Rock enthusiasts suffer mud, hunger, thirst
Two of 300,000 rock-music enthusiasts who attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair at White Lake, New York, to listen to Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, the Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar and the Who.
Conditions appeared to be improving yesterday after two days of mud, hunger, and thirst. The audience was relaxed, and drug use appeared to have tapered off. But doctors at two field hospitals said people with bad drug reactions continued to comprise the majority of patients.
A fleet of more than a dozen helicopters, including two on loan from the Army, ferried the more seriously ill to nearby hospitals. More than 100 people had been arrested on drug charges either at the festival or on their way there, but there were no reports of violence.
