Cassius Marcellus Clay This is where Cassius went to high school central on Chestnut between 11th and 12th. We're going inside to talk to one of Cassius's old friends, Amanda, knowing when he went to school here Victor Perry and after that we talked to some of the high school seniors. You're pretty personally close to the fight tomorrow night, or you concerned about the outcome? I'm pulling for him, but. Uh, keep backpedaling. Liston is powerful and disinfected list and catch up with where. We've been following program. I'm hoping you can come on out quote and come out on top. You know cash is clay if he should get defeated. For example if he should get knocked out in the early rounds. Do you think it would completely demoralizing? I don't think so. I have been Cassius knows as a trustee had a tough opponent. Brian, come on back. Then tried again, Parliament. End this career. You got it, and yes, I'm really proud of him. Still not good. Riding around the world, and I think the whole city should be very proud of Cassius, although it does stop too much. Do you think cash is going to win, yes. Room because he's going to keep the racing listen and he's going to try his best out running. You can you can try this now. Gosh, you're here. Oh no. He's definitely not my hero. No, I wouldn't. Convergent Petersburg, VA. Is he important to Central High School? Do you think? Yes, I think he is a add simple design. Student. There's someone who might be hacking. Cashier says he's the best and that he will win tomorrow night. Not everybody here agrees with him, but they all seem to be pulling for him. This is David **** at Central High School, Louisville. X-15A American air-launched manned spaceplane, used for hypersonic research. 174 launches, 1959.06.08 (X-15 Flight 1) to 1968.10.24 (X-15 Flight 199). The X-15 was the first USAF and NASA project for manned spaceflight, initiated years before Mercury. Lox/Ammonia propellant. This relatively benign propellant combination was used in the XLR-99 rocket motor that powered the X-15 manned rocketplane in the 1960's. The problem created by strip mine directly and indirectly affect the people of my county. Jefferson, who paid upwards of 30% of all the taxes that go into the state rate. Secondly, that even more important, there's a Super Bowl of Eastern Kentucky or Kentucky, just as we are, and their problems are all Kentucky. Stop I've gone there. I've seen them. I've talked with some say are good people. That is, add so way. Past time for some experts to point out to us the effect of murdering mountains and consequences, we must eventually face because our mountains are being murdered. Read me astrea. Are we asking tuck in Zendesk, Merikens to condemn those at no and gougeon boards or Winter Mountain to get that energy pack fuel out? And we need to pad and encourage them just because they put some few people to work on their machines that assault that old lady mouth. I should we look at the scars and sores on these hills at the people? The machine put out of work and the farmers fields and pastures kill. But that is or pause this post a strip mine sand into the strange and rivers of their. There are, I think, a number of misconceptions about the strip mining and older mining that this committee and this this passion with legislature off. Please break where he had beginning. One is on much of the whole range. Reclamation and restoration. As a matter of practicality, is then possible. For example, only black mountains. The Big black with a little black and poor, and I think that any effort to restore that land. Impractical with impossible. We landed both feet. Oh hi. Thank you around the side of the mountain. Hundreds of thousands left and inevitably will and will continue to walk them into the Spring River. And I don't think that anything under heaven can stop that. Cassius is used to come to this neighborhood when he was a little boy. The 1700 block of Dumenil. His grandmother lives here. Mrs Herman play 73 years old. Do you wish that you were in Miami? How you gonna do it, yes. How would you listen to the fight? Coming back as we used to come around here this place. He was a very good. You hear me very happy man. Being pretty, tell me about that. Again, delete. Is it father mother left me about two weeks ago. He had his head just above and he is. And his father come into this room. As I didn't want my son but I didn't say it, but she said. He always Hershey sale. Used to run around when he was unbold, running and it rocked up on his. Over here you never use it here. Does he mean everything? He says no. He just keeps talking to be talking with anybody. Listen to the fight with you tonight. I won't be quiet. Are you gonna say no pressure point? Oh yeah, I always say from I pray for him during the credit cards that fight over and even when knocking down I pray and thank you for letting us come over. This is Bernard Clay Cassius, his first cousin Bernard Cashews to come up with your house and workout on punching bag. He used to come over some death and. I don't know he was a. Even then, when he was around at 1415, something like he used to. Come over and touch on the punching bag round belt that has six hours. Solid as I remember you did it one time. My father had put him out because he was just sort of gross to think just he just kept it up but he just I don't know. He just kept on punching, punching. Never got tired. He's just like that. Yes, are you a box for yourself? Not only. But what about Cassius sentence? Confidence that the other most confidence as he does know, I don't have as much, had him. It is much capitalize sketches is not really. There's a motto on the wall or near the door of Mrs Clays home, and it says this success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. This is David **** reporting.

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