Word: kiewit
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...serious risk of radiation sickness, greeted the new federal invasion with unalloyed enthusiasm. Land prices were already soaring in anticipation of an eventual influx of 4,000-5,000 permanent employees of the new plant and 30,000 construction workers who will be brought in by major contractor Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. of Omaha (see BUSINESS) and a covey of architects and designers. In Piketon, the owner of a small hotel announced that she had been offered $30,000 for her business, added thoughtfully: "It isn't worth $15,000." Said County Sheriff Jesse Foster: "The very first...