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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Papais, Lou A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
3133 North Ad Art Road
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(Street)
Stockton, CA 95215
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) La-Man Corporation (LAMN)
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3. IRS or Social Se- (Check all applicable)
curity Number of x Director x 10% Owner
Reporting Person ------ ------
(Voluntary) Other (give Other
------ title below) ------ (specify
###-##-#### below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
of Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 648,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and of Securities Underlying sion or ship Indirect
Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/ Derivative ative (Instr. 5)
Year) Security Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Lou A. Papais February 27, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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