</s>AL 44-493 MONTANA Billings Laundry & Linen Supply, Billings Capitol Laundy, 720 Helena Ave ., Helena Ideal LaundRY, 401 Third Ave .- S, Great Falls National Laundrys, 1000 First Ave .; North, Great Falls Rex Laundrey, 21 S. Broadway, BillINGS -22- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The text includes a list of laundry businesses across multiple states (Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin) with addresses and serial numbers. It details an investigation by a government bureau into textile marking machines used to produce specific tape marks on garments (codes 02B-6, D2B-8, D22-6). The Bureau sought color photographs of the marks for analysis and coordinated with sales representatives of the Textile Marking Machine Company to cover regional areas. A separate set of documents comprises FBI memoranda dated January 11–April 17, 1968, from Jacksonville, Florida, tracking serial numbers of marking machines (models H5MML, K5KL) shipped to laundries in Lake City, Florida, and Ridge Laundary. These memoranda reference interactions with businesses such as Ed. L. Thomas Company, Orange State Uniform and Linen Service, and Ridge Laundary & Cleaners, including machine returns for reworking and redistribution. Administrative notes mention U.S. Savings Bonds and file numbers under Executive Order 14176.  

Key People  
- Dick Brunt (Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern Mississippi)  
- Joe Comes (Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky)  
- Fred Weber (Metropolitan New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)  
- Jack Cody (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)  
- Pete Wukovich (Illinois, Eastern Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin)  
- Al Davis (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Western Iowa, Mississippi, Western Tennessee, Western Kentucky)  
- Feeding Raupak (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)  
- Ed. L. Thomas (business owner, associated with machine shipments)  
- Herman Miller (president of Orange State Uniform and Linen Service)  
- SA Russell A. Laferty (FBI special agent, sender of memoranda)  
- SA William Butterfield (sender of January 11, 1968, memorandum)  

Key Locations  
- Billings, Helena, Great Falls, Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Raleigh, Charlotte, Burlington, Goldsboro, Henderson, Wilmington, Jacksonville, Fayetteville, Salem, Portland, Columbia, Memphis, Knoxville, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Richmond, Norfolk, Alexandria, Lynchburg, Staunton, Seattle, Yakima, Ellensburg, Racine, Milwaukee, St. Augustine, Palatka, Flagler County, Green Cove Springs, Bunnell  
- Lake City, Florida (laundry operations, machine shipments)  
- Jacksonville, Florida (FBI SAC office)  
- Ridge Laundary & Cleaners (laundry operation mentioned in equipment tracking)  

Key Events  
- Bureau investigation into textile marking machines used to produce specific tape marks on garments.  
- Contacting laundries across multiple states to identify the source of the mark (codes 02B-6, D2B-8, D22-6).  
- Request for color photographs of the tape marks for analysis.  
- Coordination with sales representatives of the Textile Marking Machine Company to cover specific regions.  
- Shipment and tracking of marking machines (models H5MML, K5KL) to laundries between 1960 and 1965.  
- Return of machines for reworking and redistribution to other laundries.  
- Administrative records related to U.S. Savings Bonds and file management under Executive Order 14176.  

Key Organizations  
- Textile Marking Machine Company (consulted for marking machine details).  
- Bureau (government agency conducting the investigation).  
- Local laundries and cleaning services across listed states.  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Jacksonville SAC  
- Ed. L. Thomas Company (machine supplier)  
- Orange State Uniform and Linen Service (business referenced in memoranda)  
- Ridge Laundary & Cleaners (laundry operation mentioned in equipment tracking)

MLK Declassified Files

44-jk-769_739798_01-01-part_4_of_4.pdf

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