</s>File - Serial Charge Out FD-5 (Rev. 1) [60) File 44-1987- Class. Case No. Last Serial Date Class. Pending Case Closed Date Serial No. Description of Serial Charged THE FOLLOWING SERIALS TRANSFERRED TO FILE 44-1997-SUB-L SERIAL 1023 (CI-T to Dir & RM-PX 5-14-68) 1024 (Legat, Mexico City TF to Dir 5-15-68] Employee RECHARGE Date To From Date charged Employee Location 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The documents consist of multiple FBI telegraph messages from Memphis, Kansas City, and St. Louis dated May 16, 1968, referencing investigations into phone calls associated with J.D. Daily and Homer Townsley. They mention surveillance of phone numbers linked to Sinclair Station in Portageville, Missouri, and inquiries into potential connections to an individual referred to as "Subject" (possibly related to Martin Luther King Jr.). Calls from specific numbers in Missouri and Kansas City are noted, including dates ranging from November 1967 to March 1968. The FBI requests identification of subscribers and determination if calls relate to the whereabouts or activities of the Subject. References include phone numbers assigned to companies like US Chemical Corp., Mid-Continent Media Corp., and Pace Products Corp., as well as locations such as Paducah, Kentucky, and Collinsville, Illinois. The documents also reference serial charge numbers, file transfers, and administrative actions like "ARMED AND DANGEROUS" designations.  

Key People: J.D. Daily, Homer Townsley, Howard Gilpen (president of Iola State Bank), Margaret Buck (office manager at S&S Vending Machine Co.), Beardsley Chevrolet Co., Stowell Hobbs, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, and unnamed individuals associated with Sinclair Station.  

Key Locations: Portageville, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; Paducah, Kentucky; Collinsville, Illinois; Iola, Kansas; Milpilips, California; Springfield, Illinois.  

Key Events: Surveillance of phone calls linked to J.D. Daily and Homer Townsley; investigation into potential connections between the Subject (possibly MLK) and individuals or locations in Missouri and Kansas City; requests for subscriber identification and analysis of call patterns; administrative actions such as file transfers and serial charge tracking.  

Key Organizations: FBI (Memphis, Kansas City, St. Louis), Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, US Chemical Corp., Mid-Continent Media Corp., Pace Products Corp., S&S Vending Machine Co., Iola State Bank, Beardsley Chevrolet Co.

MLK Declassified Files

44-me-1987_hs1-852611265_63a-05-part_5_of_5.pdf

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