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Texas History
January 21, 2013
People We’ll Miss
Big Tex will be back. Sadly, we cannot the say same of Larry Hagman, Darrell Royal, Amarillo Slim, Leslie, and the many other Texans we lost in 2012.
Sports
April 30, 2003
The Skinny on Slim
Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.—a.k.a. Amarillo Slim—has cut cards with LBJ and hustled all manner of sharpies at pool and Ping-Pong. But at 74, his greatest success continues to be at the poker table, as my $100 and I found out.
True Crime
November 1, 1999
The Outsiders
Amarillo is a city where conformity counts, so the death of a punk at the hands of a football player had more than a little symbolic significance there. So did the jury’s decision to keep the killer from going to jail.
Business
March 1, 1998
How the West Was Won Over
The verdict is in: Oprah loves Texas—and Texas loves Oprah. The queen of daytime talk swept into the Panhandle, turned the tide of public opinion, and had courtroom watchers asking, Where’s the beef?
Art
September 30, 1997
Car Talk
Stanley Marsh 3’s mobile autos.
Best and Worst Legislators
June 30, 1997
The Bill Doctor
Caught in a real-life episode of E.R., Senator Teel Bivins spent the final week of the legislative session performing triage on bills that were at death’s door. As our story begins, a perspiring Bivins frantically tries to revive Governor Bush’s charter schools program, which is among the 52 bills that
Arts & Entertainment
July 31, 1996
Magic Johnson
From the Paris Bastille to a duet with Pavarotti to a PBS documentary: Amarillo’s resident opera star, Mary Jane Johnson, has had a career full of high notes, and she has savored every one of them.
Being Texan
March 1, 1996
Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch
Since the day Stanley Marsh 3 finally went too far and locked up George Whittenburg’s son in a chicken coop, all of Amarillo has been abuzz about the bizarre battle between these intractable foes.
Energy
October 1, 1995
Reversal of Fortune
Boone Pickens and his protégé, David Batchelder, built Mesa Petroleum into an energy giant. Now Pickens’ empire is crumbling and his former aide is leading the charge against him.
Energy
November 1, 1994
Disarmed and Dangerous
With the end of the cold war, the Pantex nuclear facility is dismantling its bombs. Will nearby Amarillo’s environment and economy get blown to pieces?
Art
January 1, 1993
Shooting Stars
With wit and grit, Amarillo-born photographer Mark Seliger persuades reluctant celebrities to show their true selves.
Texas History
April 1, 1992
Hard Rock
It chopped, it scraped, it cut, it carved! Texas’ own Alibates flint helped civilize a continent.
Business
April 1, 1985
Why Boone Can’t Lose
An old hand at Pickens-watching reveals the key to the Amarillo oilman’s corporate-takeover antics.
Energy
October 1, 1982
“It’s Time To Make a Deal”
The inside story of Boone Pickens’ adventures in the Wall Street merger game, featuring action, suspense, drama, a few laughs, and a special guest appearance by President Ronald Reagan.
True Crime
March 1, 1978
Playboys of the Western Plains
Amarillo millionaire Stanley Marsh 3 couldn’t believe his own good fortune—the Cullen Davis murder trial was coming to town.