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Jog-A-Walk-Torium fundraiser nets pledges of up to $100,000 towards a municipal auditorium.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 16, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 16, 1978
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p. 1
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Auditoriums
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558AN
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City officials, residents, and School Board members gathered to formulate plans to try once again to get a civic auditorium. In 1965 and 1971 efforts toward this goal fell short.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 3, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 3, 1974
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Auditoriums
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546AN
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By a vote of 3-2, the City Council OK'd seeking Federal funds for the construction of an auditorium. The School Board has already voted to appropriate $4000 of the $6000 needed to update old plans.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1976
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1976
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p. 1
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Auditoriums
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550AN
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Meetings have been held recently to study the feasibility of a new effort to get the community behind an auditorium. Representatives at these meetings have been members of the School Board, activists for the city, and ex-mayor Alton Scott.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1975
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1975
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Auditoriums
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547AN
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The prospect of an auditorium for Arcadia brightened some-what with the Federal government's decision to pump $2.9 billion for an individual project such as an auditorium. California is entitled to $285 million and Arcadia may seek up to $4.9 million for an individual project such as an auditorium. Council members, normally opposed to such funds, seemed very excited over the prospects.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1976
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1976
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Auditoriums
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549AN
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In a letter to the Tribune, Chairman Charles Gilb says that the auditorium project is ready to move forward. A non-profit corporation has been set up and this will make donations tax-deductible. Committees will soon be formed. People may contact the committee by writing: Arcadia Auditorium Committee P. O. Box 60 Arcadia, California 91006

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1977
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1977
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Auditoriums
Gilb, Charles
Item ID
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The committee assigned to make a feasibility study reports the possibility of Arcadia building an auditorium looks bleak and is getting bleaker. Efforts will continue to get major donations started via a grass roots drive and put these aside for a future project.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 27, 1975
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 27, 1975
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Auditoriums
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548AN
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