| Owned by David R. and Mary Sanchez in 1976 [DRS]. Also called the "Casa Blanca Market". Sanchez was previously a police officer in Tulare from 1970 to 1974. He began work as a Lake County, Oregon, sheriff's deputy in 1979.
T. R. King shipped 1000 chips in five denominations to the Casa Blanca Grocery, 28809 Road 15 [156], Visalia, CA, in 1976.
It has been speculated that these chips may have been used a the "Casa Blanca Casino" (132 Burnett Road, Tipton) open for less than a year in 1977. Owned by Bill Baugher and Herb Guinn. The addresses are about 20 miles apart. |
