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Merle Harkins 1906 - 1985

Merle Harkins of Victorville, San Bernardino County, California was born on February 6, 1906, and died at age 78 years old in January 1985.
Merle Harkins
Victorville, San Bernardino County, California 92392
February 6, 1906
January 1985
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Merle Harkins' History: 1906 - 1985

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    1906

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    February 6, 1906
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  • 01/dd
    1985

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    January 1985
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    Merle Harkins lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1906, in the year that Merle Harkins was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1916, when he was merely 10 years old, 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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