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Draft Board Bard Keeps Clay Cy CyIn In Suspense I LOUISVILLE Ky AP Cassius Clays Clay's draft board says its it's all aU right to leave the country for a title fight next month but the heavyweight champion has no inkling of whether hell he'll eventually escape the military draft A hour four hearing on Clays Clay's appeal for an aD exemption brought the disclosure hes he's been beena a minister for two years in the Muslim religion he embraces preaching and converting people Clay came out of the hearing Tuesday and said it was just like I was in a courtroom but there was no decision When there is one Ill I'll be the first to hear The champions champion's attorney Hayden Covington has asked his draft board to reopen the entire case so Clay can be bs con con- considered considered for an exemption as Muslim minister The hearing stemmed from Clays Clay's earlier appeal for a draft deferment as a conscientious objector Special Judge Law Law- Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence rence Grauman appointed ap by the Justice Department nt to hear the case will forward his bis rec recommendations recommendations back to the de- de A recommendation will then thene be e made to Clays Clay's appeal board here lere Clay disclosed Tuesday that the draft board had given him permission to leave the country for or his September fight with Karl in Frankfurt Germany The champion was accompanied accompanied to Tuesdays Tuesday's bearing hearing by his parents He Ho was carrying a 8 copy of the Koran which we Muslims believe are revelations re mode made to Muhammad by Allah
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-08-24 |
| Description | 58th Year, No. 289 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1966-08-24 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request |
Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1966-08-24 Draft Board Keeps Clay in Suspense |
| Date | 1966-08-24 |
| Type | article |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Item.Transcript | Draft Board Bard Keeps Clay Cy CyIn In Suspense I LOUISVILLE Ky AP Cassius Clays Clay's draft board says its it's all aU right to leave the country for a title fight next month but the heavyweight champion has no inkling of whether hell he'll eventually escape the military draft A hour four hearing on Clays Clay's appeal for an aD exemption brought the disclosure hes he's been beena a minister for two years in the Muslim religion he embraces preaching and converting people Clay came out of the hearing Tuesday and said it was just like I was in a courtroom but there was no decision When there is one Ill I'll be the first to hear The champions champion's attorney Hayden Covington has asked his draft board to reopen the entire case so Clay can be bs con con- considered considered for an exemption as Muslim minister The hearing stemmed from Clays Clay's earlier appeal for a draft deferment as a conscientious objector Special Judge Law Law- Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence rence Grauman appointed ap by the Justice Department nt to hear the case will forward his bis rec recommendations recommendations back to the de- de A recommendation will then thene be e made to Clays Clay's appeal board here lere Clay disclosed Tuesday that the draft board had given him permission to leave the country for or his September fight with Karl in Frankfurt Germany The champion was accompanied accompanied to Tuesdays Tuesday's bearing hearing by his parents He Ho was carrying a 8 copy of the Koran which we Muslims believe are revelations re mode made to Muhammad by Allah |
