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An 82-year tradition ended Monday when the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association announced it will disband and not enter a float in the next Pasadena Rose Parade.

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Pasadena Star News
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February 24, 1998
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Pasadena Star News
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February 24, 1998
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The Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association announced earlier this week that its officers had voted to disband.

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Sierra Madre News
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February 26, 1998
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p. 9
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Sierra Madre News
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February 26, 1998
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The 1993 Arcadia Tournament of Roses will be "A Day at the Races," featuring Santa Anita Park's grandstand frieze and the winner's circle.

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Star Tribune
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October 9, 1992
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Star Tribune
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October 9, 1992
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Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association float waits in storage for final application of flower petals.

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Star Tribune
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October 10, 1992
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Star Tribune
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October 10, 1992
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Arcadia will have 2 of the 7 members of the 1994 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The 2 are the Queen, Erica Beth Brynes, 18, and Princess Therese Kathleen Erdman, who waved last year as a member of the Arcadia float.

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Pasadena Star News
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November 12, 1993
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Pasadena Star News
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November 12, 1993
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Tournament of Roses

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1. Arcadia's Rose Tournament float takes shape. Arcadia News Post 12/11/68. 2. Roses Association offers involvement and Tournament members invest in community. Arcadia Tribune 6/29/69 and 7/2/69 (two part series) 3. Pamela Tedesco crowned. Arcadia Tribune 12/28/69. 4. Dear Chamber member…
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1. Arcadia's Rose Tournament float takes shape. Arcadia News Post 12/11/68.
2. Roses Association offers involvement and Tournament members invest in community. Arcadia Tribune 6/29/69 and 7/2/69 (two part series)
3. Pamela Tedesco crowned. Arcadia Tribune 12/28/69.
4. Dear Chamber member. Tournament Association's letter about fund raiser dated 9/23/70.
5. Plans are being made for 1971 Rose parade. Arcadia Tribune 1/18/70.
6. Rose Queen relaxes. Arcadia News Post 11/10/71.
7. Contract clause helps city float win major prize. Arcadia Tribune 1/6/77.
8. Arcadia living in dream world. Arcadia Tribune 10/6/77.
9. Rose Land. (Workers putting final floral touches on Arcadia's parade entry.) News photos Los Angeles Times 1/1/78.
10. Arcadia -- prize winner -- "The First Arcadians." Copy of postcard from commemorative brochure found in scrapbook #3 -- Rancho Santa Anita.
11. End of the line. Santa Anita Racetrack float being moved from Victory Park to be dismantled. News photo Los Angeles Times 1/1/79.
12. 1915 Dove of Peace, Anita Baldwin Entry. Information secured by Jack McCaskill from Tournament records.
13. 1916 Anita Baldwin Entry. Information secured by Jack McCaskill from Tournament records.
14. Tournament of Roses. The Arcadian Observer 1/4/1919, p. 14.
15. Pasadena holds 37th annual Rose Fete. From 1926 Tournament of Roses Association program. Received from Tournament of Roses Association 9/8/66.
16. 20,000 blossoms to go, Arcadia's float will roll. Arcadia Highlander 12/21/83.
17. Harris to bloom for real in '87 Rose Parade. Arcadia Highlander 10/29/86.
18. Miss Arcadia is crowned Sunday. (Names and short bios on royal court.) Arcadia Highlander 12/4/85.
19. Katie Garry crowned Arcadia's queen. Arcadia Highlander 12/11/85.
20. Introducing queen and court. Arcadia Highlander 12/18/85.
21. Float fund gains many subscribers. Arcadia Tribune 12/11/31.
22. Arcadia float to portray Ireland. News clip 12/25/31.
23. Rose Parade viewed by great multitude. News clip - Arcadia, CA 1/8/32.
24. Second place award given local entry. Arcadia Tribune 1/3/39.
25. Rose award. Photo article. Arcadia Tribune 2/23/50.
26. Santa Anita Village Float. Group of workers finishing the float. Photo article. Journal 1/4/50.
27. On their way. Santa Anita Village float. Photo article. 1/5/50.
28. Miss Arcadia of 1963 is Vikki Lynn Davis. Photo article. Arcadia Tribune 12/2/62.
29. Who will be queen? Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section 11/29/62.
30. Last minute touches. Los Angeles Times 1/1/68.
31. Methodist youth groups are busy decorating floats for Rose Parade. Arcadia Tribune n.d.
32. Packet of information regarding the 1993 Tournament of Roses and the Arcadia float prepared by the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association.
33. Lucky Baldwin and the Rose Bowl. Sports Mirror February 1955.
34. Renderings of Arcadia's 1981 parade float unveiled at mixer. Highlander Community News 10/22/80.
35. 1994-95 Miss Arcadia Tournament of Roses pageant presented by the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. Program for 10/8/94.
36. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association invitation to a float preview party 12/27/94.
37. Arcadia's float celebrates race day. Foothill Star Tribune, p. A4. 10/9/92.
38. Miss Arcadia in spotlight with court. Foothill Star Tribune, p. A1. 10/12/92.
39. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association presents "Festival of Food." Flyer for 10/2/95 event.
40. Photos and information about 1994 Arcadia Court and Arcadia princess on the Pasadena Court.
41. 1996 Tournament of Roses information about Arcadia Court and Arcadia princess on the Pasadena court.
