October 1978

Table of Contents

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Features

Working the Rigs

Show us the hardest working man in Texas and we’ll show you a roughneck.

GGGhost Stories

The smell of sulfur in a dance hall, the strains of violin music at midnight, a puddle of water in a taxicab—these are the signs Texas ghosts leave behind. Now don’t say we didn’t warn you.

The Cap That Won The West

The newest style of manly hatwear.

The Last of the Great Ladies

Oveta Culp Hobby has gone from a country town to a position of power and wealth. What she hasn’t done will also be her legacy.

A Season in Hell

A few years ago guards ran the Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane. Now sociopathic criminals rule the wards.

I Can’t Do It!

Some kids may fail at school and it’s not their fault.

Columns

Behind the Lines

The war isn’t over.

Lifestyle

Gifts from My Father

All his life, the son learned from the father, but the most important lesson came at the end.

Citywise

There’s No Fuel like an Old Fuel

All you need to heat your home is a stove, firewood, and a match.

Politics

Ticket to Ride?

For the Republicans this fall, it may be a trip to oblivion.

Country Notes

The Snuff of Dreams

Common uses of the most uncommon form of tobacco.

Film

Ms. Loves Company

“Make new friends, keep the old.” It’s not as easy as it sounds.

Theater

The Taming of the Bard

A little touch of Shakespeare in the heat.

Classical Music

A Knight at the Opera

A look at Dallas Civic Opera’s Plato Karayanis, a man with a noble cause who’s selling tickets to a dream.

Art

Rainbow County

From China, with kid gloves.

Books

Dixie Drag

Sexual secrets in the Piney Woods.

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Bucking the U.S. Air Force, breeding horses for royalty, and hightailing it out of town before the Corps of Engineers gets you.

Miscellaneous

The Inside Story

No contest.

Roar of the Crowd

Sex and violence.

Touts

Sweets to the Suite.

Contest

R.I.P.

State Secrets

Some tidbits and outrages under our very noses.

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