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PIPELINE

Vol. 20. No.2. TH.-\r\S-ARABI/\ . PIPE LI E COMPANY, lJEIRLJT, LEI3ANOr\ May 1970

CHANDlER'S MESSAGE •• BUCKlE THAT SAfETY BElT!

President W. R. Chandlerrecently addressed the follow­Ing message to all Tapline em­ployees :

e On 22 January 1970 TuralfShift Foreman MohammadTuraifi was kl11ed In an auto­mobl1e accident between Raf­ha and Qalsumah. His wifeand one chl1d all,o lost theirlives, and five other membersof his faml1y were Injured.Mohammad had been a Tap­line employee since 1951. Noneof the occupants of the carwere wearing seat belts.

e On March 5, In a slml1araccident near Jalamid, TuraifCook-Baker 1 Kazem Ahmadwas kl11ed when the ve­hicle he was riding in over­turned and he was thrownthrough the roof window.Three other passengers wereInjured. Again, although thecar was equipped with seatbelts, the belts were not beingused. Kazem started workingfor Tapline In 1949.

e The tragic death of thesetwo men comes as a terribleshock to their families andtheir many friends, and theloss of these two valuablelong service employees will bekeenly felt by Tapl1ne. Wemust ask ourselves whethereach of us does not In a sensebear some responsibility fortheir deaths, since It has be­come evident that there Is ageneral lack of concern on thepart of Tapline employeesabout wearing seat belts whl1etravelllng outside of Companycompounds.

e Seat belts have been pro­vided In all Company vehic­les, and we have urged thatthey be used whenever a carleaves a Company Installa­tion. Yet a recent Inspectionby an Aramco safety team ofCompany pickups and crewcabs at one of the pump sta­tions revealed that In none ofthe vehicles was there anyevidence that the seat belts

had been In use. Such an Ins­pection Is a simple matter foranyone to make; if the seatbelts are pushed behind theseat, how can they be used ?

¢ The value of proper use ofseat belts In reducing thelikelihood of serious Inj ury ordeath In event of an auto ac­cident has been conclusivelyestablished. The National Sa­fety Council In the UnitedStates accumulates Informa'­tlon on all fatal accidents.Based on this Information Itestimates that if all passengercar occupants used seat beltsat all times, such use wouldsave 8,000 to 10,000 lives an­nually In the United Statesalone. A separate accidentstudy under the auspices ofCornell University revealedthat 12.8 per cent of car occu­pants ejected through opendoors were killed, but only 2.6per cent of those who remain­ed In thp.lr cars were kl11ed.Thus, the risk of death Is fivetimes greater for those thrownfrom the car. Even Inside thecar, the study showed that theoccupant Is safer if held Inplaced by a seat belt, as muchas 60 per cent safer.

¢ We must all be concernedwith the prevention of acci­dents, and we have far toomany auto accidents whichcould have been preventedthrough more careful driving.But we must also be equallyconcerned with minimizingthe severity of Injuries andthe frequency of fatal Injurieswhen accidents do happen.We can do this by wearing ourseat belts. This Is a matter Inwhich each of us has a res­ponslblllty, not only to our­selves and our families, butalso to each fellow employee.

e I am therefore asking thateach employee join with meand with Tapline Manage­ment In assuring that everyone of us uses our seat beltswhen travelllng outside Com-

pany Installations, whether Ina Company vehicle or a pri­vate car. And I am askingthat every TapTIne Manager,Superintendent and Supervi­sor make the use of seat beltsa continuing and primarypoint of concern, and to as­sure, through safety meetings,through Inspection, and bysetting an example, that everyemployee Is fully aware of theneed to use seat belts both onand off the job.

e Let's make Tapline a Com­pany where we can say thatevery employee believes in theuse of seat belts, and everyemployee faithfully followsthat belief.•

Here Is that the NationalSafety Councl1 says about theuse of seat belts, based oncareful analysis of auto acci­dents by crash Injury experts:

1. A belt helps preventbeing thrown forward - to­ward the dashboard, for exam­ple. Even If your head does hitthe dash, with a seat belt theblow Is not nearly as hard.That can mean a minor Injuryinstead of a maj or Inj ury, liv­Ing Instead of dying.

2. Everyone Is safer whenthe driver Is kept behind thewheel. In case of an unexpect­ed crash or SUdden swerve, aseat belt keeps the driver frombeing thrown from behind thewheel. Thus, he stays In con­trol of the car and can pre­vent an additional crash.

3. How about a car on fireor under water? Persons usingseat belts are more likely tostay conscious and are there­fore more likely to be able toescape. It takes only an Ins­tant and only one hand to re­lease the belt buckle.

