Vol. 9 TR July 1961

PAYLOADER BLADE BREAKS LINE

The abo{'e snapshot of oil snrging oul of the pipelllle break iduel, occured,,Hay 21. al Kill 136 itaS lahen by IJe:ndrik C l'an Pullen The break,belitem QaisulIlah and SIll/bah. ,taS caused by Ihe blade of a Hough Pay­loader

NEW DATA SYSTEM

USED AT TURAIF

Ctilizing the binar~ count­ing system, K. E. Parr, 0­

ordi~alOr of Training, hasdesigned and completed theinstallation of a ne\\ manual­ly operated training datasystem for employes in Ara­bia. The 'ards in use allo\\the storage of a large amountof data in a \ ery small space.Each card carrie 17 majorcia' ifications of data under\\ hich 2,7 sub-das ificationscan appear. Data can bcentered on an indi\ idualard to obtain 60 billion

(that' correct) different cardpatterns. Ten per ent ofthe card pace is still unusedbecau e Ir. Parr has yet tofind additional types of dataworth storing.

The small packet of 4 9card contain much of thee sential data pre entlyfound in nine file cabinetdrawer. In addition, muchof the data on the card isnew and exists now for thefirst time in Tapline history.Individual contact withSaudi Arab Tapliners wasnecessary to check rabicliteracy, years of elementarychooling, and the present

state of English training andability.

By inserting a small steelbar through selected slot inthe set of cards a rapid sort­ing of the cards can be ob­tained. Surveys and reportscan be prepared quickly. Forexample, it took only eightminutes to obtain the per­centage of employees whowere literate, semi-literate,and illiterate in Arabic. Itwould havc taken six hoursto obtain the same data fromthe regular training file .

A break in the pipeline atKm 136, between Qaisumahand Shubah, was reportedat 1400 hour, I\Iay 21.Caused by the blade of allough P;yloader that hitthe pipe while exca\'atingfor recoating operation, thecrack was 41 inches long andhalf-an-inch wide. A sectionof the pipe, 11 inches long,6 inches wide and 11 inchesdeep, \\as indented.

The break was repairedat 0900 hours, I\Iav 23,when a final welding of a12" x 1" band was effected.

e\'eral un uccessful at-tempt at welding differentsize bands had been madeearlier.

The time required for therepair totalled 43 :20 hours.Qaisumah station was com­pletely off-stream for 32hours, and operated at apressure of 200 psi for about11 hours. Rafha was downfor about 17 hours due tolow stocks in the surge tanks.

Loss of oil during the

period wa estimated at near­ly 2,000 barrels, and poten­tial capacity 10 s at 700,000barrels.

Working on the repair ofthe pipeline break were Eu­gene L. Wood, Eugene \\'.Eckert, James E. Hughes,Louis J. Foreaker, Abdul­lah al-Dughaimi, HamadRakked, Fahad Mutlaq andTahnoon Muhammad.

P. R. Duo VisitBeirutI Sidon

I\Ir. Robert Scholl, Direc­tor of Public Relations, Stan­dard Oil Company (i\ewJersey), and I\Ir. Robert O.Carlson, Esso public rela­tions man for the EasternHemisphere, were guests ofTapline Public Relations forfour days over the end ofthe fir t week of June. Ir.Scholl and Mr. Carlson visi­ted the idon Terminal andheld several briefing ses­sions with Tapline and A­ramco Executives in Beirut.

Twenty-Five AttendPersonnel MeetingAt Turaif, June S-6

A Personnel De\'elopmentConference, originally che­duled for :\Iav 29 and 30,was held in Turaif, June 5and 6, under the chairman­ship of General Superin­tendent George F. Heide.

Executi\'e Vice President\Yilliam R. Chandler openedthe meetings by summariz­ing the progress Taplinc hasmade in its personnel devel­opment and by posing ques­tions as to future objecti\'esand how they should be met.

During the two-day ses­sion, discussion covered allaspects of the training andde\'elopment of personnel,including a general di cus­sion of the company'straining policy, its currentfuture and program, andthe proper planning andscheduling required.

I\Ir. Heide, Training Co­ordinator Kenneth E. Parr,Coordinator of EmployeeRelations James V. Foody,and cting l\1anager of In­dustrial Relations John P.O'Hagan sen'ed a discus­sion leaders.

Other attending particip­ants were \ralter E. Locher,Robert A. Prusinski, JacobThaddeus, Frank J. Zukos­ki, John J. Kelberer, Ri­chard R. Burnett, John H.Arnold, Jan 1\1. Gyjsen, RossC. Hill, \\'illiam R. Pickett,Donald W. Dreier, John F.Pfister, John L. Kocnreich,Dudley P. Harbin, RobertJ. Quick, Horace . Da\'i ,Oscar T. wan on, HaroldL. Krapp, Jame E. Hug-heand Robert G. Thompson.

