</s>AL 44-498 NEW JERSEY (CONT.) New Staten Island Dry Weisbecker Cleaners Cleaners, Weisbecker Cleaners New Staten island Dry 135 North Philadelphia Ave. 16 Harvey St ., Egg Harbor; SN 338866 Waw Brunswick; SN 33339; 33448 Quality Laundry and Dry Cleaning, Tac ., 224 Vine Street, Harmonton; SN 33381 Schacht and Sons Cleaners, Inc. 199 Bellevue Ave. Upper Montclair; SN 32783 Spot Cleaners Kingston Estates Shopping Center, Haddonfield; SN 31548 Super Cleaners , Inc ., Route #46 Kenvil; SN 33012 Surprise LaundRY Passaic Street, Navwood; SN 30714; 30727 Swan Laundrey 176 Fairmount Ave. Jersey City; SN 33939 Vogue Cleaners. 520 South Avenue Plainfield, N. J ., J .; SN 32684 -34- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document contains two distinct sections. The first section details an FBI investigation into Thermo-Seal marking machines and their potential connection to coded systems linked to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It references a suitcase found at the scene containing garments with red tape markings, which were analyzed for possible code-breaking efforts. The second section is an administrative list of laundry businesses and cleaning services across multiple U.S. states, including California, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, and others. These entries include business names, addresses, serial numbers, and notes on equipment usage or discontinuation. No direct references to MLK or the assassination are present in the second section.  

Key People  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. (Syracuse, NY)  
- Individuals associated with laundry machine operations (names not specified)  
- Potential links to groups under surveillance during the 1960s–1970s (e.g., Black Panther Party, though not explicitly named in the text)  

Key Locations  
- Syracuse, New York (Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc.)  
- California cities including Santa Barbara and San Diego (laundry machine locations)  
- Other U.S. states listed in the administrative laundry business list (e.g., Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts)  

Key Events  
- FBI investigation into Thermo-Seal marking machines and their potential use in code systems  
- Analysis of red tape markings found on garments recovered from the scene of Dr. King’s assassination  
- Administrative record-keeping of laundry equipment and business operations across multiple states  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc.  
- Laundry businesses and cleaning services listed in the administrative records (names provided in the document)

MLK Declassified Files

44-bf-374_sec_001_ser_1-49-part_6_of_8.pdf

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