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2d group greeted by Taylor; most say food was good; rept indoctrination attempts; sgt repts forced 40-50-day march during which 101 of 162 POWs died
Sir G Jebb (GB) says Nationalists must stop aid; proposes Formosa order end to fighting; Burmese complaint backed by all Pol Com speakers except Tsiang; USSR bloc refrains from implicating US; various proposals for settlement cited
Citizens Nonpartisan Com urges ind coalition candidate; NY Young Repubs Club urges coalition with Liberals and inds
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Pres shoots 86 in match with Taft; par
1953John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria[†]
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election, on 30 November, to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change, Brumby left parliament, with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]