Vol. XIV. No. I6 April 4 M68 Official Ceremony Launches

Amir Hamad ibn [In'ld of Ah&, septd at the oonlrolm d a CPterpillPr trwt0r-e. MfbiJlg bmke theeApril 1. [or the new -Abpaiq site housing developmd. At the oer~monywers AbqaIqlduniorwllty Wrector 'AM Wbb &I-mi& Lt. FPM al-Bulh.id, ahlei of the Ahqaiq Pobe. Ab-

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. . Deliveries Amlr Hamd ibn Sdld of Abqoiq at the controlsd thCoterpilior tmctu which brok. thwwnd on th Sidon mw kdim-Abqnlq tomnih April 1. With him Is Abqoiq District knagsr Fmd Abbott. Fwr hundmd Top Laat Year's and umtvunn b am tu be built on the 92-0cm rite. Crude oil delivered from Homer Mueller Incoming Tonnage At Two Ports -.Lebnwn.-- mounted to ll,~.0(ab.rrels, or an average of 973.840 bur- At Poet Doubled in Five Years,Still Rising mla per orlrmdpr day, the Trw-AcablanPlpg Llne Com- Cargoea delivered E& &audi boUl truok~and trains. Now PW A,*'. !tam rdg east cout nu cargoes at --. arri* mm- I111. report oomp~ren wltb porb doubled in tonnage be- mom port rmut travel to the 10,~49,6Mhrrds, or anaver- 1968 and 1967 and ue shore over a swm-mile-bmg rge of 550.459 -is per -erpsted to rise nmtherll per trerNe;there is ru, oaleedpr day, the .sme cat tbfl year. provieim for motor vabicle period M year. brcomIng nhlpmentsof Aramr trnneport over the pler. at co carp diaabarged Baa New Classes Tamus piers md anahorages 80,889,981 barrelsof cruds oil, hsve &en 160 per cent fn the Will Begin April 26 an average of M,lU barrela TheBomeQanerllQ dl* M five years,lmt theinoreas per cplmdpr day. This oom- ishrildlrrs a modelltorueon tha ofcargoesdi.0hargedatD.m- EllmIlmrnt inArabloo- pared with 2s. 111,319 bur&. niteto shovrh.ti.b&g of- mam port for conaigeeea other for Senior nior employees and an average of 8eS. 469 bumla fered& to .me u ula ~ArpmcoaraserrpgrsPter tbeirwiveninbothdny and . per cal- day the oftlce. mulng the meperiod even@ ol~lesfor the April -- meperiod M year. on who01 m-ad in long tons, all* 26July 2 termatll be accepted Work a 800-~ to mpplemmt the amall me ly more thm 180 per cent. by the TreJnlngdivlilim thmugh The Weather now eerstnp the uawUbsgb The large rise in offloaded April as. March 2SApril 7 in Almut. orugc0aatbomport.~~.PC- WOYBB. Ehuld Ppply oompllehed with a relatlva thrcugh SUPe~Ora& nm- Temp. Hum. amall inareae in tha number employees direcUpto the Train- Abq& YsJLlOW 87 of ves& using these peal ing dlvidm, phme 3286. Day Mill. 8Po 1 facllltlw. While ZOO carga ol6asea meet five times a week Dbnbran Yar. w 100 Lbtn. e.h@a put in at Bar) Tanura and and evening ahswon [Intar- W 18 in 1965 to dlsoharge daym, Mondays and Wednesdays Ran Tanura Ilox. 8lo 100 a tCtpl d 276.088 long tons of ExPminatlDllll for ndvsnoed Mill. 660 28 oorgo, impmved Bohedullnsl oo~%eswill be glpgll AprU praotlctu & aimul(aaeaus uae 18-28. of mom hat ah^^ &ring tmload- ing oguatlom eaabled P8P Stirton Farewell baean-going ve~elsto oMoul A farewell recsption for J. C. 668,014 tma at these port. in &irton, reUringVice President, 1967. En@eerlng md Co~trucUm, Bblppdns men attrihuta the srUl be held at 4 p.m. tornor- gmwiag importance of Dam- mw, April lo, at BweNo. 17. mam an n port 0 a correapcd- All SmplOyBB. md fri- ing~inaRneralhlnsurhowlehtowgoaBgtoYIz notlrltJ&tthe.rr It & Mrs. BUrtm m Invited. .ens., and more FanoululJ Tbayveto leave~AprU 18 far s hlmpml tmr before r~toU1.~%.tsl. Cb~i,tFm~nill he Joinea inEurop.by cB.ir- mmdtbnBoudM A. VISITORS - MJ. Rahbau. Pmsldm d 5- Oil Cronv I).* md Yr.. mvlea and a. L. Kqw. nceaqy reLLrsd ArmReddan(. md Mw. Keyen. WIurdFlore Shert-comings and goings Istanbul and Pointe South Agenda Grows By RIP A8qMJ - h rrmdm, re a&d "-2(M rri.plua we-ri8 bmrtIL.~ebbrw.ntly hrdf.~c?inu~

