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Buford C Powers 1924 - 2002

Buford C Powers of Castlewood, Russell County, VA was born on August 19, 1924, and died at age 77 years old on May 24, 2002.
Buford C Powers
Castlewood, Russell County, VA 24224
August 19, 1924
May 24, 2002
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  • 08/19
    1924

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    August 19, 1924
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  • 05/24
    2002

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    May 24, 2002
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    Buford C Powers lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1924, in the year that Buford C Powers was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1938, when he was only 14 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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