My name is may keen. I was the last radium girl. My coworkers, closest friends, passed away from radium poisoning. Radium paint was commercially produced in america for the first time. A year later the u. S. Ram corporation was founded in orange, new jersey. They began producing radium paints and radium products for their businesses. During world war i, 95 of radium was used for military purposes but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, quloclothes, watches was even being added to water. It began to spread all over america because of a polish scientist who discovered radium while working with radioactive elements in pursuit of her doctorate degree. Both experimented with the physiological effects and were soon working as physicians to develop new miedical uses for this new development. The u. S. Produced 80 of the worlds radium. Radium Companies Began to spread all over america. But the one im going to talk about today is the u. S.
Tracker Weather Center to time out comfortable conditions come to an end. We have got at least one day of perfect weather even as you wake up tomorrow morning. A little bit quiet and tomorrow is the big transition day. Today we will soak up the sunshine from tart to finish. Right now nice and bright in boston at 71 degrees. Upper 50s in beverly and down to plymouth. 53 in norwood and bedford. 57 in nashua and we have got some low 60s over the c 50s and 60s for the most part this morning, just a little touch of light fog in norwood. Fog not a big issue at all. Of course sunshine what a big issue if you dont have the sunglasses. 8 a. M. 69 degrees and we jump by another 10 degrees by 10 00. Lunchtime in metro west. 8 and upper 80s close to 90 degrees. Inland towns and cities with a shot of getting up to 90. Boston and the cape in the lower 80s. The town by town look coming coming up. Accident update. Shiri a an accident at freeport to the right hand side that is slowing things down. Nort
At the coast to 96 inland and to round out the day planner, 6 to 88 by 7 00 we are still warm this evening. We have had issues this morning. Leyla . Part is still closed. The transbay tube between the east bay and San Francisco, but we have a sigalert in san leandro with a car hitting a power pole and the lines came down. We have the transition from southbound 880 to southbound highway 238, closed. This are detours in place until this afternoon as it will take a longterm to repair. You can use 14th to get to 238. 580 is okay for big rigs. Looking at 680 through walnut creek out of Pleasant Hill a nice drive. Empty today because of the Labor Day Holiday. Labor has been mentioned a sigalert is issued on interstate 880 and san leandro. After a car accidentally crashed into a pole the accident happened near the washington after onramp. C. H. P. Said a family of six was inside of the car, two adults and four children. The crash knocked out power to a couple of people in the area. The southb
Germantown where some folks struggled to get around today. Hi kristin. Reporter hi doreen. Whats important to know is that major roads like 118 here are clear. They look really good. Everybody is getting home pretty well. Buits the side streets and the neighborhoods that are problems. What we need to remember is that as it gets colder things are going to get icy. As it gets even colder in montgomery and frederick counties the wet snow and slush turns to ice. Just a little precaution to take this afternoon, especially as the temperature drops and things get cooler this evening. Reporter no afterschool activities at Urbana High School the Frederick County School System canceled them across the district. Montgomery county schools also called off afterschool programs as the temperature dropped and roads became slick. This afternoon parents like Shayna Callahan are mostly concerned about getting their Children Home safe. I do worry because some places arent cleared, and the kids have gone t
Believe that the killers tortured the 10yearold boy Philip Savopoulos in an effort to get money out of his father. Police believe that the killers were in the house for about ten hours and this they successfully forced the savopoulos family to get them tens of thousands of dollars. Someone may have actually had to ge out and get the cash go out and get the cash while the rest of the family and their housekeeper were held hostage. Police cheerve cathy lanier chief cathy lanier confirmed they were beaten and tour turred before the tortured before the home was set on fire. At one point the killers may have actually ordered pizza delivered to the house from dominos. Detectives working hard to find an arrest to find and arrest the killers. At this point the only video theyve been able to release is this shadowy figure shadowy tape, a picture of a man running apparently near the scene where the suspect torched the Savopoulos Porsche on annapolis road in prince georges county. Well let you kn