NOBLE JR. WEDSMARY P. BARTOL

Miss Mary P. Bartol,daughter of Dr. and 1\1 rs.George M. Bartol, was mar­ried June 10 in 1\lilton,l\lass., to John :\'oble, Jr.,son of Tapline President and1\Irs. John Koble.

The ceremony was per­formed in the First ParishChurch (Unitarian) by theRe\'. Joseph Barth.

The bride wore a gown ofi\'ory silk peau de soie andan heirloom \'eil of rosepoint lace. She carried abouquet of ivory coloredgerbera, miniature roses andsmilax.

:\lrs. :\"oble, J r., whomade her debut at the 1956Debutante Cotillion in Bos­ton, is an alumna of theWinsor chool and \Vel­lesley College. She is work­ing for a master's degreeat the Bank Street Collegeof Education in Xew York

Her husband, an alumnusof :\Iilton Academy, wasgraduated in 1958 from Har­\·ard. In the autumn he willbegin his third year at theCollege of Physicians andSurgeons of Columbia Uni­\·ersity.

TEN-YEAR PINST\\"o-star emblems were

earned by the follo\\ ingemployees during June:

BeirutFawzi \1. ~ajm, of Indus­

trial RelationsRafha

Awadh Abdullah Jizani, ofCommunications

SidonTannous 1\1. Abed, of l\Ia­

nneElias Y. Baradi, of IarineXimer A. Deaybes, of Ad-

ministration and GeneralElias Deek, of 1\IarineSimaan E. Katra, of 1\larineHanna Y. Youssef, of Oper-

ations and RepairsTlll·aij

Abdel-Hadi Ahmad Hassan,of Operations and Repairs

Ghanem Mussaiwil el-Jaou­fi, of Storehouses

Ibrahim Ahmad Rashidan,of Communications

Hassan lraha'an el- huli,of Administration andGeneral.

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pickup and payloader.The repair job was com­

pleted June 3, when bothplanes left Rafha.

THE CRADLE ROWBeirut

Ramzi, son of Mr. and Mrs.Joseph A. Abboud

Jarir, son of Mr. and Mrs.Adel . Abu-Said

QaryatainFayrouz, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Assad A. KhatibSidon

Gilda, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Elias Y. Deek.

Tlte st,.allded plalle IIl1de,. repair at Rafha's airstrip. (Pltoto by IIelldrihC. Vall PllrrCII).

EMERGENCY LANDING AT RAFHAA United States Air Force

DC-3 made an emergencylanding May 29 on Tapline'sairstrip at Rafha, due toengine trouble. The pilot,Col. George Hannah, andthree other crew memberswere flown to Dhahran on arescue plane.

Six U.S. Air Force mech­anics and a new replacementengine were flown into RafhaJune 1. Under the supervi­sion of Walter Hetzel, Tap­line offered the necessaryassistance, by providing themechanics with a crane,

His Higlllless Amir 'Abd Allah ibll 'Abd al·'A::i:: ibllllfl/sa'ad, Amir of the Northern Frolltiers (sewlldfromleft),ret limed to 'Ar'ar, lIIay 16, from his trip to Riyadh, n'here he arrCllded meetings of a commilter formed by HisJl1ajesty Killg a'"d to Jillli ,mys alld mealls of sohing Bedollill problems ill the Northem 1'1'06nce. DI/rillg his t'isitto the 'Lille late in JUay, Exewtit'e "ice Presidellt Willill/Il R. Challdler (third from left) n'as elltertailled by HislJighness at dillner on the 221ld. The follo'cing day, ,Hr. Challdler hosted a ballqllet (abo"e) at Badanah's trallsiCIIIstaff hOllse for the Amir and some forty got'emorate officials. Before his retllm 10 Beirut, ,Hay 24, .\fr. Challdlercelebrated the' Id al·Adha brealifasl 'cith the Amir ill 'Ar'ar. sunlit! IIis Highness 01 JJr. Chandler's banql/et isDr. Jacob Thaddel/s, Taplille's medical officer ill charge of the Badallah Base Hospital. (Photo by RaJic J. Fallol/s).

PIPELI 'E PERISCOPE

LOOPINGS BOOSTLOADING RECORD

Construction of two sea­loading line cross-o\ ers atSidon, started in the thirdweek of April, 1961, has beencompleted and the installa­tions are already in usc. Thenew cross-O\'ers (one bet­ween Berths No.1 and No.3, and the other bet\\'eenBerths Ko. 4 and Ko. 5)are part of a program desi­gned to increase the loadingrate at the Tapline l\larineTerminal at Zahrani. Theold crossover between Berth

o. 3 and Berth No. 4 isstill in operation.

The new loopings haveincreased the loading ratesbetween 2,000 and 5,000barrels per hour, dependingupon the combination ofloading lines available.

A new loading recordwas scored June 10, whenthe "Esso Liege" loaded347,349 barrels in 7 hoursand 51 minutes, averaging44,248 barrels per hour. Themaximum flow in one hourwas 48,605 barrels. The oldrecord was an average of42,192 BPII, with a maxi­mum of 46,132 barrels forone hour.

