European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Potje 8 the stars and stripes tuesday june 7, 1977 britons threatened by Amin Nairobi Lupi president Idi Amin has threatened to do something serious against the British after alleging Uganda was barred from attending this week s Commonwealth conference in in Inion. Amin s warning broadcast by radio i Ganda immediately raised fears for the safety of the 200 British citizens mainly missionaries and businessmen remaining in the landlocked East african country. After threatening for several months to personally Lead the 250-Stronr ugandan delegation to the meeting dressed in a scottish Kilt Amin sunday apparently ended his cat and mouse game with the British government and said neither a nor a Uganda delegation would attend. Lie said a letter from British prime min ister James Callaghan had made it Clear Uganda was not Welcome in in Mon. But Amin promised to attend the 1979 Commonwealth conference. The radio quoted what it termed an offi Cial nigerian statement delivered to Amin expressing concern Over the British actions adding in our View the right of a Commonwealth head of slate to attend the meeting has never before been questioned Amin blasted Britain for hatred of revolutionary countries like Uganda and said Britain wants those leaders who Are Only puppets to attend the  saudis Likely to hike Oil prices by 5% Beirut will saudi Arabia is Likely to hike its Oil prices 5 per cent As a direct result of the collapse of the North South talks Between developed and developing nations in Paris last week the Middle East economic Survey Mees said monday. The authoritative bulletin said this move would pave the Way for an end to the Price War Liat has split the organization of Petroleum exporting countries Olec since last year. Mees understands that As a direct re action to the failure of the North South dialogue to produce any significant result. Saudi Arabia is now Likely to increase its Oil prices by 5 per cent at midyear thereby rejoining the upper tier Price level of the open majority in one jump it said. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emi rates split from the other 11 members of open by deciding to stick to a 5 per cent Price increase for All of 1977 while the majority agreed on a 10 per cent Rise for the first half of the year and an additional 5 per cent to go into effect in july. In order to help keep the lid on prices by providing More lower priced Oil the saudis also stepped up production ceilings from last year s 8.5 million barrels a Day to a target of 11 million barrels by the end of the year. The saudis had repeatedly pegged their determination to hold the line on Oil prices to two factors tangible Progress at the North South talks and increased under standing of the Arab Point of View in the Middle East conflict by Western nations particularly the . Saudi Crown Prince fahd had already indicated the saudis planned to raise their paces gradually by 5 per cent by the end of the year. Mees said however that the collapse of the Paris talks precipitated the saudi decision to move More quickly and thereby set the stage for a unified Price Structure by the time open convenes at its next regularly scheduled meeting in Stockholm july 12. After work masters 350 Troy states gain is by Jim Coles Iii staff writer Sembach Germany is Troy stale University. Europe has conferred master of science degrees on More than 350 graduates in ceremonies Here. Only about 70 of the new masters were Able to attend the ceremonies As Tsue operates on 21 military facilities in Europe and Asia minor. The degrees were awarded in counsel ing and human development International relations and management. Nearly All the graduates arc Active duty military personnel who took advantage of veterans administration educational and financial benefits to attend classes after work. The majority were in listed person Nel. Besides the graduates dignitaries at the commencement included or. James . Robinson. Tsue coordinator author or. C. Northcote Parkinson Mcdowell Leo Secretary of the state of Alabama and chaplain  Col Robert l. Browning. The commencement address was delivered by Parkinson professor emeritus at Troy stale u., and author of several books including Parkinson s  the Book deals with management theories and gained wide Fame for Parkinson in the late 1950s. His remarks were Light and entertain ing but emphasized the importance of the military As a career. Continuing in a Seri Ous vein he encouraged the graduates to continue their intellectual development and added you need not have a  to continue to improve your mind he also said it matters Little what you study. What matters is How you study and that you finish the  Mcdowell who is also president pro tempore of Board of trustees of Tsu at Troy. Ala., conferred the degrees. Completion of a master s degree is Usu ally the end of formal civilian education while on Active duty according to a Tsue  of the graduates say they plan to obtain specialist degrees or  after completing their required service time or after retirement. According to Robinson some 12,000 Mil itary personnel have taken graduate level courses through Tsue since their Mas Ter s degree program began in 1974. One of 350 winning master s degrees  Richard Browning stands with his wife Louise and son Richard or. After capping a Happy Day commencement exercises of Troy state University Europe at Sembab Ger Many. The Milestone is photographed by another son Christopher. Mrs. Browning holds the degree conferred on her husband. Is photo by Cole somali migs Buzz Hercules of . Firm Djibouti up a . Hercules transport owned by a . Company called Alaska International airways was briefly buzzed sunday by two soviet built m1g17s of the somali air Force aviation sources said  Pilot flying from tic Somalia Capi Tal of Mogadishu in route to Jidida. Saudi Arabia landed a few minutes later at the French owned port of Djibouti and continued on shortly afterwards to Jidida. The sources said Alaska International would file a protest. They said the four engine plane which with the military designation of c130 was the Workhorse transport of the Vietnam War. Had permission to Fly Over somali territory but was buzzed nevertheless. It was the second recent flying incident Between Djibouti which is scheduled to become Independent june 27. And Somalia. France revealed april 27 it had pro tested to Somalia that a m1g17 had fired on a French air Force patrol plane in the Gulf of Aden the previous month and nearly hit a soviet naval Craft. A High school dropout now boars is is degree Sembach a. Germany Sis Rich Ard Browning was a High school dropout in 1961 today he s a 1st lieutenant in the air Force and holds a master s degree in International relations. His Story in t unique. His father died so Dick quit school to help support the family. He said that at first it was fun to drop out of school and furthering his education was the last thing on the mind of the Woburn. Mass native but pressure was put on him after his entry in the air Force to improve himself. He said that not having a diploma made him feel like a Dummy and that he realized education was important if he wanted to get ahead in the service. He took ged Pioneer journalist diesel Dorado Kan. A Rolia a. Clymer. A renowned speaker who was heralded by some As the creator of the editorial Page during a 70-year career in journalism that he began As a reporter or the legendary William Allen White has died at the age of b8. Classes and the test to get his High school diploma. By then he was addicted to team ing and enrolled in courses that eventually led to a . Degree from California state University. Browning is now an aircraft maintenance officer with the 36th organizational Maint so at Pitburg a. He admits that International relations won t be of much help to him in his Job but said that was t the main reason he took it up. It will help me in my personal dealings with germans and other people. It gives me a place to talk  Browning said the reason he stayed in the air Force was because of the educational opportunities and a challenging Job that s not just officer propaganda because Browning was enlisted for 11 years and has Only held his commission Tor about  years. He said he s not sure what hell do but with diploma in hand he said he feels that he s spinning his wheels when he s not in class. Education is really addictive he said. Pc