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Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Balabanoff, Luben

Item ID: 588AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One hundred stuffed teddy bears were donated to the police department. All of the squad cars will carry the bears and give them to children who have been involved in accidents or other traumatic incidents.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2203AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses the sentencing of one of the eight adults arrested in December's drug bust at the high school. Regarding the other adults involved: charges against one have been dropped; three have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing; three are awaiting trial.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 14, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 14, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1465AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc - Souplantation

Item ID: 2340AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Noyes family may continue their fight for custody of the baby born by surrogate mother Nisa Bhimani despite the publicity over Bjorna Noyes being a transsexual. Bhimani's lawyer claimed the other would not have backed out of her deal with the Noyes had she been paid as agreed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1981

Pages: p. B-5

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1981

Pages: p. B-5

Subjects: Artificial Insemination, Human

Item ID: 522AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino and two other Arcadia residents have been ordered by an Ohio judge to stop using for one year trade secrets that were "unlawfully taken" from a competing firm. The ruling was made in connection with Arcadia-based Western Pacific Technology.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune p A-1 photo

Date: July 28, 1985

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune p A-1 photo

Date: July 28, 1985

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989; Mayors - Pellegrino, Donald E.

Item ID: 1036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hang Gliding

Item ID: 1681AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1389AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Civic Center

Item ID: 2272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2748AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city has decided against trying to lease a vacated elementary school for a senior citizen center. Seniors are interested in having a drop-in center but the additional cost of leasing a school would not be justified.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3159AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3164AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Concept plans for a $14 million eight-story building at 333 E. Huntington Drive have been approved by the Redevelopment Agency. The 4.7 acre site is owned by Bob Low of Arcadia Datsun.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1282AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bernice "Bee" Siemens, prominent in Arcadia civic affairs died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. She and her family have been residents of Arcadia since 1952. Article has biographical sketch and her activities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Siemens, Bernice "Bee"

Item ID: 3212AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2807AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1394AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Area librarians agree that recessionary periods create a greater demand for library services. It is ironic that this comes at a time when libraries are hurting from budget cuts. Arcadia and Monrovia have suffered most in this regard, cutting down on personnel and new book purchases and, in Arcadia's case, closing it's audio-visual department and reducing hours.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1949AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ruth Gilb and Jim Parker have been chosen Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Article gives sketches of the community services.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Citizen of the Year - 1984; Gilb, Ruth; Parker, Jim

Item ID: 968AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Apparent violations of state laws prior to 1978 are costing the Arcadia School District $250,000 at a time when it is already having to squeeze $1 million from its program just to maintain a balanced budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2939AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two Arcadia men have been sentenced to serve 90 days in the Los Angeles County Jail after pleading guilty to drug charges arising from the undercover investigation at the high school.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.

One hundred stuffed teddy bears were donated to the police department. All of the squad cars will carry the bears and give them to children who have been involved in accidents or other traumatic incidents.

Article discusses the sentencing of one of the eight adults arrested in December's drug bust at the high school. Regarding the other adults involved: charges against one have been dropped; three have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing; three are awaiting trial.

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.

The Noyes family may continue their fight for custody of the baby born by surrogate mother Nisa Bhimani despite the publicity over Bjorna Noyes being a transsexual. Bhimani's lawyer claimed the other would not have backed out of her deal with the Noyes had she been paid as agreed.

Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino and two other Arcadia residents have been ordered by an Ohio judge to stop using for one year trade secrets that were "unlawfully taken" from a competing firm. The ruling was made in connection with Arcadia-based Western Pacific Technology.

Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

The city has decided against trying to lease a vacated elementary school for a senior citizen center. Seniors are interested in having a drop-in center but the additional cost of leasing a school would not be justified.

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

Concept plans for a $14 million eight-story building at 333 E. Huntington Drive have been approved by the Redevelopment Agency. The 4.7 acre site is owned by Bob Low of Arcadia Datsun.

Bernice "Bee" Siemens, prominent in Arcadia civic affairs died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. She and her family have been residents of Arcadia since 1952. Article has biographical sketch and her activities.

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.

Ruth Gilb and Jim Parker have been chosen Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Article gives sketches of the community services.

Apparent violations of state laws prior to 1978 are costing the Arcadia School District $250,000 at a time when it is already having to squeeze $1 million from its program just to maintain a balanced budget.

Two Arcadia men have been sentenced to serve 90 days in the Los Angeles County Jail after pleading guilty to drug charges arising from the undercover investigation at the high school.