SPRING GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPIn the last issue of the Periscope, the resu Its of the

Spring Golf Championship Tournament \\ hich took placeon the Zahrani Country Club course on :\IaY 25 and 26. .,were announced as Hash news. The Taplinc Lebanon teamwon O\er the Arabian Di\'ision by +0 •.assau match pointsto 20.

The "lIl1lillg t!am from Itjt to ril!hr, eated: CaptalTl Ednard Grall,wod,.\lrs Greeml"Ood, Captllill lI'alther J. LI/dn:f(sen, Captlllll CllIl/dio G.PicclTli, Captaill ,Hartill HI/theljord .. stal/dillf(: Walter E. Lochel, Cap,talTl Karl I Trol/stad, /lomcr /l ..Het:::, O.'Cl/r T. S'WI/SOIl, .\lrs Piem.11 Boiral, CaptalTl Pal/I ECole, (Johll Sob/e), Jlrs. RI/thujord, .\lrs.Or6s K Bif(elort' , Jlrs LlldngsCII, .\lr. B,gcfmt' , T!'illiam I. RoblllSOll,Jr. (Photo by Issa Bro.<'

The loosillg team from left to right, Slated: .1 Irs. Haskell IIargrot'e,.Hrs. Johll R Terry, JJrs. Et'erett R. Robertsoll, .\frs. El/gClle 11'. Eellert;klleelillg: ,Hr. Echert .. stalldillg: AIr 1J1lIgrot'e, Clarmce P. Booth,Raymolld fl .•lIassey, James I'. Torres, Ed,t'ill J. Wright, Otis E. Ritter,(Johll Noble), Dr. l'llarcel N. Prillce, Johll N. Samaha, Jr., lJorwrd T.JensCII, alld Robert II' Bone. (Photo by Issa Bros.).

Golfers in acllon. (Photo by Issa Bros.).

PIPELL 'E PERISCOPE

Born in Beirut, \\·here hegraduated from the BritishLebanese Training Collegeand obtained her "Bre\'etd'Etudes ,uperieurs" fromthe French Lyeee des JeunesFilles unde; an honor'sscholarship, ~ida has a per­fect command of three lan­guages - French, Englishand, naturallY, Arabic. ,heha taken electiYe cour es inmusic and Arabic literatureat the American Uniyersityof Beirut and taught th~latter subject at BLTC be­fore joining Tapline.

"I am a great 100'er ofserious music and play thepiano fairly well. l\1 y fa\'o­rite composers are Beetho­Yen, Chopin and Brahms ...I like the new operas, whichare a mixture of the modernand clas ical, such a ":\IyFair Lady" ... I don't go bya fa hion since I design mostof my dresses ... and I IO\'ereading books on history,literature, art and music ... "said ida in an impulsivestatement about her moreintimate self.

A casual tourist as yet,1 'ida's plans for the summerinclude a hop over to Rome,Paris and London. Whatbetter ambassadress couldthere be?

Michel Salome

Rose Sawdah

John Franjieh

R. M. Weeks

John Nehme

S. S. Dabaghi

Dr. G. M. Stephan

IS. M. SiddiqueM. Sultan

IN

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Resp. Director: M. K. Saab

Staff Reporter F. C. Najia

Artist Vartan Bezdikian

Reporters:

Badanah

Turoif

Beirut

Jordan

New York

Qoisumoh

Rafha

Sidon

J!lss Xida Xehmeh 11110011, secretary,b-, Issa Bros).

jJipefiHe

PERISCOPE

.-\ familiar face in Beirutheadquarters, and one al­ways a ociated \\ ith GO\"­ernment Relation, is that of_'ida :\ehmeh imaan.

":\ida," as she is betterknown, has been a secretaryin the GO\'ernment Rela­tions Department eyer sinceshe joined Tapline on July1, 19+9. Apart from filing,typing and shorthand, fortweke years no\\, he hasbeen handling and routinghighly confidential corres­pondence falling within theframe of departmental work.

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The refinery and oil field models, sho,t'n abot'e, ,,,ere bllilt by Raja Ayash, son of ChiefOil Dispatcher alld .lIrs, Emile l·. r1yash, alld Salah Abll I::::edille, son of .llr, and.Urs. Fllad .-lbll I::::edine and ,,,ere exl,ibited at the Assembly Hall of the inlematiollalCollege of A r.: B. The exhibit ,cas illtended primarily for science stlldents of the SecondSecondary class (Photo by issa Bro,').

ShOlcn abo,'e is Jlahmolld K. Saab briefing the First l'ear Commerce stlldents of inter­national College of A. U.B, on the organi::ation and operati071S of Tapline. The disClls­sion meeting ft'as held at the dining hall of Ollr Sidon Terminal after the stlldents hadtOllred .Uedreco's Refinery and Taplille Terminal The ,'isit took place Jllne 1. (Photoby Issa Bros '.