fwoumd vehlch pi-, H. A. MoKi, rimhi, ad William El- tbh, hwa happy mmlm at Gurt Howr 1176, Dhahm. Ueaert Travel Pioneer Takes ----daQhw,-plPlitom ru.wa- w Look At Sands He Helped Lick md.trlLlr-th. haare mu. hmBLwiu-fhb@= L.Pcoiawm'e wxiIlgf0nd.a At 15-Year Mark *errrmth.&hldadrn ~DllrmnLIyrLItto Wo%e R. Colu#, mper he orno.. Tom *or, utlmnaca d we- ~~1Ytb.tIt- ~~-,Bqpplp ~.~eforth~wl d Trafb -5% oge4outtMrb.(rlad-. 4 oompletee 18 ye~om- ~~e~f.ex- UQMM ederPUl ArumiY~ & to MIoaamr W.H. 9. dmeditaprrsd d dr1lll.s md to tNwkma -- an fer~lw99.rwd auwy 1. c. Mlley, F. B. Cmny, pmtw& amMlala OLI d mu- lornu ddasrC.reurhsceArrrnc0 3.L. Me0.0. Perlag d N. L. 0 April 14, 194s. cxwla Reflury lld*yl Clam. Ollr besi jowBocal'. RBolPmstlm dl- A.E. RUh B.E. Bbb, ~Pllroaueand&ar*d%- dJ.J.PoQo,rhohnldt p.rtmPat, in Tuft. C.Uf. no Five-Week Study ufor~~ haO~hpeh.ol~~ pat ricia Romard in wardrww aud rmhunrtlon Of Stock Market wwk prar si.ce, 11 years B N.Y. Honor Soclmty BadiAr.Mr mm in Wlhntn(lPm, Dsl.. ~.Racd.D.ilw Fwmrd, ed J. X. lad smdmw- Hrmbtrpbtrp dm@mr N.J.. BIpbSdIwL Colha aomprdoi~hubssn 0 uu N.9.. m.d.hi.flntmmmUca rflb UsDIed B.uIIorr. bo.Lh10Pa. Hew nttb ed(bewkd PmDr tb.t OOmpmyB sab deP.cb me. meat for tba next flve y6are. ae.Lo vu akw sioe Fram 19% mul he rtdoinad nwskbtd tha Nntlcaa ma8 dnrlag World WU 4 he wkea rn MW JBTW for th~ BhbF~&uvlceandfor a abem~Mraiathe d- ernpsrtosthe-. Aysrr.i*rr&micg b W CoUins vu mule r .twkmml in It. T& ware- buw. Hu wetoMunco lm Jemup, lWY, PI a eimilnr 0.prolCp. d trsnderred ta (be di~i00 m Jws, 184s. COWand his wife, &me, wiub.vJbmmuNadM yam nrd mallw# have twc rrorn llamtem. 'n- m. md BWW, d Mlrltpt --* -an4 &Q (rp.. Jdam =h

