August 1973

Jul 31, 1973 — By Al Reinert

Big-time poker players don't worry about luck; they don't need it.

Jul 31, 1973 — By brucejackson

Crime is a craft and has its secrets.

Jul 31, 1973 — By Jan Reid and Alan King

Tired of running, he let himself be caught; then he busted right out again.

Jul 31, 1973 — By johnmoore and reedholland

At least 90 are already dead as drug lords fight for routes into Texas.

Jul 31, 1973 — By Al Reinert

High-speed chases, murder investigations, and window-peeping are all in a day's work.

Jul 31, 1973 — By Texas Monthly

The Real Thing While billows of smoke encircle the Holmes Road dump, the City of Houston atones somewhat for its ecological sins by its production of Hou-Actinite, a remarkable 100 per cent organic fertilizer which is recycled at the Northside Waste Water Control Facility from city waste water and raw…

Jul 31, 1973 — By Texas Monthly

THE SPACEMAN’S LAST GASP CRAIG RASPBERRY IS NINE YEARS OLD and strikingly reminiscent of Mr. Peabody’s pet boy Sherman on the old Bullwinkle show, down to an air of scientific detachment which seems to be a trait he shares with his fellow citizens of Aurora, Texas, of whom there are…

Jul 31, 1973 — By Gregory Curtis

MANY OF THE ARTICLES IN this issue are, in one way or another, about crime. It seems we have opened Pandora’s box. Returning from lunch one day we found that the offices next to ours had been burglarized. The next afternoon we got a call from Al Reinert, who has…

Jul 31, 1973 — By Judith Crist

Fantasy finds it hard to compete with reality.

Jul 31, 1973 — By douganderson

What to do with your quarters.

Jul 31, 1973 — By The Customer's Man

Don't look now Dow-Jones, but white collar crime is becoming a major growth industry.

Jul 31, 1973 — By Ronnie Dugger

Beans are. . .well, beans.