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Photograph article dated August 12, 1960 partially reads, "A 24-year-old Valley man is being held in Van Nuys jail today on charges that he beat and abused his 3-year-old stepson while the man's wife of two weeks was away from the house. Robert E. McDowell, 6809 Valley Circle Blvd., Canoga Park, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon against Donald W. Yeamen, his wife's son by a former marriage."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Child abuse--California--Los Angeles Stepfathers--California--Los Angeles Stepchildren--California--Los Angeles Arrest--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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