Word: zaragoza
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...dusty village squares and in the vast Zócalo before Mexico City's National Palace, crowds danced, skyrockets sizzled. In historic Puebla, where girls pelted his car with flowers as he passed, President Miguel Aleman laid a wreath at the foot of the statue of General Ignacio Zaragoza...
...Cinco de Mayo-the Fifth of May-and all Mexico was celebrating the victory won 86 years ago when General Zaragoza's troops drove the glittering legions of Emperor Napoleon III down the slopes of Puebla...
When he found the army of General Zaragoza drawn up at Puebla, Lorencez did not even bother to maneuver for position. The Mexican priests assured him that the city hated the Juarez government more than any city in the land, and would greet his troops with flowers. Lorencez popped away briefly with his ten cannon, then ordered his men to take the fortified convent of Guadalupe...
...rest of San Antonio's citizens. One who did not ignore them was short (5 ft. 6 in.), good-natured Gaetano Anthony Lucchese, 50, son of a Sicilian immigrant. When Tano Lucchese was 17, his father* sent him to the West Side to manage the old Zaragoza theater. Lucchese liked the movie business; he also liked and understood Mexicans. They liked him too. The adults used the lobby as a meeting place; children were allowed to romp through the aisles during shows...
...Lucchese prospered, he bought the Zaragoza and other theaters, including one with seats wide enough for two. He also acquired a fortune estimated at "between one and two million" dollars and the desire to repay his debt to the Mexicans. Said Tano Lucchese: "The Mexicans are kicked around too much. I want to give them a center they can call their own. The best of everything...