European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d supreme court won t change Congress pay raise system Page 4 d Britain to buy . Tanks paper reports Page 8 d Seattle beats raiders 35-27 in monday night football. Page 21 d no. 3 in stars and stripes Christmas colouring contest Page 27 the stars and stripes author Lateo unofficial publication Fob the . Red forces vol. 47. No. 226 wednesday november 30, 19bb/ in new d 8693 a Arafat speech shifts to Geneva Shultz firm in decision to bar Plo Leader by the new York times the United slates said it does nol oppose the con vening of a special session of the . General Assem Bly in Geneva to hear Yasser Arafat and that Ameri Ean diplomats intend to Lake pan in any debate held Here. Lime. We would not favor such a move we do not oppose it Charles e. It Man. The slate department spokesman said in Washington lie said we will he represented at any debate in Geneva on palestinian issues. At a news conference monday Clovis Maksoud the chief representative of the Arab league said if the United Stales docs not change its Altitude within 48 hours at the latest the Genera Assembly must move ils Middle East discussions to Geneva. The Palestine National Council has taken very important and substantive decisions that need i be communicated to the world body at the highest Maksud said. And it is not for the . To Divide who Speaks for the palestinians on u particular Issue. If his is allowed to become a precedent it will he a very dangerous one.". Secretary of suite George p. Sulu announced on saturday that he would not permit Arafat the chair Man of the Palestine liberation organisation to enter see Arafat an Back Page . Twisters kill 4, cause heavy damage Raleigh. . A tornadoes skipped across North Carolina s capital City Early monday smashing Homes and churches before heading into Rural areas four people Werc ill cd and at least i sewer injured. V the twisters Touchi in at least 17 locations in Wake. Nish. . Halifax dare Hyde i Pamlico and Currituck counties. The victims were Pete Fulghum 12. And Janet Barncs a both of Raleigh and Lee Kay Alston and his wife Mary of Nash county. The storms brought reminders of the 24 twisters that ripped a 250-mile paid through the state in t Jii-4, killing 44 peo ple injuring More than Soo and leaving 2,300 s twisters destroyed Mobile Homes badly damaged several ii uses toppled Trees and threw Power lines onto houses and streets leaving More than6,500 Homes without electricity fur Sev eral hour. about 500 people were left homeless in Raleigh where the forms struck with out warning mayor a cry Upchurch Friedenson. A spokesman Tor the insurance news service in Raleigh said insurance companies Amici Patch a possible loss of s 30 million in Nort Carolina. The to 8-l storms cause 165 million in damage. Gov Jim Martin asked the Small business administration to declare Wake county where Raleigh is located a disaster area and asked the Agency to conduct damage surveys for the other counties hit h the storms. Martin said damage to commercial and Industrial property in alone is estimated to be si5 million to $20 million " in neighbouring Virginia a Tornado uprooted Trees and knocked out Power in Isle of Wight Brunswick and soul Hamp ton counties Early monday but no injun sea twisters Ori Back x c i s5-.v.v-v to Vav or a " a " re a / a ,1 a i a pm a up 4i4sa is its Ofa a i d 8l a Tii Wjk i Folh Faiai i nl7 a in Attu lakh. is left in rubble after Tuma lots swept Lam Hugh Tofelt Tarl my Tijia. Peg accepts p Vienna Austria not after Days of Conlen Lious negotiations the Tijani action of Petroleum eve poning countries on monday ratified an agreement in which for the first time in two years All 13 members accepted a quota system intended to limit production and raise Oil prices the six month Accord. Which starts Jan. 1, Sels a production limit of 18.5 million barrels of Oil a Day substantially lower than the 23 million that open nations have been producing in recent weeks. Open Hopes that lower production will raise Oil prices from a current worldwide average of about j12 a barrel to close to $ 1s a barrel. For the first Lime since 1986, Iraq agreed to participate in Lite quota system. That follows a major conces Sion by Iran which agreed in the face of Arab pressure to accept the same quota As Iraq roughly 2.6 million barrels a Day. Prices historically., Iran has been of pcs Wco tid largest producer after saudi Arabia. The Las mumbling Block to the agreement was re moved on monday when saudi Arabia withdrew its proposal for a floor Price of $15 a barrel. Several open members telephoned King fahd of saudi Arabia to object and the saudis then agreed see open on Back Page