4. How many seat belts areneeded in a car? A separateseat belt should be providedfor each passenger. This In­cludes the driver and all pas­sengers. In the back seat aswell as the front. A seat belt

Is especially Important for ayoungster, since he can bethrown forward so easily bysudden stops.

5. Are seat belts necessaryfor short, local trips? Yes !Seat belts should be fastenedany time the car Is In mot­Ion. Two-thirds of the driversInvolved In fatal accidentshave their accidents less than25 miles from home. Manypeople are hurt at slow speeds.More than half of all Injuriesoccur In urban areas. Thatshort trip to the grocery storecan be dangerous, so e fastenyour safety belts, please! »

6. What about long trips?Seat belts should be wornwhen riding on the open high­way. The driver who sees acrash coming will slow downas rapidly as possible to makethe crash less severe. Even ifa collision Is avoided, the faststop can cause serious Injury- unless there are seat beltsto hold driver and passengersIn place. As a matter of fact,many people, say that seatbelts reduce fatigue on longtrips by reducing the strain ofstaying In place on normalstops and turns. Belts shouldbe adjusted to a snug fit at alltimes.

7. Careful DriVing ComesFirst. Seat belts are Impor­tant personal protection equip­ment. Like the hard hats, safe­ty glasses and hard-toe shoesused In Industry, seat beltshelp decrease the severity ofaccidental Injury or preventInjury when accidents occur.But seat belts are no substitutefor careful driving.

There can be no dOUbt ofthe value of properly used andadj usted seat belts In Improv­Ing the safety of our automo­bl1e drivers and passengers.Do you use your seat belt at.all times? Do you Insist upon'the use of seat belts by allpassengers In the car you aredriving?

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SpeTLIGHT TRYING

which produced goods andservices worth an estimated$ 25,000,000. The 100 farmersand poultrymen assisted byAramco agriculturists produ­ced more than 4.5 ml1llonpounds of fresh V€ getables,20.3 million eggs and 450.000broiler chickens. They soldproduce w 0 r t h c los e to$ 2,000.000.

Seven new schools werecompleted or under construc­tion by Aramco under an ag­reement with the Govern­ment. With completion ofthese facilities. Aramco wl1lhave built a total of 37 schoolsfor the Government - 24 forboys and 13 for girls.

Aramco and Harvard com­pleted their fifteen th year ofjoint research to develop avaccine against trachoma. Anew five-year agreement bet­ween the company and Har­vard was stgned In October.Aramco has spent a total of$ 1,803,000 on trachoma re­search since 1954.

REALLYBY

end. Eighty-three per centwere Saudi Arabia, nine percent Americans and eight percent other nationalities.

More than 1,300 Saudi em­ployees attended courses inthe company's training assign­ments abroad and three wereenrolled at the College of Pet­roleum and Minerals inDhahran, the first time Aram­co employees have been as­signed to an Institution ofhigher learning within theKingdom.

One hundred and nlnety­nine Saudi employees acquiredhomes with company loansunder the Aramco HomeOwnership Program. bringingthe total number of homes ac­quired under the plan to 7.214.The company subsidizes homeloans by contributing 20 percent toward repayment.

SaUdi businessmen werepaid S 53.786,000 for goods andservices provided to Aramco.

Ad v!sory service was provId­ed to over 30 Saudi firm~

BUSINESSIN

RETIREMENT

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while having a thoroughlygood time along the way.

It should be noted, too, thatthe young man did not carrythe mall for long; very earlyin the game he caught theeye of his superiors and hada desk of his own. He joinedAramco as a vice president ­at a relatively youthful 38.Sitting in his office as chair­man of Aramco today, Brou­gham unabashedly recalls notonly having read, but havingbeen Inspired by. the works ofHoratio Alger.

R. I. Brougham got his startIn an owner company's Trea-.surer's Department. andthroughout most of his careerhe has been deeply involvedin petroleum finance. In oneperiod before broadening hisbase as an executive, Broug­ham was a recognized expertIn the complexities of foreignexchange. Some time into his23 - year association withAramco this company's finan­cial vice president was hand­ed the additional portfolio ofgovernment relations. Mean­while, he had inherited therole of principal company ne­gotiator with the Saudi Arab

delineation, observation andthe search for new 011 fields.

Aramco's first offshore gas­oil separator plant (GOSP)went on stream 25 miles fromSafanlya in the Arabian Gulfat an initial rate of approxi­mately 200,000 barrels daily.

Production capacity of Ara­bian Light crude 011 from theShedgum area of the Ghawarfield was Increased consider­ably through bringing in newoll wells and by adding moregas-oil separating facilitiesand storage capacity. Twoadditional stabilizer columnswere erected at AbqalQ to in­crease the capacity for pro­cessing crude oll from theAbqalQ and Ghawar fields.

