September 1976

Table of Contents

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Features

Busting Out of Mexico

Two self-styled Texas soldiers of fortune engineered one of the more bizarre jailbreaks in history. Here’s how it happened.

Making the Best of It

A great photographer looks at plain people caught in the hard times of another Texas.

Texas on My Feet

If the boot fits, wear it.

All’s Fair in Love

Can Texas Democrats find happiness? In New York, maybe—

All’s Fair in War

. . .but back home? Never.

Sisterhood is Powerful

Especially for sorority sisters.

That Certain Look

From alpha to omega, you can’t tell the sorority girls apart without a scorecard.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Politics

Body Politics

Why you shouldn’t lose any sleep over your congressman’s nocturnal habits.

Business

Only the Loanly

There are five private banks left in Texas. Why?

Records

Shoot the Piano Players

Glenn Gould and Peter Serkin have always beenn far-out, but new recordings suggest a certain mellowing.

Performance

Will’s Testament

Western swing will never die, and Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys will never retire.

Film

Easy Outing

Bingo Long is a baseball movie even a non-fan can love.

Books

Lend Me Your Era

Why the best years of our lives weren’t.

Health

Inside Jobs

Your doctor’s got some new ways of getting under your skin.

Dining In

Mean Greens

How do you know when an artichoke has come of age?

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Miscellaneous

Contest

Getting a head.

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Luster’s last stand.