16 The Spokesman-Review, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1965.| When They Were Companions Cassius Clay with slain Malcolm X last March •I Fear Nobody' Clay Tells World By WILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - sius the most famous lim sect,' said Tuesday he from the friends of the "I walk the streets daily byr -I have no bodyguards, I fear nobody," the voluble titleholder, who has changed his name to Muhammad Ali, told The Associated Press by telephone from Chicago. "If anybody, wants me, I'm not a almost Clay and inseparable Malcolm X companions were after the Louisville boxer had beaten Sonny Liston for the heavyweight ring title a year ago in Miami Beach and had publicly announced his affiliation with the Islam religion. Hail of Bullets Malcolm X, who broke with Muslim leader, Elijah Muhammad, was killed by a hail of bullets Sunday as he arose to address a gathering in a New York hall. Friends of the slain rebel insisted that Malcolm X was the victim of a Muslim plot and threatened immediate revenge.
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