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...born in New York City in 1922, schooled in Connecticut and Long Island. At Harvard he earned a reputation as a humorist when, in 1944, he edited the Lampoon. A small, wiry man with graying hair, Gaddis still prefers the old collegiate look of Shetland sweaters and buck shoes...
With riches from six North Sea fields either landing or scheduled to appear on its shores, Scotland's most important liquid asset these days is not whisky but oil. From the Shetland Islands (noted for knitwear and shaggy ponies) in the north, to Peterhead, Edinburgh and Glasgow, oil is becoming Scotland's biggest industry. Already it is creating jobs, money and humor. One joke about the high pay of Scottish oil workers: "Did you hear that one of the welders married a commoner...
Last week Texaco announced the discovery of a major field about 110 miles northeast of Aberdeen. Eleven other commercial fields stretch in a 600-mile band from the Shetland Islands west of Norway down as far as the south-central coast of England. Drilling is being done by British Petroleum, Exxon, Gulf, Texaco, Shell, Mobil and 35 other companies. They will start to produce small amounts later this year and expect to be bringing in 2 million bbl. a day by 1980. But a hot taxation feud between the companies and the Labor government threatens to stall development...
...fact, everything turned out very well yesterday, except in the pony give away. Lucy, a Shetland, was supposed to go to a thrilled kid. Instead. Lucy went to Billy Muleahey, a member of the Polo Club, who said he already has three polo ponies and has no place to put Lucy...
Washable robe, in assorted plaids. Striped button-down perma-press Oxford shirt. Imported Alan Paine Shetland sweater. All items available in boys' and young men's sizes...