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Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Wu, Steven

Item ID: 1398AN

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

Sports Channel America has offered Bob Wieland a chance to host his own cable talk show, in which he will present motivational stories about athletes, who, like himself, have beaten the odds. The 45 year old Arcadia resident lost his legs in the Vietnam War.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1992

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1992

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Wieland, Bob

Item ID: 13AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - LaCorte, Catherine; Murder - Morton, Robert; Murder - Johnson, Richard Lanill

Item ID: 1365AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3053AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police have arrested a 16 year old Arcadia High School student on suspicion of firing a gun Monday afternoon at two teenagers involved in an on-campus brawl several hours earlier.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School; Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 16AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Steven Wu of Arcadia was convicted on all 35 charges that he raped his unconscious sisters-in-law while capturing the events on videotape.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Wu, Steven

Item ID: 1397AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Harold Ellis, who keeps 15 horses on his property at 1504 8th Avenue, vows to challenge the city limit of 5 horses by taking them to court.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Horses

Item ID: 1746AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Glendora police have arrested a man believed to be the cat burglar who has plagued Arcadia and nearby cities in recent months.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1374AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Both the Board of Education and the City Council have denied $1.5 million in claims against them filed by Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. O'Brien, parents of Timothy Sean O'Brien who was struck and killed by an automobile as he was crossing Campus Drive last November 6th.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Actions and Defenses

Item ID: 5AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Rev. Dr. James R. McCormick is leaving his post as minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist. He is going into private enterprise at the management level. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Churches - Church of the Good Shepherd

Item ID: 949AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Howard Jarvis, the father of Proposition 13, spent an hour in Arcadia, knocking down the "straw man" arguments he said were being put up against the property tax initiative. Prop. 13 would reduce property taxes in California to 1 percent of what market value was in 1975-1976, plus whatever is necessary to pay off current bonded indebtedness. A 2 percent annual inflation rate is written into the constitutional amendment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Jarvis, Howard; Property Taxes

Item ID: 34112AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Extensive biographical article on Don Hage, who is running for the 61st Assembly district seat. Also included are his positions on what he thinks will be the key issues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: California - Elections - 1976; Hage, Don

Item ID: 862AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Risto Milosevich, an Arcadia resident for many years, now living in El Toro, is due to receive the Medal of Honor. Milosevich and the other men in his platoon held off a force of German soldiers for 18 hours in December, 1944.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Milosevich, Risto

Item ID: 1981AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia resident Ed Honeywell has plans to build a backyard solar still to produce alcohol from lawn clippings. He intends to mix the alcohol with gasoline to produce fuel for his car. All of these plans depend on Honeywell obtaining proper licensing for the still.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Gasohol

Item ID: 1654AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia man with a rare neurological condition, David Ireland has authored a book entitled "Letter to an Unborn Child." These reflect compassion and understanding and were written to his child in the event he did not live.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Ireland, David

Item ID: 571AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Lowery McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, has asked that his application for a general plan change for the property be withdrawn. He has been working with a local builder who has a good feel for the area and would like to develop the property at a density of 2.4 homes per acre. Late in this same meeting, the council voted to change the zoning on the estate to match the existing general plan. What this might do to future McCaslin plans is not clear.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 425AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Fire destroys gun shop and kills four, including Colleen Fowler, an Arcadian.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1985

Pages: "p. A1,2"

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1985

Pages: "p. A1,2"

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Fowler, Colleen

Item ID: 28062AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.

Sports Channel America has offered Bob Wieland a chance to host his own cable talk show, in which he will present motivational stories about athletes, who, like himself, have beaten the odds. The 45 year old Arcadia resident lost his legs in the Vietnam War.

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

Police have arrested a 16 year old Arcadia High School student on suspicion of firing a gun Monday afternoon at two teenagers involved in an on-campus brawl several hours earlier.

Steven Wu of Arcadia was convicted on all 35 charges that he raped his unconscious sisters-in-law while capturing the events on videotape.

Harold Ellis, who keeps 15 horses on his property at 1504 8th Avenue, vows to challenge the city limit of 5 horses by taking them to court.

Glendora police have arrested a man believed to be the cat burglar who has plagued Arcadia and nearby cities in recent months.

Both the Board of Education and the City Council have denied $1.5 million in claims against them filed by Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. O'Brien, parents of Timothy Sean O'Brien who was struck and killed by an automobile as he was crossing Campus Drive last November 6th.

Rev. Dr. James R. McCormick is leaving his post as minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist. He is going into private enterprise at the management level. Biographical notes included.

Extensive biographical article on Don Hage, who is running for the 61st Assembly district seat. Also included are his positions on what he thinks will be the key issues.

Risto Milosevich, an Arcadia resident for many years, now living in El Toro, is due to receive the Medal of Honor. Milosevich and the other men in his platoon held off a force of German soldiers for 18 hours in December, 1944.

Arcadia resident Ed Honeywell has plans to build a backyard solar still to produce alcohol from lawn clippings. He intends to mix the alcohol with gasoline to produce fuel for his car. All of these plans depend on Honeywell obtaining proper licensing for the still.

An Arcadia man with a rare neurological condition, David Ireland has authored a book entitled "Letter to an Unborn Child." These reflect compassion and understanding and were written to his child in the event he did not live.

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

Obituary/death notice. Fire destroys gun shop and kills four, including Colleen Fowler, an Arcadian.