</s>FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date April 12, 1968 MARREL/MC CULLOUGH, residing 270 Gaston, Apartment 6, Memphis, Tennessee, telephone 947-1265, who is employed as a warehouse, by the Summerall Electric Company, 345 S. Parkway, Memphis. telephone W8-445, advised as follows: MC CILLOUGH is a native of Mississippi and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee. since approximately February 1967. He had been present at the Lorraine Hotel and Hotel, 406 1967. Mulberry Street, Memphis, TN, since approximately 6:55 p.m. until approx. St. Martin Luther King Jr ., President of the Southern- ent when Dr. Martin LUTHER KING JR ., April 5, 1965 p.n. until Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was shot. He explained his presence as follows. MC CLLOUGH, who was a Negro, had been a sympathetic supporter of the Memphis sanitation workers who had been on strike in Memphis beginning February 12, 1988. Beginning around the early part of March 1968, MC- CULLOUGH. In his spare time, has engaged in various strike support activities sponsored by a group of Memphis Negro minis- ters who have adopted the name community on the Move for members who have adapted the name Community on the move for supporters in the Memphis community engaging in the Smoky marchs and other strikers support activity which is primarily centered in the heart of Memphis, the Minimum Salary Division of AME and the 278 Hermann. Memphis, at the Clayborn Temple AME Church at 28, 1968. Around March 28, 1966, the SCLC sent various of its staff to Memphis to assist the COME group in strike support activity, and in fact, Dr. MARTIN LUTHR KING JR. was made a public speech in behalf of the sanitation workers at Mason Temple on the morning of March 28. 1968, to lead a mass downtown Memphis the morning on March 28 and after a major disturbance occurred in strike support march, and after the major disturbance occurred in the Beale Street area of Memphis resulting in considerable 42 On 4/11/68 at Memphis, Tennesse File # Memphis 44-1987 SA HOWELL S. LOWE SA WILLIAM LAWRENCE WHL.LF 4/12/68 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside the agency. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14146

Summary  
The document contains records related to the ownership and use of a 1956 Beechcraft G35 Bonanza aircraft (registration number NA3434L, serial number D-4690) purchased by Cornie C. Miller from Midstate Aviation Corporation in Illinois on April 18, 1966. Miller sold the aircraft to Fischer's Sales and Services, Inc., located in Leawood, Kansas, on May 27, 1968. On September 7, 1978, Miller was interviewed regarding his ownership of the plane. He stated he never rented or leased the aircraft to anyone during his ownership and did not allow others to fly it without his knowledge. Miller claimed he maintained flight logs using a tachometer and would have noticed discrepancies in flight hours if someone flew the plane. The buyer through Fischer's Sales and Services owned a jewelry store, though Miller could not recall the individual's name. A separate entry notes Ronald N. Karas of Weirton, West Virginia, purchased the same aircraft on or about October 24, 1977, and it was stored at Ohio County Airport in Wheeling, West Virginia. Karas reviewed documents related to the aircraft’s location as of April 4, 1968, and information pertaining to Burgess and Audie Wilson, finding no relevant details.  

Key People  
- Cornie C. Miller (purchased and sold the aircraft)  
- Fischer's Sales and Services, Inc. (buyer of the aircraft from Miller)  
- Ronald N. Karas (purchased the aircraft in 1977)  
- Burgess and Audie Wilson (individuals referenced but not identified further)  

Key Locations  
- Kansas City, Missouri (Miller’s residence and initial ownership)  
- Leawood, Kansas (Fischer's Sales and Services, Inc.)  
- North Brook, Illinois (Midstate Aviation Corporation)  
- Ohio County Airport, Wheeling, West Virginia (location of the aircraft in 1977)  

Key Events  
- Purchase of the Beechcraft G35 Bonanza by Cornie C. Miller on April 18, 1966  
- Sale of the aircraft to Fischer's Sales and Services, Inc., on May 27, 1968  
- Interview with Miller on September 7, 1978, regarding aircraft ownership and usage  
- Purchase of the aircraft by Ronald N. Karas on October 24, 1977  
- Review of documents related to the aircraft’s location and Burgess/Audie Wilson by Karas  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau (referenced in administrative context)  
- Fischer's Sales and Services, Inc. (aviation sales entity)  
- Ohio County Airport (location of stored aircraft)

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