Violence In New York

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31635, 22 March 1968, Page 3

Violence In New York

New York had two armed policemen standing on every corner. Visitors were warned of possible knife attacks, Mrs J. K. McAlpine said yesterday. Mra McAlpine was guest speaker at the Parents’ Day ceremony at Karitane Hospital She talked about her three-month trip around America with her husband, who la a former Minister of Transport “We actually saw a knifing In New York. There were about 11 youths standing around while the policeman stood well away, but keeping an eye on them until the police car came. He just did not want a riot on his hands.” While they were in New York their luggage went astray, said Mrs McAlpine. "I decided I would go down to the depot and inquire. I was accosted three times in two blocks." When driving through Harlem they should lock the car doors, they were warned. “No woman answers the door after dark in New York unless she is expecting someone, but some houses are equipped with peep holes so they can view their caller before they open the door. “In the big apartment blocks

there is usually a night porter who takes care of callers.” Washington was a beautiful city, which abounded in parks and trees, and New Orleans was also very pleasant, said Mrs McAlpine. Boston was a fascinating city, she said. Boston had some wonderful old churches. In the church where Benjamin Franklin was buried, each pew had its own door. Mrs McAlpine also saw in Boston the lamp which Paul Revere carried to warn

his countrymen that the English were coining. In Philadelphia she and her husband watched a court case, but they were not allowed to sit together “for fear they might create a disturbance,” she said.

President.—Mr J. Lawn was elected president of the Solo Parents at the first annual meeting in Christchurch, not Mrs J. Lawn as reported in “The Press” on Wednesday.