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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
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p. 1
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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
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A profile of Nichols Egg Ranch, which has been selling eggs here for 17 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Nichols Egg Ranch
Item ID
804AN
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Arcadia is studying plans for joining the country's universal use of the telephone number 911 to cover ALL emergency calls.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Telephone
Item ID
3334AN
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Best Disposal was awarded the residential trash contract in Arcadia by the City Council on October 15. The action was taken despite the objections of the owner of a competing trash service as to the manner in which the contract was awarded.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Item ID
2319AN
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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
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
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p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31748AN
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Background information on John Mynster, Charles Gilb, and Jerry Bernstein, who are all running for City Council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1974
Mynster, John C.
Gilb, Charles E.
Bernstein, Jerry
Item ID
1044AN
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New State Department of Health regulations require that all children entering first grade after July 1, 1975 have had a health check within the past year. This may be had at designated community health centers free of charge for those in need or otherwise by a family doctor at his regular fee.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2597AN
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Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3037AN
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"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
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p. 1
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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
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A group of local businessmen have initiated steps to open a new bank, independently owned by other Arcadians. If all goes well, it will be the first independent bank to open in Arcadia since 1929.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Huntington Bank
Item ID
782AN
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Five members of the Slavin family were booked on November 12, 1976 on charges of false imprisonment and kidnapping.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1976
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 4, 1976
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p. A-1 photo
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Slavin, Madonna
Item ID
3243AN
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The Peacock Faire, an event with something for the whole family, will be held September 30 at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, Etc. - Diamond Jubilee, 1978
Item ID
885AN
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Charles Bluth, whose personal story is outlined here, is building a home for his family atop the highest hill in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper613
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Bluth, Charles P.
Item ID
613AN
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Under the new Federal Family Educational Rights Act of 1974, parents have complete rights to students' cumulative folders.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1975
Pages
p. A-6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1975
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2601AN
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Article written for the Diamond Jubilee series by Carla Maggio.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Maggio, Carla
Item ID
430AN
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Article written by the current president covering services performed by the Chamber.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 15, 1977
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p. A-4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 15, 1977
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p. A-4
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Item ID
891AN
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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
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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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The gasoline shortage is making life miserable for Valley residents.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Social Life and Customs
Item ID
3246AN
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Local priest dedicates life to helping Thai lepers.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 1, 1971
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 1, 1971
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Thiele, Father Richard W.
Item ID
4307AN
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Ralph Wendell Long, a 27-year resident of Arcadia, died September 20, 1979 in Newport Beach, where his family had been living for the past year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1979
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Long, Ralph Wendell
Item ID
1958AN
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