Amy Nelson and Kathleen Ashenfelter, both 16,toured the Soviet Union for 3 weeks with the People to People Friendship Caravan, a program which takes 1600 American youths to 50 Soviet cities. It is the largest student educational program in the history of the US and USSR.
Arcadia Board of Education candidates addressed the questions of teacher proficiency, curriculum, censorship and tenure at a forum sponsored by the American Association of University Women and the Arcadia League of Women Voters. Candidates attending the forum were Robert Harris, Marilyn Perkins, Mary Dougherty, David Strauss and William Spuck.
Arcadia City Council candidate Roger Chandler charged that important election material that should have been available to him was wrongly withheld by the Arcadia City Clerk's office.
Arcadia Fire Department will observe Fire Service Day with an open house at each of the city's three fire stations. Photo and caption. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.
Arcadia High School students are victorious in Decathlon. Entering for the first time this year, the Arcadia High School Decathalon Team garnered three first places among 34 Los Angeles County high schools. See hard copy in Box 51.
Arcadian John Stephens, who has been moonlighting as a high school basketball referee for 12 years, is considered one of the best referees in the state.
Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.
Arcadian Roger S. Stevens, a flutist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 30 years, is a professor of music at USC. As owner and pilot of a Cessna 182, Stevens frequently flies himself and his wife, Dr. Margaret M. Stevens, minister of the Santa Anita Church, to classes and speaking engagements in other areas.
The Arcadia Planning Commission has given Reverend John Maynard of the Wesleyan Holiness Community Chapel Church one year to bring his church property up to city safety standards.
Arcadia resident Robert M. Sloane has been named president and chief executive officer of Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles. Biographical notes included.