ON THE COVER: cover illustration by Maurice Lewis
April 1975
Table of Contents
Features
The Most Dangerous Airports in TexasPray now, fly later. Zoo StoryA guide to Texas zoos: living like an animal is better than itÃs ever been. What Your Mother Never Told You About RiceA grain of truth about the high cost of food. |
Greetings From the Eighth Wonder of the WorldA candid celebration of ten years of the Astrodome and Astrothink. CarouselTaking a nostalgic turn around some old merry-go-rounds. |
Columns
Behind the LinesPerformanceThis‘ll Be the DayIn Lubbock Buddy Holly was just a skinny kid with glasses, but to rock-and-roll fans he was—and is—a whole lot more. SportsOn the WaterfrontCanoeists battle more than white water when they run the Guadalupe. CityviewThe Way We Weren’tWashington-on-the-Brazos is a little run-down for a Texas shrine; but then, it was run-down in 1836 too. InvestmentsSold ArabianThe Alamo was only the first step in the Arabs’ attempted takeover of what’s sacred to us Texans. The Customer’s Man |
BooksWaltz Across Texas, March Into ZionTwo books on why you can’t go home again. ArtThree for the ShowFort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell. Dining OutRoad HogsFound at last! Highway cuisine to save you from Stuckey’s. RecordsFuture RockThe times, they are a’ changing. Fine, but how? FilmCleaning Up the ActBoth Warren Beatty and Ellen Burstyn are going to wash that malaise right out of their hair. |
Reporter
ReporterLaredo: Fuel’s Paradise |
Miscellany
ContestGetting your words’ worth. Roar of the Crowd |
ToutsSilver threads and golden needles. |
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