Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1954 — Page 12

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Little Principality. Is Richest Country Few Acres Repose . On Lake Os Oil LONDON (INS) — The richest country in the <world in this day of rival claims from East and West is a pocket-sized principality located somewhere in between called Kuwait. Kuwait is a patch of desert no bigger than Connecticut bordering the Persian Gulf. It owes its opulence to no ideology, system, scheme, plan, five-year or otherwise., deal, old or new. *' The simple secret of its success is that its few dusty acres repose on a lake of oil —a vast underground reservoir known as the Burgau Field. Big Paycheck Ruler of the less than 200,900 Arabs who have suddenly found themselves comprising the world’s most envied citizenry is His Highness Sir Abdullah al-Salim al Subab, the Sheikh of Kuwait. By the terms of an agreement negotiated in 1951 the Sheikh collects an annual pay check worth somewhere in the classy neighborhood of $188,000,000. The figure represents half the value of the oil pumped each year from beneath Kuwait’s sands. The other half of the “take” goes to the Kuwait Oil Co., jointly owned by Britain’s Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and America’s Gulf Exploration Co. Sheikh Abdullah negotiated his fifty-fifty arrangement shortly after Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized Iran’s giant oil Heide and refineries, thereby shutting off one of the western world’s most vital sources of supply, k Aware that he had been dealt

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an ace. Abdullah did not hesitate to play it. The directors of Kuwait Oil feared the Sheikh would follow, Mossadegh's lead, hastily up-, ped their ante and the wily potentate picked up the chip|i. • Things began to humip Kuwait. Within a year after Mossadegh slammed the gates on the Abadan refinery Kuwait’s output jumped an annual 25 million to 49 million tons. Production continues to rise at an enormous rate. Already the tiny country produces more oil than Iran ever did, and the world’s thirst for petroleum products is sucU that the Sheikh need not fear whatever competition might result’ from the recent settlement in Tehran. Unlike some of his neighbors. Abdullah is putting his wealth to work for something more than his personal amusement. A devout Moslem, the 68-year-old monarch shuns the titillations so often associated with his profession. He lives in a simple, mud-walled residence. His personal habits are ruled by moderation. He drinks only coffee and camels* milk, eats plain food, averages one pack of cigarettes a week, and has firmly declined offers from the oil men of a yacht and Rolls Royce. But towards his subjects be is unstinting. * "If I were king*’ is for the Sheikh not a game but a reality. As an absolute monarch with nearly limitless resources he can command what he will. Modern State That which he has willed is nohting less than the erection of a modern welfare state out of the barren, parched parcel of real estate that is his kingdom. And he has offered cash on the line that his will be done. In answer to his beckon, planners, consultants, technicians, contractors hurried from Britain to offer what they know' about build-

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ing utopias. Kuwaitis, Bedouins and refugee arabe from Palestine supply the requisite muscle and sweat. Mix these ingredients well, energize them with generous injections of'Abdullah's millions and presto: the world of the future springs full bloom from the world of the past. The shapes of modern roads, housing units, nursery schools, children’s playgrounds and municipal gardens may be discerned through the dust stirred up by a human activity uncommon in that torrid, arid, half-forgotten corner of the world. In the works is the world’s largest air-conditioned hospital. It will form part of a free health service. Universal education is being put into practice as fast as schools and teachers become available. For the first time Kuwaiti girls are being sent to school; purdah is giving way to enlightenment. . "Sink a well and you will strike oil” is Kuwait's curse as well as blessing. For centuries drinking water has been brought in by boat nad sold in goat skins. But soon there will be water aplenty for baths and lawns and fountains and hosing down the shiny new cars. A giant plant is* being built to distill fresh water from the sea. It Is to be powered by the waste ' gases which now go up uselessly

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in flame, redennlng the ebony sky night after night. All, in fact, that money can buy awaits the new generation in Kuwait . . . all, that is, except motion picture theaters. The Sheikh, in his infinite wisdom, does not approve of the movies. New Tape Covers Raw Plywood End SEATTLE, Wash., (INS) — Ever wonder what to do about the unattractive end-grain in a plywood table or cabinet? There’s always been one answer — elbow grease and wood dough. But now a Seattle firm has come up with a new boon to the do-it-yourself craftsman —a finishing material tor plywood edges that goes on as easily as a band-aid. It’s called Wood Tape. It’s actually a paper thin slice of veneer three-quarters of an inch wide and as long as you want it. The stuff is made in ’Hr, birch, walnut, oak, and Philippine mahogany. You buy it at any retail lumber yard. , This item comes with its own pressure sensitive adhesive and it stays on for good, making the plywood look like clean solid wood. And it cad be painted. ("Wood-Tape is made by Puget Modern, !nc„ Seattle, and sells ft>r 12 cents a foot).

Early School Years Bring More Illness Initial Two Years Raise Illness Rate ATLANTA (INS) — A child Is more frequently subject to illness during his first two years in school than at any‘'other time in his life. This information, comes from Dr. Frank J. Curran, director of the children’s service center at Charlottesville, Va., and professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia medical school. Dr. Curran says there are several reasons why the six-and seven-year-old may spend at least part of his time in bed. 1. He is exposed to other children and their germs constantly for the first time in his life. 2. He is out in all kinds of weather. 3. In his newfound freedom, he is more likely to have accidents. TVie psychiatrist warns, however, that the parent should make sure the .illness is real when a child whines in the morning: •’Mommy. I don’t want to go to school today. I’m sick!”

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He may be bluffing to get out of going to school and if so, the cure is to find out just what he dislikes about school and correct it, if possible. Maybe other children have ecared him* with tales about the mean old teacher and her “spanking machine.’’ If ao, the problem is easily corrected by* telling him the truth, with a little plug for the teacher as a friend, not an enemy. Maybe there’s a feeling of resentment against the teacher herself, Sometimes a child feels that he is being belittled Or ignored. The easiest escape, consequently, is in pretended illness and a day at home under his mother’s care. If the child loses his symptoms as soon as he is told he can stay home from school, it’s a pretty safe assumption that the trouble is psychological. It's up to the parent to establish such a close relationship with the child that in the long run he will confide his difficulty. Not all difficulties with the teacher are real, and the mother who rushes off to take a youngster’s part against his mentor may do him a deal of harm. Teaehw*,,after ..all, have personalities of thei? own. A mother should first talk to other mothers and find out whether their children resent the teach-

er, tod. If there seems to be some real basis for the conflict, Dr. Curran recommends a "smooth, diplomatic approach’’ to the teacher by the parent. The psychiatrist adds: "One of the greatest things any parent can do is to develop a sense of humor." Stamp Taste WASHINGTON (INS) — The glue that sticks United States postage stamps is made of a hybridcorn and casava mixture, says the National Geographic Society. It's not only palatable but slightly nutritious. Radar Aid NASHVIUJS, Tenn., (INS) — Use of radar speed detection devices is credited by Tennessee authorities for a decisive reduction of traffic deaths. State Safety department tabulation shows that 41 fewer persons died on Tennessee highways in the first months of this year than last. The average American family spends a fourth of its food budget on meat. Trade in a Good Town — Vecatur * ■

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