A second 630,000 - barrelscrude oll tank was completedat the marine terminal. Threemore 630,000-barrel tanks wereunder construction at year­end - two for crude 011 andone for fuel 011.

Aramco had 10,865 emplo­vees in Saudi Arabia at year-

SUCCEEDTO

BROUGHAM'SHOW

The year was 1927. All overAmerica everyone from taxidrivers to shoeshlne boys onup was parlaying 10 percentmargins Into kllllngs In thestock market. The wellspringof the nationwide euphoria ofthe times was, of course. WallStreet. Dropping Into the hea­dy atmosphere of lower Man­hattan in that era was an 18­year-old refugee from hardphysical labor named BobBrougham. freshly hired tocarry mall and interofficecorrespondence for the Trea­surer's Department of theStandard 011 Company (NewJersey) at its 26 Broadwayheadquarters. Forty - threeyears later, half a world fromthe steel-and-granlte canyonsof New York City's financialdistrict, the former SONJ of­fice boy is about to retire asboard chairman and chiefexecutive officer of the Ara­bian American 011 Company,Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and adirector of Tapllne.

The Career of R. 1. Brou­gham offers an enlighteningstudy into how to succeed Inbusiness by really trying -

REVIEW Of ARAMCO OPERATIONS IN 1969The Arabian American Oil

Company produced crude oilin 1969 at the rate of 2.992,662barrels daily, 5.7 per centmore than in 1968. Productiontotaled 1,092,321,543 barrels046.494.684 long tons), com­pared to 1.035,773.333 barrels038,776,535 long tons) in 1968.

The company's 1969 reviewof operations released April 20noted that the increase inproduction was achieved des­pite the closing of Tapllne for110 days follOWing sabotage onMay 30.

Deliverl",· of Aramco crudeoll and petroleum products toships at the Ras Tanura Ma­rine Tp~m!nal Increased 13per cent to 909,237.693 barrels.Runs to the Ras Tanura Refi­nery totaled 145,194.707 bar­rels.

Estimated petroleum re-serves were 86 bl1llon barrelsat year-end. a gross Increaseof 2.7 bllllon barrels over 1968.

Forty-six wells were drl1ledfor 011. water Injection. field

NAMEDCONSUL

March 31.Mr. el-Yussef wlll look after

the commerCial. economicpersonal and consular Interests of Norwegian citizens ithe districts Of Damascus, Harna, Horns, Dera'a and Suwayda.

AMMAJohn Franjieh of Governmer

Relations

RAFHAM. A. el-Harlqi of Operations

and Repairs - Station

SIDONRlmond F. Gibara of Opera­

tions and Repairs, StationPetro E. Haddad of MarineNicolas T. Khoury of Opera­

tions and Repairs. StationMustafa S. Kolellat of MarineAll M. Mouakat of Operations

- GeneralMuhammad M. Naklb of Mar­

Ine

BADANAHGhurmallah Abdallah of Ope

rations - General

BEIRUTMltrl N. Antonlos of Employee

RelationsSaid Y. Nakad of AccountingAbdallah S. Siblani of Opera­

tions - General

TURAIFS.S. el-Aylsh of Motor Trans­

port

M. YUSSEFHONORARY

King Olav of Norway hasnamed Tapline's DamascusOffice Manager, Mahmud elYussef, Honorary Consul Gen­eral of Norway in Damascus.

The nomination was endor­sed by the Syrian Head ofState and foreign minister on

BADANAHAyyad Ayld of MedicalMoussa Mutlq of Motor Trans­

portMuhammad A. B. Zayed of

Community Services

BEIRUTMichel S. Bado ot AviationJoseph M. Dib of P & TEdward N. Ferzly of P & T

QAISUMAHJuhaim Dumairy of Operations

- General

The 15-year pin recipients:

To all Tapllnera <and reallJ the I1st 1s endless). weWIab to exprelS our sincere and warmest thanks for thewarm bosplta1lty. close trtendsh1p, and patlence 1n an­swertnc a hoat of Questions durin, our recent trip ­March 14. 23-25 - aloDi the Ilne. So many of you atthe stations and in BeirUt were 80 klnd to us and wesincerely hope we can thank you all through the Perf­8cope.

SIOO;,\Fahd Abou-Absi of Operations

and Repairs - StationThe 20-year pin recipients :

One, eight and 13 Taplinerscompleted 10, 15 and 20 yearsof company service, respecti­vely. during March and April.

Munle Nasser of Operations- General, Qalsumah, receiv­ed the sole 10 year serviceemblem.

I SERVICE STARSManagement Association atthe Ambassador Hotel in LosAngeles.

He later attended the Na­tional Association of Corro­sion Engineers' conferenceand exhibition which washeld at the Sheraton Hotel inPhiladelphia. March 2-6.

