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The 1980 Oak Tree Racing Association season set records in attendance, parimutual handle, wagering and horsemen benefits. Awards for the meet are enumerated: John Henry was voted Horse of the Meeting. Sandy Hawley won the riding championship.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Devcember 7, 1980
Pages
p. A-6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
Devcember 7, 1980
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2402AN
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In a pre-dawn raid at Santa Anita Park race track, immigration and border patrol agents arrested 173 illegal aliens from 8 countries. As many as 600 other illegals believed to be working at Santa Anita Park escaped arrest by moving to Hollywood Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2483
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2428AN
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The Anheuser-Busch Inc. brewery will move its Clydesdale horses from the Santa Anita Park race track stables because of a disagreement in the cost of housing them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2489
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2434AN
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Oak Tree Racing Association's autumn season will begin October 17. The 25 day session offers 16 stakes races with record purses. Several new features including Pick Six wagering will be offered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2455
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2400AN
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Santa Anita Park set a record for total attendance (2,690,834) and had it highest daily average attendance (31,289) since 1948, as the 1981-82 meeting closed April 21. Facts and figures about the racing season are presented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2470
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. B-4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. B-4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2415AN
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Council revises tax for admissions over race track protests. The revisions recommended apply to the existing admissions tax (a tax on other events, entertainment, amusement or competition other than horse racing held on premises with a capacity of 1,000 or more.)

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2424AN
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Santa Anita Park will have thoroughbred racing from December 26 through April 22, a season expanded by two weeks. The horse racing bill AB 3383 provided other changes in the sport that will affect Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2446
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2394AN
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If Santa Anita Park race track and other tracks cannot successfully compete with the just instituted state lottery that results from the passage of Proposition 37, the horse racing industry may go to Sacramento to seek tax relief, according to Robert Strub, president of the Los Angeles Turf Club.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Los Angeles Turf Club
Item ID
2426AN
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Bob Wieland continues epic 'walk' into history books --- across the U.S. on his hands.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3610
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3487AN
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Arcadia and the Derby Restaurant have come to a tentative agreement on a land swap that would allow a Souplantation Restaurant to be built just east of the Derby in East Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2386
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Souplantation
Item ID
2340AN
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A special 8 page supplement offers a variety of articles on the Santa Anita Park track, its history, activities, facilities and its contributions to the community.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
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Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement
Date
October 16, 1980
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2395AN
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Article about Arcadian Bob Elwood discusses his work with the Little League and with Goodyear as a consultant in Northern Ireland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1517
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elwood, Bob
Item ID
1516AN
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Construction on the Santa Anita Inn which began in July 1985 is expected to be completed soon. The grand opening will be held February 8, 1986.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1839
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1986
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1986
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
1838AN
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Arcadian Bob Wieland, the double amputee who is walking on his hands to Washington, D.C., finds it impossible to walk in the windblown sand.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
"p. A-1,2"
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
"p. A-1,2"
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3485AN
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Arcadian Bob Wieland, 37, a double amputee who lost both legs above the knee in Vietnam, was the featured speaker at a prayer breakfast in his honor.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
3486AN
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Bob Whitmore, a retired banker from Arcadia, was elected by a landslide vote of 123 to 73 as the new Central Committee Chairman for the Republican Party of L.A. County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3622
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1985
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1985
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Whitmore, Bob
Item ID
3497AN
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Discussion of projects undertaken as part of a $2 million improvement program at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2412AN
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Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2476
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2421AN
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New taxes on the Santa Anita Park race track are being considered as the city faces a possible $1.9 million budget deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2468
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2413AN
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Photograph of Prince Philip greeting Alan Balch, vice president of Santa Anita Park race track during a visit on Monday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2478
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2423AN
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