Richard Haltom is running for City Council as a team-mate with Jeff Dring (they are asking voters to vote for both or neither of them.) The two are co-chairmen of the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee. Biographical details included.
Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.
Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.
An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.
Richard Singer was named editor & associate publisher of Foothill Inter-City Newspapers, publishers of the Arcadia Tribune. He replaces Wanda Tucker, who retired on May 16.
After a personal appearance before the Arcadia City Council, State Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy won his appeal to have an office in an industrially zoned office. His office will be at 214 North First Avenue.
Dr. Richard Cordano, Principal of Arcadia High School, has announced that he will take an early retirement effective June 30, 1985. Cordano first came to Arcadia High in 1964 from John Muir High School in Pasadena.
City of Arcadia is being asked to join in a condemnation suit with Temple City and Los Angeles County against the East Pasadena Water Co. Petition prepared. Would affect 250 homes in Arcadia.
East Pasadena Water Company has positive development to report. Company has commitment from State Dept. of Water Resources for a $1.5 million low-interest loan, funded from state bonds.
After years of lengthy and frustrating negotiations, Arcadia is close to signing a new franchise agreement with Group W cable television company. An agreement, if reached, would more than double the size of the city's cable system and finally allow Arcadians who live south of the 210 freeway to receive service.
Some Sierra Madre parents want to split from the Pasadena Unified School District and join the Arcadia Unified School District because of Arcadia's high-ranking CAP scores and low dropout rate. Members of Arcadia's Board of Education question whether they could handle the influx of new students.
Barbara Wild is the new administrator at the California Home for the Aged Deaf. Biographical details on Ms. Wild are offered. Activities at the home are outlined.