Kid with a Gun
In his lifetime Audie Murphy traveled from the cold reality of World War II to the ultimate illusion of Hollywood.
June 1989
Features
The Long, Strange Trip of Ed Bass
Interesting things can happen when a man with an unusual vision also has an unusual amount of money.
The Perfect Hill Country Weekend
An excursion through the best parts of Texas, featuring sleepy little towns, clear little streams, pluperfect biscuits, and two-headed goats.
It Can Happen Here
As the banking crisis of the future unfolds, the president will try to convince us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Too bad we won’t believe him.
Rock Bottom
A series of terrible decisions and bad breaks ruined Gibraltar Savings. Is rescuing it another mistake?
The Work of The Devil
The disappearance of a University of Texas student in Matamoros led police to the discovery of a drug-dealing cult whose rituals were not only unholy but unthinkable.
Miscellany
Sonny Disposition
A barbecue shrine is rescued from the pit of despair; Boone Pickens gets gasses in an Amarillo political war; Bill Clements blocks a wildlife refuge for Texas.
Reporter
Texas’ Nuclear Neighbor
Triple threat: Scientists fret that an underground nuclear dump will pollute the Pecos; surveyors set off a storm over the center of Texas; cities sweat safety risks from stolen aluminum.
Columns
Soviet Idealism
In a Fort Worth exhibit of Russian and American paintings, two groups of artists use the same vocabulary to express profoundly different views of life and art.
