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Rudolph C. Shosted, now 79, recalls his time spent at the Army's observation balloon school, located where the Los Angeles County Park golf course now is.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Balloon School

Item ID: 594AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Approximately 8,230 students will attend Arcadia schools during the 1980-81 school year. This is 432 fewer students than at the close of schools in June. There will be 30 fewer teachers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Enrollment

Item ID: 2898AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

John M. Huston, a World War I private in the Air Services Signal Corps unit that was here in Arcadia at the Balloon School, gives an account of those experiences.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Balloon School; World War I

Item ID: 595AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia School Board approved an approximately $34.3 million budget Monday, including $850,000 in cuts.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Budget

Item ID: 85AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Under the new Federal Family Educational Rights Act of 1974, parents have complete rights to students' cumulative folders.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 30, 1975

Pages: p. A-6

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 30, 1975

Pages: p. A-6

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2601AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School's Associated Student body will be paying back its approximately $29,000 debt in 3 yearly increments of $9,700.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 2991AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Two Arcadia men die in truck crash.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1992

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1992

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Wicker, Ricky Dean; Brown, David Joseph

Item ID: 29190AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Educational Foundation has provided the Arcadia Unified School District with approximately $45,000 needed to create a new science laboratory at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 2983AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Subjects: Fernandez, Miguel; Automobile Accident

Item ID: 27515AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two dozen animal rights activists demonstrated outside the Arcadia home of county animal care & control director, Brian Berger. The group claims Berger illegally sold shelter dogs to Cedars-Sinai Hospital for laboratory purposes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 19, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 19, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Berger, Brian

Item ID: 600AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted to start a Worker's Compensation self- insurance program. The city has used state compensation in the past, but self-insurance will save approximately $480,000 in the next 5 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 1134AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of parents plans to ask the school board to cancel the performance of the play "Secrets" at Foothill Junior High since it addresses the issues of AIDS and birth control without, as they see it, meeting state education guidelines because it does not stress abstinence from intercourse as an alternative.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Race Relations

Item ID: 3084AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Approximately 147 students who have attended Hugo Reid will be transferred to Holly Avenue next year if the proposal is passed by the school board. The transfer and boundary change are designed to alleviate over-crowding at Hugo Reid.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Elementary Schools; Schools-Hugo Reid; Schools-Holly Avenue

Item ID: 2687AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Supreme Court has prohibited school districts from charging home-to-school bus fares. During the 1987-88 school year, approximately 800 students paid $59 a quarter for bus service in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 4, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Children - Transportation

Item ID: 2572AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General articles

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Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: March 30, 1918 p. 1; April 6, 1918 p. 1 (await orders); May 4, 1918 p. 1; May 18, 1918 p. 1 (preliminary steps); May 25, 1918 p. 4 (officers); June 8, 1918 p. 1; June 15, 1918 p. 1 (first men arrive); June 8, 1918 p. 1 ("Blind Pigs" closed near school); June 15, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); June 22, 1918 p. 1; June 29, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); July 29, 1918 p. 1 (alien zone established); August 3, 1918 p. 4 and September 7, 1918 p. 1 (club-house); August 24, 1918 p. 1 (balloon use in war); September 28, 1918 p. 1 (aircraft center); October 5, 1918 p. 1 (amusement park); November 17, 1918 p. 1 (Commander Hensky); November 30, 1918 p. 4 (permanence).

Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: March 30, 1918 p. 1; April 6, 1918 p. 1 (await orders); May 4, 1918 p. 1; May 18, 1918 p. 1 (preliminary steps); May 25, 1918 p. 4 (officers); June 8, 1918 p. 1; June 15, 1918 p. 1 (first men arrive); June 8, 1918 p. 1 ("Blind Pigs" closed near school); June 15, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); June 22, 1918 p. 1; June 29, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); July 29, 1918 p. 1 (alien zone established); August 3, 1918 p. 4 and September 7, 1918 p. 1 (club-house); August 24, 1918 p. 1 (balloon use in war); September 28, 1918 p. 1 (aircraft center); October 5, 1918 p. 1 (amusement park); November 17, 1918 p. 1 (Commander Hensky); November 30, 1918 p. 4 (permanence).

Subjects: Balloon School

Item ID: 3643AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General items

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1931 p. 1; May 22, 1931 p. 1 (evacuation possible); June 5, 1931 p. 1 (clearing started); July 29, 1932 p. 1 (return land to the County); October 28, 1932 p. 1; January 20, 1933 p. 1 (County park site); February 17, 1933 p. 1 (bill revision); March 17, 1933 p. 1 (bill passes); May 19, 1933 p. 1 (County urged to pay as required by bill); February 15, 1935 p. 1 (deeded to government, County must pay); June 14, 1935 p. 1 (Senate passes bill); June 21, 1935 p. 1 (President signs bill); August 2, 1935 p. 1 (officially returned to the County); August 9, 1935 p. 1 (application for WPA work); August 16, 1935 p. 1 (opposition); November 22, 1935 p. 1 (application signed); January 24, 1936 p. 1; January 27, 1936 p. 1 (county park); March 2, 1936 p. 1; March 13, 1936 p. 1; March 23, 1936 p. 1; March 27, 1936 p. 1; April 23, 1936 p. 1; April 27, 1936 p. 1; June 4, 1936 p. 1; June 12, 1936 p. 1; July 15, 1936 p. 1; July 21, 1936 p. 1; August 10, 1936 p. 1; August 17, 1936 p. 1; September 21, 1936 p. 1; January 27, 1937 p. 1 (ground breaking); May 14, 1937 p. 1 (dedication); November 9, 1953 p. 1 (Memorial Marker); September 29, 1966 p. 1 (article and picture).