42. Article about Erica Brynes, 1994 Rose Queen. The Rose, San Gabriel Valley Newspapers 12/29/63.
43. Millions witness Rose Tournament. Arcadia Tribune 1/2/41.
44. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. Arcadia at a Glance, Summer 1997 issue.
45.A) Arcadia High School senior Dusty Dayne Gibbs is the 2008 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Queen. From the Arcadia Unified School District School News and Views, December 2007. B) Arcadia Public Library's READ [poster of] Dusty Gibbs, 2008 Rose Queen, Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
46. Program from the Coronation of the 91st Rose Queen and Presentation of the Royal Court, October 30, 2008. The 2009 Rose Queen is Courtney Lee. Lauren Valenzuela is a princess. Both are Arcadia High School students.
47. Arcadia and the Rose Parade: how much do you really know? Rose Parade's, Arcadia's histories strongly linked. In photo: Arcadia's entry in the 1916 Tournament of Roses Parade (note: caption may be incorrect, this float looks like the 1914 float). Arcadia Tribune, October 27, 1983, p. A-1.
48. Senior Living magazine, Dec/Jan 2009 issue featuring local Arcadia High School senior, Rose Queen Courtney Lee and Tournament of Roses President Ronald H. "Corky" Conzonire on the cover.
49. Souvenir pin of Courtney Lee, 2009 Rose Queen.
50. The Rose 2009 magazine featuring stories on Rose Queen Courtney Lee and princess Lauren Valenzuela, both of Arcadia, and grand marshal Cloris Leachman, actress. This item moved to Box 36 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
51. Pasadena's Rose Magazine, Parade 2010, insert of the Pasadena Star News, featuring Rose Queen Natalie Innocenzi on the cover and the whole court in a Macy's ad on the back cover. Inside story features question & answer with Queen Natalie Innocenzi and Princess June Ko, both Arcadia residents. This item moved to Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
52. A list of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Courts including queens (Miss Arcadia) and princesses from 1961-1996, and notes about who rode the Arcadia float when there was no Arcadia Rose Court in 1997, 1998, 2003. (4 pages).
53. Cathy Lee Crosby has been named Miss Arcadia of 1964. Arcadia Tribune, December 8, 1963.
54. Arcadia Royal Court: Pat Turner, LeClare Holz, Pam Mallory, Cheryl Blanken, Suzanne Godber. Arcadia Tribune, November 21, 1965.
55. Holly Melvin is crowned Arcadia Tournament of Roses Queen. Arcadia Tribune, December 10, 1986.
56. Retiring Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court are shown in photo from microfilm: Debbie Delong, Robin Henkels, Susan Keh, Dynese Schiffilea, and Queen Holly Melvin. Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1987.
57. Arcadia's Royal Court includes Queen Maria McCann and princesses Jill Johnson, Lynn Bowen, Jennifer "Gigi" Young, Lisa Guiffrida. Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1987.
58. Rosanna Spata was crowned the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's Queen. Arcadia Tribune, December 14, 1988. Princesses are Laura Ganguin, Marisa Stephenson, Christy Renken, Jeanie Moore.
59. Arcadia High School senior Tatyane Berrios, 17, was picked as one of the seven young women on the 2011 Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The Weekly Star, January 6, 2011.
60. List of Pasadena Rose Queens through the years from 1905-2011, with some girls from Arcadia noted. From World Wide Web: www.tournamentofroses.com. Retrieved March, 2011.
61. A float barely afloat; Parade: Arcadia group pleads for funds to keep its Tournament of Roses tradition alive. Los Angeles Times, October 18, 1996. Retrieved from ProQuest LA Times database on March 25, 2011.
62. Royal court chosen for Tournament of Roses. Seven members of the 1999 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court were chosen, three from Arcadia High School: Christina Farrell, Chaitali Gala, Olivia Wilson. Los Angeles Times, October 13, 1998. Retrieved from ProQuest LA Times database on March 25, 2011.
63. Arcadia High School band to perform in Rose Bowl Parade, Mountain Views News, December 31, 2016.
64. Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2017 Parade and Game Preview with spotlight on Queen Victoria Castellanos and profiles of royal court princesses, two are from Arcadia: Lauren Emiko Powers and Maya Khan. Was an insert from Pasadena Star News. This item moved to Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
65. Arcadia's crowning glory. Michelle Lojeski, 1992 Arcadia Tournament of Roses queen passes down her cape to the 1993 queen, Jeannie Kim. Star-Tribune, November 1992.
66. Arcadia's first float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses came from the actions of Cooperative Arcadians (later to become Arcadia Woman's Club). In fall of 1914, Cooperative Arcadians requested $200 from Arcadia City Council and it was granted for the January 1915 parade, however Mrs. Anita Baldwin came forth with an offer to pay the bill prior to the parade. Her offer was accepted and that $200 appropriated was set over to finance a float the next year (1916). From Arcadia: city of the Santa Anita, by Gordon Eberly, p. 67.
67. Meet members of 2020's Tournament of Roses Court. Princess Rukan Saif is from Arcadia High School. Pasadena Star News, December 28, 2019.
68. Meet Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano. Arcadia High senior is ready to welcome new year in style going down Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena Star News, December 28, 2023, p. A1,A4. See also Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2024 in Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4.
69."Welcome to Pasadena : Royal Invitation to the Tournament of Roses." Includes photo of Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano in a Foothill Transit advertisement; an article on the Los Hermanos Banuelos Charro Team, headed by Ramon Banuelos, "Decades of Friendship and Culture : Charro Team Gears Up for 15th Parade Run"; an article about Naomi Stillitano "A Ray of Sunshine : Rose Queen Says She Enjoys Making People Happy." Includes picture of 2024 Royal Court. Pasadena Weekly, p. 1, 19-20, 32, December 28, 2023; and photos and descriptions of personalities, bands, and floats that appeared in the 2024 Rose Parade, including Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano. Pasadena Weekly, p. 11-12, January 4, 2024.
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The 1992-93 Arcadia Tournament of Roses Court is profiled. A queen will be selected from among the five princesses.

