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Dallascon Bulletin 1 BAILASCON BULLETIN number one St.Louiscon—27th World Science Fiction Convention; August 29, 30, 31 and September 1, 1969. The Chase- Park Plaza Hotel, 212 N. Kingshighway, St. Louis, Mo. 63108. Membership: $4.00. Make checks payable to St. Louiscon and mail to St. Louiscon, Box 3008, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Guest of Honor: Jack Gaughan. with numerous medical conventions and is ac­ customed to dealing with hotels. Or, at least, is accustomed to dealing with Chicago hotels. Apparently the hotels there regard conventions dallascon as necessary evils and begrudge them as few amenities as possible. She still hasn't quite FIRST THOUGHTS lost her dazed expression at the friendliness tom reamy and cooperation we encountered. At first, she didn't believe it. She thought the first hotel we interviewed was giving us a snow-job but One day Larry said, "Hey, why don't we when they all acted the same way, she was bid on the Worldcon?" and Joe Bob lit up like finally convinced. a Christmas tree and said, "Great! if Tom As soon as we listed the convention with will be the chairman," and I said, "Be seri­ the Chamber of Commerce, the hotels began ous!" But then I began to hear the clarion call a game of one-upsmanship. After several of trumpets and the rattle of drums and see weeks of being wined and dined and generally banners fluttering in the wind with the sky a spoiled rotten, we selected the Statler-Hilton. Selznick red behind me and a Tiomkin score I must confess that some of the other hotels swelling up on the sound track. "Why not?" I offered us more /////a/ personal inducements yelled, leaping two inches off the floor. than the Hilton but, on balancing out facilities Why not, indeed? We have an experienced and cooperation, the Hilton was our choice. convention group; we have a fine city with fine We could find no flaws in either the physical hotels and there's never been a Worldcon in facilities or the attitude of the hotel. It seems Texas. We have two active clubs: the Dallas perfect for the con. They want the convention Science Fiction Society (DaSFS— well group, and are going to great lengths to help us with it was either that or DaSFA and there are too the bid, knowing full well that all the time, ef­ many of those already) , new and energetic fort and money they are expending will go and Hydra the comics club — specializing in down the drain should we be unsuccessful. tempests in teapots. I hasten to add that though One example: they are picking up the tab on the bid is supported by both clubs, the bid­ our bidding party at the '71 convention. If any ding committee is an autonomous group in no other bidder has had a hotel that did that, they way responsible to either. neglected to mention it. We've had lots of ideas and are making The Statler-Hilton will not come in for any many plans. One idea/plan is this Bulletin: of the Big Gripes I've heard at a few conven­ publicize the bid (does anyone know for sure tions lately; it has 1001 sleeping rooms (800 of who will be bidding this year in St. Louis?); them have been reserved for us). We have have a bid so good that evasion and glossing every square inch of the convention facilities_ of issues will be unnecessary. Toward that no other conventions or meeting will be there goal we are instituting a discussions column in to interfere with us. And by 1973 there will be the next issue of the Bulletin. If you have ques­ even more convention space than there is now tions on any aspects of the bid that I fail to —but that will be gravy. The downtown Dallas mention, just ask. If you have any gripes or Public Library is next door to the hotel and is suggestions about conventions, let us know. If moving soon to newer and larger quarters. it's reasonably sane, we'll use it in the column. The hotel is buying the old library building I'm not dewey-eyed enough to expect to be (which isn't very old; it was built in the '50s able to please everyone, but we can try. I believe) and converting it to additional con­ Another idea/plan is supporting member­ vention space. 1 can't see that we will really ships. This serves a two-fold purpose: it need it, but it's ours to do with as we please. gives us a little extra working capital and in­ I don't know the exact measurements of the li­ sures the genuine interest of the supporters. brary building but it seems to have about four It has been rumored that on occasion bidders times as much floor space as the main ball­ have listed names of uncertain reliability. When room. Maybe we can have a football game in challenged, they have been known to say, there. "But, don't you remember? in the bar, you The convention facilities are not scattered said Good Luck on your bid. If that doesn't over the hotel; each room opens off a central constitute support, 1 don't know what does." area which has the elevators in the center and We felt that if each supporter is required to three stairways down to the lobby. There are pay a dollar, there could be no question of five large, high-speed, automatic elevators that his sincerity. Of course, the dollar is not a are operational 24 hours a day and service all donation; it will be refundable as a discount on floors. There will be no 90 year-old dwarf the purchase of a regular membership. elevator operators to resent you and go home at eight every evening. There are also three the hotel freight elevators for those who might need Everyone should bid on a Worldcon once them . in his life just for the fun of selecting a hotel. AH sleeping rooms will have color TVs and Truthfully, I didn't know what to expect. Rose­ for those on a tight budget, dormitory type ac- mary thought she knew but she didn't. She, in comidations will be available at $5.00 a head. addition to being secretary of the '62 Worldcon, Oh yes, there are no pillars in the main ball­ has been involved (from chairman on down) room . DALLASCON BULLETIN is published quarterly by the Dallascon Biddin g Committee (Chairman: Tom Reamy; Vice-chairman: Joe Bob Williams; Secretary: Larry Herndon; Treasurer: Rosemary Hickey) at P.O. Box 523, Richardson, Texas 75080. Edited by Tom Reamy. DCB is distributed free of charge to any interested person and has a circulation of approximately 5000. This is the Spring 1969 issue. ©Copyright 1969 by Tom Reamy. any way with those totally disinterested in such restaurants topics. Fans must sleep sometime. The hotel has four: the main dining room, I had thought of having the comics program the coffee shop, a drugstore with a fountain, hosted by some fantastically fabulous comic pro. and a barbeque place (all restaurants which I know whom 1 would like to see. Okay, gang, serve barbeque exclusively are called "places" it's poll-time: you tell me whom you would like for some reason). The coffee shop will be open to see as host. 24 hours a day and there are several other all- St. Louiscon has another good idea that night restaurants within easy access to the ho­ should be carried through: all-night movies. tel . It might be mentioned that the dining room This again will not interfere in the plans of (The Statler Steak House) is one of the finest those who could care less about movies. Fans restaurants in Dallas and serves genuine buf­ must party sometime. falo steaks though, I must admit, I haven't tried I don't know what St. Louis will be show­ one. However, 1 plan to and will report on the ing but we thought of having some sort of uni­ success or failure of the experiment. fied film program rather than just a mixed bag of movies; a sort of history of the science­ the airport fantasy film—from Melies to 2001—with com­ Dallas' new airport is supposed to be fin­ prehensive program notes included in the con ished by 1972 but you know how that goes. If booklet. Do you like the idea? What films would it is, those arriving by plane are in for a you like included? treat. The new airport is right out of Flash Poll-time again: send me a list of the ten Gordon. It will be (if I remember correctly) films you would most like to see—not necessar­ the largest airport in the U.S. and will be ily your ten favorite films but the ten you would shaped something like a wagon wheel. The hub most like to see. I'll compile and publish the is the main terminal , the individual airline term­ list and see what we can do. Everything isn't inals and all boarding and deplaning are around available; for instance, we tried to get the the rim, and the spokes are rapid-transit sub­ Korda production of Thief of Baghdad for ways. 1'11 include photos and more information Southwestercon last year but found that it has in later Bulletins. been withdrawn from 16mm release. Anyway, if the airport is in service by It should also be noted that the hotel has a 1973, you will be able to take a helicopter from professional projection booth, screen, and built there directly to the roof of the hotel.
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