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Vietnam veteran Bob Wieland was honored by the Arcadia City Council on Tuesday night. Wieland lost both his legs while serving in the war.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
24571AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident, Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam will do the Los Angeles marathon using his arms to propel himself through the course.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25245
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon
Item ID
25442AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Wieland, Arcadia resident who lost his legs in Vietnam walked the entire Los Angeles Marathon on his hands finishing in 173 hours, 45 minutes in a weeklong journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25296
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon 2003
Item ID
25494AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. was awarded $2.7 million in a lawsuit against Huntington Ambulance Service. He claims that Huntington's treatment of him after a riding accident in which he broke two bones in his neck and a spinal injury, caused him to end his career. The Ambulance company is not affiliated with Huntington Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Huntington Ambulance Service
Jockeys
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30715AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Library of Congress
Veterans History Project
Oral History
War Storie
Macy, Bob
Soldiers
Interviews
Item ID
29258AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School and University of Southern California graduate Bruce Matthews was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, August 4, 2007. He played for the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30665
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Famous alumni
Football
Matthews, Bruce - biography
Sports Figures
Item ID
30853AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Margett, former councilman and mayor of Arcadia, was elected to the 29th state Senate district. Other election results are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27719
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Item ID
27916AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, entered his plea of guilty to false personation and identity theft, both felonies, and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. The solicitations happened between January and May of 2005, while Kuwahara was on duty as watch commander. He faces up to 5 years in prison. The article includes Chief Bob Sanderson's comments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29944
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Sanderson, Bob
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30130AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newly elected City Councilman Bob Margett has had a lawsuit filed against him by Roy Speirs charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs in April.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1059
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Speirs, Roy
Item ID
1059AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Funeral services were held Tuesday at Arlington Mortuary in Riverside for Edwin Francis Lindros of Arcadia. He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war in World War II.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lindros, Edwin Francis
Item ID
24572AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Margett, 78, a 29th District State Senator, who started his public service on Arcadia City Council, and Jack Scott, 21st District State Senator, are leaving their positions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33215
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Politicians
Scott, Jack
Senators
Item ID
33412AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Senator Bob Margett held the State Agency Expo 2006 in the Center Court of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on Saturday. This event allows citizens to receive information about what State organizations can do for them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30002
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Senators
State Agency Expo
Item ID
30189AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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World War II pilot Walter "Pat" Hollywood, a longtime Arcadia resident, celebrated Veterans Day and his 90th birthday yesterday. He was born in Pasadena in 1919 and served as an Army C-46 Commando pilot during World War II. He works out at the Fortanesce and Associates Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center in Arcadia and walks for an hour at the Los Angeles County Arboretum every day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia people
Hollywood, Walter "Pat" - biography
Nonagenarians
Veterans
Item ID
32005AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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State Senator Bob Margett is coordinating with local Arcadia businesses to collect used cellular phones in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24652
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Margett, Bob (Senator)
Cellular phones
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Item ID
24842AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Councilman Bob Margett has pleaded "no contest" to a lawsuit charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs during the April election. He paid a $100 fine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1060
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Item ID
1060AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, former city council member and owner of Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia for the last 31 years, may have to stop selling gas at his business due to a state mandate, set to go into effect next April, requiring California gas station owners to purchase between $20,000 and $80,000 in new equipment to further reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31204
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Business owners
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
State mandates
Item ID
31399AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Matthews was honored at Arcadia High School in a benefit for the Special Olympics. He is a hometown legend, having graduated from Arcadia High School in 1979.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30634
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Football
Matthews, Bruce -- biography
NFL Hall of Fame
Sports
Item ID
30822AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Police Chief Dave Hinig will retire after 38 years with the department at the end of June. He will be replaced by Captain Bob Sanderson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29429
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department -- 2001 - 2010
Personnel
Police chiefs
Hinig, Dave
Sanderson, Bob
Item ID
29613AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to support legislation establishing February 19 as "Remembrance Day" for those Japanese who were sent to internment camps during World War II. Locally, an internment camp was set up at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25134
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25329AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ed Inouye of West Covina, whose family was sent to the internment camp at Santa Anita Park during World War II, died on February 19th. He was instrumental in getting the government to pay reparations to some of the imprisoned families.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25195
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Inouye, Ed
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25391AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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