Legend Lee Iacocca Dies at 94
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TAKE ONE FREE! WITH THE comPLiments OF OUR advertisers! ISSUE 10.19 EVENTS INTO MAY 2020 OCTOBER NOV.-DEC. MAR.-MAY 2020 Legend Lee Iacocca SELMA FLEA MARKET [Mt. View and Highway 99] Dies at 94 ANNUAL DETROIT – He was one of those unique personalities that America’s auto industry some- $25 per times produces – a larger-than-life presence who changed the course of automotive history. OR Vendor Space BUY SELL Revered by some, reviled by others, Lee Iacocca was a force to be reckoned with, both publicly and privately. Father of the Mustang, midwife to the minivan, rescuer of Chrysler $25 to Sell Corp., restorer of the Statue of Liberty. Car or Boat Collector Car Parts During the height of his career in the 1980s, Iacocca was arguably the most popular busi- ness figure in the world. Pictures of him, often with his trademark cigar, were on magazine $5 per Person covers and TV screens. His 1984 autobiography became an international best -seller. He was at the Gate & Used Big Boy Toys in global demand as a speaker. Lido Anthony Iacocca was born Oct. 15, 1924, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where his fam- Free Parking ily ran a small hot-dog eatery – the forerunner of a Coney Island-type chain now known as Saturday 2020 Yocco’s. Iacocca’ parents immigrated through Ellis Island from Italy – his father, Nicola, in Food & Drink MARCH 21 1902 and his mother, Antoinette, in 1921. Available 6AM - 3 PM The future auto executive – the younger of two children – went to public school, gradu- ating 12th in the Allentown High RAIN OR SHINE School class of 1942. Because he had rheumatic fever a couple of years Early vendor setup and check-in: earlier, Iacocca was rejected and classified 4F when he tried to join March 20, 6 am - 9 pm the Army Air Force after high school. Sponsored by Reedley Blossom Trail A’s Disappointed that he couldn’t help fight World War II, he threw himself into the engineering program SelmaSwap.com Information & Reservations: 559.896.3243 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Iacocca ripped through Early vendor setup & check-in 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., March 9 eight straight semesters, with no summers off, graduating with honors in industrial engineering in 1945. Donald Frey, Lee Iacocca and Henry Ford II ➠ Story continues on Page 19 54th Annual • Since 1965 TURLOCK SWAP MEET SATURDAY JANUARY 25TH, 2020, 7AM - 5PM SUNDAY JANUARY 26TH, 2020, 7AM - 3PM Stanislaus County Fairgrounds Rain or 900 N. 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