Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday november 27, 1978 world tidal wave hits Indian coast Cyclone rips Island 500 believed dead Colombo a floods and mudslides spawned by a Cyclone that ripped across this Island killed an estimated 500 persons before sweeping into India on saturday local and Indian news reports say. Thousands were homeless in both countries. United news of India said 15 persons were known dead in Southern India. The storm that had crossed sri Lanka on Friday caused tidal Waves and floods along India s Pam ban coast. Sri Lanka government officials said we Are working on a death toll of 300 at present but reports Are still coming newspaper accounts from the area placed the toll at around 500. They said thousands of acres of Rice paddies and Farmland were destroyed and under water. In a statement to parliament sri Lanka prime minister Ranasinghe pre Madasa said a Quick Cyclone warning by the Colombo Observatory saved thousands of lives. I be never seen anything so terrible in my life. It s like a for eign minister a. C. S. Hameed said of the City of Batti Caloa hammered by winds and flooding. They Are wet hungry and miser Relief officials said of the storm got to find them shelter dry clothes and something to eat Quick witnesses said there were few build Ings standing in Batti Caloa. There were reports 160 prisoners escaped when the storm blew off the roof of the jail building. Police rescued a Man who had tied himself to a log and search teams were removing people who had climbed Trees to flee the raging flood Waters. The army commander . Dennis Perera said roads to Batti Caloa were Cut hampering Rescue operations and transportation of food supplies. A government agent at Batti Caloa said some co operative stores had been at tacked by hungry people but that order was returned. In Madras India the weather Bureau reported the Cyclone had moved to Ward Kerala state on India s Southwest Ern coast and was weakening. Young Mother in Eastern sri Lanka comforts her children after Cyclone hit. Reports on War conflict dares Salaam a Tanzania said sunday ugandan forces Are still on tanzanian soil and Ugan Dan president Idi Amin is sending reinforcements across the Border. Uganda says it has with drawn army units which occupied More than Square Kilometres of Tan Zania late last month. A tanzanian communique said there was fighting in areas saturday and a number of enemy soldiers were Uganda did not respond and the report could not to independently confirmed. Uganda said saturday tanzanian troops invaded Southern Uganda and were supported by aircraft drop Ping bombs. Tanzania made no reply to the Alle gation. The latest to izanian communique made no mention of tanzanian casualties in fighting it said took place near the town of Mutu Kula which straddles the Border with Uganda. It said the encounter was started by Amin s forces with mortar bombardments which were squarely answered by our defence fighting Between the two East african countries broke out last month after Uganda attacked Northern Tanzania saying it acted in retaliation for an alleged invasion of Uganda by cuban backed tanzanian forces. Amin also accuses Tan Zania of sheltering anti Amin ugandans including former ugandan president Milton Obote toppled by Amin in 1971. Algerian president improves Algiers a Alge Rian president Houari Bou Jedienne regained consciousness sunday after More than a week in a coma the official algerian news Agency said. It re ported a general improve ment in his condition. None of the specialists treating Boum Dienne including americans rus sians French yugoslavs tunisians and germans could be reached for com ment on his condition. The news Agency citing medical sources said the president s condition has shown a general improvement on All Levels. He is progressively emerging from his coma and his neurological condition is devel Oping Well informed algerian sources said the 53-year-old president is suffering from Waldenstrom s disease a disorder of the Lymphatic system causing kidney fail ure and a circulatory obstruction. Namibian vote hinges on talks United nations Reuter a report submitted to the United nations Security Council on saturday says South Africa has agreed to unsupervised elections in Namibia South West Africa but with reservations that will require further negotiations. One condition the Council is virtually certain to reject is that once a Date for elections is set it should be kept irrespective of whether there is a cessation of hostilities and a subsequent reduction of South african troops in the territory observers said. The in settlement plan negotiated by Canada the United states Britain France and West Germany the Council s Western members requires South Africa to withdraw All but troops prior to unsupervised elections. The report was submitted to the Council by in Secre tary general Kurt Waldheim following two Days of talks in new York City with South Africa s foreign affairs Secretary Bernhard us Fourie. Waldheim is to hold further talks with foreign minister Pik Botha Fourie s chief beginning monday. Waldheim said he failed to get South Africa to Call off unilateral elections it scheduled in Namibia for next month. In a Resolution adopted nov. 13, with the Western five abstaining the Council called for cancellation of those elections the outcome of which would be considered null and void. It also served notice that if South Africa refused to accept unsupervised elections sanctions could follow. Diplomatic sources said it does not appear that this threat has been removed by Fourie s incomplete response to Waldheim s questions about South african intentions. Fast Oil our feet just to our on h Here at Hon use take a look at Guys re up against Canada enjoys a telecommunications network that is As efficient As sophisticated and As Low Cost As any in the world. At Northern telecoms we take considerable Pride in that fact. As Canada s major supplier of Tele communications equipment Northern telecoms has designed and manufactured most of the equipment in the Canadian network. 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