January 1980
Table of Contents
Features
The Baby FactoryAt Houston’s Jefferson Davis Hospital, the wonders of modern medicine collide with the raw realities of birth, poverty, neglect and hope. Elegant FossilsOnce Texas was a land of fabulous, ornate county courthouses. It still is, but today they’re flamboyant relics in our streamlined urban landscapes. 1980 Bum Steer AwardsA look at a longish list of last year’s lamentable lunacies, lawless louts, licentious larcenies, and laughable lies. |
The Vanishing SteakBeefing and chewing the fat about a rare pleasure that’s almost done for. Life Got You DownDon’t despair, learn to Think Positive! Success and happiness are only a seminar, a cassette library, and several hundred dollars away! |
Columns
PoliticsTen, Nine, Eight, Seven . . .The Panhandle is home for the country’s only H-bomb assembly plant. Aren’t you glad we told you? Stepping OutDoing the Greenville Avenue BoogieBy reputation Dallas is a staid city. But there is one strip where Dallas is fevered, excessive, and lascivious, and where every night is party night. EnvironmentTerminal CaseGalveston has withstood tidal waves, hurricanes, gamblers, and tourists. Can it survive a superport? ChurchNobody Knows the Trouble I’ve SeenA Dallas rabbi says Christmas is a form of persecution for Jews; a Disciples of Christ pastor discusses suffering with equanimity. FilmCatch a Riding StarA boy and his horse reach great heights in The Black Stallion. The Rose, with Bette Midler, is no American beauty. |
TheaterLife After SMUWhen Stage #1 opened as a halfway house for theater graduates from SMU, the participants weren’t pitied but applauded. Classical MusicThe Trill of It AllHouston and Dallas opera companies could fudge on shoe sizes when it came to casting Cinderellas, but the voices had to fit just so. Popular MusicWillie and the Power BoysNew records from Texas’ die-hard country, rock, and punk musicians. JazzLove For SaleThe Midland Jazz Classic wasn’t cheap, but it was worth the price. BooksDr. UpdikeJohn Updike’s problems are our pleasures. Mean Scrooge McDuck returns in a nostalgic comic-book collection. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterGeorge Bush wants to shake your hand; Rita Clements wants to paint your Governor’s Mansion; Dallas wants to bring you art, lots of art. |
Miscellany
The Inside StorySteering Bum Steers. Roar of the CrowdMovers and fakers. ToutsNight stalkers and day walkers. |
PuzzleLetters please. State SecretsA helicopter plague descends on Dallas; is the Texas environmentalist an endangered species?; cattlemen won’t be cowed. |
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