Ray McConnell, executive editor of the Star-News and Foothill Inter-City Newspapers died October 22 at the age of 63. Article outlines McConnell's career.
Ezra B. Hinshaw, founder and owner of Hinshaw's Department Stores in Arcadia and Whittier, died December 2 at the age of 82. Biographical notes included.
California Superior Judge Glenn M. Pfau, a 30-year resident of Arcadia, died December 13 at age 67. He is probably best known for being the first California trial judge to rule the state's death penalty law unconstitutional.
Battalion Chief Ray Lock of the Arcadia Fire Department was honored recently by the City Council on his retirement after 31 years with the department. Biographical sketch.
Arcadia resident Henry"Red" Austin, who helped start the private Highpoint Academy in Pasadena and worked as a dentist in Alhambra for more than 25 years, died Thursday at the age of 69.
Ray Salazar, an Arcadia teacher, has been named to the National Democratic Party Convention to be held in the mid-West in December. This is the first time a national political party has tried a mini convention, and its purpose is to organize for greater unity.