October 1979
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Features
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The Man Who Built River Oaks
Architect John Staub, the forgotten genius of River Oaks, transformed a few nondescript Houston streets into Millionaire’s Row.
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Ghosts
World War II may be over, but the Confederate Air Force will rise again.
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A Delicate Balance
Who turned off the melting pot? Vietnamese and Texans fight on the coast.
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Cutups
Can’t hull a strawberry? Can’t boil an egg? Can’t wash leafy vegetables? Relax. Help is on the way.
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Talking Money/The Heavy Hitters
What’s what and who’s who in Texas real estate.
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Sherwood Blount’s First Million
He believed in the American dream and it paid off.
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Columns
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This Is The Way The Apocalypse Ends . . .
Coppola’s multimillion-dollar labor of love is finally finished. We think.
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It’s a Lulu!
Even incomplete, Lulu was a great opera. Now it’s finished, and Santa Fe Opera got the stage the coveted U.S. premiere.
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City Transit Gloria
Hymns and admonitions for the best and worse bus services in Texas.
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A Joyful Noise
At St. Patrick’s in San Antonio they sing and dance—during mass. At Lakewood Assembly of God in Dallas they sing and sing and sing . . .
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Behind the Lines
Give me land, lots of land . . .
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The Right Wings
In his new book Tom Wolfe poses this question: were the Mercury astronauts men or monkeys? Thomas Thompson changes his journalistic setting from Houston to the far East to produce a book about an astonishing criminal.
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The Spoils of War
ëTis the season for plays about the Viet Nam War. Louisiana’s Huey P. Long is captured (almost) by Texans.
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Titles Texans
Beneath certain Stetsons lies a crown.
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After the Fall
Nicaragua’s new junta may discover it’s easier to depose a dictator than to rebuild a ravaged country.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
South Padre defiled—and you were there; the joy of six hundred maniacal flute players; Dallas’ love-hate affair with Fair Park.
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Miscellany
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Touts
High-flyin’ and highfalutin.
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State Secrets
How will Christo wrap up his trip to Texas?; pooh-poohing Three mile Island; the greatest train robbery of all; shake-up at Houston’s city hall.
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The Inside Story
Keep those cards and letters coming in.
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