At the annuaL open house of the NationaL CoLLege of Choueifat, held on May 13, awhoLe room ,cas det'oted for the exhibition of oiL industry maps, posters, modeLs and lite­rature, The abat'e picture shows a corner of this room 'eith Mr. Ramzi Jirmanous, chem­istry teacher, proudLy 't'atching an oil refinery and an oiL fieLd correctLy buiLt by his studentsfrom kits presented to the schooL by TapLine. (Photo by Iua Bros.).

A ,'isit to Ollr Zahrani Terminal is ahwys pleasallt to stlldent grollps The pleasllres of a picnic and the interest of leaming abollt strallge and importantthings are combined. This expression is clear on the faces of the stlldellts of the t1l'O top classes of the British Lebanese Training College in the abo,'epictllre. The grollp, accompanied by Joe Jabbollr of Pllblic Relations and FOllad Dandan of Operatiolls-Sidoll (left), t'isited ollr termillal 011 .\1ay 20.(Photo by issa Bros.),

TAPLINE'S SCHOOL PROGRAM ATTRACTS WIDE INTERESTWith the end of the academic year 1960-1961, Tapline's School Program completed its second year. It was started

in 1959 with the significant purpose of stimulating and assisting teachers and students to learn more about Tapline andthe oil industrv.

As a me~ber of the Middle East business community, Tapline felt it had an obligation to help the public learnmore about the area's most important economic asset oil. So it proposed to make available to all interested universityand high school administrations general information, data and statistics about its own operations and the oil industryin general. An o\'erwhelming majority of the schools approached responded favorably and the program has grown steadily.

This year numerous groups ha\'e been taken on guided tours of Tapline installations at Sidon, Qaryatain and Turaif;literature, maps and posters have been made a\'ailable to student and faculty groups; films have been shown, and modelkits of oil installations have been provided for classroom assembly.

Accompanied by Mahmoud K. Saab, of Beirut PubLic Relations, andFouad A. Dandan, of Sidon Operations (first and second from left), faculty mem­bers of the Shepherd's CoLLege in Beirut "isited Sidon Terminal, April 22, and were conducted on a tour of installations there, Sho,en abo"e at the tankfarm with his staff is Ret'erend Mulhim Choucair (center), Principal of the Shepherd's CoLLege. (Photo by Soussi).

Bir Zeit College of Bir Zeit, Jordan, holds an open hOllse once e,'ery year.Got'emmellt officials, dignitaries and old stlldents are im'ited to see the labora­tory 'cork of the school, mai,7Iy ill the fields of physics and chemistry. This year'sopen house ,cas held bet,eem ;\Jay 18 and .llay 21. The abo,'e picture shott'sa grollp of t'isitors and stlldents ,catching all oil field model preseuted by Taplineand built by the stud/?lIts. ill the foreground, from left, is .\Jr. .\'ol'man Bllms,President elect of A.U,8, tall,ing to .Uahmolld K. Saab, of Pllblie Relations,(Photo by Cleopatra),

The Principal and staff of AI/?y Nett, College accompanied by Jlahmoud K.Saab and FOllad Dandall spent the greater part of .\Jay 12 tOllrmg JIedreco'sRefinery and Tapline Terminal. (Photo by SOllssi),

Stlldents of the Ahlieh School, in Amman, Jordan, arollnd an oil field modelwhich they had built. To the right is John Franjieh, of Tapline-Amman, visitingthe school on the occasion of its annual open hOllse, June 2.

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Defen e during the monthof:\lay.

:\Iooring :\Iaster MalvinK. Nesheim ha returnedto ' idon Terminal with hisfamilY from a holida\' in:\on;ay. Cap, :'110m and thekids report ha\ ing had awonderful time at their new­ly built home, despite thecold and frost\' weather. TheNesheims rode from :\or­way to :\Iarseilles in theirFord, and from there em­barked for Beirut- Mrs.Nesheim's preoccupationat the moment i to lo'e thefew pounds he picked upduring the \·acation .

Hassib D. Baasiri ha.heen appointed .\ssistantForeman-Pipeline :\laintcn­ance, succeeding Commo­dore H. Hardwick, whodeparted on long lea\ e inmid-:\lav. Mr. Hardwickjoined his family in Rome,spent time with hiS in-lawsand then enplaned to theStates.

Storekeeper Yous ef M.Geha topped all participantsin the ci\ il defense trainingcourse sponsored at Sidonby the :\1 inistry of 'a tiona I

Chandler Nets 66,Takes Golf Trophy

Playing consistently andcalmly all the w'ay, Execu­ti\'e "ice Presiden't \\'illiamR. Chandler led a field of29 contenders to walk offwith the J. Byron BrownChallenge Trophy for 1961at • idon on J unc 11.

lr. Chandler turned in aca rd of 83 strokes for 1holes. A handicap of 17gm'c him low net honorswith 66. lIis nearest ri\'alsposted net 69's.

William A. Robinson, al ahad a net 66 when he wonthe J. Byron Brow n hal­lenge Trophy in 1960.

