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The Arcadia City Council approved a 5% tax on interstate and international telephone calls over the strong objections of residents. The tax, which will cost about $.40 per person per month, is expected to generate $225,000 in city revenues, which will help close the gap between the city's general fund expenditures and revenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3337AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has offered a $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of 2 Arcadia women who were slain at their homes in the past weeks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder

Item ID: 1996AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Lehman, Lillian

Item ID: 1380AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder

Item ID: 1379AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

George Fasching, owner of Fasching's Car Wash who joined the City Council two years ago, was chosen as the city's mayor on Tuesday, replacing four-time mayor, Charles Gilb.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1992; Mayors - Fasching, George; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 323AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police were still searching for suspects in the murder of Arcadia resident Katherine Skinner, age 19. Miss Skinner was a telecommunications major at Pasadena City College and was employed at Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder

Item ID: 1995AN

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

A civil lawsuit involving Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino has been delayed until July 16 to give the defendant's new attorney time to familiarize himself with the case.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 16, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 16, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

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

Item ID: 1035AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Recent murders stir fear in city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1985

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1985

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Crime - Murder; Higgins, Patricia Elaine; Cannon, Mary Louise

Item ID: 27862AN

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

Arcadia housewife and author, Sandie Chandler has written two books and is now working on her third. Her husband is the religious editor of the Los Angeles Times.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1976

Pages: p. C-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1976

Pages: p. C-1

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Chandler, Sandie

Item ID: 565AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

For a record 4th time in Arcadia history, Charles Gilb was elected by the City Council as mayor.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 18, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1991; Mayors - Gilb, Charles E.

Item ID: 1133AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A second jury has recommended the death penalty for Prentice Juan Snow, convicted of killing Arcadian Alfred Koll, who operated Koll's Professional Pharmacy in Pasadena. Sentencing is expected on August 22.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 29, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 29, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Koll, Alfred; Murder - Snow, Prentice Juan

Item ID: 1366AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Children's Room will be completely refurbished - partly with city funds and partly from a drive headed by Mayor Charles Gilb. It will be renamed the Jerry Broadwell Children's Library as a memorial to Fire Captain Jerry Broadwell who died in a fire in August 1975.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 19 ,1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 19 ,1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 1942AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Partick Anderson, 23, of Inglewood remained in custody on suspicion of murder charges for the shooting death of Henry Miller, 27, of Los Angeles, who was killed in the paddock at the Santa Anita Park race track, making this the first shooting at the track in its 55-year history.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 7, 1990

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 7, 1990

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Murder

Item ID: 2001AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. Raymond A. Dorn, wife of Pasadena real estate man, who developed much of the property north of Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, was killed and her husband injured in an automobile accident at Rosemead Boulevard and Callita Street.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1961

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1961

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Dorn, Raymond A. (Mrs.); Real estate developers

Item ID: 32505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Murder. Husband pleads innocent.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Pedroni, Marilyn

Item ID: 28862AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An application for state funds to help build a commuter or light rail station in the city has been approved by the City Council. The grant would pay 50% of construction costs, excluding the money needed to buy land.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Railroads

Item ID: 2280AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Charter; Helms, James

Item ID: 926AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Arcadia City Council has offered a $5000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of 2 Arcadia women who were slain at their homes in the past weeks.

Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

George Fasching, owner of Fasching's Car Wash who joined the City Council two years ago, was chosen as the city's mayor on Tuesday, replacing four-time mayor, Charles Gilb.

Police were still searching for suspects in the murder of Arcadia resident Katherine Skinner, age 19. Miss Skinner was a telecommunications major at Pasadena City College and was employed at Fashion Park.

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

A civil lawsuit involving Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino has been delayed until July 16 to give the defendant's new attorney time to familiarize himself with the case.

Recent murders stir fear in city.

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.

Arcadia housewife and author, Sandie Chandler has written two books and is now working on her third. Her husband is the religious editor of the Los Angeles Times.

For a record 4th time in Arcadia history, Charles Gilb was elected by the City Council as mayor.

A second jury has recommended the death penalty for Prentice Juan Snow, convicted of killing Arcadian Alfred Koll, who operated Koll's Professional Pharmacy in Pasadena. Sentencing is expected on August 22.

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

The Children's Room will be completely refurbished - partly with city funds and partly from a drive headed by Mayor Charles Gilb. It will be renamed the Jerry Broadwell Children's Library as a memorial to Fire Captain Jerry Broadwell who died in a fire in August 1975.

Partick Anderson, 23, of Inglewood remained in custody on suspicion of murder charges for the shooting death of Henry Miller, 27, of Los Angeles, who was killed in the paddock at the Santa Anita Park race track, making this the first shooting at the track in its 55-year history.

Mrs. Raymond A. Dorn, wife of Pasadena real estate man, who developed much of the property north of Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, was killed and her husband injured in an automobile accident at Rosemead Boulevard and Callita Street.

Obituary/death notice. Murder. Husband pleads innocent.

An application for state funds to help build a commuter or light rail station in the city has been approved by the City Council. The grant would pay 50% of construction costs, excluding the money needed to buy land.

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.