European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Of Fra a urinal an appearance on the Regis Philbon to show in new York to demonstrate Tome of the sell defense items women Cany in their purses. Him 3 springing Back kick ram her karate training bul i did t ii was instinct. It was survival thought. It was my is the focus of her Book ghost written she readily admits As Well Asol he video entitled Lisa Sli ii a s common sense defense. The Book due this month is simply called Altitude. The sell defense tape is practical and docs l expect women to rely on fancy kicks and punches ii a woman needs to Hil for instance she recommends striking with the Side or the base of the hand. Most women could easily break a hand with what might be the first punch of their lives. Likewise she shows How powerfully painful pealing Back a Ungor can be what a High Hee in an instep will do to an assailant or a powerful Elbow in the solar plexus she has no qualms about advising women to tight Back something not generally recommended by police i worry More about women gelling hurl by not lighting Back she says. They la Lake your bag and still shoot you. I advise hurling them quickly and that gives you time to gel away. We re not powerless. We can change what we Don t like. You Don t have to sit Back and be suckers to these Sliwa says her Slock As a lecturer went up alter she resumed a modelling career she had abandoned Back in High school Days. Our society places models on a Pedestal whether we like it or nol she says. Curtis told me that. A has a very Good grasp on the Way people think. I was speaking recently to a Junior league group on Long Island. They were really listening to me. 1 could see they were Hanying on every word if i were jus i a guardian Angel and not a Model i Don t think i would have had that kind of dedicated to fighting crime Sliwa says she sees no problem in gelling Rich Loo. I d love to move out of that apartment she says with a laugh. She s about to go on a promotional tour or the Book her modelling career is perking along film people Are considering a movie about the Sliwa s and the guardian Angels. Lisa grew up in Inadale iii., the eldest of six children bul her heart was always in new York. Her parents had met in new York and she came Back often to visit relatives and friends As a child. New York is in my blood. When i came to visit it was she says. I would have gone to College Here but i had a partial scholarship and had to go in she was graduated from Lake Fores College armed with a Bachelor s degree in economics and a minor in 17lh Cen tiry French literature just the ticket Lor a crime fighter. Her initial plans in new York bordered on Yuppie Dom. As she watched All her friends move to the Swank East Side she dated wealthy men Aboul town with fancy cars. Then she read Aboul the Angels and decided to be one Lisa s Mother who died in 1978, had been a Public health nurse in Harlem and she instilled in Lisa a sense of contributing to society. She saw the Angels As an Opportunity to serve. She also Mel Curtis Sliwa a Tough charismatic Sloet her i i -. G crime in rudest. Making up for Tetnow Model Una a married to guardian Angel founder. Curtis so let. Kid nicknamed the Rock who was to be husband ii was Halo Al first sight Sho says i was some sort of a Debutante Dabbler and looking Lor a thrill and i though Homes Arr Garil Man i had Ever Mel it s still a Stormy indeed Curlis is fond of telling rep oilers things like Lisa has a Black Bell in cooking As Wal i j .n.i1e she could kill you with he also likes to make out that i grew pin a Palace or she says. It was a Pir Middle class. I knew some kids who were Irun fund babies but my father she likes to Lell people that Curtis grr.,v up in a household where the women ought Tot Trie privilege of doing his laundry. No such fight is being in the Sliwa Home today although Lisa recently a Light her Lisl pot. On Sale Al Gimbel s. After the Early skirmishes and As Lita became More and Mora involved with the Angels Nhuc Carru to respect Curtis he was just pulled in every so says his life Woi hectic. I could see Why he did i have Lime to Lell jokes 1 snarled to understand him bolter bul he still did l Register on my there had been no Moonlight no Ruso. When curbs recuperating in a California Hospital alter being beaten up announced to Lisa he was going to marry her i said get Oulla Here. This in t saudi a Bia his Altitude about marriage was simple i said you will be my Wile Lor life. There s no Halfway with him about anything he she married him in 1981 and says she would like three to five children equipping that might have to be done by mail Gram since they scarcely see Cah other Sliwa has Strong opinions on everything irom women s lib it s an elites movement where women ride around in limousines and give award to each other to la
