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Leota Ruth Matthews 1914 - 2011

Leota Ruth Matthews of Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas was born on July 22, 1914, and died at age 96 years old on June 16, 2011.
Leota Ruth Matthews
Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas 66516
July 22, 1914
June 16, 2011
Female
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Leota Ruth Matthews' History: 1914 - 2011

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  • 07/22
    1914

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    July 22, 1914
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  • 06/16
    2011

    Death

    June 16, 2011
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    Leota Ruth Matthews lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1914, in the year that Leota Ruth Matthews was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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In 1924, by the time she was just 10 years old, 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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