ON THE COVER: Cover Photography Jim Myers
July 1984
Table of Contents
Features
Dining Out is FunIf mother doesn’t make food like she used to, there are still a few great cafes in Texas that will. The Man Who Dreamed up LuckenbachHondo Crouch went from being a champion athlete to being the sad clown of Texas’ fun-and-games capital. Texas Primer: The Blue LawOn Sunday it is legal to buy beer but not baby bottles, screws but not screwdrivers, disposable diapers but not cloth ones. No place but Texas. |
The Man in the Black Hat, Part TwoWith the help of a friendly banker and some friendlier politicians, Clinton Manges conquered might Mobil Oil and saved his empire. But not for long—it’s in jeopardy again. Take This Job and Love ItSandi Barton works from 8:30 to 5 as a secretary in a downtown Dallas office. She knows a lot of women look down on her job, but it suits her just fine. Western Art: Cat Dog ManAn interpretation of a classic genre. |
Columns
Behind the LinesPlugging in and Plugging Along MoviesTemple of ExcessIndiana Jones bashes us with unthinking cruelty: The Natural is a balk; Sixteen Candlesis lit up with tickling teenage talk. |
SoftwareA Byte of LifeThe Flight Simulator and Heroism in the Modern Age are realistic new computer games that offer a wonderful mix of fantasy and reality; Free Enterprise is too simplistic to be much fun. JazzGetting MellowIn the sixties the fee-jazz movement produced music that was defiantly experimental, and the same artists are still playing some of the most stimulating jazz around. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterA meditation on the radioactive peril in Juarez. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdAustin’s ins and outs. Lamaze’s pros and cons, the sun’s ups and downs. ToutsSummertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime. |
PuzzleThe acid syndrome. State SecretsPresenting the Big Bend Condos and Solitario Safari; Mexico finds out what it feels like to have an immigrant problem; Oscar Wyatt and Clinton Manges gird for battle; inside report from the special session. |



