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County area near Monrovia

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3700
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1972
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1972
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
3575AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mayflower residents won approval for annexation to Arcadia on February 25, 1976, without any further opposition from Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper402
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 29, 1976
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 29, 1976
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
402AN
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Newspaper Index
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Despite concerns including "incompatible" junkyards nearby in Monrovia, the city of Arcadia lost a skirmish to block inclusion of a small bit of unincorporated county territory in its sphere of influence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper419
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1984
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1984
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
419AN
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Newspaper Index
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Residents of a 23 acre triangle north of Jeffries and west of Mayflower still hope to become a part of Arcadia. Monrovia has protested the move, because they had thought it would include properties on only one side of Mayflower, only to discover that both sides were involved.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1976
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1976
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
401AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31554
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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Newspaper Index
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