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March 18, 1948

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Headlines from March 18, 1948

80,000 Irish Parade Avenue As Million Watchers Cheer; 80,000 IRISH MARCH AS 1,000,000 CHEER MARCHING UP FIFTH AVENUE AS IRISH HONOR PATRON SAINT

By Meyer Berger

Illus with Pres Truman and Gov Dewey, St Patrick's Day parade

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SECRETARY IS FIRM; Diplomatic Action Alone Means Appeasement, He Tells Senators DROP IN ARMY IS HIT It Must Be Rebuilt by UMT and New Draft, He Informs Inquiry MARSHALL BLUNT IN MILITARY PLEA

By C. P. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

reaction by Cong

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U. N. DECIDES, 9 TO 2, TO SIFT CZECH COUP; GROMYKO IS BITTER; Security Body in Tumultuous Session Puts the Communist Overthrow on Its Agenda PAPANEK CALLED 'TRAITOR' Prague Envoy Denounced by Russian, Who Draws Rebukes for Unrestrained Language U. N. DECIDES, 9-2, TO SIFT CZECH COUP

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Council votes 9-2 to debate Chilean charge; USSR and Ukraine dissent; claim coup is internal affair; USSR delegate Deputy Min Gromyko calls Papanek traitor; says USSR will not walk out of debate

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Truman Rejects Any Backing Of Wallace and Communists; TRUMAN REJECTS ANY WALLACE AID MR. TRUMAN AT DINNER OF FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK

By Frank S. Adams

Pres Truman urges US strength to aid Brussels pact, s, Cong

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Senate GOP Presses Tax Cut Bill Despite Truman's Defense Pleas; TAX-CUTTING BILL PUSHED IN SENATE

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

Cong fiscal leaders say Truman message will not affect tax-cut plans

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Notable Births

1948Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach^[†]

Guy Gerard Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He retired in 2020 after serving as Coordinator of Amateur Scouting with the NHL's Minnesota Wild for 20 years.

1948Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer^[†]

Brian William Lloyd is a Welsh former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 545 times in the Football League for five clubs and was capped three times by the Welsh national team.

1948Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (died 2005)^[†]

Eknath Dhondu Solkar was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay, and died of heart attack in the same city at the age of 57. A specialist close-in fielder, he was regarded as one of the greatest fielders in the world during his playing days. His catches per match ratio is one of the best in Test cricket.

Historical Events

1948Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin split.^[†]

The Tito–Stalin split or the Soviet–Yugoslav split was the culmination of a conflict between the political leaderships of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, under Josip Broz Tito and Joseph Stalin, respectively, in the years following World War II. Although presented by both sides as an ideological dispute, the conflict was as much the product of a geopolitical struggle in the Balkans that also involved Albania, Bulgaria, and the communist insurgency in Greece, which Tito's Yugoslavia supported and the Soviet Union distanced itself from.