April 1974
 features Bob and George Go to Washington or The Post-Watergate Scramble » Semi-Tuft » Ambush on Wall Street » Ross Perot: A Hero for Our Time » The Highway Establishment and How it Grew and Grew and Grew » columns Behind the Lines » What Makes Sissy Run? » [Politics] And Father Makes Three » [Children's Corner] Behind the Lines » At Play in the Fields of the Lord » [Sports] Method Against Madness » [Nutrition] Comic Cowboys and Other Heroes » [Film] Out to Lunch » [Dining Out] He's About a Mover » [Music] Come Back, Little Trader » [Investments] miscellany Touts » reporter Texas Monthly Reporter » [Reporter] | May 1974
 features How First National Passed Republic » Witch-Hunt » The Best Little Old Chicken Fried Steak in Texas » Spinal Strategists » columns Innocents Abroad » [Children's Corner] Behind the Lines » Maim! » [Film] Going For Brokers » [Investments] Dustin’ Off The Stetson » [Politics] A Fine Kettle Of Fish » [Dining In] miscellany Touts » reporter Low Talk » The Avalon Drug Store » [Reporter] Dallas Radio Goes Public » [Reporter] Texas Writers Recognized » [Reporter] Folk Medicine for Fort Worth » [Reporter] Trolleys for Austin » [Reporter] Connally Stumps Ohio » [Reporter] Houston TV Ratings War » [Reporter] Consumer Aid for Fort Worth » [Reporter] NBC Moves Uptown » [Reporter] | June 1974
 features Deadline in Dallas Rating the Major Dailies Constructive Criticism A Mighty Fortress is Our Home columns The Constant Reader [Books] Ashes to Ashes, Trust to Dust [Investments] From Badlands to Worselands [Film] Games Small People Play [Children's Corner] Katie at the Bat [Sports] The Adipose Tissue Issue [Nutrition] miscellany From the Publisher Roar of the Crowd Touts Contest reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
July 1974
 features Why Jack Valenti Still Sleeps Soundly Six West James Helwig is the Heavyweight Champion of Texas Forgotten Places » Off, Off Damned Coat columns Behind the Lines Marginal Utilities [Investments] When All the Laughter Turned to Sap [Film] The Peter Out Principle [Politics] Splendor on the Grass [Dining In] Among the Ruins [Travel] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | August 1974
 features Redneck! » So You Want to Be a Redneck King of the Hobbyists Pappy’s Girls Waiting for the Train Why I Like to Ride the Train columns Behind the Lines Dallas’s Restaurants [Dining Out] Tykes Bearing Gifts [Children's Corner] Waltzing Methuselah [Nutrition] The Sport of Rough Gentlemen [Sports] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | September 1974
 features The Decline and Fall of the Southwest Conference The Texas Monthly Guide to Private Schools, Part I Coming of Age in the Locker Room columns Behind the Lines The Politics of Outsiders [Politics] Steel Walls Do Not an Art Museum Make [Art] Roux the Day [Dining In] Diversify and Conquer [Investments] Pilgrims at Turtle Creek [Performance] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
October 1974
 features The Sweet Smile of Success The Man Who Invented the Margarita The Texas Monthly Guide to Private Schools, Part II Growing Old at Willie Nelson’s Picnic » The Strange Power of Fred Carrasco columns Behind the Lines Bursting the Bubble [Politics] Who’s Minding the Gore? [Film] Tea for Texas [Citywise] Visit Beautiful Austin (Quick) [Cityview] Tight Money, Loose Talk [Investments] How Green is My Alley [Dining Out] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | November 1974
 features The Lonely Search for Oil The Wildcatter’s Wildcatter So You Want to Buy a House? Warren Burnett for the Defense Barons of the Court The Fastest Gun in the West The Texas Monthly Gift Guide The Pick of the Catalogs columns Behind the Lines Crossing into Thirty [Children's Corner] Go West, Old Man [Film] The First Hurrah [Politics] Children in Shadow [Education] Sweets from the Swedes [Dining In] Fool’s Gold [Investments] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | December 1974
 features The Unmaking of a President The Perfect Speed Trap Open and Shut The Unveiling of Lloyd Bentsen The Men with Bentsen’s Ear Disaster, Part One: Lubbock Disaster, Part Two: Houston Powder to the People Who is That, Lying in the Snow in a $200 Ski Outfit? There’s No Business like Snow Business columns Behind the Lines Great Bowls of Fire [Dining Out] To Beans or Not To Beans? [Investments] The Public Well Fare [Citywise] A Child’s Christmas in Tales [Children's Corner] Fiends and Lovers [Film] miscellany Contest Roar of the Crowd Touts reporter Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |