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March 16, 1927

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FORD WILL TESTIFY AS SAPIRO WITNESS; SIX WOMEN ON JURY; Auto Maker Agrees to Take the Stand Monday in $1,000,000 Libel Suit Against Him. JURORS QUICKLY CHOSEN Plaintiff Rejects Ex-Klansman and Defense Declines to Accept Two Jews. SAPIRO LOSES TWO MOTIONS ' Truth' Plea Stays In -- Gallagher in Opening Says Weekly Paper Is Ford's Mouthpiece. FORD WILL TESTIFY AS SAPIRO WITNESS

By From a Staff Correspondent of THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ford will testify; plaintiff rejects ex-Klansman as juror; defense rejects two Jews; list of jurors seated; plaintiff loses motion requiring defense to submit digest of testimony expected to be obtained from persons making depositions; also motion to have all of defendant's reply setting up truth as justification for publication of alleged libels stricken from record; Gallagher in opening says Dearborn Independent is Ford's mouthpiece; A E Fricke, Chmn Fourth Dist Conn Valley Tobacco Assn, says he was asked to testify for Ford and refused

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Vladimir Komarov

1927Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (died 1967)[†]

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1, its first crewed test flight. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

1927Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2003)[†]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon, and as the United States' ambassador to India and to the United Nations.

Olga San Juan

1927Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (died 2009)[†]

Olga San Juan was an American actress and comedian. Born in Brooklyn, she began her brief film career with Paramount Pictures after being scouted at Copacabana. She performed in several Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and on Broadway in Paint Your Wagon (1951).