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Santa Anita Park will open its 44th season the day after Christmas accompanied by a bevy of special events.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2396AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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Discusses the plight of an estimated 45-50 homeless people who live in Arcadia County Park and the surrounding community.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Homeless
Item ID
1728AN
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A rare studio photograph of Clara Baldwin was discovered by local history expert, Jack McCaskill.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
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p. 1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
Pages
p. 1 photos
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Item ID
590AN
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Up to 1000 mentally ill people in Arcadia and surrounding cities will be left with nowhere to turn for treatment if the Arcadia Mental Health Clinic closes on September 1.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
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p. A-2 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-2 photos
Subjects
Arcadia Mental Health Service
Item ID
500AN
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Newspaper Index
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Since January, when the School Board raised the pay for substitute teachers, 41 new subs have been hired. Pay rates in surrounding cities are included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2807AN
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A committee headed by Irene Burkner has done an update of a study made ten years ago by the Arcadia League of Women Voters on local public school education. The recent study, which was presented to the Board of Education, attempts to reconcile the League's desire for the best possible education with the current financial situation. The article discusses the two studies.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - League of Women Voters
Item ID
2089AN
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At the Board of Education meeting there was some discussion of the Space Utilization Committee's recommendation to close two elementary schools, Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker. Robert Kladifke, a member of the committee, objected to closing the newest and most educationally modern school in the district, Baldwin Stocker. Two public hearings are scheduled.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2664AN
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Milt Sonnevik, School Principal at Baldwin Stocker for 20 years, has announced his plans to retire.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1986
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1986
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Employees - Sonnevik, Milt
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2877AN
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Two elementary schools, Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker, have been recommended for closure by the Space Utilization Committee. The Board of Education will analyze the recommendations and schedule public hearings before making a decision.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2663AN
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Petitions are being circulated that are aimed at thwarting the possible closure of two elementary schools. The savings would amount to only .7% of an $18 million school budget - not enough to justify closing the schools, according to the parents of students at Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2667AN
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Todd Dickson, a 12-year-old student at Baldwin Stocker School, has won a trip to Spain. Parade Magazine conducted a contest for news carriers across the country. Todd joins 139 other carriers for his two week trip.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Dickson, Todd
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
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California Superior Judge Glenn M. Pfau, a 30-year resident of Arcadia, died December 13 at age 67. He is probably best known for being the first California trial judge to rule the state's death penalty law unconstitutional.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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p. A-1
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Pfau, Glenn, M.
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An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
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Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1369AN
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The newly installed railroad crossing at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street was dedicated. To celebrate the occasion, the Goodyear blimp (Goodyear supplied the rubber crossing pads) hovered overhead. Arcadia is the first city in the Los Angeles area to install rubber crossings. The city is paying $93,000 of the nearly $200,000 cost of the project.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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Subjects
Railroads - Crossings
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Four area districts, Arcadia among them, scored above the state average, according to 1982 California Assessment Program test results. CAP test scores are given for Arcadia Unified and surrounding school districts for 1981 and 1982.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1983
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p. C-6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1983
Pages
p. C-6
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
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The developer of Monrovia's Huntington Oaks shopping center now has an exclusive right to negotiate with the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency to construct a $17.3 million office and restaurant complex on the south side of Huntington Drive between the railroad tracks and the east boundary of the city.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
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200 people turned out to honor retired Arcadia Tribune editor, Helen Schrader. The retirement party included mayors and public officials from surrounding communities served by the Foothill Inter-City newspapers which were edited by Mrs. Schrader.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1984
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p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1984
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Tribune - Schrader, Helen
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Council has voted 3-2 in favor of the disposition and development agreement with Hometel Development Corporation to construct a 150 suite Granada Royale Hometel. The hotel is considered the key to redevelopment of the area. Office buildings proposed for the surrounding area want hotels.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment.
Item ID
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Doreen Bohn, whose specialty is Scottish dancing, will compete in the United States Inter-Regional Championships to be held in Portland, Ore., in July. She earned the right to compete by winning the regional competition at Cal State Northridge in May.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
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p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
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p. A-2 photo
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Bohn, Doreen
Item ID
638AN
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