Sidon

sens wish to e:l.press theirappreciation to all their Tap­line friends in Beirut head­quarters and along the'Line, whom the\' \\on't beseeing before the~r impend­ing departure, for their co­operation during the yearsthey ha\e spent in this partof the \\orld.

Tapline's Senior Engi­neer Safet\ and Fire Pro­tection Fa~zi M. Najm hasreturned from a one-monthbusiness assignment in theStates and a two-week holi­day in Europe. Stateside,Mr. Najm attended the.\merican Petroleum Insti­tute and :\ational Fire Pro­tection :\ssociation meetingsin Detroit and took a one­week course gi\en b~ the. 'ational Safet\ 'ouncil inChicago. '

Indll'trial Relations .\na­Iyst Joseph E. Saba and.'upcr\ i "'Of, Personnel :-\d­ministration, Michel K.Brummana made three tofour-day orientation tripsto pump station along the'Line during the month ofJune .

\\'edding bells soundedJune 11 at the :\ationalE\angelical Church for Sei­di H. Gabro, formerly ofT&AT, and John Issa, of:'Iliddle East Airlines.

Miss Odette Fernainyhas been transferred fromi\ccounting to Tra\'el andAir Transport.

Our deepest sy mpathy toRizkallah Fayad on thedeath, June 7, of his fatherin Jounieh.

Congratulation to Anni­bal A. Faddoul on his pro­motion to the job of Opera­tions and :\laintenance Fore­man, replacing John H. Ar­nold,who left on long \'aca­tion June 23 and is scheduledto assume the duties andresponsibilities of BadanahStation Superintendent Oc­tober 1. The Faddouls ha\'emo\'ed to the Terminal'shousing area and now occupyan abode adjacent to that ofthe Abner A. Brickhouses.

Hikmat A. Bidawy has,meanwhile, been named .\s­sistant Operations andI\laintenance Foreman, re­placing Mr. Faddoul.

./Idall 1W ,",'ah!all to Nas-ir bin Abdullah, Mukbil

Hamdan and Sa'ad Rashidon return to the fold aftermaking the !tajj to :\leccaand :\ledina.

Our deepe:t sympathy toMr . Jan M. Gyj en, whosemother recently passed a­wa\ in ,'on\a\.

john A. Wood is off to

the L'nited States on long\ acation with his familv.Relie\ ing him is Ha ke'UHargrove.

Bed-ridden at the .\meri­can l'nilersity Ilospital inBeirut, Mr . Rhea H. Put­nam is \I ished a speedyrecm en h\ her mal1\ friendsin the ~tation. '

BeirutPre ident John oble

left for ew York, :\ 1<1\ 31,on bu. iness, '

Thoma D, Durranc ,\ ice President PublicRel.nions, has mearl\l hill' re­turned from a husll1e:: triPto the States.

E:l.ecuti\ e \'ice PresidentWilliam R. handler leftfor Dhahran June II) to at­tend a numher of ,\ramco­Tapline t:oordination meet­ings. On the 25th, Mr. andMr . Chandler left on long\ at:ation to the lJS.\ \ iaLondon, \I ith daughterGail, 15, and son Billy, 3.The Chandl r arc sched­uled to stop ()\er in Seattle,where daughter Barbara­Ann is finishing up herschool \ear at :eattle Cni­\ ersit\. 'The\ will then pro­ceed 'to Payette Lake, near:\Ic all, Itiaho, where the\'will remain until Septemhe'r1.

The e"-ruler of Qatar,h ikh Ali AI-Thani, ac­

companied b~ A - ayyidAbdallah Darwish, dro\efrom Dammam to Beirutearl\' in June - - topping0\ e;night at pump stationsalong the .Line.

W. V. Tietjen, PublicRelations Representati\'e, re­tu rned Jun' 22 from a 10­week assignment in Dhah­ran. Few days later, he en­planed with his wife fora holiday in London.

Retiring Superintende~t

of Purchasing and Trafficand Mrs. Gerhart H. Gos-

at the new g,\. filllll\:: statIOnand \::arage of Turalf con­tractor Khalifa hmadLahig. d >1 IS \ IT\ fond ofsoccer, chess and hilliards.

Professor F. R. Korf, ofthe I\meflcan l nl\l'fslt\ ofBelfllt, spent the wt'l'k he­ginning Jun' III III :audi.\rahIa, at Turaif, llad.IIl.lhand Rafha, where he ,ld­mll1istered st.lndard a 'hle\ e­m 'nt test: to Taplm' chil­dren attending the SeniorStafr EI'mentra\ :choob.

Farewell to the Rob rtJ. Quick on their transferto Bel rut headquarter.',where Mr. Quick w111 takeO\'er the dUlles .lIld r'spon­slhilities of . 'uperintendent,Purchasing and Traflic, asof July 1.

Saleh bin Abdul-Azizand Matrouk Ma ha'an,who transferr 'd to Qaisumahand Badanah, respecti\e1y,arc \\ ished the hest of luckin their new surroundings.

