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A new defensive weapon which shoots darts capable of inflicting 50,000 volts of electricity lasting about a micro-second is being manufactured in Arcadia. It is being marketed by Glen Mead and is called the Taser Gun.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1975
Pages
p. B-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1975
Pages
p. B-2 photo
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
714AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Planning Commission rejected a proposed ordinance from the City Council to crack down on people operating businesses from their homes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
718AN
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Newspaper Index
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A draft ordinance has been submitted to the City Council that would allow Arcadia residents to conduct businesses out of their homes if certain criteria are met and a permit is approved. According to current law, such businesses are illegal.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
719AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two part series on mortuaries and funeral parlors in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1974
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. D-8
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1974
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. D-8
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
713AN
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Newspaper Index
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Permits to build a skate board park will come before the City Council for discussion and approval.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1977
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
715AN
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The City Council has turned down Bob Margett's request to build a skate board park with 60 person capacity on Live Oak Avenue. Noise and congestion were the reasons given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1977
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
716AN
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Mayor Bob Margett, in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, suggested that the city start checking up on businesses operating out of homes within the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
717AN
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Construction yard at El Monte and Las Tunas

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30, 1972 (temporary business permit)
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30, 1972 (temporary business permit)
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
3706AN
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Biographical profile of Helen Lawrence, who retired May 1977 from the Arcadia Public Library after almost 21 years, the last 10 of which were as head of the Circulation Department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Employees - Lawrence, Helen
Item ID
1935AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Marquee West
Night clubs
Item ID
34128AN
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Baldwin Stocker PTA sponsors "People Mover" show. In photo: Barbara Ruby, Phil Wenkler, Lia Morrow and Tracy Hutcheson.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. A6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Hutcheson, Tracy
Morrow, Lisa
Ruby, Barbara
Wenkler, Phil
Item ID
34116AN
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Three city-owned lots at 521 N. First Avenue, adjacent to the Foothill Freeway, were sold last week by the Arcadia City Council to the W. D. Wilson Co., which will construct a building on the site and move from its present location in South Pasadena. James J. Melas, president of the W. D. Wilson Co. and an Arcadia resident said his firm deals in sophisticated biomedical supplies and unusual alloys and fittings for medical instruments. Selling price was $41,500. The city originally purchased the lots from the state Department of Highways for $33,000.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Melas, James J.
Real property
W. D. Wilson Company
Item ID
32718AN
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Biographical article about Herb Goddard, pioneer realtor. His is the oldest real estate firm still operating in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1978
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1978
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Goddard, Herb
Item ID
1662AN
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Arcadia resident Thomas J. Crow died October 25. Article outlines Crow's career as a journalist who at one time owned and operated the Monrovia Journal.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1979
Pages
p. A-10
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1979
Pages
p. A-10
Subjects
Crow, Thomas J.
Item ID
1401AN
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Obituary and article about Mary K. Jillson Waite, 50-year Arcadia resident, who died June 28, 1979 at the age of 72.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. D-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. D-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Waite, Mary K. Jillson
Item ID
3441AN
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Article, with map, about public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets on a temporary basis.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3275AN
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Profile of author and former Monrovia city librarian.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1974
Pages
p. A-6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1974
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Ainsworth, Katherine
Item ID
561AN
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Article on usage of radar unit by Arcadia police.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3412AN
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Article gives breakdown of Arcadia crime statistics for 1978.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1354AN
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Diamond Jubilee article sketching history of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Item ID
897AN
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Newspaper Index
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