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August 1973

Table of Contents

Features

The Best Private Eye In Texas

High-speed chases, murder investigations, and window-peeping are all in a day's work.

by Al Reinert

The Laredo-San Antonio Heroin Wars

At least 90 are already dead as drug lords fight for routes into Texas.

by Reed Holland and John Moore

The Last Romantic Outlaw

Tired of running, he let himself be caught; then he busted right out again.

by Alan King and Jan Reid

Crime: The Way It's Done

Crime is a craft and has its secrets.

by Bruce Jackson

Inside the World Series of Poker

Big-time poker players don't worry about luck; they don't need it.

by Al Reinert

Columns

Behind the Lines

by Gregory Curtis

Citywise

The Truth About Beans

Beans are. . .well, beans.

by Ronnie Dugger

Investments

Crime On The Streets

Don't look now Dow-Jones, but white collar crime is becoming a major growth industry.

by The Customer's Man

Family

The Pinball Wizard

What to do with your quarters.

by Doug Anderson

Film

What's Up Documentary?

Fantasy finds it hard to compete with reality.

by Judith Crist

Miscellany

Briar Patch

Touts

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