September 24, 1972

ROCK music drives you up the wall, right? It's too loud, too garbled, too lacking in familiar rhythms to make you do anything more than shudder every time you hear it, right? It roars out at you from every Broadway record shop, it's beginning to seep out of your television set and it's almost impossible to find a Broadway musical these days that doesn't have the word “Rock” as an antecedent to the title.

Philippean Pres Marcos, following declaration of martial law on Sept 23, announces controls on newspapers, radio stations and foreign correspondents; several journalists are reptdly arrested

WHEN civilians (that's how we actors affectionately refer to those not in the profession) come backstage, why do they usually behave so unnaturally? They often do more acting than we've done all night. We seem to be very “off putting” to people and the further you get away from New York or Holly wood, the more so it becomes. So you practically feel like a different breed.

 

Article discusses rampant crime in area of 125th St Penn Central station which has led to 2 attacks in 2 days on commuters; Dr S Brody was robbed and stabbed on 125th St on Sept 21 and Dr W G Friedmann was fatally stabbed on Sept 20; both were on their way to Penn Central station; inadequate police protection in area noted; area residents and employes agree that most of crime in area stems from methadone-maintenance program center next to Penn Central station, which always has crowd of idlers near it; most commuters seem to be unaware of potential danger in neighborhood