Show Iraq accepts OPEC quotas - VIENNA (UPI) Iraq said today it accepted a proposal for a new OPEC agreement on oil reduction a decision likely to E olster sagging world oil prices and that all other ministers in the cartel have concurred Within hours oil prices rose sharply in London "This agreement that has been worked out meets the requirements of all the 13 ministers" Iraqi Oil Minister lssam Abdul Raheem told reporters on the fifth day of OPEC’s yearend meeting in Vienna "I think we have achieved quite a lot Once we get this agreement going it (OPEC) should be strong It was the first comment Iraq on the tentative agreement that Iranian Oil from Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh odtlined Thursday night in a dramatic turnaround from Iran’s previous position that it had to have a larger production quota than Iraq its Persian Gulf War foe “We are waiting for a re- minister" said after a meeting with Saudi Arabian counterpart Hisham Snow piles up in mountains of West By United Press International Winter storms brought rain to the West today and more snow fell in the mountains but the eastern of the nation enjoyed fair dries — a good day to hit the malls in what traditionally is the busiest shopping day of the year Winter storms that have dumped layers of snow over the peaks of the West all week continued today over the mountains of Oregon Washington Colorado northwest New Mexico northern Arizona central and northern California western Nevada and northwest Montana Forecasters warned of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibility throughout the day Six inches of snow fell during the night around Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevad- a border and forecasters said another 4 inches was likely by sunset An inch of snow was on the ground at See local forecasts on page 4 two-thir- Spokane Wash Forecasters said freezing rain was likely today in the mountains of southern California On Thursday ideal Thanksgiving Day weather helped brighten the smiles of children as Santa Claus marched alongside Big Bird and the Pink Panther on the streets of New York in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thousands of people children in tow lined Central Park West and Broadway under sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-30- s for the piece de resistance of Thanksgiving Day Milljpns more Nazer Nazer said he was confident a new agreement will be signed when the full ministerial meeting Saturday at OPEC re-ope- watched on nationwide television The winter storms created problems in the West however as winds up to 40 mph whipped newfallen snow into drifts that clogged roads through mountain passes from the Caseades of Washington state to the Colorado Rockies NWS forecasters said Highway 20 was closed through Oregon's mountains as a foot of snow fell at Santiam Pass and Tombstone Most other roads were packed with snow and ice Fifteen inches of new snow hit Mount Baker in Washington bringing the total amount on the ground to 75 inches Another foot or more of snow was expected in many areas by this morning Flagstaff Ariz received 2 inches of snow Thursday afternoon Up to 8 inches of snow fell Thursday in the Big headquarters “Yes I think there will be an agreement tomorrow” Nazer said Saudi Arabia is OPEC's largest producer In London North Sea Brent Crude jumped dramatically in response to the breakthrough in the OPEC meeting reached Thursday night when Aghazadeh indicated he was climbing down on opposing production parity with Iraq The benchmark crude the most widely traded in the world was sold at $1435 a barrel at 2 pm (10 am EST) against Thursday’s close of Horn Mountains of Wyoming Dayton Wyo got 5 inches and Story received 4 Vi inches north-centr- al BANGKOK Thailand (UPI) Rescue workers today pulled more bodies from mountain villages buried under tons of logs and mud raising the toll from flooding in Thailand and Malaysia to at least 222 people dead Officials blamed widespread illegal logging that stripped hills above the stricken villages for worsening the tragedy Army ana civilian rescue workers uncovered dozens more bodies in two Thai villages buried by landslides bringing the death toll in Thailand to 195 with an estimated 400 people still believed missing At least 131 people have been hospitalized In Thailand at least are dead and an estimated 400 people are still 195 people believed missing In Malaysia officials said the death toll rose to 27 today with about 47000 people still huddling in evacuation centers with injuries officials said In Malaysia officials said the death toll rose to 27 today with about 47000 people still huddling in evacuation centers as the torrential rain of the spokesman southern-base- d for Thailand s Fourth Army said waves of mud and logs loosened by the rain rushed down mountainsides in at least two places past six days ceased and in Nakorn Srithammarat Province floodwaters began to recede Col Banchon Chavansil about mile south of Bangkok Banchon said 133 bodies have 360 Soviets deploy tanks troops but protests continue anti-Armeni- an (UPI) — Crowds of protesters Islamic banners and chanting “Armewaving nians out!" demonstrated in the Soviet republic of Azerbaijani for a fourth straight day despite the deployment of armored vehicles and tanks officials said today MOSCOW also continued in the mostly Christian