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Ruth H Gafgen 1924 - 2005

Ruth H Gafgen of Newport, Newport County, RI was born on September 2, 1924, and died at age 80 years old on January 10, 2005.

Ruth H Gafgen
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Newport, Newport County, RI 02840
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September 2, 1924
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Updated: October 6, 2011
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In 1924, in the year that Ruth H Gafgen 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 1934, she was only 10 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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Gafgen, Mary (Mar 19, 1893 - Nov 1979) Gafgen, Kurt (Jul 28, 1957 - Jan 21, 1999) Gafgen, Harold (Feb 5, 1898 - Sep 1978) Gafgen, Elsie (Sep 17, 1920 - Mar 8, 2002) Gafgen, Laurella (Mar 1, 1898 - Aug 1968) Gafgen, Daniel (Aug 12, 1892 - Oct 1976) Gafgen, William (Jul 22, 1923 - Feb 18, 1992) Gafgen, Mary (Aug 23, 1957 - Mar 30, 2002) Gafgen, Charles (Nov 27, 1906 - Aug 1982) Gafgen, Elmer (May 11, 1908 - Feb 1974)
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