April 1978

April 1978

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Features

Daddy’s Money

The feuding over H. L. Hunt’s vast fortune is a family affair, and what a family!

by Harry Hurt III

Plastic Fantastic / Design

“Plastics,” the man whispered to Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, and plastics—transformed from junk into art—it is.

by Mike Hicks

The Petrified Forest

Behind the pine curtain of deep East Texas is a world trapped in the past and hidden from the future: lush woods, poor whites, the descendants of slaves, and an aristocracy still breathing the rarefied air of the Old South.

by Richard West

Election Tip Sheet

The dark horses, heavy favorites, and close calls of this year’s big elections.

by Paul Burka

Columns

Behind the Lines

Requiem for a heavyweight.

by William Broyles

Health

The Agony and the Allergy

You don’t have to move to Arizona to cure your allergies, but you may have to get rid of your cat.

by Kaye Northcott

Country Notes

Stayin’ Alive

Varmints: we can’t live with ‘em and we can’t live without ‘em.

by John Graves

Dining In

Ooh La Lamb

Texas has always had lamb; now we give you lamb chops.

by Frank Bailey

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

On the road with Dolph and John; a fatal case of mistaken identity; butterflies on the rocks; Metroplex blood sport; and polled Herefords, polled Herefords, polled Herefords everywhere.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

The Alley’s Russian connection blows a fuse; Cezanne’s late work may have the last word; tripping through Texas with Trocks in tutus; Austin white boys sing some mean blues; and turn off your radio or mellow rock will get you.