Hemisfair '68 and the Transformation of San Antonio. Sterlin Holmesly

Hemisfair '68 and the Transformation of San Antonio



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Publisher: Maverick Publishing Company
Page: 181
ISBN: 9781893271289


"I know you're caught up in that dusty, damn little ol' town down there," Lee Iacocca told San Antonio businessman Red McCombs in explaining why Ford Motor Company would not have a pavilion at the world's fair San Antonio was planning for 1968. Then McCombs called Texas Governor John Connally, who called President Lyndon Johnson, who called Henry Ford II. Getting the Ford Pavilion opened the way to major industrial participation and assured HemisFair's success. The fair sparked a transformation of San Antonio. A monolithic Old Guard overcame four decades of post-Depression lethargy to put on the event, only to find itself soon overthrown by the new energy. As change rippled outward, rising minority political groups ...

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