ON THE COVER: Kent Kirkley
May 1978
Table of Contents
Features
Cabin Fever / DesignYears ago, kids used to play pioneer with Lincoln Logs. Today grown-ups are playing pioneer—only with real log cabins. Expensive PeopleAt the top, a good family helps, clothes help, manners help, the right friends help, but nothing helps like money. I Was a BumHey, buddy, can you spare a dime? |
Danger: Men WorkingIn a dirty little factory, workers made an insecticide that poisoned them and then almost got us all. Little JoeAmid blaring trumpets, raised fists, bottles of beer, and a cheering mob stands the king of Saturday night. |
Columns
Behind the LinesWhy we don’t endorse candidates. DealingHigh Risk PolicyAn insurance company imbroglio—full of high rollers, big deals and pitched battles—ended with a bang, and a few whimpers. CityviewIt’s Delightful, It’s Delovely, It’s DecaturIf you’re looking for the best place to live in Texas, think small. |
SportsPennant Wise, Dollar FoolishThe Texas Rangers are spending their way to an American League pennant—or bankruptcy. BusinessUnfriendly SkiesBraniff is hopping the Atlantic to London; Pan Am is just hopping mad. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterRobert Howard’s heroic fantasies; Preston Smith’s political fantasies; Fort Worth still outraged by nude relic; Mayans’ ancient glyphs decoded. |
ReviewTexas Monthly ReviewAndy Warhol soups up the superstars; dancers do the towns; Beverly Sills still casts a spell; ladybug found with strange bedfellows; and folk music isn’t dead, it’s just in Houston. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryReporter blooms. ToutsFrying the midnight oil. |
Roar of the CrowdEqual time for farmers, politicians, and handguns. ContestPoetic license. |
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