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James R Thompson 1916 - 1998

James R Thompson of Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA was born on September 30, 1916, and died at age 81 years old on March 2, 1998.
James R Thompson
Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA 93555
September 30, 1916
March 2, 1998
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  • 09/30
    1916

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    September 30, 1916
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  • 03/2
    1998

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    March 2, 1998
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    James R Thompson lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1916, in the year that James R Thompson was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1924, he was only 8 years old when 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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