Brussels, Seattle, New York, Montrealand now San Antonio. Of fairs, there seems no end. Why another now?
For one thing, because HemisFair '68, which last week opened its six-month run, gives a big lift to the civic pride of San Antonio, long a sleepy city (pop.: 755,550) at the edge of the Texas hill country, previously noted mainly as the site of the Alamo. For another, it stimulates tourism: officials estimate conservatively that, during HemisFair, 7,500,000 people will visit San Antonio and will spend $35 million there.
But beyond this, the city has good reason to pick a fair as its...