
June 1978
Table of Contents
Features
Happy Trails To YouForget the San Jacinto Monument and the Alamo. Here are trails that will lead you to Lee Harvey Oswald’s can opener, tranquil country cemeteries, the world’s largest jackrabbit, peanut butter pie, and even more. The Real Governor of TexasWearing black robes, he swept into power and now rules from an office he will hold for life. |
Doing What Comes Naturally/DesignA lifelong aversion to sleek steel high rises and modern fads has made O’Neil Ford the grand old maverick of Texas architecture. Little BruisersFighters from all over Texas slug it out in the Golden Gloves; for most, that’s the only gold they’ll ever see. |
Columns
Behind the LinesWhat energy crisis? Dining OutCurrying FlavorIf you think lamb korma is a wooly creature with good vibes, you’ve got a lot to learn about Indian food. |
LifestyleUphill RacerIf the race is to the swift, what’s lefty over for the slow? HealthOur Bodies, Our CellsLife is a riffle. Cancer is a riddle. Are they all the same riddle? |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterTaking on the Shah of Iran in Beeville; trying to save an eaglet in Waco; juggling sex in Galveston; flipping the switch on nuclear power; and fighting panjic at monstrous DFW Airport. |
ReviewTexas Monthly ReviewTexas lights shine on Broadway; Dallas Symphony waxes on record; mellow Willie Nelson grows more mellow; Duke Ellington plays live again; and Stella’s exotic birds fly. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryGood sports and green grape cobbler. Roar of the CrowdThe Hunts and the hunted. |
ToutsA bushel and a pack. ContestYellow fever. |



