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Commons by 318 to 170 vote approves Attlee program; Sir S Cripps averts split in Labor party ranks; debate described; Opposition views noted
Comr Moses tours pub and private projects; announces plans to build new homes before razing old ones and to get more funds for rehabilitation; statistics on residence changes since Jan 1, '46; Comr Wagner repts on '47 bldg; urges wider construction
On Yale Univ science and humanities reorganization
Bill limiting number of 3- and 4-star officers during peacetime signed
1947Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)[†]
Kenneth Wayne Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1979, winning the Stanley Cup six times, the Vezina Trophy as the goaltender on the team allowing the fewest goals five times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy along with the Calder Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs and rookie of the year respectively over the course of his rookie campaign. He was elected as member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983. Thereafter, Dryden served as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and was appointed Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006 for which he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2017, the NHL commemorated him as one of the league's 100 Greatest Players. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.
1947Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Larry Dee Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC. A Vietnam veteran, Wilcox races cars and is also a private pilot.