November 1977

Table of Contents

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Features

Have Conscience, Will Travel

Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.

On the Wings of a Dove

Praise the Lord for gentle creatures and pass the ammunition.

View From the Top/Design

Inside the cushy private boxes at Texas’ top sports stadiums, far from the madding crowd.

The Last Frontier

The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant.

A Little Help for Your Friends

Christmas gofts for those who have everything: service: service with a smile.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.

Dealing

Between the Sheiks

John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.

Dining Out

A Very French Bean

Will a vegetarian starve in France?

Business

Word of the Profits

Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.

Energy

Port’s Complaint

What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Pugh’s color changing; governor’s race heating up; beating a dope rap; posing nude in Dallas; and TV news going to extremes.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

The case of the missing ear; a musical World Series with plenty of winners; and a big book with a small chance for success.

Miscellaneous

Contest

Homily grits.

Roar of the Crowd

Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.

Touts

Some spicy meat rolls, a three-cornered hat, and a little pillow talk.

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