European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 the stars and will acc hearing Washington up cantle Federal communications commission smoke out billion Aire mystery Man Howard Hughes to defend his bid for control of the american Broad casting company just two Days after he hit Wall Street with his sensational offer to buy two million shares of the third ranked network common Stock the acc announced it would hold Public  commission stressed that the transaction involved possible Transfer of control of one of the most important mediums of mass comm Mca at the same time it ordered Hughes specifically not to exercise any voting rights in the shares of Abc Stock he May acquire pending the hearing Orin any Way to seek to influence its policies or  Hughes assured the commis Sion he would not exercise an voting rights to exert a Model measure sought . Cities study local gun control legislation controlling influence first obtaining Coffi Missott con sent if that is his offer to buys accepted. No Date was set for the hearings to determine Hughes qualifications to hold a control Ling interest in Abc. But the acc emphasized that the serious questions raised should be fully explored and Al necessary witnesses examined. The commission might,.wellcall hughes62-year.6ld Finan Cier who ranks with a Paul Getty As americasjwo4tcestmdividuils-Tomdsiiff in Iverson. The two men Aret teach estimated to be Worth Between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Hughes who has not been seen in Public for years a such a penchant for privacy he might drop the whole Deal rather than make an appear act. He did just that apparently when he relinquished control of trans world airlines  a court fight a major delete be contractor with Wiki wac  Ufuti Siuai my Terest St huge apparently has Monef to ,.after spending an estimated $100 billion buying hotels an gambling iras inf a. Television station and 6tk6fptoperty in his adopted Las Vigas Headquarters he made the Abc proposal. Hughes could gain control with just 35 per cent of the Abc Stock since the remainder of shares Are widely distributed among Small stockholders. Washington a Sev eral of the nation s biggest Cit ies have gun control Laws anymore cities and towns Are considering them. But advocates of local Laws Are Quick to Point out they cannot be fully effective without interstate sales restrictions. The City Council of washing ton last week gave tentative approval to an ordinance requiring licensing of pistols rifles and shotguns and permits for carrying them. It is similar to one recommended by the metropolitan Washington Council of govern ments which includes 15 cities and counties. Indicate interest several cities including Newhaven Conn and san Antonio tex., have indicated their inter est in City gun Laws the nation Al league of cities says. I notes that new York Chicago and Philadelphia already have enacted strict gun control Laws. One has been proposed in St. Louis. The league has started work ing on a Model gun control Ordi Nance and plans to meet wit state attorneys general to draft complementary state and local Laws. The executive committee of the league last May called for Federal regulations to keep fire arms out of the hands of those Likely to misuse them. It said that local ordinance were relatively ineffective be cause of the ease with which firearms May be acquired in other jurisdictions and through the  the omnibus crime control Bill signed recently by president Johnson bans mail order sales of pistols. Both the House and title for commoner Oslo Norway a Sonj Haraldsen 31 years old thurs Day will be officially known a Crown Princess Sonja of nor Way when she marries 31-Yearold Crown Prince Harald on aug 29, the foreign ministry announced. Senate judiciary committee slave before them Bills that would ban the mail order sales if rifles and shotguns. Statistics on the effectiveness of City ordinances Are meager and there Are arguments about he figures that Are available. New York City under a strict state regulation on hand guns also has a new local Law requiring registration of rifles and shotguns. In testimony before Congress recently mayor John v. Lind say of new York said that of 746murders in his City last year 235, or less than one third we recommitted with firearms. In its latest figures for 1966,the Fri said 60 per cent of the murders in the United state were by firearms. Also in testimony before con Gress Harold a Glassen presi Dent of the National Rifle association of America said that in 1966, 2.85 per cent of All serious crimes including robberies in new York City were committed with the Aid of firearms. Unlicensed handguns he said accounted for 87.16 per cent of the firearms crimes. This is proof he said that criminals will not abide by the Law. Fri statistics the president s crime com Mission reported in 1967 that Fri statistics demonstrate that a higher proportion of homicides Are committed with fire arms in those areas where fire arms regulations Are lax thanin those areas where there Are More stringent controls. In dal Las tex., and Phoenix ariz., firearms regulations Are fairly weak. In Dallas in 1963, 72 per cent of homicides were commit Ted with firearms in Phoenix 65.9 per cent were committed with firearms. In Chicago where regulations Are More strict 46.4 per cent of the homicides were committed with fire arms. In new York City with the most stringent gun controls of any major City in the United states Only about 25 per cent of the homicides Are committed with  just kidding although they Are Cladin bathing suits this is about As close As miss universe contest candidates Ever come to get Ting them wet. Here miss Finland Leona Brustin reaches out to pull in two year old Julie Birnbaum s water toy As miss England Jennifer Summers left and miss Scotland Helen Davidson look on. The girls Are in Washington d.c., before leaving for the contest in Miami Beach Fla. Associated press photo $100,000 Stanford fire is blamed on arsonists Stanford Calif. A afire blamed on arsonists caused $100,000 damage Friday to the of fice of Stanford University s president Wallace Sterling. A University spokesman said arsonists also tampered with files some of them duplicate rec ords of the Stanford research Institute a rec it target of political activists for work related to the Vietnam War Effort. The spokesman also said the fire was part of the whole Pic Ture in a series of protests that began on the Campus last Spring. Bruce Wiggins the Santa Clara county fire marshal Boss has no love of Micro new York a a scan majority of employers think miniskirts Are All right in the of fice. But not Micro minis and  s the indication from a Survey conducted by the administrative management society. Of 372 companies responding to the poll 52 per cent said mini skirts Are permitted 48 per Cen said no. Some of the comments on miniskirts heavens   adds new interest to the daily  those approving of miniskirts put the acceptable length at two or three inches above the  one Mem Ber described As the for Good Ness Sake Don t Bend Over style Are out As far As Bosses Are concerned. Seventy five per cent of the employers said they would t let their women workers Wear boots in the office but 66 per cent weren t opposed to coloured textured or fishnet Hose. As for men workers they had better shun beards Long hair and Turtleneck shirts if the want to get along with the Boss. What does a company Dowhen an employee refuses to abide by the unwritten rules Osgood taste we make our likes and Dis likes known and Point out that grooming is brought up at the salary review one executive said. Our employees Are Given to understand that their pro Gress May be affected by their grooming ailed the Blaze the work of agonists. The Fri said it is closely Fol owing the fire Case but Proba Bly would not actively enter i unless there was a connection with another fire believed deliberately set that destroyed he Stanford naval Roth build no last May. Lost in the fire were Sterling personal rare Book and Memen of collection gathered Over 40years. He retires As president sept. 1. Found in bag a University spokesman Saida Green bag was found by the door at the. Rear of the building it contained the University s Fife on the Stanford research Institute. V faculty personnel record from an office adjoining Ster Ling s had been pulled out an partially burned. Files in other offices were opened Wiggins said that due to Hea and smoke damage the entire Interior of the building on the in Ner quadrangle could be considered destroyed. He Sai there was a Strong Emeli gasoline throughout the build ing a number of paintings we lost including several of the Leland Stanford family Dallas apology accepted by african envoy Dallas up the City Odallas apologized to the nation Al education association Fonda because a nightclub refused t serve several negro a convention delegates include an african  african said he accepted the apology but a group