August 1979

Jul 31, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

When gasoline is scarce, it’s not the end of the world.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

Straight talk about gasoline supplies, prices, and profits from Texas’ most famous wildcatter.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Paul Burka

How did we get into this sorry energy mess? By making sorry decisions.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

If you’re sitting in a gas line and wondering who to blame for all this, here are some candidates.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Gregory Curtis

Or, how we can all stop worrying and learn to love the crunch.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Tom Curtis

Houston police said they shot Randy Webster because he pointed a gun at them. Randy’s father set out to prove they were lying.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Stephen Harrigan

Don’t look now, but the rather odd gentleman with the suspicious accent and outlandish military getup may not be exactly what he seems.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Richard West

Grab your beach towel and bathing suit, but leave your car in the garage.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Richard West

The sand, the surf, the shorebirds, the dunes…everyone loves the beach at Port Aransas. We may just love it to death.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Patricia Sharpe

Stars and stripes forever.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Paul Burka

Crying over spilt oil, greedy doctors, and disappearing millionaires.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

Jul 31, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

Jul 31, 1979 — By Gregory Curtis

A cabal of eighteen.

Jul 31, 1979 — By W. L. Taitte and Alice Gordon

Texas, our Texas, all hail the mighty state-audiences applaud history plays in Galveston and Palo Duro Canyon.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Michael Ennis

Dallas is both a television show and a city, but at the Cattle Baron’s Ball you couldn’t tell which was which.

Jul 31, 1979 — By Paul Burka

At midseason, long-suffering Astros and Rangers fans were having visions of grandeur. We hope they weren’t delusions.

Jul 31, 1979 — By W. L. Taitte

Houston Grand Opera’s spring festival of operettas proved that golden-voiced, handsome men aren’t out of style. Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Mahler festival had its good days and its bad days.

Jul 31, 1979 — By William Martin

A Lutheran pastor in New Braunfels challenges his congregation; a Methodist minister in Dallas soothes his.

Jul 31, 1979 — By William Broyles

Running on Empty.

Jul 31, 1979 — By John Bloom

Were the words of Russian exile Georgi Vins heard over the din of the Southern Baptist Convention?

Jul 31, 1979 — By Michael Ennis

Houston Museum of Fine Arts exhibits the works of an unsung American artist. UT-Austin gathers the best contemporary art for “Made in Texas.”

Jul 31, 1979 — By George Morris

Clint Eastwood makes a break from Alcatraz; Barbra Streisand makes another silly movie; John Wayne is remembered as a consummate actor.

Jul 31, 1979 — By John Bloom

Valley politicos block minority TV; Dairy Queens reign in small-town Texas; woman diver yearns for Acapulco cliffs; Houston takes its lumps.