September 1987
September 1987
Table of Contents
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Features
The Time of His LifeHenry Cisneros has the vision and charisma of a born leader. Does it matter that he has the soul of an Aggie? Shark!Three shark attacks on the Texas coast this summer are making swimmers edgy and chambers of commerce ask one question: what’s going on out there? Guilty Until Proven InnocentIn 1980 a white girl was raped and murdered at Conroe High School, and the police quickly arrested a black janitorial supervisor. Now it looks as if the case wasn’t so open and shut after all. The Fantasy World of Victor Costa |
Cowboys and IraniansWhat do Odessa beer joints and the Iran-contra hearings have in common? Everything. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning for Lunch PeriodAt Spence Middle School in Dallas, the melting pot is boiling, but the brew isn’t ready to serve. Unsportsmanlike ConductWhen he played fro the Dallas Cowboys, Hollywood Henderson had everything. Here he tells how he lost it. A Texan Looks at LyndonOn the eve of the 1964 national elections, Texas historian J. Evetts Haley published a scathing attack on President Lyndon B. Johnson. The book sold seven million copies, but Johnson still won the race. |
Columns
BusinessThe Book Stops HereFor 68 years, Rosengren’s Books in San Antonio gave personal service, sought out both arcane and popular titles, and fostered a love of reading. It wasn’t enough to keep the store in business. |
Behind the LinesWhite woman, black woman. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterOn the cutting edge with Ollie North; Donna Rice on the cutting room floor; cutting corners to find good Vietnamese restaurants; and the gig ‘em gourmet cookbook, the Aggies’ unkindest cut of all. |
Miscellaneous
Roar of the CrowdLegislative commentary. |
The National Tour of TexasTales of the Piney Woods: the original kinds of the forest, the Bright way to get a chicken in every pot, the gamble of today’s Tenaha. Plus: an unusual graveyard, a haunting ruin, a chilling church name. State SecretsThe new tax bill kicks oil when it’s down; the Houston Chronicle is alive and kicking the Post); the premature end of TranStar: the premature beginning of Jim Mattox. |
D's use the spectre of Karl Rove to raise money (Tue Jul 1 at 12:20 AM)
Oh Big Brother, Where Art Thou (Fri Jul 4 at 9:30 AM)
Clay Felker (Tue Jul 1 at 11:15 AM)
Madam, I'm Adam (Sun Jun 22 at 4:34 PM)
Eating Vancouver (Mon Jun 30 at 10:04 PM)