While in San Francisco, Mr.Khalaf visited Standard 011Company of California andits refinery and pump stationsin Richmond and Avon. Healso visited the electro-rustdivision of Wallace and Tler­man Company, New Jersey,Tapllne consultants on corro­sion and cathodic protection.

Accompanied by Mrs. Kha­laf throughout his trip, he Vi­sited with relatives andfriends In Connecticut. Mas­sachusetts, Virginia. andSouth Carolina.. Whlle In San Francisco Mr

and Mrs. Khalaf were enter­tained by former TapllneVice-President and Mrs. H. S.Smith.

On their way back, theKhalafs spent one week InGeneva.

Hike Nahhal

N. Hanna

John Franjieh

R.H. Weeks

F. c. Najia

Reporters :

Badanah

Beirut

Amman

New York

Editor

Victor y. Khalaf, Senior En­gineer - Catholic Protection,resumed his functions April 5,following a seven week busi­ness-education assignment inthe United States, followed bya short holiday.

Mr. Khalaf attended inFebruary a one-week cMain­tenance Management» coursesponsored by the American

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Qaisumah A. Shmassy

Qaryatain O. Yassin

Rafha Hrs. H. J. Soltboom

Sidon Kamal Abu·Zeid

Turaif Hrs. J. H. Rosquist

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In London, Paris and Rome.On their arrival to set uphousekeeping In Turalf. thecouple were entertained byMr. and Mrs. J. J.Makklnje.

R. H Putnam. J L. Koen­reich and J. J. Makklnje at­tended the SuperintendentsConference held In Beirut In

the birth of twin sons Mu­hammad and Ahmad at theTuraif hospital.

Cougratulatlons are also dueto Abdul Hamid Baasslrl ofC. E. & 1. on his recent mar­riage In Beirut. The newly­weds arrived here in mld­March following a honeymoon

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Ghanem bin Mussaiwel, cargo handler, Turaif Storehouses, joined the rank of companyretirees in Saudi Arabia at the end of March following 19 years of company service. He wasfeted by his colleagues at a cake and refreshments farewell party sponsored by OthayebMutlaq Sahman, Acting Coordinator. Materials and Community Services. Shown above at thefunction, are, from left, Nasser Mutlaq, Mr. Mussaiwel. Mr. Sahman and Su'aib Muhammad.

Shown above on a safety inspection tour at Turaif in March are. left to right, H.L. Streaker.R. C. Hill, G. E. Wanamaker. Dr. A. Ghanma, Ken Butler, D. M. Falconer, R. E. Marsh and,kneeling, G. T. O. Martin. Messrs. Streaker, Wanamaker and Butler are Aramco safety en­gineers.

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TUHAlf

Hearty fell citations to Mr.and Mrs. Saleh Abdullah on

The Zahranl Country Clubheld its annual meeting onMarch <: ::.nd elected Its newofficers for 1970 as followsJ. A. Fadll, president; A. Mou­aket. secretary; F. Martin.treasurer; Mrs. K. Berbari(Medreco). member; and D.Schipper. member.

Communications TechnicianB. Hanna returned to the Ter­minal March 25 from a rellefassignment at Qaryataln.

Communications TechnicianK. Shaghoury is presently inTuralf on a similar renef as­signment.

SIDON

A. A. Faddoul, T. Baasslrland A. Houranl of Operationsand Repairs - Stations, andCapt. K. Tronstad of Marine,completed In early April ~'

two-week training course Infire prevention and protectionat the Civil Aviation SafetyCenter In Beirut. All partici­pants In the course visited theTerminal March 26 accompa­nied by former Tapllner M.Ajhar. who Is afflliated withthe Safety Center.

During the stateside ab­sence of Terminal Superinten­dent A. A. Brickhouse. Capt.A. D. Odegaarden is ActingTerminal Superintendent andCapt. K. Tronstad, Acting As­sistant Superintendent - Ma­rine. Prior to his departure tothe U.S. Capt. Brickhouse at­tended a Single Point Moor­ing meeting in London.

A. Mouaket and H. Bldawiattended an eight-day super­vision training course at al­Bustan Hotel In Belt-Mery.Sponsored by MEIRC. thec Successful Supervision.course extended from April 14to 22.

Since condolences and deep­est sympathies are extendedto Tugboat Capt. M. Kolellat,to Marine Operations Assis­tant P. Haddad and to ShiftForeman T. Baasslri on therecent deaths of their son.brother, and mother respecti­vely.

physician. Generally, the doc­tor Is ahead. but on occasionthe wily bacteria can giveboth the patient and the doc­tor sleepless nights.

