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...Greenland. Two ADC bases...
...built it into one of the biggest in the world. Peter Kiewit Sons Co. now contracts on a global scale, and more often than not its gross annual volume heads the international list of contractors. Among other things, Kiewit has built the Air Force's base in Thule, Greenland, a giant radio telescope in West Virginia, a Titan missile base in California, Minuteman bases in North and South Dakota, a $1.2 billion AEC gaseous diffusion uranium processing plant in Ohio...
...first Europeans to sight New Guinea were two 16th century Portuguese sea captains who were so unimpressed that they did not even bother to claim it for their King. Second largest island in the world (after Greenland), it was a tangle of tropical jungle inhabited by mosquitoes, crocodiles, and man-eating savages. In 1828 The Netherlands claimed western New Guinea, ruled it benevolently but with distant interest; in the words of one observer, it "became a sort of Dutch hobby." Last week, as the Dutch finally abandoned their costly hobby, the place seemed to have changed remarkably little...
Last week Mø11er was once again doing something for Denmark. Concerned lest the nation's natural resources fall into foreign hands, Mø11er has persuaded the Danish government to give him the oil and natural gas rights for the entire country, except Greenland and the Faroe Islands. In return, Mø11er will set up a $6,000,000 exploration company, and has promised the government royalties ranging up to 12% of the value of any oil he finds...
...seeing Red in Greenland...