March 1981

Mar 1, 1981 — By Paul Burka

What they don’t teach you in defensive driving courses: the most dangerous highways in Texas.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Paul Burka

State highway patrolmen hate the 55 mph speed limit almost as much as other Texas motorists do, and for better reasons.

Mar 1, 1981 — By John Graves

For a man and his daughter out for a pleasant day’s fishing, the first sign of danger was a man’s hat floating silently down the stream.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Lawrence Wright

And hello to high prices, high interest rates, high rents, and a new low for the American dream.

Mar 1, 1981 — By John Bloom

Onstage, all happy lounge acts are alike; offstage, all unhappy lounge acts are unhappy in their own ways.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Richard West

What to eat, how to shop, and where to boogie in the most enchanting corner of Texas.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Patricia Sharpe

Burn, baby, burn

Mar 1, 1981 — By Paul Burka

Sex in the classifieds; looking out for farmer’s welfare; everybody wants to be land commissioner; what ever happened to the tax revolt?

Mar 1, 1981 — By Texas Monthly

Aggies are more than the corps, fashion is more than couture, teaching is mostly a chore.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Texas Monthly

Message parler?

Mar 1, 1981 — By Gregory Curtis

A tale of fourteen cities.

Mar 1, 1981 — By W. L. Taitte

In San Antonio, everything that glitters is in the Golden Palace, where the food is as gaudy as the décor. Austin’s OMei China gives you a zap on the mouth.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Michael Ennis

On a soap opera sound stage in Brooklyn the state of Texas lives and loves.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Jim Atkinson

Violence within the family tends not to be taken too seriously by the courts. But eventually that violence will burst loose to threaten us all.

Mar 1, 1981 — By W. L. Taitte

The San Antonio symphony is beleaguered. Conductor Lawrence Smith is well mannered. They’re both mediocre.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Gene Lyons

Lamar University’s hotshot basketball team makes lost of hoops, little hoopla.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Victoria Loe

Made In Japan

Mar 1, 1981 — By Stephen Harrigan

Southwest Fiction might make you think that the region is mostly metropolis and no mesquite. The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas hits a lot of high spots.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Stephen Harrigan

Monsters aren’t nearly as scary as the night they go bump in.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Doug Ramsey

The late Lester Young is a past president of jazz, and his music still holds sway. Albums by other musicians get votes of confidence, too.

Mar 1, 1981 — By Texas Monthly

Uncle Same wants Texas prison reform; Ma Bell wants your news dollar; Governor Bill wants Mexican workers; killer mosquitoes want you.