</s>BOSWORTH, Charles Pliers SA A'Hearn. Amusement Co. III-12 Part-time employee of Rompage Hardware 12/59 to mid-1966, identified label on pliers. Recalled no specific sale. - 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains records of interviews and statements from individuals associated with Rompage Hardware Store and other businesses in Los Angeles, California, during 1966–1968. These entries detail employees' recollections of pliers, zipper bags, radios, and Gillette razors sold or encountered at the store. Key details include dates of employment (e.g., Thomas M. Ware worked at Rompage Hardware from 1955 to February 1967), descriptions of products (e.g., "duck-billed pliers" labeled with Rompage Hardware, radios with serial numbers etched by a Vibro-Graver machine), and references to purchases or sales linked to specific dates. Some entries mention individuals who may have been connected to investigations involving evidence collection, such as the sale of a Gillette razor kit on April 3, 1968, and records of radios purchased by inmates at a prison canteen. All information is marked for release under Executive Order 14176.  

Key People:  
- Thomas M. Ware (manager of Rompage Hardware, 1955–1967)  
- Kenneth Lewis, Ethel Metcalfe, John R. Scantland, John W. Scantland (Rompage Hardware employees)  
- David Wear, Dean Whitmore, Marvin Sherman, Carl Lertzman (sales representatives or associates linked to products)  
- Peggy Burns, Mrs. Burns (Rexall Drug Store staff involved in a Gillette razor kit sale)  

Key Locations:  
- Rompage Hardware Store (5442 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.)  
- Mission Hills, California (address associated with Romage Hardware)  
- Los Angeles County Jail (prison canteen where radios were purchased)  

Key Events:  
- Sale of "duck-billed pliers" labeled with Rompage Hardware from October 1966  
- Purchase of Channel Master Radios by inmates at a prison canteen on April 21, 1967  
- Gillette razor kit sale at Rexall Drug Store on April 3, 1968  
- Investigation into zipper bags and radios linked to the "Tel-Star" brand and U.S. Corp. imports  

Key Organizations:  
- Rompage Hardware Store (Los Angeles)  
- National Retail Hardware Association (Indiana)  
- U.S. Corp. (importer of Tel-Star luggage and zipper bags)  
- Rexall Drug Store (Los Angeles)  
- Los Angeles County Jail (prison canteen purchases)

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