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Arcadia resident Sylvia Miller (photo) will tell California Retired Teachers Association about her years as a human "computer" at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as recounted in Nathalia Holt's book The Rise of the Rocket Girls. Miller was one of many women scientists hired to compute data used to chart the path for NASA's early space missions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34666
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
California Retired Teachers Association
Miller, Sylvia
NASA
Scientists
Item ID
34858AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christian Science Church near Baldwin and Duarte Road. Made of an old irrigation reservoir in early 1920's.

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Date
early 1920's
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Date
early 1920's
Subjects
First Church of Christ Scientist
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
240
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Edward Stone retires after 50 years as NASA Voyager Project Scientist.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36372
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 29, 2022
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 29, 2022
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Jet Propulson Laboratory (JPL)
NASA
Scientists
Stone, Edward
Collection
Newspaper Index
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General information

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3894
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (history)
November 19, 1959 p. 17 (new church)
May 4, 1967 p. 1
July 9, 1967 p. 1 (new church)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (history)
November 19, 1959 p. 17 (new church)
May 4, 1967 p. 1
July 9, 1967 p. 1 (new church)
Subjects
Churches - First Church of Christ Scientist
Item ID
3769AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Michael Lieber of Arcadia has been awarded the 2005 MERIT Award, a total of $3.25 million, to fund his cancer research involving "human V(D)J recombinase in neoplastic and primary cells."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29597
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Awards-honors-recognitions
Grants
Lieber, Michael
Medical research
MERIT Award
National Cancer Institute
Professors
Scientists
Item ID
29781AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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