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caused police to close that road to all except festival traffic. The highway bridge over the creek became a diving platform. Large numbers of the members of both sexes bathed nude. There wifcre several swimmers whose relig ion was obvious ... all they wore were mezzuzot or Star of David on chains around their necks. Heat prostration took its toll. Ambulances rushed victims to hospitals in the area. As one screamed by with its siren blar ing a youth turned to another complaining “Man, those kids will call anything music these days.” The big question of the day was “Is it hotter, or are there more people here?” The answer “Sometimes both.” Although it was the 4th of July weekend, there was little obvious patriotism. Nonethe less, one of the entertainment highlights of the festival was an Independence Day fireworks dis play accompanied by Jimmi Hendrix’s own special version of the “Star Spangled Banner.” Transportation within the fes tival area was on foot or by pil ing on the hoods, trunks and tops of slow moving vehicles. At one point, a state patrolman was stopping cars to let kids pile on. Heliocopters flew in and out with performers and emergency medical cases including four at tacks of acute labor pains. Small private airplanes crowded the in area.. For .$14 * head, people passed ‘through „the gates. By 9:30 p.m., however, those thou sands' who hhd not paid for tic kets decided to come in too. When they did, the producers of the event stopped selling tickets and started begging for money. They asked pushers of drugs to donate 10% of their profits to the festival. But for thousands, it was now a free show. As crowds grew, water and sanitary facilities were over taxed.’ , Nearby communities helped with water and sent fire trucks to cope with the thirst of thousands. Adding to the thirst was the heat. The only escape from temperatures which officially hit 104 degrees was the shade of the pecan grove or the water flowing in Echeconnee Creek which flows under U.S. highway 41. People and parked cars space above the festival land that up /oy the .next week. Bu looked down upon die multitude, the Festival lives as part of tin Several of them flew low over rock music-long hair—drug cul the concert area bugging the an- ture of the country. I*ast yeai dience. A small L^er jet drew it w* “Werq yOU at* Wood- an ovation for its performance. stock?*’ this year it will lx Georgia may never see another “Were you at Byron? and for £ pop festival. Even if a promoter quarter million, the inquiry it- could be found, it looks as se ^ W1 ^ ^ A Trip . Continued from page 1 out, walked along the roads and talked to others who were doing tthe same thing. “Why don’t you get a haircut and a shave?” yelled a,young man who by tra ditional standards needed one quite badly himself. Conversa tions more typically concerned themselves with “Where you from?” “How many do yoiu think are here?” and “You want some dope?” Yes. Dope. Marijuana, hash ish, LSD, STP, Cesoaline, MDA.— almost anything used to turn on was available to turn on with. The fragrance of “grass” drifted everywhere. Rolled in banana- flavored papers, joints passed from hand to hand and lip to lip. The Georgia State Patrol •fid GBl officials which Gover nor Maddox had ordered into the area busied themselves at moving traffic. Buyers and sellers openly sought and sold their particular brands. There were some bad trips on bad drugs but “trip tents” had been set up with medical facilities for just that possibility. Just after noon on Friday, the music began. 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