August 1987

Jul 31, 1987 — By Drew Jubera

There’s one place where you can still find plenty of oil in Texas: the beach.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

Nobody remembers his name, but the photographer who passed through Corpus Christi in 1934 left behind an unforgettable series of images.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Alison Cook

Meet Bruce Auden of San Antonio, the fairest of the Fairmount.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Peter Elkind

When eighty-year-old Decker Jackson gives financial advice to Texas public officials, nothing in life is certain but debt and taxes.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Patricia Sharpe

For some entrepreneurs, the dark cloud of AIDS has proved to have a silver lining.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Elmer Kelton

The wettest spell in memory has given the people who live in West Texas an unfamiliar topic of conversation.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Gary Cartwright

The rich and eccentric heir to a rich and Galveston family, Shearn Moody, Jr., craved an empire all his own. But his lack of self-restraint cost him his bank, his insurance company, his fortune, and now, perhaps, his freedom.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Alison Cook

Maybe as much as $20,000, if Lee Ballard of Dallas has anything to do with it.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Gregory Curtis

Should we have an income tax?

Jul 31, 1987 — By Michael Ennis

Hans Holbein’s life drawings are a tantalizing glumpse into the lusty court of Henry VIII. And courtesy of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, they’re on view at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Jody Denberg

The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Mason Ruffner, and Omar and the Howlers all got the same message from album-oriented-rock radio: Wrap it up, we’ll take it.

Jul 31, 1987 — By David Theis

Brownsville has everything Mexico’s leading filmmaker could want—except visas.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Paul Burka

Playing fast and loose with the new speed limit; an oil drilling technique gets the shaft; dam builders strick back—with Authority; how the budget battle is changing the Legislature.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

Behaving yourself in the eighties; keeping the faith in the parish; winning Pulitzers with penguins.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

Sixteen ways to make an entrance.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Dick Reavis

Passing (slowly) through Kendleton. Then on to Houston, where student murals record the march of time and Vietnam vets gather; to a meal so good it’s kept under lock and key; and finally to the (formerly) Golden Triangle.

Jul 31, 1987 — By Alison Cook

Let’s play pretend by swapping out Houstonians for Dallasites. Plus: Battling books, good Mex-Mex where you’d least expect it, and our guide to the latest legislative phrases (use ‘em three times and they’re yours!)