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September 1976

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Features

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

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

If the boot fits, wear it.

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

. . .but back home? Never.

Especially for sorority sisters.

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

Columns

Politics

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

Business

There are five private banks left in Texas. Why?

Records

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

Performance

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

Film

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

Books

Why the best years of our lives weren’t.

Health

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

Dining In

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

Reporter

Reporter

Miscellany

Getting a head.

Luster’s last stand.

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