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Dewey returns to NYC; illus; receives dist leaders at Women's Natl Repub Club; Madison Sq Garden s to end campaign
Gens Collings, Haislip and Wedemeyer to be Vice Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief for Adm and Deputy Chief for Plans and Combat Operations respectively
US delegation, reptdly on Truman direct intervention, withdraws support of Brit-Chinese motion; Security Council defers action pending subcom study; debates Israeli withdrawal to Oct 14 positions; France and USSR opposed
2 CGT officials removed from Rys Bd for ordering coal trains halt
1948Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer[†]
Sir Richard Alston CBE is a British choreographer. He has been resident choreographer and artistic director for the Ballet Rambert and is currently artistic director at The Place. His works include Windhover (1972), Soda Lake (1986), and Pulcinella (1987).
1948Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter[†]
Garry George McDonald AO is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian. In a career spanning six decades he has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed as a National Living Treasure. He is best known as the seemingly naive celebrity interviewer Norman Gunston, through whom he pioneered the "ambush interviewer" technique since followed by many others. He received a Gold Logie award for the television Norman Gunston Show in which he developed the character. He is also famed for his role of the hapless Arthur Beare in the television sitcom Mother and Son. Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003 for service to the community in the mental health field and to the arts as an entertainer, he has also been a board member of the Australian mental health organisation Beyond Blue.
1948A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.[†]
A luzzu is a traditional fishing boat from the Maltese islands. This type of boat developed in the early 20th century, although it is very similar to much older traditional Maltese boats such as the ferilla. They are usually painted in bright colours, while the bow has a pair of eyes.