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Article reviews surrogate mother case. The father's wife Bjorna Noyes claims she was wrongly labeled a transsexual Noyes' lawyer claims Bhimani (the child's mother) decided to keep the child because she wasn't being paid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper523
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
523AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Noyes family may continue their fight for custody of the baby born by surrogate mother Nisa Bhimani despite the publicity over Bjorna Noyes being a transsexual. Bhimani's lawyer claimed the other would not have backed out of her deal with the Noyes had she been paid as agreed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper522
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. B-5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. B-5
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
522AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadian Denise Lucy Thrane agreed to be a surrogate mother and was artificially inseminated in June with James Noyes' sperm. Ms. Thrane now says the baby may not be Noyes' and wants to keep it. The unprecedented dispute may have repercussions for other surrogate mothers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper518
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
518AN
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Newspaper Index
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Denise Lucy Thrane, an Arcadia woman who agreed to be a surrogate mother for a childless couple from New York, gave birth to a boy. Ms. Thrane now wants to keep the baby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper519
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1981
Pages
p. D-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1981
Pages
p. D-1
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
519AN
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Newspaper Index
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Blood tests reveal a 98.9 percent chance that James Noyes is the father of the son of Nisa Bhimani (Denise Lucy Thrane). The Pasadena courts will tackle the issues of paternity and custody. The crux of the case is whether current California law barring an artificial insemination donor from any paternity rights will be upheld.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper520
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
520AN
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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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Newspaper
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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Mother leans over to small child dressed in knitted suit while big brother, hands on knees, watches. Clothes are hanging from clothes line in back of them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs690
Date
April 1942
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Date
April 1942
Subjects
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Living quarters & conditions
Santa Anita Park-1942-1945
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
686
Collection
Photographs
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Frank Kurtz fatally ran over his wife Rose in the driveway of their Arcadia home when he accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kurtz, Frank
Kurtz, Rose
Item ID
24162AN
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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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Newspaper
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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Dr. William A. Stark, 84, a retired dentist who had several medical issues, died after he and his wife endured months of pandemic visitation restrictions at his Arcadia nursing home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35863
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Deaths
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center
Nursing homes
Pandemics
Stark, Melody Taylor
Stark, William A.
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Darrell Holman withdrew his application for a proposed medical office building prior to a scheduled public hearing, but residents still expressed their opinions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper710
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1984
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1984
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
710AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gastric bypass surgery patients who had the surgery at Methodist Hospital held a patients' reunion. Frank DeMarco, his wife and daughter were enthusiastic about the operation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Reunions
Item ID
27666AN
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Newspaper Index
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10 year-old Arcadia resident Eddie Drain, who lost his hair after chemotherapy treatments, got a boost from his baseball league teammates when they got together and shaved their own heads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drain, Eddie
Item ID
23129AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police surrounded a home in the 1700 block of Mayflower Avenue in a 7-hour standoff with an armed suspect believed to be threatening suicide and harm to other people in the house. Herb Rodrigues said the alleged gunman was his girlfriend's son. When police entered the house, only an elderly man was there, alone. The suspect had fled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31537
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department SWAT
Rodrigues, Herb
Item ID
31733AN
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Newspaper Index
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American Pharoah's trainer Bob Baffert and his wife Jill donated $150,000 to three charities. Jockey Victor Espinoza, who rode American Pharoah to win 2015 Triple Crown, donated all his earnings from Belmont Stakes race to City of Hope.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34193
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2015
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2015
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Baffert, Jill
Belmont Stakes
Espinoza, Victor (jockey)
Triple Crown
Item ID
34387AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3139
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 9, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 9, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools, Private - Anoakia School
Item ID
3053AN
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Judge found that a man was sane at the time of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife's two teenage nephews in the boys' Arcadia home. Deyun Shi is on trial for the murders of 15-year-old Anthony Lin, who was asleep when attacked with bolt cutters, and 16-year-old brother William Lin, who was killed while studying in a separate room, on January 22, 2016. Shi was found giulty on two counts of first-degree murder.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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War veteran Mike Velarde, 78, of Arcadia, tricked his Spanish-speaking mother into signing the paperwork to enlist in the U.S. Army at age 16. He had served in the Korean War. A photo of Velarde is shown in honor of Memorial Day. He remembers his wartime buddies who did not make it home alive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32979
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Memorial Day
Velarde, Mike
Veterans
Item ID
33176AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1747
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Horses
Item ID
1746AN
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Newspaper Index
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Early corn stand run by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas. L-R;Carl; his wife, Estella; and Morry, his son. A Chevrolet flat bed truck is on right.

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Date
1939
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Date
1939
Subjects
Carl's Sweet Corn
Kophamer, Carl
Kophamer, Estella
Kophamer, Morry
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
884
Collection
Photographs
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