Marathon canoe racing is the toughest sport in Texas. It’s tougher than bull riding, more grueling than pro football. The canoeists say that’s why it’s fun.
November 1979

Features
Why subject yourself to the dreariness of impersonal, prefab hotels when these country hostelries are just down the road?
Whether you have $2 to spend or $25,000, our Christmas gist selections show how to have a wonderfully indulgent holiday.
Behind the gleaming faÃ�ades of many new apartment villages are the crumbling walls of next year’s urban blight.
There are two questions about John Connally: Is he good enough to be president? Is he too bad to be president?
Miscellany
Texas Democrats run scared over Teddy; Arkansas bigwigs cry foul over gas lease; Mexican diplomats make waves over salt water.
Columns
Don’t both with séances or clairvoyants. There is a much better way to contact the shades of the past.
The leaders of Houston and Dallas symphony orchestras start off the season with two perplexing concert series.
Joining God’s army at Berachah Church in Houston; joining the fine families of Beaumont’s Trinity United Methodist.
Institutional green walls and stuffy classrooms are not a part of Houston architect Eugene Aubry’s Awty School design.
The Recovery Room band is at home in Dallas and New York, too.
Filmmakers flub: Schlesinger’s Yanks, Fellini’s Orchestra Rehearsal, and Jewison’s—And Justice for All.