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We have tried to carryoverto the viruses the lessons wehave learned from the bacte­ria. They both have one thingin common : both must mul­tiply within the tissues of thehost In order. to produce cll­nlcal infection - that is, onethat disables the victim. Therate of multipllcation is alsoan Important factor.

It is logical for the nonme­dical person to ask why has sollttle progress been madeagainst viruses since effortsagainst bacteria have beencomparatively successful. ThereIs a partial explanation.

Except for the viruses of thepsittacosis - lymphogranulomagroup. none of the virus di­seases of man Is strikingly al­tered by an:{ available chemo­therapeutic drug. (Psittacosis,popularly called c parrot fe­ver, • Is contracted from par­rots or other birds and Is quiterare except among bird deal­ers and owners. Lymphogra­nuloma venereum Is a vene­real disease characterized by

'a primary lesion of the geni-talla followed by swollenglands In the groin, whichmay genzrate pus but whicheventually heal with scar tis­sue.> This means that the vastmajority of virus Infections­colds. Influenza, chicken pox,and a large number of others_ are not affected by ourpresent drugs or antibiotics.Fortunately, If the patienttakes good care of himself thebody heals Itself of theseInfections after a certainamount of time.

Mlllions of man-hours havebeen devoted to searching fcJragents that prevent the mul-

THE VIRUS PROBLEM

do different jobs. Some arecrude compared to others.Some do highly speclallzedtypes of work. but each andevery one contributes to ourwell-being and our ablllty tollve, work. think, and repro­duce. The cells, again llkeworkers, have a certain llfespan. Some may die prematu­rely by accident. some may layoff work because of 1llness.some may die of old age andhave to be replaced by a youn­ger or a healthy worker.

When a disease-producingvirus attacks certain groups ofcells In our bodies the virusInterferes with normal cellmetabollsm (the process ofusing food and oxygen to douseful work and the excretionof waste materials>. If a sUf­f�c�ent number of cells Is at­tacked simultaneously we be­come lll. but the body cellsfight back. Depending onwhich Is the victor, we eitherget well or die. Of the totalnumber of virus Infections,the number that Is fatal Isextremely low.

Medical Investigations havebeen more successful In fight­Ing the bacterial diseases thanthe viral ones. All of the drugsused to combat bacterial di­seases have one property Incommon : Each leads to a re­duction In the number of thedisease-producing bacteria Inthe tissues. This is true of thesulfonamldes, penlclllln, strep­tomycin, the tetracyllnes, andothers. The action of the va­rious SUbstances on variousorganisms Is different, but theend result Is the same. How­ever, we have learned thatdifferent bacteria are sensi­tive to different drugs and.unfortunately. certain strainsof bacteria become resistant tocertain medicines after a time.Thus It becomes a scientificgame to see who Is smarter _the bacteria or the treating

out IIvlng cells no virus asyet has shown any evidenceof multlpllcation, and unlessthey multiply in the body cellsthey do not produce disease.The Achievement of growingviruses In tissue culture In thelaboratory was one of thegreatest steps forward In thebattle against this group ofdiseases. It Is necessary tohave large quantities of thevirus before vaccines can bemade.

Another great handicap Inthe Investigation of virus di­seases Is the failure of theusual laboratory animals toreact consistently to many ofthe virus diseases common toman. A great deal of ourknowledge of the bacterial lll­nesses has come from study­Ing them In mice, rats. guineapigs, rabbits, cats, or dogs, butthis avenue has been closed tous. In our struggle with theviruses.

Vigorous controversy hascentered around the question:Are viruses llvlng or nonllvlngentitles? Nobody Is certain todate. but the working theoryIs that they are parasiteswithin llvlng cells.

It might slmpllfy this rathercomplex subject If one assu­mes that each llvlng cell Inthe human body Is llke oneworker In a huge factory. Eachworker receives some type ofraw or partly finished mate­rial. changes It to some degreein a favorable direction, andin combination with his fellowworkers finally produces a fi­nished product. In the humanbody different groupS of cells

COMMON

Infection-producing agentscome In various sizes. Rang­Ing from the largest agent tothe smallest, they are usuallyclassified In five groups : pro­tozoa, fungi, bacteria. Rlckett­slaceae, and viruses.

Protozoa are actually ani­mals. Among the diseases cau­sed by them are amebic dy­sentry and malaria. Fungi andbacteria are plants. The for­mer cause several diseases, thecommonest of which is ath­lete's foot. Bacterial 1llnesses,the best known to most peo­ple, are numbered In the do­zens and Include typhoid fe­ver, meningitis, streptococcalsore throat, and sever-al of thepneumonlas. The Rlckettsla­ceae. named for Dr. H.T. Rick­etts who died as a result ofworking with these microor­ganisms, are halfway betweenthe bacteria and the viruses.with some properties of each;the best-known diseases cau­sed by the Rlckettslaceae arethe typhus fevers.

