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The City Council approved demolishing the building at 19 1/2 Lucille Street after City inspectors alleged that it was plagued by health and safety code violations. Earlier article in Pasadena Star News May 8, 1993 p. A-5 with photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
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p. A-4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
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p. A-4
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Buildings
Streets - Lucille Street
Item ID
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Arcadia city is widening and improving three major downtown intersections, a $1 million project that has caused significant congestion in recent weeks. The work is taking place on Huntington Drive at intersections of Santa Anita Avenue, Santa Clara Avenue and Colorado Place. Sixty percent of the funding is by the City and forty percent by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The city is also replacing an older sewer with a new larger one on Baldwin Avenue, northbound between Huntington Drive and Duarte Road, and will repave the road. Cost about $413,000.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
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p. A3
Subjects
Street construction
Street repairs
Item ID
33338AN
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A traffic light is in the center of the photo. A street sign at the far left corner identifies the intersection as E. Villa St. and El Molino Avenue.

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c. early 1950s
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c. early 1950s
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Streets - Villa Street
Streets - El Molino Avenue
Traffic Lights
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1642
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Photographs
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Traffic conditions at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Fifth Avenue have caused the city councils of Arcadia and Monrovia to approve a resolution for $30,670 to widen the intersection.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
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p. 1
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Streets - Foothill Boulevard
Streets - Fifth Avenue
Item ID
27882AN
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Arcadia property owners will be asked to renew a street lighting fee schedule and assessment in June, when funding is set to expire. Officials warned that without an extension of the lighting assessment district, the city would lose about $420,000 a year. Unless the assessment is renewed, the city might have to cut services such as police protection, fire and emergency medical response services, library services, and recreation programs. Arcadia property owners currently pay 40% of street lighting repair and maintenance costs, while the city covers the other 60%. That would remain unchanged in the new assessment district, but the amounts each household pays will be different. Family households in residential neighborhoods will be charged $28.44 a year, while single-family homes along major thoroughfares will pay $16.73 a year.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
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p. A3
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Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32180AN
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Arcadia property owners voted to continue paying for a portion of their street lights under a new formula after lighting district funds expired in June. 66% of the vote was cast in favor of extending about $428,600 of annual funding to maintain and repair street lights. A similar proposal on the ballot failed less than 2 years ago.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
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p. A6
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Lighting districts
Street lights
Street lighting
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32310AN
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Streets

