Keith Harvey Proctor is a British former Conservative Member of Parliament. A member of the Monday Club, he represented Basildon from 1979 to 1983 and Billericay from 1983 to 1987. Proctor became embroiled in a scandal involving sexual relationships with males under 21 which culminated in criminal convictions and ended his parliamentary career.

1947Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author^[†]

Laura Catherine Schlessinger, commonly known as Dr. Laura, is an American talk radio host and author. The Dr. Laura Program, heard weekdays for three hours on Sirius XM Radio, consists mainly of her responses to callers' requests for personal advice and often features her short monologues on social and political topics. Her website says that her show "preaches, teaches, and nags about morals, values, and ethics." She is an inductee to the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago.

Headlines from January 16, 1947

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Crash Costs License Of Mrs. Roosevelt

BRITAIN, FRANCE DECIDE TO SPEED MILITARY ALLIANCE; Blum Wins Promise of Help in 'Preventing Any Further Aggression by Germany' ECONOMIC AID IS PLANNED But Identity of New Premier in Paris and Reds' Attitude Are Unpredictable Factors BRITAIN, FRANCE IN MILITARY PLAN

Byrnes Will Be the First to Sign Treaties That He Helped to Draft

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