Wedding felicitations aredue to Akla bin Hassan onhis marriage in Turaif to\\ nto the daughter of a localcontra tor. lor' than fiftyof Akla's friends attende~1the dinner party gi\ en 111celebration of th' e\ent.

The\rabian h 'adquartcrsfor the' Line weleomes AdelHamzeh ai-Madani, whoJoined our Central Store­house stall as mat 'rials a"­count,II1t. Born in Zarqa,Jordan, \I h 'IT he learnedEnglish and completed theI)th grade, Ad I mm cd toTuraif with hiS fathn last~ear. Befon' IOlnln!!; T.lpli­Ill', Iw worknl for si" months

Turaif

started for M. Mutail k, F.bdul-Rahman, M. kh-

tar, H. Zaki, R. bdul-amad and M. bdul-Rah­

man.

.111 rC'/'IJII to Mr . EdwinJ. Wright, off to th· :t.H'

to . pend the ~ummer withdaughter L nda.The Eug ne V • Eck rt ,Mr. Ev r tt R. Rob rt-on, Edwin J. V right and

Robert V • Bow were onthe \rahlan ))1\ ISlOn te,lln,which md with Bl'lfllt-:i­don !!;o!krs, \1.1\ 2~ and26, on the Zahranl Countr\,Club 'ourse for thl' ,'prin~'hampionship Tournam ·nl.

.\11 !!;a\ e .1 !!;ood act:ount ofthemseh·s .Ilthou!!;h the\didn't find tht: gras~s

greens" much to their liking.\ farewl'll dinner part~

was gl\ en ,lt Rafh.1 In honorof Antoin G. Ghabi, whon:turned to . 'Idon Opera­tions and Repair:.

\ rel.lti\eh newt:omer to\::olf, Mich I Mou a re­centh . t:ored the e:l.cellentlem gro. total of +3 troke'for the C)-hole Telal e1­Bedou gol f cour e. II e iRafha'. hest hope to capturethe 'Line champion hip ne:l.tyear from Badanah" Dr.Marcel . Prince.

'ongratulations to the Ab­dullah Sulaiman and Mu­hammad Ali Suleimanson the birth of two 10\e1vbaby girls. •

Early Wednesda\ morn­ing, ;\iay 24, expat~iate em­ployees in the station at­tended the 'Id al-Adha ce­lebration hosted b\ AmirMuhammad ibn Haza'a.

While vacation arc O\erfor M. Awadh, B. Saoud,A. Zain, M. Saif and A.Ahmad, they ha\e just

Rafha

tant rl']atlllns representati\ eis Muhammad Jareid.

Temperaturl' at Qai:umahdurin!!; \LI\ ranged from amll1lmUm (;f 57 de!!;ree~ Fah­renheit, rt'glstered at 1100hours on the ,'th, to .1

ma"imum of 1(1) de!!;ree:,recorded at _OOIl hours on:\1.1\ 12. Otlll'r statisticssho~, th,1t tot.tl rainfall forthe season in th' Qai.umah,Irea remainnl unchanged6+5 II1cht:. to date.

reorganization of our AI­Iliial Golfing Group.

\\'elcome home to lubnca­tlon mechanl' Ra hid a­fil, on return from a two­month lea\ e 111 J Iddah, Ri­\.Idh, Amman and KIl\\alt,;rurbll1e die",el mechanIC M.B. ufui ha. abo returnedto the fold from Dhahran,where he spent his annual\ acation with hIS Llmih.

"'ord is around th.lt' tur­bi e diesel mechanic Mu­hammad bin Ghazi, pre­lnth \ acatloning in Rafha,

will 'return to us marned.ongratulation: in ad\ ance,

and good luck.CongratulatIons al:o to

Mr. and Mr . M. B. Omaron the recent bIrth of son,Omar.

.'igning the ·tation \ i. itorsregi ·ter in :\Ia~ were: JohnJ. Kelberer, Kamal Laba­bidi and Victor Y. Khalaf,of Beirut; Everett R. Ro­bert on, Richard Ragsd­ale, Eugene W. Eckertand Edward C. Olsen, ofRafha; and John L. Koen­reich, Hamad Rakked andAbdullah al-Dughaimi, ofTuraif.

Off on vacation arc O.Saleh, T. Hassan, M. Tu­ram, O. Obeid, F. Abdul­lah and H. Hajri.

Another ummer ab enteei Saad Salim. Relie\inghim from Badanah a assis-

Qaisumah

ner.'hlp Plan E:l.eLum e YIcePre: i J e n t William R.Chandler W,IS pre:ent at theturnQ\ er and acceptance ofthe :,II.O,P hou.e, :\L1\ 12.

Badanah :w Imming 'Poolha: heen :un eyed and bat­lcr-hoartb :et. C;round wa",hroken for construction ofthe ",econd sw imming poolon the Tapline :~ ",tem, \Ia~?--I.

Badanah SuperintendentJohn R. Terry, station ph~-

Ician' and member of theGo\ernment Relation' De­partment celebrated the 'Idal-Adha breakfa t with HiHighne Amir 'Abd Al­lah ibn 'Abd-al-'Aziz ibnMu a'ad, .-\mir of the .'or­thern Frontier., 111 '.-\r'ar.