The viruses. the smallest ofthe infectious agents, had ne­ver been seen until the Inven­tion of the electron micros­cope. which magnlfles 100.000times. Most bacteria are seenequally well when magnifiedonly 1.000 times.

In a recent medical text­book, fifty-one virus diseasesare llsted. However, from timeto time new viruses are beingstudied and the llst wlll pro­bably be Increased. Othersmay die out.

Viruses wlll grow only undersuitable conditions and In thepresence of llvlng cells. Wlth-

SENSE

It is not easy to explain a complex medical subject in asimple way to be understood by the layman. Dr. Curtis H.Baylor, Medical Director of Texaco, Inc.. has accomplished thiswith great success in his book c Common Sense Medicine •.The following article on viruses, extracted from this book, is avery good example of disseminating medical information to thelayman, in a simple and vivid language.

MEDICINE:

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C. R. Meyer. SupervisingTechnician. Diesel/Gas Tur­bine. left the field perma­nently in early March. Hewas feted by Badanah'spumphouse personnel at afarewell party in the Com­munity Center. where hewas presented with a set 0/Parker pens as a token sou­venir from his colleagues.Shown above at the func­tion. from left. are SalehYoussef. Mr. Meyer. StationSuperintendent H. T. Jensenand Ed Wright.

Three picnics were organized by Badanah Tapliners within three weeks on March 6. 20 and 27. Some 65 personsparticipated in the first excursion while about 250 showed up for the second and third. Tents were set up each time at thepicnic site located about 10 kilometers west of the station.

son Issa.Off on annual leave is Dr.

R. Masri with plans to spendtime in both Beirut and Cairo.

The Badanah SwimmingPool Association marked theopening of the 1970 swimmingseason with a barbecue din­ner organized by the Enter­tainment Committee (i.e. Mrs.Helen Groh, Mrs. Nadia Khou­ry, Miss P. Hayer and Muham­mad Abdul-Rahman).

The Annual Physicians' Con­ference was held here March19-20 in the presence of Dr.J. D. Thaddeus, Dr. A. Ghan­rna, V. Khattar and M. AbuJawdeh of Beirut; Dr. C. Soul­ban of Turalf; Dr. A. Barsa­mian of Rafah; and Dr. O.Hourich of Qaisumah. Three

Olsen won the one-club, one­ball tournament played hereMarch 12. R. Portmess andMrs. Rosqulst finished twostrokes behind for runner-upposition.

meeting at Badanah on April6. Here for the conferencewere Ahmad Shmassy of Qai­sumah, Muhammad Sayer ofRafha and Awad Faleh of Tu­ralt. A dinner party was givenin their honor by The Com­pany Representative - PipeLine Area E. A. Groh.

Congratulations to Mr. andMrs. Hulayel on the birth of

lowing a football accident.Here also for Easter from

school abroad was DeborahHardwick, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. C. H. Hardwick.

J. H. Rosquist and Mrs. E.C.

Equipment Operator Salman Sa'ad al-Ayesh (right) completedApril 1 twenty years of company service. He was presented witha four-starred service emblem by Central Garage SupervisorMUhammad Hmood Daham. In the background is MadalahKhamsan, head motor transport mechanic.

was accompanied by his fa­mily.

Administrative SupervisorHanna Faddoul left April 8for Beirut on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Michel Moussahosted April 5 a dinner partyfor a group of friends at theirhouse in 'Ar'ar.

The local company repre­sentatlves. held their annual

L. T. Norton left TuraifMarch 21 for a six-week as­signment in Qaisumah

Gene Christman returnedschool in Switzerland sportinga cast on a broken finger fol-

Turai/'s Motor Transport staff display the individual safety awards (a Zippo lighter eacnlpresented to them recently for completing 1650 workdays without a lost time injury.

ghlt Beojeckian and J. Sa­bounjdjian left the field per­manently in mid-April. Theywere entertained at a farewellparty hosted by Assad G. Kab­ban of C.E. & I.

Jamil Alouf. Supervisor, Ge­neral Office Services. Beirut.visited Badanah April 11-12.Another recent visitor fromB('irut was Nazlh Sheikh, who

March.Mrs. Koenreich is recovering

from recent surgery at theAmerican University Hospital.

The E. R. Robertsons, J. J.Makkinjes and M. N. Nassersentertained Mr. and Mrs. Tonyverhoeven prior to their de­parture March 18 for a holi­day in Holland.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gelstonleft Turalf March 22 on longvacation.

Here for the Easter holidaywas Gordon Jr., son of Mr. andMrs. Gordon L. Clark. TheClarks' daughter Elaine gotmarried during their vacationin February to Mr. Brian Ab­bot. The weddmg was held atAll Saints Church in CleadonVillage. England.

Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Cole wereentertained by the J. L. Koen­reichs and Mr. and Mrs. R.Portmess during their over­night stopover at Turalf onMarch 20.

A cordial welcome is extend­ed to Dr. and Mrs. Mustafa A.Naqa on their transfer herefrom Qaisumah.

Mr. and Mrs. George Farahare bock to the fold from avacation in Damascus, wherethey were joined by Mr. andMrs. F. J. Quiggle for jointshopping.

Turaif's Lead Materials Specialist Abdallah Abd el-Mohsen hasjoined the select group of Saudi Arab Tapliners who have com­pleted 20 years of service. The pin presentation was made byCoordinator. Materials and Community Services. H.M. Gelstonat a gathering grouping the Storehouses staff. Prior to joiningTapline on Feb. 26. 1950. c Jackson ». as his friends know him,served with BAPCO for eight years in Bahrain.

BAOANAH

Welcome aboard to Mah­moud Masri who joined ournursing staff April I J.

Misses Jamily Sheety, Dza-

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Congratulations to Badanah's Construction Engineer Nadim Daher on his March wedding inBeirut to former Miss Reine Hatem. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Badanah fol­lowing a honeymoon in Greece and Turkey. Shown above at their wedding reception inBeirut are, from left, F. Constantine, S. Baddour, G. Baassiri, N. Sheikh, the newlyweds, G.Ziady and M. Jeha.

Setting the table for expected guests to her second anniversa ry is Amal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. ShmassY.

D S . H .. 0 1 P & T SU"erintenaent and Mrs. George Hajjar, was guest spealeer in Marchr. ami a)Jar, son 'J 'r • ., .

at the Air Force ROTC annual banquet in Laramie, Wyoming. He IS shown abov, bemg presented atoleen of appreciation by Colonel Edgar J. Becleer, professor ~f aerospace. studies. Dr. Hajjar is. theacting-head of the Political Science Department at the UniverSity of WY"lIIng and spolee on the Middle

East crisis.

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to Mr. and Mrs: MuhammadHassan on the birth of sonRashid, to Mr. and Mrs. JU~

hayylm Dumalrl on the birthof daughter Fayzeh and toMr. and Mrs. Abdallah Ha­mad on the birth of daughterFatmeh.Vacations have just startedfor Youssef Abdallah but areover for Fahad Mutlaq, Oth­man Saleh and Saleh Salim.

President W. R. Chandlerreturned to Beirut April 26from a three-week businesstrip to the United States.During his absence, J. J. Kel­berer served as Senior Resi­dent Officer In the Zone ofOperations.

Manager of Public RelationsSallh AI-As'ad returned toBeirut April 20 from a f1ve­day business trip to Jordan.

P & T SuperintendentGeorge Hajjar spent four daysIn SaUdi Arabia, April 18-22,to negotiate the terms of thecontract for the hauling ofpetroleum products from the

ta Mandj1k1an and Dr. andMrs. O. Hourleh spent theMarch 2'6-26 weekend In theEastern Province.

Back from Turalf, wherethey attended Related Ins­truction Classes, are SakranAttiyeh of Operations - Gen­eral; Muhammad All, KhalafMuhammad and MuhammadMansour of Operations andRepairs; and Abdallah Mu­hammad of Medical.

Station Superintendent C. S.Babb left here March 25 onannual vacation. He Is beingrelieved by O. E. Ritter. L. T.Norton of Turalf Is In turn re­lieving Mr. Ritter as GeneralForeman, Operations andMaintenance.

R. C. Hill and E. A. Grohwere entertained by tl'1e RIt­ters during their receni one­day visit to Qalsumah wherethey met two SAG engineersfor an Inspection of main­tenance work on the pipelineroad.

Roderick M. Wright, Petro­leum Officer, U.S: Embassy,Beirut, and Mrs. Wright sign­ed Qalsumah's visitors re~s­

ter March 23.Welcome to Charles Patton

Miller who arrived here fromTuralf as senior radio techni­cian, replacing Richard Bar­ker, who has left the field per­manetly.

Congratulations to Mr. andMrs. Ahmad Muhammad onthe birth of daughter Mariam,

DAISUMAH

Mrs. H. Kreltem and to Mr.and Mrs. S. oJadallah on therespective births or daughterRola and son Ammar.

Station Superintendent C.S.Babb attended the Superln':,tendents' Conference held In.Beirut March 8-14.

Local Company Representa­tive Ahmad A. Shmassy re­turned here March 21 from a,10-day business trip to Beirutand Riyadh. During his ab­sence, Mustafa I. Nujaldl ofBadanah acted as local com­pa"y representative, Qalsu­mah.

