiI' .Iuhamm.ltl. 10 hrin r thl'

highest dt'!ll'el' ot Iwalth, hap­

piuess and pro~n's, 10 thl'

pl'opll' of :audi Arahia Wt' of

Taplint' han' Ihi d('sin' in

eH'ry \\ ay,

.. )n lhis happy oC'l'.lsion

am ,ur' till' Amir and his

as. (wiate \\ ill \\ ant 10 join ml'

in 'Iying c< ~ll1harak» 10 youall. ..

A gnlt'iou, Il'pl) 10 1I1l' Tap­

line Pre id 'nl'. addr's \\a

dplivered on hehalf of lhe

.\mir hy his son:

•. On th' oC'c'a IOn of lh('

inauguration 01 tui maguifi­

c'enl ho pilal, whic'h Is hut onl'

lriking manilt'stution of lilt'

fruitful ac'c'ompli. hml'nl pro­

c'lIn'd lhl'ou<rh lht' ('OOpt"\lli\l'

l'!tort .. of 1I1l' (;ovt'rnnlt'nt of

:\1) Lord. lIis ,Iaj(' I) tht' Kinf-(.

aud of lhe '( ran - \rahian Pip('

Lin" ('omp,lIl\. I am dad 10

pn' 'enl my lhanks and f"li('i­

talions 10 lho, e who haY"

hroughl ahoul lhi. gallH'rillf,!.

as I wish al:o to expn'ss to you

how ni('l'ly w' feel ahlml it.

.. I fed the fulle t gratifiea­

tion, and the ulmo t appreeiat.

ion of what Mr. Swi~lIrl ha,

already pointed out in hill

addn'. s, Takin~ into ('on idera­tion all the philanlhrupi(' del,d

whi('h IHI pita I p('rform-deed

whic'h are indispensahle for

-any n lion Ihat ha und rtaken

to pa v it a through lifeul'ce full and progr i ely

in ord r that il ma land

equal ith olh I ci llized

nation - w hav Cooperaled

with Ih Tran - rabian PipeLine Compan:. Ihank to HiMaje ty Killg a'ud' ncour.

a~emenl and upport. in con t­

ructin~ thi grand ho pital in

thi area. and in equippingit with ultra-modern medical

in tmment and kill ThihIe .l'd lep whieh ha takenplal'(' III the day of Hi

Majl' I) the King ill un-douhll'(II) he folio d hilllil,lr 11111' ,

.. I Hili \ ('r) d 'Iighted 10

thi lIP I.illli lllrting it op r ­lioll 011 Ihi d.l) It thi hihOllr: alld I III 0 hop a dI' P d 11M I ~h(l e conc rn d\\ III (',Irr 011 their frlllt II1'11'111'1 ttl prO\ id ' thl ho pi\\ ith lh(' 1110 t kill ul ph

c'lan alld the 1111 t m dlIt'dllliqu(' Illd e(luiplll nl,

thlll it III v fill III to th utm

(' lenl it mi i III of

humanity. Thi

lhat 11111' fri'lld Tllplin

per IInllcl, \\ ill, \\ ith God

illg, a('hi \ e'

.. La II). I

Iii to: ('(,II('IH') th('n ('ut th

gl'l'('n rihhllll lrell'hed a1Ill' doorwa) to ylllholiz lhe

start of till' lIew lIIedie I cenl-

er' (',Irl'('r of en ic . Thgue t \\ r' then I' ('orted on a

lour of lhe fal'ilitie b Dr.Fouad A, lIyill. They found

everal patient alread ing

trealed by Ihe Ihree ph i i 0

on duty ill the new ho pital.

On concluding Iheir lour the

Kue t and Ih ho pltal If~athered in Ih main rd for('off e and r fre hment •