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An earthquake registering 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Australia's southeast coast at 3:28 PST on Wednesday, December 27, 1989. Newcastle, Australia's fifth largest city, suffered the majority of damage as 11 were known to have died. A city of 500,000, Newcastle has the largest concentration of heavy industry in the country.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Sister City - Newcastle, Australia
Item ID
3237AN
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Long-time resident J. Lyle Cunningham, Arcadia Citizen of the Year in 1983 and former president of the Arcadia Rotary Club, died on December 15th at Methodist Hospital of natural causes. He was 82. Mr. Cunningham was actively involved in the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, the Arcadia Red Cross, the Church of the Good Shepherd and Arcadians for Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
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p. A-2
Subjects
Cunningham, J. Lyle
Item ID
1402AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department's non-emergency business telephone numbers have been changed to the following: Front desk, 570-5150; Administrative offices, 574-5178; Investigation division, 574-5160. The change is due to the switch to Pacific Bell Centrex System which gives priority to emergency services in the event of an emergency.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2205AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two Arcadia women, Marisa Ann Stephenson, 17, and Joanne Elizabeth Ward, 18, have been selected to the 1990 Tournament of Roses Royal Court.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1989
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p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1989
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p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Stephenson, Marisa Ann
Ward, Joanne Elizabeth
Item ID
3386AN
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The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Hang Gliding
Item ID
1681AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education is considering a new policy that gives students the right to refuse to dissect animals on moral grounds. Such students will have their teachers assign alternative educational projects.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2479AN
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Arcadia joined the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito Abatement District, making it one of the last cities in the valley to participate in a mosquito control program. The program is designed to monitor mosquitos that transmit St. Louis encephalitis, a sometimes fatal viral disease.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Mosquitos
Item ID
1989AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency won a $495,000 settlement for removing toxic waste from 1.6 acres of downtown Arcadia land it bought from Clifford C. Bong and Co. last year. The agency sued Bong in April of 1988 to recover the money it spent to dispose of soil contaminated with high levels of lead, cadmium and hydrocarbon wastes. The agreement was reached two days before the June 27 trial was to begin.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Item ID
336AN
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Russell J. Ribb, former superintendent for the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, has been named to serve as Arcadia's interim school superintendent. Elaine Boyce of the School Service of California, a Sacramento-based consulting firm, has been hired to recruit a new superintendent.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Ribb, Russell
Item ID
3095AN
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An application for state funds to make $8.5 million worth of repairs in 6 Arcadia schools is moving ahead. Funds for the repairs, from the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Program, a bond measure, have been exhausted. However, another bond issue, coming up in the June 1990 election, is expected to pass and provide money to continue the program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2943AN
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The Arcadia City Council has authorized a project to build concrete sidewalks adjacent to Camino Grove, First Avenue, Hugo Reid Primary, Dana and Holly Avenue schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3390
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3280AN
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An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1394AN
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Conrad "Connie" T. Reibold, former Arcadia Mayor and City Councilman, died on June 27th at age 79.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969 Reibold, Conrad
Item ID
990AN
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Friends of the Arcadia Library are planning their sixth year of Silent Auctions. The auctions have raised $7000 for the library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
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p. B-3 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
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p. B-3 photos
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1650AN
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Five Arcadia High School baseball players have been selected for the Eagles Ambassador Baseball Team to play ball in Russia, Finland and Sweden.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2996AN
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Best Disposal Co. which holds the Arcadia city contract for waste disposal, is on the brink of being sold to Western Waste Disposal. Collection fees may go up.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Item ID
2330AN
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Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner said that 735 of all calls received by the Fire Department in the past five years have been for paramedics.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1582AN
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Test scores for the 1986-87 California Assessment Program examinations for 8th graders have been revised.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3125AN
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Since January, when the School Board raised the pay for substitute teachers, 41 new subs have been hired. Pay rates in surrounding cities are included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2807AN
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Newspaper Index
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Helen Schrader, former editor of the Arcadia Tribune, was honored at a reception. She is moving to Georgia. Article outlines her career as a journalist.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, B-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, B-1
Subjects
Arcadia Tribune - Schrader, Helen
Item ID
509AN
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Newspaper Index
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