George Young, Hamad Ha­thai and Hmood Fahad re­turned In early April fromBeirut, where they attended atwo-week course In fire fight­Ing and prevention at the CI_

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vII Aviation Safety Center.Dr. Omar Hourleh attended

the Meglcal meeting held InBadanah March 19-20. He wasrelieved here by Dr. G. Karkarof Badanah. Earlier on March14, Dr. Hourleh entertained atdinner Dr. J. D. Thaddeus, ourvisiting Medical Director ofBeirut.

Alltoun Sayegh, Miss EmilyKhoury. Nablh Awad, Miss Se-

hand with the baby Is her vi­siting mother.

UARYATAIN

Congratulations to Qarya­taln's workforce for earning'the Manager of OperatIonsSafety Trophy for the year1969.

The trophy Is presented' toany Tapllne station which atthe end of a calendar yearexperiences the best safety re­cord In the combined resultsof work Injury frequency andseverity rates. The trophy hasso far been won three timesIn a row by each of SidonShore Operations 0961-1963)and Badanah Station 0964­1966), twice by Turalf Station0967-1968) and once by Qar­yataln 0969>'

Senior Engineer - LiaisonMelhem Melhem and ProjectEngineer Sebouh KUfteJianvisited Qaryataln In earlyApril to survey the location ofthe spare APU units founda­tion south of the pumphouse.

Welcome back to Hadl A.Ras from annual leave andpilgrimage to Mecca.

H. Kreltem, H.A. Azlz andO. Yassln are with us againfollowing annual vacation.

Congratulations to Mr. and

parties were given In honor ot"the visitors by Mr. and Mrs.Moussa Moussa, Dr. and Mrs.Hanna Wanna and Misses E.K. Holadjian and Najat Kaed­Beh.

The D. D. Coles are with usagain from an assignment InRafha. Mr. Cofe Is currentlyrelieving General Foreman"Operations-Maintenance, E. J.Wright, who Is on statesideholiday.

Saleh Abdallah, AbdallahJamll, Abdallah Faleh, Shab­bab Badr and Saleh Yussef areback from Beirut where theyattended a fire fighting andprotection course at the CivilAviation Safety Center.

Station Office Specialist G.Abdullah returned here March28 from a one-week businesstrip to Beirut. He was relievedby Fahed Sar'awi of Turalf.

Good luck to Joe Shaghouryon his recent transfer to Tu­ralf and to Sherif Attieh onhis transfer to Badanah.

Sanitation Technician Wa­lid Ghurabl ended March 31 athree-week business trip alongthe 'LIne.

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Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ar­nold are back from Beirutwhere Mr. Arnold attendedthe Superintendents Confe­rence held there In March.

Mrs. J. H. Slotboom wishesto thank all those who vlslteaher or sent her flowers duringher recent stay at the Ameri­can University Hospital InBeirut.

Mrs. John Arnold organizeda successful egg hunt for theRafha chUdren on Easter.Outshining all egg hunterswere Monlque Siotboom andTerry and Kelly Arnold. Thehunt was followed by cakesand refreshments.

Good luck to the D. Coles Intheir new surrounding at Ba­danah.

F. I. Quiggle, Saml Kurbanand George Ziady visited Raf­ha recently for an Inspectionof the turbines at the pump­house.

General Superintendent J.L. Koenrelch and J. J. Mak­klnJe of Turaif were enter­tained at dinner by the J. H.Siotbooms during their recentweekend visit to Rafha.

Mrs. H. H. Hoeksema Is backfrom a long stay In Beirutwith her newly-born son Ro­bert. Giving her an extra-

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16 TAPllNERSCOMPlETETRAININGAT SAfETYCENTER HERE

Sixteen Tapllners from SI­don, Turalf, Badanah, Rafhaand Qalsumah completed Ap­ril 1 a two-week Fire Preven­tion and Protection courseoffered by the Civil AviationSafety Center In Beirut, Le­banon.

The course, which ran fromMarch 19 through April I,provided training In generalfire prevention measures. Itfeatured Instruction and prac­tice In the use of first-aid fireextinguishers.

All participants In the cour­se and their Instructors werethe luncheon guests of Mana­gement at the Grotte aux PI­geons on April 1.

The Tapllne participantswere : K. Tronstad, A. Fad­doul, T. Baasslrl and A. Hou­rani of Sidon; Faleh Munee.Khader All and Hamdan Nourof Tur2.1f; Saleh Youssef. Sa­leh Abdallah, Abdallah Rashid.Abdallah Faleh and Sh. Harblof Badanah; Hamdan Abdal­lah of Rafha; George Young.Hmood Nazzal and H. Fahadof Qalsumah.

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