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Malcolm X — Part 34
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_—_— _ By, RICHARD BARR ;
“J believe that it was done on orders of Elijah
Muhammed.”
Bleck Nationalist leader Mal-ja.m. when at least two, and ’
eolm X hurled this charge at|possibly three Molotov cock- -
the head of the Black Muslim) tails reportedly crashed through j
Movement today es he headed|/the living room windows and ;
back for New York “to telijburst into Dames. t
everyone what is going on and) walcolm, who was asked to
who is responsible” for the flre-/yacate the Muslim-owned house
bombing of his Queens homelatter breaking with the Mus-
early yesterday. ~ |lims last year to set up his own
The controversial] leader saldjriva] militant anti-white move-
his statements would come at/ment, spoke by telephone before
a meeting of his Organization/neading home from Detroit
of Afro-American Unity at Siwhere he'd gone to keep a
o'clock tonight in the Audubon|sneaking engagement shortly
Ballroom, 166th st. and Broad-|efter the blaze.
way. : “They fear I might create an::
FLEES WITH FAMILY oreanizatiaon thaé will he hetter |
“Yt doesn't frighten me; it|than theirs and detract from
doesn't quiet me down in any|theirs. But I'm not afraid.
way or shut me un,” said Mal-| A decision was due today on
colm of the wrecking of his|Malcolm's appeal for a stay of
small brick home at 23-11 9$7thja civil court ruling which gave
st, Elmhurst. Lo, him until Jan. 31 to vacate the
“I will not move, My family|house.
understands what is involved; “We own this place, man,’
and they feel the same way I/Joseph X, self-described Mus-
do. I am not afraid ef them/lim business manager sald
and wii] not run from them.”/shortly after the fire,
Malcolm, 39, his wife, Betty,| “He was going to be evicted.
37, and his dsughters—Aitilah,|We have money tied up here.
&, Qubilah, 4, Ilyasah, 2, and|/We have te hear about it on
Ggmilab.§ months—fled thejthe radio, He didn’ e
bouse unharmed about 2:45/ns a courtesy ef s phone "
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