'Sotority' Tickoh - TIOW fa *blllflq P*.c.v' IYrodtaDu n~wuwons3.hymem bofth.op.twrdat the Llloour. B.ur&araldtb. * klleldT~Psriorar -rill ba uar8Dp,m.awr- wdWd8y,AprJlUdlA &n and Flare Men of Aramco Letters rShopper% Guide -, Editor, Tanura Special For Viewers IstowAby tba BpsTsnura I PPmily bsue [Itore the otber 6, PATXY UW evenIngandfamdmysdfin a %mml al-oasptbi'e sbop in tun@ lbia wwk Among tbsm md, d fanatics who were de- nl-Khobu is fealdq PhIll~e are pWUa orlb hnnp- termined to get hir share of TV s& at a new rebaedprice. era. Chix Utkd psrelle crlb a red"M do!?' - ahtpnaent.- It Fortbac~vmlenceofAram- shmta, CPanon mwrlln or resembled a bargain atampede co employees, installment PUS- combed percale sbetn inah at MWsi I thought for a chases mw be made UlrousPl fmm 81 hhea by 99 inchen to minuta cavtar must m sale al-Md&fn~~kbo%Bwm tbelamr~W~bg108 at adoUarapamd.Tbe hot No. 8. .I-- or tale- 1Mhes. Vinyl plaotla .ho. dcga must have bmn rptiamd, 61P1. DhdIl'Rtl. hgs. lwh &la' NY~PW for ale ladf elbowed me ad of AbdullPc Btorenkro handled &-a, tdullg wool, .nd tbaw~y,thrust a plologeln a mpa s& is egmt for al- ahradded foam lubber plllonn littleboy'shand and, in a lIfeor Oodbi at sirnib pricen. The are other attrffitive lbrm death tone,mdered htm to get Enat and West &re eocn wlll in thin shop. into the ch~koutme. I fought be stocking Te1etunlr.m TV aud Al l(.lllerla gift sbop ia d- my WPy to the atand luokily Onen Ping eilpeot. to have fertna a near serslce for Lt. escapnd with a@ minor in- an s-&.- ~0thDtaad tu oludomen. ~eritimeyou have The plrpoae d this haw inatrllment P~~LU.aloe. a knoW slil woblan. just .tBD - fuien. I . -7s. letter ia to ask if more A( the al-aossibl abp ym in and-sea oertlii: r- r l spread nmoe d bd dcg anlea can find many of tbe &her cateM* .Urn ha4 Dowling can bemadein BsaTanwaeo ~hfllpsproducts, en well en reipient to du-xe. that- ofusWIUbe fore- A native of Chicaga, Ill., Ken Leadbettar vnt his wrly schwl JdInam outboard motors aud The Near ArDblnn &re hnn WBmed. y.on in the Groat Labs ngion. Later, h 0thnd.d the Uniwnity YLerlln klts to lmJld a lbfwt a vide aslaction of hslbg "A aamburger Fad' Bulta all of of Aldbom, then did stamhum and accounting work in Chiiagn, boat. for membevs the - Asbratb bss reueivedaaother family at moiled priced. Michipon and Callfmia kfon joining &am in 1944. Hs now is Editor, w.hmn Wmmt of the popplu Bi- In Stomhoi~kcwnting at Rm Tanum. Wddn't you Uke to roll At theB.mco~ths~ Ken is a mn of mnmhble mading hbib and comunms naorly a arod a rink7 No foollug, Ibol thermo glaaw and Ice have sturdy, well-made play unglng book o day. When orked his fmriter, he mplied, "All kinds." every tlme