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...York Yankees' Outfielder Joe DiMaggio, usually as closemouthed as a Russian diplomat, took a preliminary sniff of the Fourth of July weather last week and made his pick. "It will be a finish fight between the Red Sox and us," said Joe. Then, with a look at the American League leaders: "The White Sox will make trouble right to the end, but they are not going to win, because when [Manager] Paul Richards will need his pitching most it will...
...continued-part of it played scratchily from long, tape-recorded interviews with addicts-spectators got an astonishing picture of a strange new city: New York as it appears to a "junkie." It is a city where "pushers" peddle their wares almost as casually as sidewalk balloon vendors, where children sniff heroin even in classrooms, where an innocent-looking drugstore or cafeteria may be an addicts' hangout...
...Antonio last week, two businessmen installed a slot machine which advertised a hangover remedy for 25?. The remedy: a 30-second sniff of pure oxygen (which some people believe will mitigate hangovers), taken through a cone which the user holds to his nose...
...addicts learn and change hophead jargon. They call a needle and a syringe a "spike & dripper." A sniff of heroin is a "snort of horse," and an injection under the skin a "joy pop." Many teen-agers quickly become "mainliners" -because it is cheaper and quicker if they inject the drug directly into a vein, most often with a safety pin and an eyedropper...
...every sniff, hiss and boo they responded with rousing "Ahhs!" All in all, the exhibition raised a splendid ruckus...