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
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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.
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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,
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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
tIJ; /,);/1"
PERISCOPE
Jane Ringlund has served two consecutive years as a member ofthe employees' club executIve committee
Tit It pll'il ,Int \'oi(,p on'r lilt'It'll'phlllll' anlllHIIH'ing it's" :\1,',
\\ it!art\.. ollif'l' o. bl'I()IH~"" to
,I I Ill' Hin!.{lund. sp,',plar~ to lhl'Pl'('sidt'nl. ,Jalll' arrill'd III tlH'1'1 'Id roul' alld a h,dr yl'ar, agllIs ,I 1,1 \ d 'p'lrllll 'nl se(Telary,\\ tlh bpI' ('harming 1)I'rson,llil~
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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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players wereand David
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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by O. O. Kilmitlo
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 •