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Charles Cooper continues his Arcadia city centennial series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about Arcadia's mayors. A. N. Multer was the first person to be given the title of mayor of Arcadia. City founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was the city's first presiding officer, but he held the title of president of the Board of Trustees. The title of mayor was not adopted until 1927, when the Board of Trustees changed to the City Council. Arcadia will have 4 mayors this year to mark the city's centennial. Each city council member will rotate into the position. More interesting facts: Floretta Lauber was the first woman to serve as mayor. She paved the way for Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn, and Gail Marshall to follow. Other history of mayors is recapped. The first city manager was William J. Richards in 1951, when a charter was adopted. The longest serving city official was City Clerk Christine Van Mannen, who held the job for 32 years. See hard copy in VF Arcadia (City) History.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32471
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Alford, June
Arcadia mayors
Bottema, John
Busse, Earl
Butterworth, Ed
Chandler, Roger
City council history
Cooper, Charles
Cozad, Lyman
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Kelly, Bill
Krebs, Richard, Jr.
Kuhn, Barbara
Lauber, Floretta
Link, Harry
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Multer, A. N.
Richards, William J.
Van Mannen, Christine
Young, Mary
Item ID
32670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30750
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Richards, Ruth Louise Kerschner
Item ID
30938AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile of Richard Dootson and his company Dootson School of Trucking, located at 11625 Clark St., Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24975
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2003
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2003
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Dootson School of Trucking
Dootson, Richard
Item ID
25172AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, surrendered to police after an all-night standoff at his home on Arbolada Drive. In the morning Carmen Russo was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds and Richard Russo was arrested. Two children ages 6 and 11 are staying with family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29662
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Richard
Russo, Carmen
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29847AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Russo, 50, of Arcadia, charged with the slaying death of his wife Carmen Russo, was denied bail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29732
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo, Richard
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Item ID
29917AN
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Newspaper Index
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The man who died in a Pasadena police Taser gun incident was 36-year old Richard Baisner of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Baisner, Richard
Deaths
Pasadena Police
Taser stun guns
Weapons
Item ID
30794AN
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Newspaper Index
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The trial of accused killer Richard Russo, of Arcadia, comes to a close a year after the murder occurred.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30369AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Richard Vethamani displays his collection of presidential campaign buttons at the Arcadia Public Library through mid-November.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29222
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Vethamani, Richard
Arcadia Public Library
Displays
Presidential campaign buttons.
Item ID
29408AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department Explorer Post #101 has added two new explorers, Jeff Comaianni and Richard Castillo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29891
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - Explorer Post #101
Castillo, Richard
Comaianni, Jeff
Item ID
30077AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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More details surface on the death of Arcadia man Richard Baisner, who died after Pasadena police shocked him with a Taser gun.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Baisner, Richard
Deaths
Pasadena Police
Taser stun guns
Weapons
Item ID
30803AN
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Newspaper Index
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The jury finds murderer Richard Robert Russo sane and he is sentenced to 55 years to life for killing his wife Carmen Russo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30199
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30386AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo, who is charged with the murder of his wife Carmen Russo, is described as aloof, while Carmen was described as effervescent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30181
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30367AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Baisner, an Arcadia man with a history of mental health issues, was shocked by Pasadena police with a Taser weapon during an arrest. He died about an hour later.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30607
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Baisner, Richard
Deaths
Pasadena Police
Taser stun guns
Weapons
Item ID
30795AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ruth Gilb is the new president of Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Association. Other elected board officers are John Pape, Richard Cordano, and Jack Lamb.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33290
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Association
Cordano, Richard
Gilb, Ruth
Lamb, Jack
Pape, John
Item ID
33487AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
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Newspaper Index
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Stockbroker Richard Robert Russo will stand trial for the murder of his wife Carmen. She was found shot to death in the couple's exclusive Santa Anita Oaks home in August.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29737
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
29922AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ryan Richard Swender, of Arcadia, along with two others, plead not guilty in the December 1 stabbing of a 17-year-old boy at Memorial Park in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 28, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 28, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Chang, Marvin Joseph
Chang, Richfield Jia
Crime and Criminals
Stabbings
Swender, Ryan Richard
Item ID
30609AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29673
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert ("Rick")
Shapiro, Robert
Arraignments
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29859AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia stockbroker Richard Robert Russo was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife Carmen one year ago. He faces 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30379AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bradbury resident Richard Dootson, founder of the Arcadia-based Dootson School of Trucking, died from a heart attack and brain hemorrhage on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. He was 79 and famous for his wacky television commercials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dootson, Richard
Dootson School of Trucking
Obituary / death notice
Business and Industry
Item ID
29724AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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