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Mystery Company Believed Involved In Disappearance Of 277 Vanished Boxcars
Government investigators examined the La Salle & Bureau County Railroad and Magna Earth Enterprises as 277 Penn Central boxcars vanished since early 1970, many repainted and sold to other lines. FBI and federal task force probe possible interstate transport violations and organized-crime ties.
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Mystery Company
U.S. Atty
Louis C. Bechtle
Philadelphia
Penn Central Railroad
la Salle
Llinois
FBI
la Salle Line
Magna Earth Enterprises, Inc
Salle
Federal Task Force On Organized Crime
Richard Spriggs
Bechtle
Diversified Properties
Mag- A
Joseph C. Bonnano
Lindsey Town
Magna Earth
LaSalle
Penn Central