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Council meeting a magazine, which he kept in a manila envelope, "with many photographs of youngsters, completely nude, disporting themselves in a wooded area." He told the council in 1964:
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proposes to visit Los
Angeles during the summer and establish headquarters in the city parks" and said he would seek municipal legislation to prevent "commandeering" of the parks by such intruders.
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In May 1971, Shepard became general manager and vice president of Ries
Biological of Los Angeles, which dealt in drugs and medical supplies and devices. He served a 15-month sentence at the
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on another. On the advice of his attorney, John La
Follette, he submitted the transcript of the latter case to a judge, who found him guilty. A new lawyer,
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The rawest type of lascivious and lustful paperback magazines may be obtained from racks in almost any drug or liquor store and in many markets in the
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of charges that they were linked in a scheme to influence city purchase of the "financially troubled" Valley Music
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