</s>PAGE FOUR 44-1114 THIS INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED AS FIVE FOOT NINE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY LBS ., AGE TWENTY-SIX. NANCE UNABLE TO STATE WHY HER NAME LOCATED IN MUSTANG OR WHY NAME ON KLEENEX BOX AS CANNOT RECALL WRITING ON KILEENEX BOX. NANCE LEFT CALIF IN MIDDLE OF JUNE SIXTY-SEVEN. HITCH-HIKED TO LITTLE AMERICA. WOMING IN INTERSECTION ROUTEES EIGHTY-EIGHT AND THIRTY-THREE WHERE SHE MET BOYFRIEND. JAMES WAYNE LEHY. BOTH THEN HITCH HIKED TO OKLAHOMA TO PICK UP CAR PREVIOUSLY. ABANDONED. CAR DRIVEN TO MISSOURI WHERE PICK CAR AGAIN BROKE DOWN IN VINCINITY OF CARTHAGE. MO. BOTH HITCHHIKed FROM THIS POINT AND WERE PICKED UP BY WHITE MALE DRIVING MUSTANG. LEELY RECALLS THIS CAR WAS RED. NANCE NOT CERTAIN OF COLOR. CAR BORE OHIO LICENSE. NANCE AND LEHY GOT OUT OF MUSTANG AT SANDOVAL. ILL. DRIVER SAID WAS CONTINUING TO OHIO TO VISIT MOTHER. ALSO SAID HE WORKED IN CARTHAGED. MO AND RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM MILITARY. ALSO SAYED HE WORKed IN CARHAGE. DATE OF THIS RIDE ESTIMATED AS JUNE TWENTYL-FOUR SIXTH-SEVENTY. SEVEN. DRIVER OF MUSTANO DESCIRBED as W/M. TWENTy-SEVEVEN, FIVE FOOF EIGHT. ONE HUNDRRED FIFTY-SIN LBS. HAIR REDDISH AUBURN. NANCE STATED CANNOT REGALL GIVING NAME AND ADDRESS TO ANYONE- END PAGE FOUR 2005 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document details the movements and associations of Ginger Nance, described as five feet nine inches tall, 140 pounds, aged twenty-six. Nance left California in mid-June 1967, hitchhiked to Little America, met her boyfriend James Wayne Lehy, and traveled with him to Oklahoma to retrieve a previously abandoned car. The vehicle was later driven to Missouri, where it broke down near Carthage. They continued hitchhiking and were picked up by a white male driver in a red Mustang (Ohio license plate) in Sandowal, Illinois. The driver claimed he was traveling to Ohio to visit his mother and had recently been discharged from the military. Nance could not recall the driver’s name or address.  

Nance began a 30-day deceptive practice sentence at Dixon, Illinois, on June 26, 1967. FBI efforts included investigating contacts in Los Angeles (Anita Katzwinkel), San Diego, and Chicago to identify individuals associated with Nance, including a white male operating a cleaner on Sunset Blvd., a Negro male who owned the Mustang, and a guitar player named Oklahomabe at a Vegas club. The FBI also sought to determine the identity of "Max" in San Diego through police records.  

The document references Harvey Edward Lohmeyer (FR No. 730979A), born in Quincy, Illinois, and notes potential associations between Nance and Lohmeyer. It includes redacted social security numbers and dates, with some text appearing corrupted or incomplete. The document was released under Executive Order 14176 in 2005 and 2015.  

Key People  
- Ginger Nance (nee Cunningham), alias Gingery Day  
- James Wayne Lehy  
- Harvey Edward Lohmeyer (FR No. 730979A)  
- Anita Katzwinkel  

Key Locations  
- California (departure point)  
- Little America, Oklahoma  
- Carthage, Missouri  
- Sandowal, Illinois  
- Dixon, Illinois  
- Ohio  
- San Diego, California  
- Chicago, Illinois  
- Las Vegas, Nevada  

Key Events  
- Hitchhiking trips from California to Missouri and Illinois in June 1967  
- Nance’s 30-day deceptive practice sentence at Dixon, Illinois  
- FBI investigations into Nance’s associates, including a white male driver, a cleaner operator, and a guitar player  
- Attempts to link Ginger Nance to Harvey Edward Lohmeyer  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Local law enforcement agencies in Illinois, California, and Nevada

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