I saxe out of th~bk&, f- SR 90 perm cm display. Tlrene have Them was a tim whn he liked to play tennis and golf, but row window of the new oflice build- to SR 66. IMlop Bn%ish red solid wood &on and are oa they om %ccaioml" activities. Ken plays bridge when invelgld ins I risualiae a ~lkamgridK. golf balls are in new, seUlJw legs to keep tender occup.ot. for 88 S4 a dozen. dr*. They into 0 gam. His wife bmd(Pmy) is one of the bast bridge It's Just about tbe siw of wand out of cost plapn in Rm Tanum. She participata in community offain and Bwkeieller Ceater's rink. U Jrmilhas all- ofnew 8875 each. writa in her span tim. thin Uitk plot oi gmd dd Ken lib his wife's caokinp, tmvsl and nwic alro. be oonwrted to arhkfor ua The Laadbettan an the ponnk of Mike. 17, Cary, 10, and what a heavenlyaa~tospeed Ti Week's Movies Mimi. 5. lunch haus, dherhours. aed festive evenings. Abqalq "Whged Feet" - - TROOPER HOOK CBSCXPOJNT Editor. Barbara8tanaryek. JdMcCrea Anthow l)teel. Odile Veraoia WEDNEBDAY *a7 Bcarw-Four For years I have been Weatern (r) vary Actl011Dr.rm(F) VergaOOd 8 p.m. Liszt--hoe& No. -tan. ~Ilsleh -a small wdlo doer. Aprfl 9: 3~45, contlnuoum- April lk 9:46, ocathwa um*. 2, in h Mxjnr. (Julius Kntchen, IiupsIcbord) ~imeheiepresmti8-greatn- April 10: ll:SO, 8:15, omtln. April IS: 11;s a.m. 8 p.m. Planu) 9:49 Aifven--Bwedlsh ber of thlol(s to me. I feel that 8:21 TchslkoVSiw--Bym- Rhapeody and tbe Mountain It ia only fair that I think of him maOF TEE YIOON MERRY ANDREW. phony No. ". in B xinor. ging, A WetPantomime. fairly often. Eaoh morning and Frank Lawton, DBDLs O'DSy -Y we, pi= (Puthetlquu) effihafternwn whnI drinL the hama (F) Very Oood Yluaical (F) vary clood 8:W szymanowskl-- SUNDAY dark brown liquid whlchis as- April 1I: %45, collbloum Aprfl lb: am, oontlnuou. &aate in D Minor. (Davld 8 p.m. Beathaven-Call~~rtc pmwd in the Administration April 12: ll:SOa.m, 8 p.m. April 1% 1I:SO. S:M, ccdn. olstrakh, Violin; v. JampDlSkIj No. 1, in C. ~tein.Pinnq BuUhg and ludlo~refer- 8:s Dvorak-New World Pb) red to en "coffw" I am forced Dha tan 9:Sl Bhet-Carmen &Ite. Sgmphmy. to thinL even more than usual 8:M D'Iudy--gymphwon 9:lu NUdlni--Cancerto of my small oompsalon. Now. TEE INVISIBLE BOY DEVIL'S aAIBPM a French Mowtain Air (Jean in E xinor. (Peter llybar, ~tjwt happerm that tea (good Richard Eyer, phlllp AbW Cornel Wlde. Jean Wallace myen, Piano) ViOlln) Lsa, that is) doea not have the BclemeNctlon (Fl Very Ooad Drama (4 clood %SO Kodaly-Dnncea same effect. Therefore, aculd Aprfl 8: &SO. S:SO. %SO, &SO ~pril11Q:so, pas, mo, &is TBrm8MY from Qnhta. we pleaee havn tea as well is Aprfl 10: 1l:SOa.m. 8:lSp.m. April 15; 11:W a.m. 8;16 p.m. 8 p.m. Eandel-The