Off on holida\ dunng the'Id ea on were MarzoukFay aI, Abdullah Faleh,Sabha Saleh and RashedSaleh.

ongratulatlon to Mr.and Mrs. Hathal Said onthe birth, :\laY 22, of a babybo\' at the Badanah BaseHo pita!. Al 0, to Agab Fal­laj, Fahd Muhsin and Mat­roud Bsayyes, who all be­came the proud fathers ofbaby girl .

James F. Chaplin, LouisJ. Foreaker and John H.Rosqui t are working on the

BadanahB.I 1.1I1.lh emplll~ ~~'" and

'\r'.lr r;O\ anor.ltl' o!ticlals:lttenlkd the celebration,i\1.1\ II, of the InternationalI It ~plt.ll l).l~ ,It Tapline'sBa.l' lit ",pit.ll \,; the gu~.·t:

.lrri\ eJ. thn wae hnefedon thl.' i_11itic.ll1cl.' of thed:1\ whieh eommemoratl.':the ch.lrit.lhll.' work of Flo­r~nl~ . ·I..:htinr;.lle. YI",itor:then \ l'r~ conducted on atour of ho,pita! in.tallatlons

n d ",en l·J rdre:hments."'inner", )1' the ontest tod i_n p l",tcr: that wouldh~ t portra~ the Interna­tl n I I I ",pital Da~ :piritwere awardl.'d theIr pnze:h Dr. Frank J. Zuko ki,Taphnc'", \I~dlcal Director,n thl.' pr •ence of :ration. Ipenntcndent J 0 h n R.

T rry.

Dr. Yu ri Ahmad, :\1111­I. tn I t lleahh entomolo ist,w a recen t \ 1",1 tor to thearl.'a.

.\ Tran. - :\Iediterranean.\inla~.•\\ro-York planemadt.· an emerr;enC\ landina Badanah' air. trip on :\Iay

. The plane wa refuelledand took off the ne t morn­111:!

ara\ n of hiLl" car­ryin~ pil:!rim from I raq to. Ie ca and i\Iedina tran. ited'.-\r'ar rather than Rafhato\\ n thi \ ear due to betterroad condt ion . Quarantineta ion \\ ere et up in the

\ icinin b\ the :\Iini tn' ofHeal h ' ,

Dr. Mu tafa Amin, Di­n:ctnr of 'uratl\e :\Iedicineat the :\Iini tn of Health,\ i i cd Badanah recently ona tour of the company'B~ e Ho pital facI1itie . The\ i itor al 0 dro\'e to . akaka,where he in pected the iteof the new tuberculo i ana­torium to be built there.

\nothcr hou e was com­pleted recently at 'Ar'ar andac p ed hy turbine die elm t .lI1il alih bin Abdul­lah al- uwailim under the

mp,lI1. audi Ilome Ow-

p

Tap'ine Doctors

Receive Thanks

In the June issue of thePeriscope, the story was toldof the Saudi child \\ h se life\\ as :~I\ed by an emergencyoperation performed by Dr.RodolphI.' E. Sabbagha, as­sisteJ In Dr. \Iauricc .' ..\ti\\'eh.'The child had s\\ al­lo\\'e'd a peanut \\ hich \\entinto his trachea and blockedhis respiration.

\\"1' ha\ 1', since, recei\eda request from the father('.\mer \Iustafa Sihly) andgrandfather (:ubhl \IustafaShuq~lIr) of the child to pub­lish th~ follo\\ ing lett'r inthe Peris 'ope:

"Thank. to the he,ld phy­~IClan, Tapline-Turaif.

"\\e . ubmit our thank.and appr~ciation to th~ I leadPh\ "ician of the CompamII().I it.ll at Tur,lif, Dr Rl)­dolphe I', Sabhagh.1 and hiScolleague. Dr \Iaunc '\1I~­

\ eh, for theIr humannananJ 'Cd in . a\ IIlg our 2.­month-old. on, \hd al-Ila­keem .\mer \1. Sihh, fromthe cla\\ s of impendll1g deathon :\Ia\ II, 1961 (26 Dhual-Qa'd'ah 13 '0).

"On that d.l\ as our son\\ as \\ nh us, a' peanut ac i­dentally \\ ent into his res­pirator; tra t. The child be­came stiff, could not breathand \\ a on th point ofdeath,

"We immediate" tookhim to the ompan) 110'­pita1 at Turaif and foundthe t\\O doctor, :abbaghaand .\tiyyeh, \\ ho did thene 1." ar) emergency mea-ure and then perform~d a

delicate 'urgical operation\\ hich \\ a suc e. ful andthe peanut \\ as remo\'ed,thu' a\ ing our dear sonfrom imminent death, Thatwas the rc ult of God's willand the doctors' courageand kill.

