Caption: (NY15) NEW YORK, Dec. 8 ? CLEARED EXPRESSWAY AND HEAVY GUARD FOR JOHNSON CONVOY ? A large group of New York motorcycle policemen flank the convoy carrying President Johnson and his party as it races down the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens section of New York toward Manhattan today. Other policemen stand guard on bridge and expressway entrances as all other traffic was stopped on the road until the Presidential party had cleared it. The President was en route from Idlewild airport to Manhattan to attend funeral rites for former New York Gov. Herbert Lehman. (AP Wirephoto) (SEE AP Wire story) (nw11520HWG) 1963.
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