</s>AL 44-493 PETE WUKOVICH 756 Hawthorne Avenue Elmhurst, Illinois Telephone Illinois 6-9-1-4-1 Telephone Illinois Eastern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Al Davis Al Davis 48th Street Kansas City, Missouri Telephone WA 4th Street Kansas City. Missouri Telephone WI 4-12-12 Covering North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Western Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Northern Mississippipp, Western Tennessee and Western Kentucky. FRED RAUPAK 18/09 Hawatcha Northridge, California Northridge. 3-8-3-895 Covering California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. All offices should index the names of these locations in their territories for future use in the other type cases. The Bureau has been requested to supply to all of the offices covering the above states copies of color photographs of the tapes attached to the garments recovered. The Bureau has advised that this is being done. THE ABOVE LIST IS ALPHABETICAL BY STATES AND EACH OFFICE IS ABOVIE LIST FOR THE ALPHABETICAL. BY CONTACTS IN ITS OWN AREA This is possible for the following THE INTERNET OF SAVING TIME since AREA THIS IS COMPLETE DONE. In the interest of saving time since there are approximately 3,000 machine locations to be accounted for. -41.1*x- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The document outlines an FBI investigation into laundry tags found on clothing associated with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. It details efforts to track Thermo-Seal machines used to produce specific laundry tags (1/8" long, 1/4" wide) linked to garments handled by laundries in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, and other states. The Bureau identified code systems for date and location tracking on tags, noted defects in certain machines causing partial letter truncation, and compiled a list of suspected laundries and cleaners across multiple regions. Sales representatives for Textile Marking Machine Company were also documented to trace machine usage.  

Key People:  
- Donald Broton (Textile Marking Machine Company, Inc.)  
- Homer L. Corum (Alexander City, Alabama)  
- Alexander City Laundry  
- Empire House, Inc. (Montgomery, Alabama)  
- Empire Avenue, Inc. (Montgomery, Alabama)  
- Snow White Laundry  
- Acme Laundry Cleaners  
- American Sales New Method Laundry  

Key Locations:  
- Alexander City, Alabama  
- Montgomery, Alabama  
- Huntsville, Alabama  
- Mobile, Alabama  
- Phoenix, Arizona  
- Tucson, Arizona  
- Little Rock, Arkansas  
- Denver, Colorado  
- Stamford, Connecticut  
- New London, Connecticut  

Key Events:  
- FBI investigation into laundry tags found on clothing associated with MLK's assassination.  
- Identification of Thermo-Seal machine defects and code systems for date/lot tracking.  
- Coordination among FBI offices to locate and document laundries using specific machines.  

Key Organizations:  
- Textile Marking Machine Company, Inc.  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Local laundries and cleaners in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut (e.g., Snow White Laundry, Acme Laundry Cleaners, American Sales New Method Laundry).

MLK Declassified Files

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