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(Mount Clipping in Space Below) AOOMALMAL RED McQUEEN SpoRts eDitOR (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Liston Learns To Smile TIME WAS wHEN he was probably the most hated man in the history of boxing. THE HONOLULU ADVERTIS If he can knock loud-mouth Cassius Clay cold with HONOLULU, HANAII one punch Tuesday night he will become the most pop. ular champ of alloone. Anyway, Sonny Liston, after an unsteady start. beginning to~ wear the mantle of heavyweight king in. PAGE C-1 the best tradition of his predecessors.. Tired of being the bad boy of boxing, the champ is determined to change his image.. "You'll be surprised the way Sonny talks a blue streak and keeps smiling," the once taciturn and pok- er-faced Joe Louis told Hy Gardner of the New York 1 Herald Tribune as they met in the theater-restaurant of the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas where the 2/22/64 Date: Edition: #** Clay Author: RED MC QUEEN Liston Louis Editor: GEORGE CHAPLIN champ was breaking up his training camp prepara- tory to Ieaving for Miami Beach to finish his training. Title: Louis and Gardner were joined at a table by Sonny and his wife Geraldine and the following tape-recorded interview ensued: How come you've suddenly learned how to smile? Character: "Before I had nuthin' to smile about when they or wouldn't let me fight Patterson.'' Classification:e 67- Does Cassius Clay make you smile?. Subnitting Office: HONOLULU "He makes me laugh out loud." Do you think you'll have any trouble with him? "Not in the ring. 92-73Xj- : not recorded 123 MAR 17 .354 PERS H UNIT