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This 1975 FBI file concerns an Interstate Transportation of Obscene Material investigation involving Las Vegas adult bookstores and arcade businesses. The records identify Reuben Sturman as owner of Cleveland's Sovereign News Company and describe him as a major distributor of adult-oriented materials; they also note that the stores had formerly been owned and operated by Jack K. Tupler. Las Vegas agents submitted several 8mm color films, including 'Erotic Hands' and 'The Golden Stream,' to the FBI Laboratory after a confidential source reported they had been obtained from the Talk of the Town Book Store and were part of a shipment from Los Angeles. Laboratory reports state that the films could not be matched to similar material on file and did not reveal the producer, distributor, or source.

FBI file number: 145-344 | Documents span: 1975 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Reuben Sturman, Jack K. Tupler
Subjects: obscenity investigation, adult bookstores, pornographic films, Las Vegas, FBI Laboratory, interstate transportation