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March 12, 1948

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GOTTWALD OBTAINS A UNANIMOUS VOTE; Obedient Czech Parliament Records Approval of New Communist Regime GOTTWALD OBTAINS A UNANIMOUS VOTE

By Albion Rossspecial To the New York Times

Gottwald gets Parliament confidence vote; Moravian Czech Nationalist Socialist party leader J Harod reptd to have committed suicide in prison; US Information Service bulletin again suppressed; Masaryk successor, Clementis, comments on suicide; Slansky, on suicide, Parliament; state funeral plans noted

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SENATORS APPROVE A $4,772,600,000 CUT IN FEDERAL TAXES; Finance Committee, by 10-1, Votes Income-Levy Slash, but Less Than House Asked MOVE TAKEN TO BEAT VETO Higher Exemptions and Benefit for Couples Are Provided -- 3 Democrats Uphold Plan SENATORS APPROVE BIG SLASH IN TAXES

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

Sen Finance Com approves modified House-approved Knutson bill cutting taxes by $4,772,600,000; keeps most provisions; changes scale of percentage cuts; move seen effort to muster sufficient Dem votes to override possible veto

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Notable Births

Virginia Bottomley

1948Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport[†]

Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, is a British Conservative Party politician and headhunter. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2005.

Kent Conrad

1948Kent Conrad, American politician[†]

Gaylord Kent Conrad is a former American politician who was a United States senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee for 12 years.

James Taylor

1948James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. As a six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.