Luella Ball's life was saved by a dog named Spitz who woke Ball after a fire broke out in her home. Ball has been providing a temporary home for Spitz who is available for adoption.
Rev. Dr. James R. McCormick is leaving his post as minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist. He is going into private enterprise at the management level. Biographical notes included.
Shasta, the dog who saved Luella Ball's life several months ago when her house caught fire, has been named winner of the Dog Hero Award presented by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
City Council has approved a new project called Postal Alert. It provides for special stickers to be placed in mail boxes. When the mail carrier notices signs of trouble such as uncollected mail, he notifies his supervisor who directs a follow up. After October 1, participants may obtain a registration card and instructions from Arcadia post offices or the Senior Citizens office.
An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.
Wayne Stam started collecting baseball cards when he was 5 years old. His hobby has become his profession as co-owner, with Len Corbosiero, of Arcadia's Baseball Card Collectors Headquarters. Article describes the shop and the business.
Fine-year-old Kevin Watchler, who lives near the city's main fire station, wrote a letter to the Fire Department prompting a visit at his home be half a dozen firefighters aboard the department's newest engine.
Two years after a hard-fought battle to be reinstated as Los Angeles County's probation chief, Kenneth Kirkpatrick has announced his retirement from the county. He will leave the Probation Department on February 27 after almost 40 years of county service.
Candidate Robert Harbicht, one of eight candidates for two seats on the Arcadia City Council, says he is not campaigning on issues. Article states his views and experiences.
Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.
Souders expects to retire after his two-year interim contract as superintendent expires. Souders has been with the Arcadia schools since 1955. He discusses problems facing the schools.
Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Charles E. Gilb, one of eight candidates for two seats on the Arcadia City Council, can speak from experience. Article states his experiences and views.
A witness in the preliminary hearing of Brian Lawrence Snoke states that he was "going out to shoot these people" the morning that Scott Hutson, Christina Young and Robert Green were killed.
The reapportion plan, upheld last week, moves H. L. Richardson away from his Arcadia base to a new district. Newton R. Russell's district picks up Arcadia. Richardson is threatening to oppose Russell in the next election rather than run in his own new district.
Charles E. Gilb, former Arcadia mayor and two-term councilman, has ended weeks of speculation with his announcement that he will not seek re-election to the council. Unexpected turn: Gilb will run for council seat.
Arcadia is going to have to pay more money to fight a continuing legal challenge to its ordinance forbidding two-story newsracks commonly used by purveyors of sexually-oriented publications.