European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Friday november 23, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 7 Ford is scolded for showing nudes on to Washington a vice president designate Gerald r. Ford was chastised by members of the House judiciary commit tee wednesday for displaying a Magazine opened to a Page of nude photos before television cameras. I think that is a lamentable breach of Good taste said rep. Jerome r. Waldie a Calif. Rep. Don Edwards d-Calif., called it incredibly  Ford flashed the Magazine at the com Mittee during questioning by Waldie about Ford s unsuccessful 1970 Effort to get the House to impeach supreme court Justice William 0. Douglas. One of Ford s charges against Douglas was that he had allowed an article he had written to be published in Evergreen which Ford described As an obscene Maga  Don t know whether you be seen the Magazine Ford said pulling out a copy. Justice Douglas s article was preceded by five pages of  he opened it and flipped through several pages showing nude men and women in various poses. The Bank of television cameras which had not been on before blazed into activity and Waldie called them to Ford s Atten Tion. Do you think that is in Good taste before National television asked Waldie. Ford continuing to hold the Magazine up said he wanted the committee to see the kind of Magazine in which Douglas had permitted his writings to appear. Questions about the Douglas impeach ment Effort dominated the fifth Day of the confirmation hearings on Ford s Nomi nation with Waldie asking most of them. Ford disclosed under the questioning that he had sought and received help from both the White House and the Justice de Heads or tails Hsing Hsing likes his hew Yard Hsing Hsing the giant Panda has his  and Downs As he tries out his new out door play Yard at the National zoo in saturday night specials Washington . His mate Ling Ling rates the pandas but allows them to cent Eris visible on the other Side of watch each other s antics including the chinese Moon Gate. The Gate Sepa head stands like this. A photo Miami bans cheap handguns Miami up an ordinance Banning cheap handguns known As saturday night specials went into effect in the greater Miami area thursday. It was Only coincidental Dade county mayor Jack Orr says that the Day also was thanksgiving and the 10th anniversary of the assassination of president John f. Kennedy. The ordinance passed the Dade county commission nov. 12 after a hearing oct. 20 had to be Cut Short because of Rowdy objections to the proposed Law by gun dealer Sand other opponents. The meeting nov. 12 was attended by a vocal crowd of about 1,000, most of them opposing gun control measures. The heavy opposition resulted in the Tab Ling of a measure Banning All handguns but despite protests from the audience the saturday night special prohibition passed easily 7-2. Rationing May cheapen Massachusetts insurance Boston a there is one Bright spot for Massachusetts motorists faced with the possibility of gasoline rationing they May get lower Auto insurance rates. Insurance commissioner John Ryan said the state Cut Auto insurance rates substantially in 1942 when gasoline rationing was in effect because fewer cars were on the Road. The new ordinance is aimed at the cheaper pistols described As guns of .32 Caliper and under with a barrel length under three inches and made of Low tensile alloys not of forged steel. Attorney Robert Floyd representing four gun dealers who had opposed the orig Inal All encompassing ban said the weapon outlawed under the new ordinance is a cheap gun that the legitimate gun user does t want anyway. That the gun dealer does t necessarily like to handle the commission also passed effective in March an ordinance requiring that gun purchasers take a test and that gun Deal ers be licensed. The test would consist of seven True false questions. Most gun dealers adopted a wait and see attitude about the new controls but Abe trunks owner of a downtown Miami pawnshop said he was still opposed. It seems to me the bad people Are still going to find guns said trunks whose Stock of firearms Falls mostly into the saturday night special category. Control Laws to them Are like taking a ladder away from a cat hell just  most Law enforcement officials also declined to predict the effect of the Ordi Nance. Who knows said sheriff Wilson e. Purdy. Well just have to wait and  apartment in getting information about Douglas. The Campaign was launched by Ford with a speech on april 15, 1970, one week after the Senate had rejected a second supreme court nominee of president Nixon a and Waldie suggested the administration May have prompted Ford to actin retaliation. Ford dismissed the timing As coincidence and said he actually be came interested in the Douglas matter in late 1969 upon learning that Douglas was receiving a $12,000-a-year salary from a private foundation. Court upholds order to reveal news source Boston a the Massachusetts supreme judicial court has upheld a lower court order that compels a Wall Street journal reporter to reveal her news sources in connection with a libel suit. In a 12-Page unanimous decision written by chief Justice g. Joseph Tauro the High court said the first amendment gives re porters no Protection against being compelled to disclose their news sources in connection with court proceedings. Reporter Liz roman Gallese of Cam Bridge has refused to reveal the name of a Stoneham official she quoted last year in connection with the state s zoning Laws. An Andover contractor William d Annolfo brought a $100,000 libel suit against the journal and mrs. Gallese claiming he was defamed by the Stoneham official s statement. Ordered in july last july mrs. Gallese was ordered to reveal her sources before judge Joseph Ford of Suffolk county Superior court. She declined on constitutional grounds. Attorney Raymond j. Kenneyjr. Representing both mrs. Gallese and Dow Jones & co. Which publishes the journal said the ruling is being studied to determine if an Appeal will be taken to the . Supreme  argued that while the first amendment does not give newsmen an absolute privilege it at least creates a shield behind which journalists May conceal their confidential sources in court cases until it is demonstrated that the information is crucial to a particular  that argument the state s High court said amounts to asking the court to Post Pone disclosure until All other Means of acquiring information have been exhausted. We Are asked to Rule that journalists have a qualified privilege to refuse to re veal confidential information which is admittedly relevant to a court proceeding. We adhere to our prior holding that the first amendment imports no such privilege qualified or absolute Tauro  court s prior holding involved a criminal Case in which a new Bedford Tele vision newsman refused to reveal information he obtained in a visit to a Black pan thers Headquarters. White House denies slur on Richardson Washington up a presidential spokesman denied wednesday that anyone at the White House was involved in spreading a report that former attorney general Elliot l. Richardson had a drink ing problem. Deputy press Secretary Gerald l. War Ren also denied that president Nixon had accused Richardson of lying about his involvement in the firing of special water Gate prosecutor Archibald Cox. The Washington Post in a front Page Story saturday quoted senators who met with Nixon and White House chief of staff Alexander Haig last week As saying Haig made a reference to Richardson s drink ing. The Post said Haig quoted Richardson As saying i d had a drink and i was  the Post said one senator present took this As an attempt to revive Richard son s conviction in 1939 of Drunken driving charges and a 1951 driving Accident. Warren said no one in any position of authority at the White House was involved in spreading that report. We would certainly be interested in finding out who is doing this and we thoroughly disassociate ourselves from it he said. Richardson has denied any drinking problem. He said the two driving incidents involving him happened in his youth and were Well known. He pointed to Back ground investigations undertaken before his confirmation to three different Cabinet posts As proof he had no problem. There also have been conflicting reports of Richardson s role when Cox was fired for not limiting his investigation. Richardson has said he opposed putting any limits on Cox although congressmen who met with Nixon last week said the president told them Richardson had no such objections