Zorba the Greek was a splendid hero, but when he tried his hand at lignite mining he was a disaster. That's the way economic things go in Greece, a country that has an annual per-capita G.N.P. of only $530 and ranks as one of Europe's least-developed areas. Hoping to change that situation at long last, the Greek government has now turned to a more modern type of hero for a helping hand: California's versatile Litton Industries, Inc.
Litton has been asked to plan and largely supervise an $830 million program to develop tourism, industry and agriculture in the western Peloponnesus and...