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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1961
Page
5
Philippine News Service reports missing persons feared dead after tidal wave hit Tago in the south. An earlier cable to President Garcia cited 300 houses destroyed and 3,000 made homeless, though no official confirmation.
Reports from Sabena officials and Katanga authorities describe ex prime minister Patrice Lumumba being moved in handcuffs to Elisabethville amid guarded conditions. The transfer date and motive remain unclear as Leopoldville officials debate the implications and potential links to a planned round table with Congolese leaders.
Cairo reports an expected agreement at the conference to allow Shell to explore in the Persian Gulf, aiming to ease tensions among warring factions. A Lumumba dispatch from Kuwait notes his plane incident and his arrival with two fellow prisoners being moved by Katanga police.
Premier Khrushchev of the Soviet Union and Premier Sylvanus Olympio of the West African Republic of Togo will exchange state visits. Dates are to be arranged through diplomatic channels per TASS reports.
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