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-Far from rich is the diet of many Wall Streeters nerve-racked by the ups & downs of the market. Wall Street restaurants are probably the only ones in the world where the ulcer-treating diet of crackers & milk is listed as a specialty of the house. One eating place proudly lists six different combinations: a choice of sal tines or graham crackers with milk, half & half, or cream. At least one "they" expert was no longer operating: Frederick N. Goldsmith, who thought the comic strips disclosed what "they" were buying & selling and who peddled the tips in his market letter, has been banned from the street by New York State. ' The New York Times index of 50 stocks last reek hit 148.21, only a shade under its 1946 high of 148.50. The New York Herald Tribune's index of 100 stocks reached 131.01, still under its 1946 high of 137.45. The most comprehensive index of all, a compilation by Barren's financial weekly of the prices of all common stocks on the Jew York Exchange, stood at 256.38 at the end of April (the most recent figure), compared to its 1946 high of 273.1. With the upsurge in May, Barren's index was estimated to be close to the previous high.