Water s:45 BoriabIn-PoemOf doe? (C~~PW) ms0.r. If I mayhaw memore favor. OPERATION MAD BALL ~ack~~llmon. ~de Kovffia 8:U BfrsbL'Arleslme MONDAY could the irkbnhg mm&omy . Wtea No. 1&No. 2. ComeQ (r) Emell& Wicnl(A) 8msllmt 8 p.m. Dvorak--Butotet No. ofd..etrrmt.,d+.aoush~ &l(r Em-Comoertoin nuts be eliminated by adding a April 11: 8:W, &40, k60, 10 April ln:%SO, b, &SO p.m. s, in E IlPt Major. (Wldapast April la: 11:SOa.m. 8:ls p.m. April 17: 8~16.10:45p.m. B xinor. string QwrwWIth m K.Um., whole nfm line of pmduota ,that is, sweet rolls, or its Arabian (Campull. ViOlln) viola) 8:s Beethoven-Symphon! equivalent? FIUMY NO. 4, in B Flnt. YmsWY, "PeNd' LiEARMEaOOD WlTNBSB 4 p.m. Ihe Roue Tattoo. st04 M0Mlt-Conoerto 0 Dhdum CommllniQBe~oen Bal March, Joe E. Boss FoRTHBPRosscwTI0N lduslo fmm the Bamd Track. NO. 9, e E at. -8 that (A) aond Tpne Power, Msrl~~DIBtllOh 4: ldprches1IIlU.lren aesll. Piano) replien it fWlH the ptlmhase -ear FraaoPlsea. of new eplipmant laquired to AprU 8: k80, %SO. 7, 9 p.m. rmma W ~xcdsnt 9:4a luigint-Ballet April 13: ::SO. 3:SO. 1. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. Verdt-Aida. (Four- dispanne tea to off&aa wdd Aprll10: %SO, 8prn.lP:lDarm. Egyptian. April 11: 8 p.m. l2 :IS a.m. Act Opera in Uallnn) WIterina not be Justified by the demand MVE JN TEE APTEBNOON 1Isnc1ni. Antmi0 I(aSMri0. TUESDAY It adda that sweat rob have LES GIRLS' ch~~~elly,MIW Osynor Hsphun OIulletia Btmionrto and others 8 p.m. Bchubert-bymphouy baenservedwithdeem m- Gary Cmpar. Audrey with Orchestra and Cbonur d NO. 8, in B Flat. CPslOn, but it imn baen fcund MUakd (A) Excellent -say (A) Excell& 837 Bavd-VaMs that the volume raguiredover- April 11: &SO, 7. 8. U:16 mfl16: I:SO,s:m. 7. 8 p.m. Nobles et SmtimBtalea. taxen bskety twtlea. A@ 12: 1:30, 8 p.m. April 17: %SO, 8p.m,18:16am &43 Prokdiw-he* 'IdPeatival @, Adult; F. FdW *&n CJnems8oope) SATURDAY NO. 1, in D Major. (Nathan The Dhahran MA WIU pna- - 8 p.m. Baoh--Concerto No. Mllnteln, ViOlln) ent an 'Id al-Fitr festival 9 Return Movies a, inFdN0. 4, ino. 9:OS -=--8mpta p.m. to 1a.m. April 17, at tbe ABPAIQ: 'woe mttamy," emany, ~pn113. at 1l:m a.m. (errmkdwg Cnmertos) NO. 17, in D Ylnor. (Paul Patlo. Bob Azwun'a orchestra and 8 p.m. 828 Bdbv811+- Bebra--. Piano) WIUplayaodLMvegps enter- Dm: "lave Ye Te,"ThursapV, April 10, at ll:W phony No. 7, in A. Odb Blooh-PoePne tafnmet will be offered in the p.m. 9 p.m. Bartok-Mfor Myaque. (Imiets, Viob; AudUorlmn from 8 p.m. to RA8 TANlJ&k"LOVe He Trader." meday, April 16, pt 0:lS via. (-e ckrtbr. Via) Brook8 Wth. PLum) midnight. p.m. aod m16 a.m. Killian's Khali Abqaiq Cnrdinals Stay On Top; Corral Champ Slaughter Dhahran Pirates, 12-1

