Word: antonios
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...Antonio, where the Johnsons were married in 1934, she turned on a new scenic lighting system for the San Antonio River, then floated down the illuminated water on a barge while crowds lined the banks and local songsters serenaded her from bridges and landings. Lady Bird cited San Antonio as a model for the beautification and preservation efforts of other American cities. "Here is a great example of what can be done," she said. "It says to every city-look around and find the individual charm, the bounty of nature, the heritage of the past with which to rebuild...
...deaf ears until one morning last December when Press Secretary Bill Moyers awoke to discover that two hulking rats had been caught in carefully baited traps in his Driskill room. All of a sudden, the press had a powerful convert to its cause. Moyers dispatched aides to San Antonio to look into accommodations there; San Antonio sent lobbyists to Washington. The next time Johnson decided to visit Texas, Moyers put the press up in San Antonio...
Down the River. San Antonio was delighted-and prepared. When the 41-man press corps hit town after a five-hour flight, it was greeted by a rollicking four-piece Mexican band and an unlimited supply of margarita cocktails. "We'd like you to be happy this weekend and every weekend," boomed Chamber of Commerce President B. J. ("Red") McCombs. "We will do as many things for you as you will allow...
...were given guest memberships at six private clubs-a "must" for a man who wanted a drink. They received tickets for a performance of a traveling opera company and invitations to a formal military ball. They were taken on tours of the city and boat rides down the San Antonio River. When they finally got around to going to bed at the recently constructed El Tropicano Motor Hotel, the reporters found four members of the chamber of commerce on duty around the clock. All a man had to do was lift up his phone and put in his order...
...check. Austria next week will hold a national election, with inflation as the central issue: prices advanced 5% last year, and Socialists are mad because the conservative People's Party favors a temporary tax increase. In a rare show of opposition in Portugal, the dictatorial government of Antonio Salazar was openly criticized in newspapers last week because living costs are climbing; potato prices are up from 60 a sack to 120 in a year, and other food tags are rising...