August 1980

Jul 31, 1980 — By Harry Hurt III

H. L. Hunt not only left his sons with a few hundred million dollars each to carry them through life but he also taught them the Five Commandments that had made him rich.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Giles Tippette

Two brave bulls stood between Paco Olivera and the prize he had worked for all his life.

Jul 31, 1980 — By davidstence

Fearless photographs of a big Texas cover-up

Jul 31, 1980 — By Paul Burka

Can your city’s fire department take the heat?

Jul 31, 1980 — By Paul Burka

What you don’t know about your fire department could burn you up.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

Along the silent, lovely beach, tiny armies fight in the tide, fierce battles rage in the sky, and nocturnal marauders slither across the sand.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Patricia Sharpe

Stringing in the rain.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Paul Burka

Summer in the city; publisher’s power play; biting the handout that feeds you; will Oscar Wyatt abandon America?

Jul 31, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Jul 31, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Type cast.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Gregory Curtis

In the tradition.

Jul 31, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

Try pasta and veal at Sergio’s in Dallas—that’s Italian! For an outstanding Sunday brunch, put your stock in Austin’s Green Pastures.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

All the beautiful kickers gathered in Houston for the premiere of Urban Cowboy. It began at a shopping center and ended in a honk-tonk, and John Travolta had to say he liked it.

Jul 31, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

Mozart and Beethoven made an appearance, but Johann Sebastian was the guest of honor at Victoria’s annual Bach Festival.

Jul 31, 1980 — By William Martin

Texas’ rural Wends take time from chores to attend St. Paul’s Lutheran in Serbin; vacationers on Padre Island take time from play to attend an open-air mass at St. Andrew’s by the Sea.

Jul 31, 1980 — By maxapple

The Astros are packing ‘em in with a great new pitch—a sales pitch.

Jul 31, 1980 — By John Bloom

Those luck Arabs, with all that oil! The only problem, as a Saudi finance minister points out, is that oil is all they have.

Jul 31, 1980 — By William Broyles

Poor Houston.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

Michael Mewshaw reopens the case of a boyhood friend who murdered his parents’ Rober Shattuck reexamines the story of the Wild Boy.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Joe Nick Patoski

The imminent demise of Austin’s famed music hall already has Texans singing the Armadillo homesick blues.

Jul 31, 1980 — By George Morris

The Big Red One is Sam fuller’s war baby; roadie never gets out of its rut; The Tin Drum misses a few beats.

Jul 31, 1980 — By Gene Lyons

Yankee lawyers kick up dust in the Panhandle; maniacal marathon man runs for his life; the redfish that got away; are Dallas’s tax ills contagious?