ON THE COVER: Cover Illustration by Justin Carroll
August 1975
Table of Contents
Features
The Hottest Place in the Whole U.S.A.How the Texas heat can sap your energy, dull your intelligence, send you to an early grave, and make you sweat. Leroy’s RevengeRingside as two dogs—father and son—fight to the death. The Last Aggie JokeBehold the miracles at College Station! |
Good NewsCancer treatments, windshield wipers that don’t squeak, and other major breakthroughs on the frontiers of science. Forgotten PlacesWhat Texas one was, so these wilderness areas still remain. Being Single: A True-life AdventureThe loneliness of the long distance bachelor. |
Columns
Behind the LinesPoliticsYou Be the JudgeThe battles in John Connally’s trial were fought before the jury, but the war may have been won offstage. CitywiseMenace in the GrassWhat you can’t see can hurt you. RecordsHigh MassA famous conductor tries again with a recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, and this time we think he’s got it right. |
Dining OutThe Old Menu and the SeaFresh fish, and other rarities at seafood restaurants. InvestmentsStormy WeatherWhy should Texans worry about New York going broke? FilmSay It with MusicNashville, The Fortune, and Jaws: the perils and rewards of making it big. BooksTortuga’s ComplaintPeter Matthiessen writes of men pursuing a dying profession and Philip Roth pursues his critics. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly Reporter |
Miscellany
ContestA title match. Roar of the Crowd |
ToutsGetting down to brass facts. |
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