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 15, 1931 p. 1; May 22, 1931 p. 1 (evacuation possible); June 5, 1931 p. 1 (clearing started); July 29, 1932 p. 1 (return land to the County); October 28, 1932 p. 1; January 20, 1933 p. 1 (County park site); February 17, 1933 p. 1 (bill revision); March 17, 1933 p. 1 (bill passes); May 19, 1933 p. 1 (County urged to pay as required by bill); February 15, 1935 p. 1 (deeded to government, County must pay); June 14, 1935 p. 1 (Senate passes bill); June 21, 1935 p. 1 (President signs bill); August 2, 1935 p. 1 (officially returned to the County); August 9, 1935 p. 1 (application for WPA work); August 16, 1935 p. 1 (opposition); November 22, 1935 p. 1 (application signed); January 24, 1936 p. 1; January 27, 1936 p. 1 (county park); March 2, 1936 p. 1; March 13, 1936 p. 1; March 23, 1936 p. 1; March 27, 1936 p. 1; April 23, 1936 p. 1; April 27, 1936 p. 1; June 4, 1936 p. 1; June 12, 1936 p. 1; July 15, 1936 p. 1; July 21, 1936 p. 1; August 10, 1936 p. 1; August 17, 1936 p. 1; September 21, 1936 p. 1; January 27, 1937 p. 1 (ground breaking); May 14, 1937 p. 1 (dedication); November 9, 1953 p. 1 (Memorial Marker); September 29, 1966 p. 1 (article and picture).

Subjects: Balloon School

Item ID: 3644AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Junior High Schools

Item ID: 3031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Race Relations

Item ID: 3085AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In honor of the high school marching band traveling to Newcastle, Australia, a film crew from "Down Under" arrived in Arcadia to shoot scenes around the city. Mayor Don Pellegrino served as tour guide. A second article tells of the preparations made by Jack and Barbara Saelid, and numerous others, as the Saelids prepare to lead 164 teenagers and chaperones plus 30 others on the trip to Australia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo w/first article

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo w/first article

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School; Saelid, Jack and Barbara

Item ID: 3008AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Marquee West use permit: new hurdle. Operators of the Marquee West teenage night club at 30 S. First Avenue will face a new hurdle when Planning Commission will reconsider the conditional use permit under which the center operates. The staff recommendation will be to revoke the permit, "due to the inability to control irresponsible behavior and the apparent inability of Marquee West to comply fully with all the conditions of the permit." See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26 , 1978

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26 , 1978

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Business and Industry; Marquee West; Night clubs

Item ID: 34128AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Rudolph C. Shosted, now 79, recalls his time spent at the Army's observation balloon school, located where the Los Angeles County Park golf course now is.

Approximately 8,230 students will attend Arcadia schools during the 1980-81 school year. This is 432 fewer students than at the close of schools in June. There will be 30 fewer teachers.

John M. Huston, a World War I private in the Air Services Signal Corps unit that was here in Arcadia at the Balloon School, gives an account of those experiences.

The Arcadia School Board approved an approximately $34.3 million budget Monday, including $850,000 in cuts.

Under the new Federal Family Educational Rights Act of 1974, parents have complete rights to students' cumulative folders.

Arcadia High School's Associated Student body will be paying back its approximately $29,000 debt in 3 yearly increments of $9,700.

Obituary/death notice. Two Arcadia men die in truck crash.

The Arcadia Educational Foundation has provided the Arcadia Unified School District with approximately $45,000 needed to create a new science laboratory at Arcadia High School.

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

Two dozen animal rights activists demonstrated outside the Arcadia home of county animal care & control director, Brian Berger. The group claims Berger illegally sold shelter dogs to Cedars-Sinai Hospital for laboratory purposes.

The City Council voted to start a Worker's Compensation self- insurance program. The city has used state compensation in the past, but self-insurance will save approximately $480,000 in the next 5 years.

Approximately 147 students who have attended Hugo Reid will be transferred to Holly Avenue next year if the proposal is passed by the school board. The transfer and boundary change are designed to alleviate over-crowding at Hugo Reid.

The Supreme Court has prohibited school districts from charging home-to-school bus fares. During the 1987-88 school year, approximately 800 students paid $59 a quarter for bus service in Arcadia.

General articles

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The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.