</s>AL 44-193 ALL OFFICES PLEASE NOTE: Bureau teletype to All Continental Offices, 4/9/68, stated that all laundries should be contacted in an effort to identify that tape on the shorts and a shirt believed to have been abandoned by UNSB. The textile Marking Machine Company has advised that the above above listed states which would be capable of producing the laundry mark on the garments. This company advised that there tapes on garments that their company exclusively and that have produced the tapes. Further note, the following names and addresses with telephone numbers of sales representatives of Textile Markling Machine Company covering the above territories: DICK BRISTON 3462 N.W. 13th Ave. Telephone, FR2-1290 Covering Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Southern Mississippi. JOB COMBS 5232 Devonshire 11th, 2148-5127 Telenphone, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, W. Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky. FRED WEBER Stony Brook, L.I.A. Telephone 751-1335 Covering Metropolitan New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Upstate New York inquiries should be referred to Textile Marketing Machine Co ., Syracuse, N.Y ., telephone HUS-8110. -55- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The text contains multiple teletype messages from law enforcement offices detailing efforts to identify specific tape markings on garments believed to have been abandoned by UNSB. It outlines contact procedures with laundries and references the Textile Marking Machine Company, which provided sales representatives covering various regions. The company noted that certain tapes were exclusively produced by them and advised that the letter "o" may have been used instead of a dash in tape markings. The FBI was requested to supply color photographs of the tapes to offices covering specific states for examination. The document emphasizes coordination between agencies to track machine locations and analyze tape samples, with instructions to index contacts for future cases.  

Key People: Dick Briston, Job Combs, Fred Weber, Jack Cody, Pente Wurovich, Al Davis, Fred RauPAK  
Key Locations: Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern Mississippi; Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky; Metropolitan New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont; Michigan, Indiana, Ohio; Illinois, Eastern Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin; North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Western Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Northern Mississippi, Western Kentucky; Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington  
Key Events: Coordination with laundries to identify tape markings on garments; request for FBI Laboratory analysis of tape samples; distribution of sales representative contacts for textile marking machines; indexing of locations for future investigative use  
Key Organizations: Textile Marking Machine Company, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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