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Mrs. Irene Wiley was freed on the charge that she was wilfully cruel to her 13-year-old daughter Susan Wiley, aka "Genie." The article was written by Lucie Lowery. A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See VF "Wiley, Susan" for hard copy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Child Abuse; Feral children; "Genie"; Suicides; Wiley, Clark; Wiley, Irene; Wiley, Susan

Item ID: 31750AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Child Abuse; Feral children; "Genie"; Wiley, Clark; Wiley, Irene; Wiley, Susan

Item ID: 31748AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

"Captive Girl" Susan (aka 'Genie') Wiley's father Clark Wiley committed suicide. Clark Wiley shot himself minutes before he was to have appeared in Alhambra Municipal Court on charges of child abuse. The article was written by Dick Lloyd. With related stories "Note tells instructions for funeral (p. 1)," "A story he wanted to tell sealed by death of father (p. 6)," "Changed laws could have averted tragedy (p. 6)," and "Mrs. Wiley shelters at welfare agency: custody hearing Monday (p. 6)." A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie".

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Child Abuse; Feral children; "Genie"; Suicides; Wiley, Clark; Wiley, Irene; Wiley, Susan

Item ID: 31749AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Collectors of old horse drawn buggies. She is the daughter of Carl Kophaner, who had a corn stand at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 22, 1974

Pages: p. C-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 22, 1974

Pages: p. C-1

Subjects: Barton, Arly and Bill.

Item ID: 597AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Floretta Lauber has been named Mayor of the City Council. She is the first woman so named.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 22, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 22, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council 1970 - 1979; Mayors - Lauber, Floretta

Item ID: 1001AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sondra Lacey of Arcadia served on the 1978-79 Los Angeles County Grand Jury as chairman of the Social and Human Services Committee. Article outlines her activities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Lacey, Sondra

Item ID: 1897AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Home burglary nets $5000 from winter home of Jimmy Jones, Calumet Farms trainer, at 314 Laurel Avenue in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 1, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 1, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Burglaries; Crime and Criminals; Jones, Jimmy

Item ID: 33233AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. Johanna Hofer has declared that she will be a write-in candidate for the April 19 School Board election. A vocal critic of the Board, she expressed her views on the issues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 14, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 14, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Hofer, Johanna

Item ID: 2500AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. Floretta Lauber, completing her first term as a member of the City Council, has announced that she will not be a candidate for re-election in April due to health problems in her family.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1978; Lauber, Floretta

Item ID: 1062AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Elder, Mar. 30.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: April 18, 1955

Pages: p. 7

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: April 18, 1955

Pages: p. 7

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Elder, son

Item ID: 13637AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Background on Linda Nash, new student representative to the Arcadia Board of Education. She will take her seat on July 2, 1979.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2457AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Summary of crime at the 72 acre shopping center: bad checks, shoplifting, theft, auto theft.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fashion Park

Item ID: 1547AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Police Department is launching a campaign to educate people about what they feel is an inadequate pension system.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2189AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Miss Alice Quayle, 19-year-old cellist of Arcadia, will play her professional debut on Feb. 20.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune-Bulletin

Date: February 12, 1951

Pages: p. 5

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune-Bulletin

Date: February 12, 1951

Pages: p. 5

Subjects: Quayle, Alice

Item ID: 10560AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Emery Riddle has been convicted of first degree murder in the December 1976 slaying of Arcadian Rene Kane and her unborn child.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 29, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 29, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Kane, Rene; Murder - Riddle, Emery

Item ID: 1351AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Full account of the murder of Oakwood housewife Mrs. Rene Kane, wife of attorney Robert Kane. Two accounts of murder have been filed; one for Mrs. Kane and one for her unborn child.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 9, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 9, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Kane, Rene

Item ID: 1349AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

MarrLin Greathouse, 17, of Arcadia High School, was crowned Miss Arcadia. She and her royal court will represent the city on the Arcadia float in the Pasadena Rose Parade on New Year's Day, 1980.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Tournament of Roses; Greathouse, MarrLin

Item ID: 32185AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Profile of Arcadian George Retzer, who went to the 1912 Olympics as a wrestler. At 92 he still exercises daily.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1975

Pages: p. C-6 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1975

Pages: p. C-6 photo

Subjects: Retzer, George

Item ID: 2343AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A short story called "The Bipartisan Blond" by Arcadia author Hannah Smith appears in the September Ladies' Home Journal. She published a book called "For Heaven's Sake" about three years ago.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 28, 1952

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 28, 1952

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: Arcadia Authors - Smith, Hannah

Item ID: 13098AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

25-year old Colleen Kay Hutchins, who represented Utah in the Miss America contest, was named Miss America Saturday night. She is one of seven children of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hutchins of Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 13, 1951

Pages: p. A1 w/photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 13, 1951

Pages: p. A1 w/photo

Subjects: Hutchins, Colleen Kay

Item ID: 12894AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Collectors of old horse drawn buggies. She is the daughter of Carl Kophaner, who had a corn stand at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak.

Floretta Lauber has been named Mayor of the City Council. She is the first woman so named.

Sondra Lacey of Arcadia served on the 1978-79 Los Angeles County Grand Jury as chairman of the Social and Human Services Committee. Article outlines her activities.

Home burglary nets $5000 from winter home of Jimmy Jones, Calumet Farms trainer, at 314 Laurel Avenue in Arcadia.

Mrs. Johanna Hofer has declared that she will be a write-in candidate for the April 19 School Board election. A vocal critic of the Board, she expressed her views on the issues.

Mrs. Floretta Lauber, completing her first term as a member of the City Council, has announced that she will not be a candidate for re-election in April due to health problems in her family.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Elder, Mar. 30.

Background on Linda Nash, new student representative to the Arcadia Board of Education. She will take her seat on July 2, 1979.

Summary of crime at the 72 acre shopping center: bad checks, shoplifting, theft, auto theft.

Arcadia Police Department is launching a campaign to educate people about what they feel is an inadequate pension system.

Miss Alice Quayle, 19-year-old cellist of Arcadia, will play her professional debut on Feb. 20.

Emery Riddle has been convicted of first degree murder in the December 1976 slaying of Arcadian Rene Kane and her unborn child.

Full account of the murder of Oakwood housewife Mrs. Rene Kane, wife of attorney Robert Kane. Two accounts of murder have been filed; one for Mrs. Kane and one for her unborn child.

MarrLin Greathouse, 17, of Arcadia High School, was crowned Miss Arcadia. She and her royal court will represent the city on the Arcadia float in the Pasadena Rose Parade on New Year's Day, 1980.

Profile of Arcadian George Retzer, who went to the 1912 Olympics as a wrestler. At 92 he still exercises daily.

A short story called "The Bipartisan Blond" by Arcadia author Hannah Smith appears in the September Ladies' Home Journal. She published a book called "For Heaven's Sake" about three years ago.

25-year old Colleen Kay Hutchins, who represented Utah in the Miss America contest, was named Miss America Saturday night. She is one of seven children of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hutchins of Arcadia.