</s>The Nation's Funkeeper's "YOUR HOST ... FROM COAST TO COAST" MIG. J. O. O'M 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The text contains multiple FBI teletype messages from May 1968 related to an investigation into the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). The documents reference a "Murklin case" and focus on telephone records, subpoenas, and inquiries into long-distance calls made from payphones in New Orleans and Houston during December 1967. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in New Orleans requires federal subpoenas to obtain subscriber identities for non-published phone numbers used by individuals associated with the investigation. The FBI seeks authority to secure these records under federal grand jury subpoena power, emphasizing security measures to protect bureau interests. Additional messages mention a suspect named James Earl Ray, who was later implicated in MLK’s assassination, and inquiries into his potential hiding places, including connections to hippies in Los Angeles. Glenn Alvin Platz is noted as an individual who claimed prior knowledge of the assassination but provided no further information. The FBI also references laboratory examinations of handwriting and latent fingerprints, though these are not directly tied to MLK’s case.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (suspected assassin of MLK)  
- Glenn Alvin Platz (individual with alleged prior knowledge of MLK's assassination)  
- Esther Raymond (contacted for information on James Earl Ray)  
- Harry Golden (Post Office employee in Coudersport, PA, providing directory information)  

Key Locations:  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (telephone records investigation)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (FBI field office)  
- Los Angeles, California (inquiries into Glenn Alvin Platz and James Earl Ray)  
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (investigation into Esther Raymond)  
- Coudersport, PA (directory information check for E. Nationd and I. Paymond)  

Key Events:  
- FBI requests subpoenas to obtain telephone records from Southern Bell in New Orleans for non-published numbers used during December 1967.  
- Investigation into long-distance calls made by Ray and Charles Stein during their trip to New Orleans in December 1967.  
- Inquiry into James Earl Ray’s potential hiding places, including hippie communities in Los Angeles.  
- Laboratory examination of handwriting and latent fingerprints (not directly tied to MLK case).  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (New Orleans)  
- U.S. Department of Justice (via FBI communications)

MLK Declassified Files

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