</s>AL 44-493 NEW JERSEY ABC Cleaners Custom Shirt Laundry Woodcrest, N. J.J ., 8N 32193 207 Baddon Ave. Woodcret, N ., J. J ., 9N 32192 Westmont's 8N 3264; 32261. Alvin Stores, Inc ., dba Deluxe Cleaners and Dyers Corde Cleaners, 1280 Main 76 Maple Ave ., Ridgewood Clifton's 8 N 3156 SN 313411 Cliffton's 8n 3136 Barclay Cleaners Flash Cleaner and Shirt Laundry Barclays Center Laundrys Barclary Center 1998 Liberty Ave. Route #70 Ridgefield; SN 3132E1 Rilside: SN 3138E Bergam Valet, Inc. ., Gone's Tailor & Laundrry Bergen Valley, Inc .., Gene's Tailor &. 2025 Westfield Ave. 28 Best Main Stc ., Pennsauken, SN 3227. Bergenfield: SN 32945 Glamour Cleaners. Bond Cleaners 275 State Highway 10 2052, Nottingham Way Trenton's SN 3359 Sucasums: SN 32093 Grant City Cleaners Columbia Cleaners 45 Central Ave. Chatham Road, Clark's N 33111 Summit; SN 33019 45 Central Avenue. Chatham Rd ., Ivory Cleaners Coronet Cleaners 870 Market St ., 8015 Vetnor Ave. Margate: SN 33398 Saddlebrook; SN 32480 Jensen-Ryan Co. Correct Cleanersand Laundries and Laundy. Plynys: 8N 31898; 3184 22-40 Crystal, North Arlington; SN 32135 Leonard-Bloomfield Laundy 47 Ferrand Place, North Arlington: SN 32136 Bloomfield; 8N 36338 Crystal Cleaners <loc_353><loc_838>210 Marton Pike Millville Laundrys Camden's SN 33332. 2628 West Merri St .- 2628 West. Merri Street.

Summary  
The document details FBI efforts to track Thermo-Seal marking machines used in connection with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) on April 4, 1968. It includes lists of locations and contact information for these machines across multiple states, including California, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and others. The FBI sought to identify machines producing specific tapes used in laundry services, which were linked to the investigation. Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.) provided details on tape characteristics, such as dimensions (1st wide, 1/16" long) and coding systems involving letters and numbers. The Bureau requested color photographs of tapes from recovered garments and instructed offices to locate machines using this type of tape. A separate document contains a list of laundry and cleaning services across multiple U.S. states, including New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and others. Entries include business names, addresses, serial numbers (SN), and references to "Textile Marking Machine Company" and efforts to identify garments with specific markings or tapes, possibly linked to an entity referred to as "UNSB." Another document contains a list of laundry and dry cleaning businesses across California, Hawaii, Idaho, and Illinois, including business names, addresses, serial numbers (SN), shipment dates, and model designations for equipment. These documents appear to be administrative or operational records related to laundry services rather than direct investigations into MLK’s assassination.  

Key People  
- Jack Cody (Ohio)  
- Pente Wurovich (Indiana)  
- Al Davis (Missouri)  
- Fred Raupak (California)  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.)  
- Donald Broton (Textile Marketing Machine Co., Syracuse, N.Y.)  
- Dick Briston, Job Combs, Ford Weber (sales representatives of the Textile Marketing Machine Company covering specific regions)  

Key Locations  
- North Canton, Ohio  
- Sherwood Village, Ohio  
- Hawthorne Avenue, Indiana  
- Kansas City, Missouri  
- Northridge, California  
- Syracuse, New York  
- Santa Barbara, California  
- San Diego, California  
- Chicago, Illinois  
- Aurora, Illinois  
- Los Angeles, California  
- New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming  
- Specific cities and towns include Woodcrest, Ridgewood, Clifton, Bergenfield, Pennsauken, Newark, Brooklyn, Rochester, Long Island, Columbus, Akron, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Woonsocket, Yorkton, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Martinsburg, Casper, Burbank, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Honolulu, Wahiawa, Kellogg, Pocatello, Chicago, Bloomington, Joliet, Ottawa  

Key Events  
- FBI investigation into Thermo-Seal machines used in the MLK assassination case.  
- Request for color photographs of tapes attached to garments recovered from premises linked to the assassination.  
- Analysis of tape coding systems by Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. (e.g., letter "o" vs. dash, lot numbers, store identifiers).  
- Compilation of Thermo-Seal machine locations by state for investigative purposes.  
- Administrative communication regarding contacting laundries for garment identification.  
- Efforts to identify garments with specific markings or tapes, possibly linked to an entity "UNSB."  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc.  
- Textile Marketing Machine Co.  
- Laundry businesses listed across multiple states, including Alvin Stores, Inc., Corde Cleaners, Barclay Cleaners, Flash Cleaner and Shirt Laundry, LeMesa Automatic Laundry, Mar-Den Laundray, Sanitox Cleaners & French Hand Laundromat  
- Textile Marking Machine Company (mentioned as a company involved in producing laundry marks and tapes)

MLK Declassified Files

44-si-561_sec_002_ser_123-140-part_4_of_8.pdf

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