"We offer our thanks tothe two clevcr doctors andrespect their humanitarianincerity and appreciate their

great efforts, We also thankthe Tran -Arabian Pipe Line

ompany because it choo esskilled doctor to work in ithospitals, ones who can par­ticipate in such humanitar­ian deeds."

Year 196135 ,122

232338,401220,252

REPORT:\Ia\

2- ,16535

239,16.211, 3+

s

tion, 11\1." \\ nh hiS LlIlllhin a hou.e huilt in ',\r'a'runder the Saudi I (ome 0\\­ner:hip Plan.

E :0 E\.port 'orporallon,an affiliate of ,'tandard Oilompan~ (.'1.'\\ J 'r"ey), an­

nounced that effecti\c :\ Ia\25 the name of th . corpora'­tion ha' been changed toEs.o International ] nco

L'nder thi: ne\\ name, thecorporation \\ ill continue tocarryon all of it' pre.entacti\'itie .

The orp ration said thechange of name ha beenmade to reflect more accur­atek th international char­actc'r of it operations.

ESSO HAS NEW NAME

.-herage BPD recei\ed at • idon:hip loadedA\'erage BPO loaded on hip.-herage bbl per 'hip.-herage BPD deli\'ered to ships

and :\Iedreco 2+7,131 351,271Pipeline throughput rallied mode tly in :\1ay and fin­

i hed at more than 16,500 barrel above the April dailyaverage. Thi a\'erage, however, wa still 210,418 barrelsper day below the record company average daily throughputattained in :\larch, 1959. The auxiliary pumping unitswere off tream for the second con ecuti\'e month andTuraif tat ion continued to be on by-pas operation.

Deli\'erie from. idon to ship and :\ledreco lippedin :\lay by more than 10,500 barrel a day below the Aprilaverage. Probable average deliveries from Sidon for Juneare 237,000 BPO.

NA YEF NAMED SENIOR SHIFT FOREMANBadanah': Lafi ,-a\'ef re­

centh earneJ Ihe Ji,tinc­tion 'of lecoming the firsl,'audl ,\rah Tapliner to henamed lO the po:ition of-'enior :hlft Foreman,

Lafi Joined TaplinI.' onDecemher 5, 1951, a' ana --i 'rant operator. Abouttwo ~ ears later, he \\ as ap­pointed ulilit~ room oper­ator. In June, 195+, he be­came control room operatorand in :\ la\, 1959, he gainedthe po ition of 'hift foreman.

About a year ago, Laficompleted the company'"Pumphou e :hift ForemenTraining Program" in Bei­rut headquarter and at the,idon :\Iarine Terminal.

Lafi \\ ho i pre ently en­joying a three-month \'aca-

OPERATIO

Loft . aye] (lr}l) ru,1t r< Ihr (ollf[ral"lallOn of O/>eral"", FOTUllallRal'lIIolld H \fa ,/.'" on hi rt(wl prolllollOn 10 lite />mll'Oll of • 'wlOr'Illfl Form"lII (Pholo by Ra]j( ]. Fall" )

Ralph E Lo(hn

RALPH LOCHER GETSB. Sc. IN PHYSICS

S. AL-AS'AD LEAVES

FOR UNITED STATES

Ralph Eugene La her, 22­Ycar-old son of Tapline''-ice Pre:ident of Opera­tion: and . Ir'. \\.alter E.Locher, graduated June 9from Ren 'alear Pohtech­nique In titute, Troy,-. -.Y.,\\ith a B.:c. degree III phy ­ie. A former tudent of

~,lhh .\I-.\:"ld, ,hsistant\Ian.l~er {f Public Reb­im:, !tft tor the Cnllel

. at~:, JUIl( _-. on .1 t\\O­m"nth lu.in·:-~ ~b~l~nmenl.

rrom June ,'tJ throughJuh .'1. :\Ir .-\l--\s'ad \\illI ~ III , 1.'\\ York \\ orking as.1::l.lant to J'lCk Butler, for­mer ,\r.1Il1 0 Public Reb­lions :\I.mag 'r and 'urren hre:-pon:-ible for :0 'on~'­:\ I I il puhli' relations ah­m,ld. Ill' \\ill Ihen lea\e forL : \n!::ek.. \\ here he \\ ill,pend 11\ I.' da~ s \ isiting ,'oc­ony-\Iohil ngl' nal puhlicr~ l~ ion: office:, ,-\fter Los.-\n~ek:-. :\Ir ,-\I-.\:'ad i'.ch~dl!kd to la\ in Dalla:,Te " for a \\ l'ck.

n hi.' \\.n I a k. :\Ir. .\1­.-\. 'ad \\ill .!'l'nd hi: annual\ cali n \\ ilh hi. family inEurop~, touring France.Gamam. -\u. ria and Itah.The .\1-',-\ "ad: are sbted torelllrn to Bl'irut around Sep­tember 20.

the American CommunitYhool in Beirut, Ralph r

fa d to join We tinghou I.'

n July in it Graduateud nt Trainin T Program

in Pitt burg, Penna.