A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"
30 people were injured on opening day at Santa Anita Park when two men became involved in an altercation. One dropped a gun and this was enough to cause a wave of panic which spread through the crowd.
The 50,000 square foot property on the northeast corner of Wheeler and First has been sold for $215,000. The former owners were Robert and Phyllis Walker. The site will be used for the corporate headquarters for HTL Industries and a two story office building to be built by Jeff Jons and Jim Kuhn. Hoy an Kehler's Arcadia Van Lives, presently on the site, will relocate.
An Arcadia man with a rare neurological condition, David Ireland has authored a book entitled "Letter to an Unborn Child." These reflect compassion and understanding and were written to his child in the event he did not live.
The Arcadia Board of Education will ratify a contract with the Arcadia Teachers Association. Still to be settled are contracts with classified employees and with the Arcadia Pupil Support Services Association.
The Arcadia City Council denied the application of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for a religious solicitation certificate. The application has been before the Council for 18 months. Public hearings were held, and the council requested financial statements which were never produced.
Arcadia Fire Capt. Jerry Broadwell died when a roof collapsed during a commercial blaze in Arcadia Wednesday. See VF "Broadwell, Jerry (1928-1975)" for a hard copy.
Arcadia has lost its float theme for 1974 because the designing firm missed the deadline. "The First American" idea has been claimed by Los Angeles County, although Arcadia is still appealing through Supervisor Baxter Ward.
The Arcadia Police Department has decided against a strike at this time, but vowed to fight City Hall over a contract dispute. A 5% salary increase was approved, but not the extensive retirement benefits which were sought.
Arcadia Police Department has received a grant of $142,286 to set up a trial traffic safety program. It is enough to purchase one extra car and pay the salaries of three policemen who have indicated an interest. The goal is to reduce personal injury and fatal traffic collisions by 3% each year.
Arcadia resident Ed Honeywell has plans to build a backyard solar still to produce alcohol from lawn clippings. He intends to mix the alcohol with gasoline to produce fuel for his car. All of these plans depend on Honeywell obtaining proper licensing for the still.
Arcadia resident "Tal" Chase is the first visually handicapped person in the phone company to achieve his particular position with the special services data test center.
Arcadia's float for the 1974 parade is ready. The title of the entry is A Garden of Roses. Riding the float will be TV personality Wink Martindale and Arcadia Queen Kathy Andrews.
Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Court choose Coronation Ball gowns at Hinshaw's (photo). The court is Patty Blackburn aka Patricia Blackburn, Marlinda Morenz (alternate spellings in Arcadia Tribune were Melinda Monroe or Melinda Morones) Cynthia Carlson, April Monroe (alternate spelling in Arcadia Tribune was April Morones), Andrea Jahnke. Photo.
Arcadia would lose approximately $472,268 yearly if Santa Anita Park race track were to close down and the 324 acre facility were to be developed with low density residential units. Losses would be partially offset by $190,750 in new property taxes and $278,482 miscellaneous taxes. New city services would account for a 6.18% increase in the city budget.
As far as the School District is concerned, the 39.99% reassessment of property due this November for Arcadia won't add much to school funds because when a district's own income goes up, state aid goes down.
As it now stands, there will be no busing service for Arcadia students this fall due to Proposition 13 cutbacks. The Superintendent and School Board are still seeking a solution to the problem.
Assessed valuation notices were sent July 12 to property owners throughout Los Angeles County. Arcadians were hit with an average increase of 42%. Figures for other San Gabriel Valley communities given.