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1. Reminiscence of old Duarte Road by George H. Jackson. Copy from a scrapbook presented to Arcadia Public Library by Alton Green in 1968. Most clippings seem to be circa 1926-27-28. 2. Arcadia, City that rose. Printers "plate" of Huntington Drive 1926 and 1955. 3. Baldwin purchased Rancho, p…
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1. Reminiscence of old Duarte Road by George H. Jackson. Copy from a scrapbook presented to Arcadia Public Library by Alton Green in 1968. Most clippings seem to be circa 1926-27-28.
2. Arcadia, City that rose. Printers "plate" of Huntington Drive 1926 and 1955.
3. Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive (Santa Anita Avenue). Daily News Post 2/15/62.
4. Huntington officially designated as secondary highway from ranch intersection to Foothill in Duarte. News clip n.d. (1930's?)
5. Arcadia Council seeking county aid for immediate improvement of Orange Ave. from viaduct to Monrovia city limits. Monrovia Journal 9/8/33.
6. Construction of swale across Santa Anita Wash on Orange Avenue to be started soon; paid by the County. News clip n.d. (1930's?)
7. City Council adopts report (list of trees for each street in Arcadia). Copied from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1927-28.
8. Baldwin deeds may be signed in three days. Copied from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1926-27.
9. Arcadia councilmen accept deeds to Baldwin highways after sensational session. Copies from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1927-28.
10. City Council scheduled to meet in L.A. Action sought on the widening of Huntington Drive. Arcadia Journal 7/14/36.
11. Arcadia streets. Typewritten sheet with old/new names of streets. n.d. Former street names.
12. Only two roads led out of city, 1890s (Duarte Road and Foothill Blvd.); Alone - Huntington Drive only paved street in city. Two small news clips n.d.
13. Sleepy Street (Intersection of Duarte Road and Baldwin Avenue). Arcadia Tribune news photo and caption August 1973.
14. Double Drive, 1890. (Shows Eucalyptus trees that once lined Santa Anita Avenue) Daily News Post news photo and caption 2/15/62.
15. Double Drive, 1962. Same location as photo in #14 but now showing a busy Santa Anita Avenue with no trees. Daily News Post news photo and caption 2/15/62.
16. Santa Anita Drive, Baldwin's Ranch. News photo and caption n.d.
17. Description of condition. Two automobiles crashed into the wash at Santa Anita due to Arcadia not repairing the bridge. Reference to Los Angeles Times article 12/16/1907.
18. Many view auto wrecks (at Santa Anita Wash). Los Angeles Daily Times. 12/16/1907.
19. Written reference sheet to view of First Street entrance to the Rancho.
20. Article from Sierra Madre Vista 2/2/1889 describing a drive from Pasadena through Arcadia to Alhambra.
21. Typed sheet of origin of street names. n.d.
22. Mr. E. J. Baldwin has consented to have White Oak Avenue (presently Foothill Boulevard.) opened. Copy of news clip, Sierra Madre Vista 4/19/1889.
23. There is a great need of a road from Sierra Madre to Savannah (near El Monte) necessitating cutting through the Baldwin property. News clip, Sierra Madre Vista 5/2/1888.
24. Battle of the barricades to begin. Arcadia City Council will hold a public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets. Arcadia Tribune 3/18/79
25. Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive. Daily News Post 2/15/62.
26. Indians, rustlers haunt city street. Early history about Santa Anita Avenue. Arcadia Tribune 7/17/68.
27. The county has won in the matter of a road crossing the Santa Anita Ranch. Copied portion of news article in San Gabriel Valley News 5/9/1878.
28. Good photos of Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue business districts from 1974 City Directory.
29. Official Opening of New Highways program with banquet information on reverse. Extensions of Huntington Drive -- connecting with Huntington Drive west of Ross Field and connecting with Colorado Street in City of Pasadena. 2/26/31.
30. Huntington Drive formal opening -- (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) souvenir program 4/11/29.
31. Orange Avenue macadam will be laid shortly. Covina Argus 8/21/1915.
32. Chantry Flats night closure sought. Arcadia Highlander 3/11/87.
33. Mountain road closer to closure. Arcadia Highlander 3/18/87.
34. Chantry Flats gate still not in place yet. Arcadia Highlander 4/22/87.
35. View from the Foothills. News clip about the origination of the names of selected streets. n.d. (1930's?)
36. Invitation to groundbreaking ceremony held 8/25/95 at Orange Grove Park at the corner of Orange Grove Avenue and Baldwin Avenue in the City of Arcadia. Arcadia City Council, the Sierra Madre City Council and the County of Los Angeles announce the beginning of the Orange Grove Avenue Rehabilitation Project.
37. Orange Avenue now Colorado. Completes name change of long boulevard through Pasadena, Arcadia and Monrovia. Arcadia Tribune 8/17/34
38. Letter dated 10/27/93 from County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Works to Arcadia Public Library enclosing Orange Grove Avenue - Negative Declaration.
39. Huntington route approved by City. Councilmen recommend designation of lower artery as Route 66, a.k.a. Highway 66. Arcadia Tribune, p. 1, August 5, 1932. 2 copies.
40. "Celebrate Downtown." Flyer for family festival to commemorate the completion of the new downtown streetscape on 3/30/96.
41. After 10 years cities agree to fix potholes in shared road. (Orange Grove Avenue) Los Angeles Times 6/2/94
42. City memo dated August 7, 2003 announcing that Resolution No. 6351 was approved changing the name of the street between the back of the police station and the Methodist Hospital parking lot, bounded on both sides by Huntington Drive, to Centennial Way in honor of Arcadia's 100th birthday. Street was formerly called Civic Center Drive.
43. Widening of Huntington Drive at Santa Clara Street to make additional right-hand turn lane going east on Huntington Drive, at Santa Clara Street. Two title searches by First American Title Insurance Company. The first title search is dated January 19, 2010 and the other dated July 19, 2010 and amended July 23, 2010 to determine ownership of a strip of land needed, and supporting explanation from Carolyn Garner-Reagan (e-mail, June 7, 2011) and Phil Wray (City Council minutes, May 25, 2011). The land was once owned by Southern Pacific Railroad but has since dismissed its interest in the land.
44. "Council overrules Huntington businesses" by Scott Hettrick. A new median in center of Huntington Drive at San Rafael will block left turns. Mountain Views News. May 26, 2012, p. 6. This work is part of a plan to revise three intersections along Huntington Drive between San Rafael and Santa Anita Avenue in hopes of improving traffic flow.
45. Historic Route 66-California, turn by turn directions from Upland through Arcadia to Pasadena. Retrieved December 4, 2014 from http://www.historic66.com.
Subjects
Streets
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243AF
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A light standard with a NO U TURN sign is in the center of the photo. There is a car parked on the unidentified residential street.

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Date
c. early 1950s
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Date
c. early 1950s
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Streets
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1641
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Photographs
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A proposed sidewalk expansion program has drawn public ire at a City Council meeting.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Streets
Item ID
3265AN
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Wheel chair ramps are now required by state law for all sidewalks.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3266AN
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The ultimate fate of Hugo Reid Drive is being discussed by City Manager Lyman Cozad and Rancho Santa Anita residents.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 21, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 21, 1974
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p. A-1
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Streets
Item ID
3267AN
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A program of sidewalk development will continue. A list of proposed streets is given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 2, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 2, 1975
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3268AN
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The Hugo Reid Drive closure will have its final determination April 14. At present it is a one-way street as a result of fatal accidents some years back.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1975
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3269AN
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The City Council voted 3-2 to develop landscape medians along Foothill Blvd. between Santa Anita and Michillinda.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1977
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3270AN
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Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 7, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 7, 1978
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3271AN
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Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1978
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p. A-1
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Streets
Item ID
3272AN
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The Arcadia City Council reaffirmed its decision to barricade Hillcrest Blvd. near Valencia Way. The reasoning is that motorists would then be forced to disperse traffic rather than concentrate usage on one street.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1978
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3273AN
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The City Council agreed to proceed more slowly regarding their decision to erect a barricade on Hillcrest Blvd. at the Monrovia City boundary.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1978
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1978
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3274AN
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Article, with map, about public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets on a temporary basis.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
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p. A-1
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Streets
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The Arcadia City Council voted to postpone until May 22 the decision of traffic problems in the Santa Anita Oaks area.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1979
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p. A-1
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Streets
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