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DETROIT, March 27 -- Henry Ford 2d, chairman of the Ford Motor Company, walked into a crowded news conference at the company's Dearborn headquarters three months ago and predicted that 8.7 million cars would be sold in the United States in 1965.
AMES, Iowa, March 27 -Swimming records came in waves tonight as the National Collegiate championships ended and Peter Daland took the winning coach's ducking as his Southern California Trojans won the team title for the third straight year.
ATHENS, March 27 -- The United Nations mediator in the deadlocked Cyprus dispute has urged in a report to U Thant, the Secretary General, the immediate opening of negotiations among the "parties concerned."
Shelton charges Liuzzo and Reeb deaths were part of Communist plot to denigrate KKK and 'destroy right wing in Amer,' news conf, Birmingham; says Klan probes Mrs Liuzzo's possible Communist ties; claims Reeb was dying of cancer; Birmingham hosp spokesman has no rept on Reeb's condition; Shelton shows photos of civil rights leaders attending '57 Highlander Folk School workshop to document charge of 'infiltration of Negro movement by Communists'; illus; denies 4 arrested Klansmen had anything to do with Liuzzo shooting; charges FBI offered Rowe $160,000 and farm in Minn to sign statement implicating him (Shelton) in shooting; charges Pres with 'bulldozing' KKK and other Amers 'who speak up against him' by arranging conspiracy charge against Klan; apologizes for calling Pres 'damn liar,' would exclude 'damn'; charges some pol backers of Repr Weltner, who has also called for probe of Klan, are Communists; FBI and Justice Dept decline comment on charges; Ga Klan Grand Dragon C F Craig says KKK will fight Johnson attack
NY,NH&H financial crisis deepens; trustees rept $4,267,544 deficit, Jan-Feb
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 24, 1965, covering March 28, 1965.
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The Beatles
Nat King Cole
The Supremes
1965Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (born 1888)[†]
Winifred Ashton CBE, better known by the pseudonym Clemence Dane, was an English novelist and playwright.
1965An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.[†]
The 1965 Valparaíso earthquake struck near La Ligua in Valparaíso Region, Chile, about 140 km (87 mi) from the capital Santiago on Sunday, March 28 at 12:33 local time. The moment magnitude (Mw ) 7.4–7.6 earthquake killed 400–500 people and inflicted US$1 billion in damage. Many deaths were from El Cobre, a mining location that was wiped out after a series of dam failures caused by the earthquake spilled mineral waste onto the area, burying hundreds of residents. The shock was felt throughout the country and along the Atlantic coast of Argentina.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]