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A new street in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been named Asher Court after Arcadia resident and World War II Veteran Fred Asher who saved the USS Blue at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Asher, Fred
World War II
Streets
Item ID
25939AN
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Councilwoman Mary Young talks about her life during World War II. Photo.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
November 13, 1997
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p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
November 13, 1997
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p. 9
Subjects
Young, Mary
Young, Dick
Item ID
11190AN
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Kay Okamoto, 73, a former World War II intern in a Wyoming relocation camp, relived the experience after seeing the current film "Come See the Paradise", which features two of her grandsons, Brian and Scott, working as extras in two scenes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2038
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos p
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos p
Subjects
Okamoto, Kay
Item ID
2028AN
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Corey Nakatani, the only Japanese American riding professionally as a jockey in southern California, often races at Santa Anita Park, the same place where his grandparents were detained during World War II in the then Santa Anita Assembly Center. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4484
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. J-12
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Los Angeles Times
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. J-12
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
4360AN
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Students at Holy Angels School in Arcadia welcomed a returning Persian Gulf War veteran who had been the recipient of a letter written and addressed to "Any Soldier, Desert Storm."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2192
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Item ID
2168AN
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Sports Channel America has offered Bob Wieland a chance to host his own cable talk show, in which he will present motivational stories about athletes, who, like himself, have beaten the odds. The 45 year old Arcadia resident lost his legs in the Vietnam War.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1992
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1992
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p. A-1 photos
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Wieland, Bob
Item ID
13AN
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John Winn, 1978 graduate of Arcadia High School visited his hometown last week after returning from seven months in the Persian Gulf.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Winn John
Item ID
2163AN
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Becky Nelson, 17, of Arcadia High School, won both the local and district competitions for the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Voice of Democracy speech competition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper274
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Star Tribune
Date
January 28, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Star Tribune
Date
January 28, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Nelson, Becky
Item ID
274AN
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Arcadian Dan Jelito returned last week from his tour of duty in the Persian Gulf.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 9, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 9, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Jelito, Dan
Item ID
2167AN
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The Saturday Farmers Market will continue for at least another six months. Arcadia Business Association operates the event and estimate that 22,000 have visited the market in the last 8 months.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Farmers Market
Arcadia Business Association (ABA)
Item ID
27074AN
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Marine corporals Kurt Kupfer, 23, Paul Atkinson, 24, and Bill Tanzow, 22, were welcomed home from the Persian Gulf with a parade.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 30 ,1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 30 ,1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Kupher, Kurt
Atkinson, Paul
Tranzow, Bill
Item ID
2166AN
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More than 400 people for the "Salute to the Troops" sponsored by the Arcadia Board of Realtors held on the lawn in front of City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2189
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Persian Gulf War
Item ID
2165AN
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Father Gene Wallace of Church of the Transfiguration recently joined the Volunteer Chaplain staff of the Arcadia Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26315
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Wallace, Gene
Item ID
26516AN
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Arcadia High School teacher Ron Morris has returned from a two-week trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he and 17 other American educators taught civic principles to a group of Bosnian teachers and professors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6699
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Morris, Ron
Item ID
6508AN
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A portion of Huntington Drive will be closed intermittently from Dec. 8 to 17 for the filming of "Numbers," starring John Travolta.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17834
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Pasadena Star News p A4
Date
November 22, 1999
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Pasadena Star News p A4
Date
November 22, 1999
Subjects
Streets - Huntington Drive
Moving pictures
Item ID
18034AN
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Arcadia resident Arnold Van Steenwyk remembers his WW II experiences in the Air Corps. Photo.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 7, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Van Steenwyk, Arnold
Item ID
13861AN
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The Arcadia City Council voted Tuesday night to keep television cameras away from its study sessions. Citing cost as the major factor, the vote was 4-1 with Councilman Sheng Chang dissenting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5400
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council, 1990 - 1999
Item ID
5263AN
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The Los Angeles State and County Arboretum plans to open its 3 acre rain forest exhibit in July featuring several hundred plant specimens from around the world.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper141
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
October 19, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
October 19, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
141AN
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17 year old Angie Zamorano's death last week in a car accident less than a mile from Arcadia High School brought 300 people together Tuesday for a memorial service at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Zamorano, Maria
Item ID
76AN
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Mary Bittner, 79, is retiring from the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop after 33 years on the governing board and 4 years as welfare director. Ms. Bittner will move to a retirement community in San Luis Obispo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Bittner, Mary
Item ID
611AN
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