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Pasadena Star Tribune
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November 13, 1992
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Pasadena Star Tribune
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November 13, 1992
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The 5 princesses for the Arcadia float for the 1994 Rose Parade are Michelle Anderson, Danielle Didier, Michele Garrett, Allison Hannegan and Lianne Mead.

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Pasadena Star News
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October 21, 1993 p. H6 photo
October 13, 1993 p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
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October 21, 1993 p. H6 photo
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More than 850 people turned out for the unveiling of "Life's Crowning Moments." The Arcadia Tournament of Roses 1997 parade float will depict a coronation in the park with palm trees, a pond, and five former Arcadia Rose Queens. Fiscal problems forced the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to cancel having a Rose Court this year. The five former Rose Queens are not named.

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Pasadena Star News
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October 1, 1996
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Pasadena Star News
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October 1, 1996
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Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association held a breakfast at Arcadia Fashion Park during which former princesses were honored. Photo.

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Arcadia Tribune
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November 23, 1980
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
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November 23, 1980
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Tournament of Roses
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Arcadia will no longer participate in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade as the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association will be disbanding due to declining revenues and climbing costs.

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Arcadia Weekly
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March 5, 1998
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Arcadia Weekly
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March 5, 1998
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The Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association is reaching out to the Chinese community in an effort to seek new members.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 1996
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
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November 13, 1996
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Arcadia's float for the 1974 parade is ready. The title of the entry is A Garden of Roses. Riding the float will be TV personality Wink Martindale and Arcadia Queen Kathy Andrews.

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Arcadia Tribune
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December 27, 1973
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Arcadia Tribune
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December 27, 1973
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Dr. Ed Ryan has been chosen President of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association for 1975. The parade theme is Heritage of America. Arcadia's entry title has not yet been chosen.

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Arcadia Tribune
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May 9, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
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May 9, 1974
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Arcadia has lost its float theme for 1974 because the designing firm missed the deadline. "The First American" idea has been claimed by Los Angeles County, although Arcadia is still appealing through Supervisor Baxter Ward.

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Arcadia Tribune
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July 28, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 28, 1974
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Arcadian Kathryn Andrews has been chosen for the 1975 Rose Court.

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Arcadia Tribune
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October 24, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 24, 1974
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The float design for the 1976 Rose Parade has been chosen. It features five stylized peacocks under a canopy of flowering trees.

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Arcadia Tribune
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October 2, 1975
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 2, 1975
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A double-decker horse drawn streetcar from the 1890's era will be Arcadia's float for the 1977 Rose Parade.

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Arcadia Tribune
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October 7, 1976
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 7, 1976
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Arcadia's float entitled "On a Sunday Afternoon" has won the Pioneer's Trophy for the best characterization of California.

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Arcadia Tribune
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January 6, 1977
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Arcadia Tribune
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January 6, 1977
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Description of Arcadia's float for the 1978 Rose Parade.

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Arcadia Tribune
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October 6, 1977
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p. A-1 drawing
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 6, 1977
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