neighboring republic of Armenia but on a smaller scale dissident sources reported In Moscow Armenian representative Rudolf Khachanov reported two people were killed during rioting in ethnically mixed Armenian neighborhoods in the last two days bringing to five the number killed in unrest in tne two republics since Monday The violence in the Soviet Union's region stems from a over control of Nagorno Karabakh an dispute autonomous region of mostly ethnic Armenians d inside Azerbaijan The rePro-Armeni- counter-demonstration- s trans-Caucasi- nine-mon- an th Moslem-dominate- gion's ethnic Armenian majority favors secession from Azerbaijani and seeks to unite with Armenia “In Baku demonstrations are still continuing with people protesting against the wish of Nagorno Karabakh to leave the republic” said a local foreign ministry official contacted by telephone "People are waving flags of the Azerbaijan republic and there are also some green Islamic flags about" he said “Some are carrying posters saying 'Armenians out!' and we nave troops deployed in three cities All 11 other cities in Azerbaijan appear to be calm" The official news agency Tass said the unrest had “seriously complicated normal public life industrial ana transport operations classes (of schools and colleges) and medical services and kept the population in tension posing a threat to their security and not letting them live and work in calm" Dissident and official sources said an curfew had been imposed in three Azerbaijani cities where hundreds of thousands of people had taken to the streets over the past three days "The situation in Azerbaijan and Armenia over recent days has deteriorated and there have been clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis" Tass said all-nig- ht f 9 been recovered in the province most of them from mountain villages in Phibul and Lansaka districts which were crushed by the torrent of mud mixed with logs Rescuers said about 400 more people were believed missing and the stench of decaying bodies was rising from the mud "I don't know what the final death toll will be but the figure must be very high'' Banchon said in a telephone interview “Bodies keep coming in all the time" He said more than 1000 soldiers were assisting civilian authorities in rescue yf The Idaho Inside' WHdHfe Con- - gross met last weekend at what Idaho Gov: Cecil Andrus called a historic gathering at "a key juncture in Idaho politics" 1J Index About Cache Classified ads Obituaries Region report 4 17 Sports Stock prices 4 3 9 4 Weather m—m—mm—mmmammmm Clear but clearly cold Time to stay warm In crowded shopping malls or just stay home and eat the last of the 'bird' stuffing and : 4 pumpkin pie per barrel Aghazadeh left for Teheran today and Iranian delegation sources said they expected the minister himself would not return to sign the accord but would have a deputy or another official put Iran’s seal on it "Maybe I will come back Sunday" Aghazadeh said $1295 Landslides bury villages over 200 dead — from the Iranian sponse The Wellsvilles sparkle under clear skies this morning but more unsettled weather is expected Rainfall eased today after six days of torrential downpours Surin Pitsuwan a member of Aghazadeh announced he accepted the Parliament from Nakorn Thursday broad ' outlines of a proposal Srithammarat who visited the mudslide areas said illegal spelling out production limits for OPEC’s 13 member nations loggers had cut down huge The moves by Iran and Iraq stands of forest that might and today removed Thursday have slowed rain run-of- f and the last obstacles to a major left the logs on the hills to diy formal the cartel agreement “The picture of thousands of to is needed prevent the illegal fogs which came with says oil of collapse prices flash floods smashing through The proposal which would villages houses ana bridges limit combined daily output to shows that what was behind 185 barrels and peg million this grest damage is the to $18 a barrel for a prices extensive illegal logging in the period beginning south" Surin told reporters 1 could possibly be signed Initial estimates of the dam- Jan age in' Thailand included Saturday 680000 acres of orchards See OPEC on page 2 six-mon- th Sponsor of ethics bill not deterred SANTA BARBARA Calif (UPI) — President Reagan chose to veto an ethics bill as one of his last official acts but the bill's sponsor vows the setback is only temporary and the fight is not finished Restrictions Act on Reagan vetoed the Wednesday calling the measure “flawed excessive and discriminatory” and saying it would drive '“America's best talent" away from public service The legislation the first effort to extend federal ethics law to cover members of Congress faced strong opposition within the Cabinet But the bill's sponsor was just as adamant in his support of it The sponsor Sen Strom Thurmond said “We may have lost this battle but not the war I want to serve notice that I will again push this measure when the new Congress convenes in nt R-S- C January" White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said no administration official — including Vice President George Bush the — recommended to Reagan that he should sign president-elec- t the bill Earlier Bush said in Washington that if Reagan vetoed the legislation he planned to submit his own ethics bill to the next Congress See ETHICS on page 2 ( |