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And the okhoma-based oil and gas company called kerr-mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these were fuel rods that were going to be used in nuclear reactors all over the country. well, one of the local residents who took a job at that new facility in crescent was a 26-year-old named karen silkwood. she worked as a lab tech, processing plutonium for use in nuclear fuel rods. karen silkwood was...

Right in the middle of the state of oklahoma theres a small town called crescent. crescent, oklahomas a town of about 1,000 people. its not too far north of oklahoma city. in the mid 1960s crescent, oklahoma became a nationally important place because of the then booming american nuclear industry. and the oklahoma-based oil and gas company called kerr-mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these...

Right in the middle of the state of oklahoma theres a small town called crescent. crescent, oklahomas a town of about 1,000 people. its not too far north of oklahoma city. in the mid 1960s crescent, oklahoma became a nationally important place because of the then booming american nuclear industry. and the oklahoma-based oil and gas company called care mcgee decided to open up a brand new facility in crescent, oklahoma in 1965 that would build nuclear fuel rods out of uranium and plutonium. these...

Agents in the hangar up to what he thinks is hanky panky. >> if my people were there 24/7, if they thought hanky panky was going on i would have knowledge of that and if it took place it had good reason. we had a whole team of lab tech nixes that looked at evidence around the clock. at the peak, john, i had 1,000 agents on this investigation. we took the missile theory, the possibility of a missile brought down the plane very seriously. at that time, in 1 96 we were in a high state of alert here...

We were taking the tour told me, they were out of work for a year, in one case, two years, in part because we kept unemployment insurance in place so folks could get back on their feet. they were able to go back to school. and now are gainfully employed. no job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesnt have the right skills to get that job. nobody. so, if theres a job open, we should train those folks right away so they can do the job. and thats why im proposing a national goal of tr...

Work. they look for all those things in their applications. >> after a few adjustments, alex was ready to start on the most important part, the video. >> a good video is really important. we went to a studio with good lighting. we hired someone with good camera equipment. we did several takes and made sure we had a video that looked really good. >> its the entrepreneurs personal story. for alex, when he was laid off as a lab tech, he seized the opportunity to start his unusual business. >> jelly...

His proposal, alex was ready to start on the most important component of a kick starter campaign, the video. >> a good video is really important. we went to a studio with good lighting. we hired someone who had good camera equipment. we spent a lot of time writing on a script and we did several takes and we made sure we had a video that looked really good. >> a successful campaign is the entrepreneurs personal story. for alex, when he was laid off as a lab tech at the height of the recession, he...

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