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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"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31552
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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
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Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
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31748AN
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25% of a $10,000 goal for the new Jerry Broadwell children's room has been pledged. A benefit concert will be held on December 17 at the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium and proceeds will be shared by the High School and the Broadwell Fund.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1943AN
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1978 will mark the 75th year since Arcadia's founding and a group headed by James Helms met recently to begin planning for this celebration.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1977
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p. 1
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, Etc. - Diamond Jubilee, 1978
Item ID
883AN
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An association of various discontented areas seeking to secede from Los Angeles County has been formed, but the San Gabriel Valley has not yet joined. The six proposed counties are: San Fernando Valley, Canyon, Chumash, Santa Monica, South Bay and Peninsula.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2371AN
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An attorney for the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society has asked the Arcadia City Council to amend the municipal code so as to allow establishment of an animal shelter in Chicago Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
387AN
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Approval was given by the Planning Commission to a group which wants to open Marquee West in the former bowling alley on Morlan Place. The owners plan to bring various musical groups to the facility. There will be no drugs or liquor allowed.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1977
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p. 1
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Item ID
616AN
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Arcadia, along with several other communities in the San Gabriel Valley, face termination of animal control services now rendered by the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society. This agency will discontinue services as of June 30, 1978.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
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p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
384AN
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The Arcadia City Council agreed to continue its contract with Los Angeles County for animal control. In addition, Arcadia will remain in the 9 city consortium which does business with the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
388AN
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The Arcadia City Council will oppose attempts by El Monte to annex a strip of uninhabited Arcadia land located between Peck Road and the San Gabriel River.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1978
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p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
404AN
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Arcadia is considering dropping its contract with the County Animal Control Division (pound) in favor of the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
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p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
378AN
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Arcadia's tax rate is among the lowest in Los Angeles County, but with the recent reassessment, tax bills will be nearly doubled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3428
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 28, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3316AN
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Arcadia teachers picketed the open house at Arcadia High School to protest the 1978-79 raise offered by the Arcadia Board of Education. The teachers claim they received a 3.5% salary adjustment (vs. the average San Gabriel Valley increase of 5.5%) while the Board claims a 5% increase retroactive to December 1, 1978.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2732AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District is planning an ambitious expansion of its academic programs in 1974. Career guidance, library resources centers and reading programs will be emphasized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2649
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 3, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 3, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2585AN
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Article outlines procedures followed by the Arcadia Fire Department regarding the clearing of weed-infested lots. The procedures are different for vacant lots and for lots that have and occupied dwelling.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3606
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Weed Control
Item ID
3483AN
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Article tells of work done by Dr. Ciwa Griffiths at the H.E.A.R. Center, which Dr. Griffiths founded 25 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1672
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1979
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 11, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education Through Auditory Research)
Item ID
1671AN
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Assessed valuation notices were sent July 12 to property owners throughout Los Angeles County. Arcadians were hit with an average increase of 42%. Figures for other San Gabriel Valley communities given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3423
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3311AN
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The Association is asking the Los Angeles Division of the League of California Cities to back a resolution calling for a state wide study of urban-county reform.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 1, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 1, 1977
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p. 1
Subjects
Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities
Item ID
545AN
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The Association will prepare a profile of the San Gabriel Valley within the coming month. A second project will be to organize themselves to deal with the "incoherence of Los Angeles County government."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1977
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p. 1
Subjects
Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities
Item ID
544AN
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At a meeting on November 20, County Assessor Philip Watson's representative and County Supervisors Peter Schabarum and Baxter Ward and others tackled the possibility of the San Gabriel Valley seceding from Los Angeles County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2412
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2363AN
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At the urging of Temple City mayor Lou Gilbertson, State Senator Richardson has set aside his bill SB 1287. It would have reduced petition requirements from the present 25% to just 10% of the registered voters. They want Governor Brown to appoint an Ad Hoc committee to study the whole picture.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1976
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p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2365AN
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