June 1982

May 31, 1982 — By Anne Dingus

It’s everybody’s favorite reptile, and it’s disappearing from Texas.

May 31, 1982 — By Jan Morris

Cowtown is forever.

May 31, 1982 — By Pepi Plowman

George Jones really lives the way he says he lives in the songs he sings.

May 31, 1982 — By Michael Ennis

He was wildly eccentric, he lived in a shanty on the Gulf, he subsisted as a bait fisherman, he had bizarre notions of eternal life. He may have been the best artist Texas has ever produced.

May 31, 1982 — By Gary Cartwright

Every parent with a teenage kid knows the fears: drinking, drugs, and rebellion. For the Cartwrights, those fears all came true.

May 31, 1982 — By John Graves

A photographic tour of the timeless Rio Grande, from its origins in the mountains of Colorado to the Padre Island dunes at the tip of Texas.

May 31, 1982 — By William Martin

Ninety-four per cent of Americans believe in God. That and other gleanings from recent polls reveal that the nation’s faith is stronger than ever.

May 31, 1982 — By Gregory Curtis

Three birds or a fountain?

May 31, 1982 — By W. L. Taitte

British playwright Alan Ayckbourn dropped in on his American cousins at Houston’s Alley Theatre and directed the U.S. premiere of his latest and most innovative work.

May 31, 1982 — By Pepi Plowman

A dozen new releases by everyone from the late, legendary Janis Joplin to rising star Rodney Crowell to perennial favorite Waylon Jennings.

May 31, 1982 — By Joseph Nocera

When an Amarillo bishop decried the nearby H-bomb plant, he wooed the press, alienated the city, and picked on his parishioners.

May 31, 1982 — By James Wolcott

Diva is about opera, punks, and philosophy. Oh, and young love. And bootlegging, too. Then there’s the chase scene.... The British film The Long Good Friday is a bloody good deception of the underworld. Cat people is a dog.

May 31, 1982 — By Jim Atkinson

Probation gives criminals a chance to show society that they can stay straight. Probation officers like Jan Purdom believe the system works.

May 31, 1982 — By Paul Burka

Detroit attacks Houston; UT defends agains the NCAA; Texas loses 59 parks to Reaganomics; voter apathy—who cares?

May 31, 1982 — By Texas Monthly

All’s Farrah; judges’ jury.

May 31, 1982 — By Peter Applebome

The secret of making money; the cutest vandals you ever saw; the lowdown on high tech; the little trains that couldn’t; the champ with shear magic.