August 1981
Features
From giant freshwater prawns to bikini-clad coeds, from ancient Indian artifacts to swimming pigs, there’s something for everyone on the San Marcos River.
Texas Cities are full of people who grew up in the country - and want everybody they meet to know it.
Texas Cities are full of people who grew up in the country - and want everybody they meet to know it.
When San Antonio’s Playland closed last year, Texas lost its sentimental favorite among amusement parks.
When San Antonio’s Playland closed last year, Texas lost its sentimental favorite among amusement parks.
Why knock yourself out for two grueling at a piano competition in Fort Worth? For $12,000 - and a string of concert bookings money can’t buy.
Why knock yourself out for two grueling at a piano competition in Fort Worth? For $12,000 - and a string of concert bookings money can’t buy.
Parceling out three new seats in Congress sounds like an easy job, but the Texas Legislature tried for two months and couldn’t do it.
Columns
Artists and art organizations are getting cut off from the federal dole - and maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
Artists and art organizations are getting cut off from the federal dole - and maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
One man’s favorite writings span a century and capture Texas in all its grimness and glory.
One man’s favorite writings span a century and capture Texas in all its grimness and glory.
Every year thousands of men and women assault, molest, or murder innocent victims - their own children.
Every year thousands of men and women assault, molest, or murder innocent victims - their own children.
Raiders of the Lost Ark gets an A, but it’s still a B-movie. Arthur has a dead plot but lively humor. Stripes should have been scuttled.
Raiders of the Lost Ark gets an A, but it’s still a B-movie. Arthur has a dead plot but lively humor. Stripes should have been scuttled.
Texas Fathers for Equal Rights joined divorced men from all over the country to protest family courts that have always favored mothers in child custody cases.
Dallas productions of The Elephant Man and Children of a Lesser God proved that Broadway is getting closer to home.
Dallas productions of The Elephant Man and Children of a Lesser God proved that Broadway is getting closer to home.
The dog that the family fell in love with was beautiful, well trained, and friendly. The only problem was, she wasn’t theirs.
Reporter
Mr. Boll Weevil goes to Washington; Dallas scholars go to the Sunbelt’s defense; Houston’s public abortion clinic goes down the drain.
Mr. Boll Weevil goes to Washington; Dallas scholars go to the Sunbelt’s defense; Houston’s public abortion clinic goes down the drain.
Miscellany
Bombs away on the Franklin Mountains; why pro-nukes belong in the Nutt House; the Dallas News goes public; sportfishermen change their minds about redfish.
Bombs away on the Franklin Mountains; why pro-nukes belong in the Nutt House; the Dallas News goes public; sportfishermen change their minds about redfish.