A new defensive weapon which shoots darts capable of inflicting 50,000 volts of electricity lasting about a micro-second is being manufactured in Arcadia. It is being marketed by Glen Mead and is called the Taser Gun.
A draft ordinance has been submitted to the City Council that would allow Arcadia residents to conduct businesses out of their homes if certain criteria are met and a permit is approved. According to current law, such businesses are illegal.
The City Council has turned down Bob Margett's request to build a skate board park with 60 person capacity on Live Oak Avenue. Noise and congestion were the reasons given.
Mayor Bob Margett, in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, suggested that the city start checking up on businesses operating out of homes within the city.
Marquee West use permit: new hurdle. Operators of the Marquee West teenage night club at 30 S. First Avenue will face a new hurdle when Planning Commission will reconsider the conditional use permit under which the center operates. The staff recommendation will be to revoke the permit, "due to the inability to control irresponsible behavior and the apparent inability of Marquee West to comply fully with all the conditions of the permit." See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.
Three city-owned lots at 521 N. First Avenue, adjacent to the Foothill Freeway, were sold last week by the Arcadia City Council to the W. D. Wilson Co., which will construct a building on the site and move from its present location in South Pasadena. James J. Melas, president of the W. D. Wilson Co. and an Arcadia resident said his firm deals in sophisticated biomedical supplies and unusual alloys and fittings for medical instruments. Selling price was $41,500. The city originally purchased the lots from the state Department of Highways for $33,000.
Shareholders have approved a merger of Knight Newspapers Inc. and Ridder Publications. The new firm will be Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc. with 35 dailies. Background and financial structure of the firms given in some detail.
Foothill Intercity Newspapers will be part of the merger of Knight Newspapers Inc. and Ridder Publication. This merger will make the company one of the largest chains in the state.
Arcadia is in the process of developing a comprehensive hillside building code to cover the integrity of the hillsides as well as safety from fires, mud slides, etc.
The California Horse Racing Board has killed a plan by the California Museum of Science and Industry to extend the fall racing two weeks at Santa Anita Park.
The California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles has applied for 2 weeks of racing, from September 30 the October 10, 1979, to raise funds as an Agricultural District.