October 1979

Sep 30, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

World War II may be over, but the Confederate Air Force will rise again.

Sep 30, 1979 — By John Bloom

Who turned off the melting pot? Vietnamese and Texans fight on the coast.

Sep 30, 1979 — By W. L. Taitte

Can’t hull a strawberry? Can’t boil an egg? Can’t wash leafy vegetables? Relax. Help is on the way.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Nicholas Lemann

What’s what and who’s who in Texas real estate.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Nicholas Lemann

He believed in the American dream and it paid off.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Michael Ennis

Architect John Staub, the forgotten genius of River Oaks, transformed a few nondescript Houston streets into Millionaire’s Row.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Michael Ennis

Sep 30, 1979 — By W. L. Taitte

Even incomplete, Lulu was a great opera. Now it’s finished, and Santa Fe Opera got the stage the coveted U.S. premiere.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Kaye Northcott

Hymns and admonitions for the best and worse bus services in Texas.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

ëTis the season for plays about the Viet Nam War. Louisiana’s Huey P. Long is captured (almost) by Texans.

Sep 30, 1979 — By William Martin

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 . . .

Sep 30, 1979 — By Michael Ennis

Beneath certain Stetsons lies a crown.

Sep 30, 1979 — By William Broyles

Give me land, lots of land . . .

Sep 30, 1979 — By Stephen Harrigan and Nicholas Lemann

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.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

Nicaragua’s new junta may discover it’s easier to depose a dictator than to rebuild a ravaged country.

Sep 30, 1979 — By George Morris

Coppola’s multimillion-dollar labor of love is finally finished. We think.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Patricia Sharpe

High-flyin’ and highfalutin.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Paul Burka

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.

Sep 30, 1979 — By Texas Monthly

Sep 30, 1979 — By Gregory Curtis

Keep those cards and letters coming in.

Sep 30, 1979 — By John Bloom

South Padre defiled—and you were there; the joy of six hundred maniacal flute players; Dallas’ love-hate affair with Fair Park.