ieult, owlledhyLouIlllllur, Atqnlq'e Chdin.Ll hdtheir UtUe Lusme idk.t week d, von the Hone of the Year Utle when thw dad w Dhnhnn Piratum. la-1. Bymn Mu% in the *won's rind Gymkbla mrwan in trouble on the d,pllowing the Piratum only Aprll4, triumphiog over the itdd with a total d 46 poinu. RIddealby~euly in the sexsen .nd hter by hey as^, ghpll aceumvlatad hw score in a serim of com- p.tttlons In auob evate aa 5t

Lou Killion'. Khoii em+ n th Hone d th. Ywr in the final d Abqaiq Garners m urisl d Gymkhrmo conptitionr lat week end. Tennis Opener rennin Taler Dhahran Shows Winning Ways

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Rahaima Has Six, . Jim Stirton, 'Man Who Built Aramco,' Retiree After 38 Years Headed Engineering from Start

D 5. BATES beghuhg. ArrmOO hu had no c+her emgbwr in fuIl-tlme oommad d the e~w~g lpl ~truaumorganhtlm. Bahlnd the Camp.qy's far- ralZtnp oil operaurns stun& a Mtlo mmplex mpportlnll orgdxmticmwhiah .updies evarythkg from eleotrlo power to employeehwlng. Ed di.motllMflmom~a4 .aw..iT-amditl~ plat.. omaa epos. .ohooIs, nore- .lion ueu ad other special- isad .twhues naeded for worw adliving. To d- - Aur J.C. Stirton, ViuPmsidmnt Engineering and Caarmction, oddmsms his department for th last time at a kmwell dinmr piwn to him hb. 24 at thStarlight Rwm, Dhohmn, when h also nad. fiml pmmwion of th SHrton Annual hhty Awd tmphv. this time to Ahig and Ras Tanum. Edna Stirton, Globetrotter and Aramco Pioneer

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Farewell Message Ammo pnonml, as wellas thocwnpony itself, wili miss Jim Stirton. He ho, built wall for u, not only inCmtruction but in establishing a working shndad d lopity ond lndutriwmass. Hh tonright and talent for planning how hlpdthe Cwnpany owr many a hurdle. Wewid bothEh. and Jim a happy mtim-

mnt. Thir kindly pmunu wili ba noted in any sountry in IYIm which thy wad and will k an orut to any uunmunity in Edna Stirton ond hrnaidhar and friend of 20 wn. Anita Bur- whish they chaos to mi&. a%awu-. Ieigh, mnt ot the .~riend;hip Gate* ktrrmn th;r houk for their doily chot. 4 The Record

1. Flfhen GOSh 2. Cwnt1.u mila of piplimr 3. Fwr alecklc powrr plann 4. An dght-hrth krimTarmiml 5. 240 m1l.r d krd-top meld 'I- 6. AmmcoL Admlnhhdlon Building, Dkhrm 7. Th krlnTarminal Pkr at lknman 8. bkqnlq'~p hl.ctian plant 9. knl th. fInt vsrion d thhudi hb Oonrnmnt Railroad 10. Of Ihh ingmin I-, Ammds n- tiring Vlsa Ruld~td Ewimrlng od Canhrtian my he h proudwt d th. IC k Taum bf1n.y rim Stirton's Career of Achievement

Photography by T. F. Wmlten ' Edna Stirton

4-w im Stinon ad o coterie of hit fellow wa wckla nmhiscontly omr mdohs conmahd with Is laghwm ol Chbf En~lmrdall ~~tructlmmdmd to mke th thme Amma dirtrisk thm ~uycantan thy om kcby. hirton, Chief Engineer Who 'Threw Away the Clock'

snt EdnStirion's patio hw olwop ban0 iopu meting 90, for her hhmis. bb~Dnnnm, hft, and hllm IHarp, right, will be har tm-ling conpcmiorn wkn ah vkik thPaaim Ploy in hnmny.