News &amp; Politics

December 1, 1973

TEXAS ON THE POTOMACTHE TOSTADAS WERE (LET’S BE honest now) kind of stale, and the chile con queso was soggy, but, well what the hell, it sure was good to find some real Tex-Mex food.Purists could grumble if they wanted to and point out that the frijoles were little more

By Al Reinert and Sherry Kafka

November 1, 1973

Briar Patch

RETURN OF THE OLD PUCKERTHE ASTRODOME HAS REALLY OUTDONE itself. They had the help, though, of Hollywood press agentry and one of the bigger mouths in professional sports, so the Dome can’t take all the credit. Irregardless of culpability, it was an impressive show, that King-Riggs tennis match, and it

By Stephen Harrigan, Al Reinert and Jane Sumner

Books|

November 1, 1973

Volunteer Blues

Our well meaning volunteer other meets up with some hard-nosed realists in the public schools.

By Beverly Lowry

November 1, 1973

Mother of the Decade

Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother wants to tell the world how she got out from under Jackie’s shadow.

By Alexander Cockburn

November 1, 1973

Empires of Paper

A law firm of almost 200 attorneys becomes an institution with massive power and life of its own. Three such firms are in Texas, including two of the four largest in the U.S. We open them, for the first time, to the public.

By Griffin Smith Jr.

September 30, 1973

Briar Patch

MAYBE BABYABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, DR. Joseph Goldzieher, a researcher at San Antonio’s Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, set out to determine if numerous side effects reported by women using oral contraceptives might be psychological in origin.He recruited 76 women to use as a control group, some of whom

By Gregory Curtis, Ron White and Martha Hume

September 30, 1973

It’s a beautiful day in Chicago

How to keep your options, stock that is, open during Phase IV.

August 31, 1973

Briar Patch

CARRASCO REVISITED(IN AUGUST,TEXAS MONTHLY PUBLISHED an account of drug trafficking between Mexico and San Antonio. Much of that article concerned the activities of Fred Carrasco, at that time at large. Since then, he has been apprehended. Our correspondents sent us this account of his capture.)Around midnight July 22 a portly,

By Ron White and Reed Holland

August 31, 1973

Is There Hope For Wall Street?

Institutions give the little guy the squeeze.

August 31, 1973

Body Business At Tokyo House

Sam Corey runs a chain of massage parlors. He says they're all on the up and up.

By Gregory Curtis

August 31, 1973

How the New Drug Law Was Made

In which Texas comes into the 20th century, barely.

By Griffin Smith Jr.

August 31, 1973

Dr. Strangelove is Back!

Llano, Texas, is about to become the heart of our missile defense system.

By Grover Ellis

August 31, 1973

John Connally Between the Acts

There is a right way and a wrong way, whether eating grilled cheese or running for president.

By Ann Crawford and Jack Keever

July 31, 1973

Briar Patch

THE SPACEMAN’S LAST GASPCRAIG RASPBERRY IS NINE YEARS OLD and strikingly reminiscent of Mr. Peabody’s pet boy Sherman on the old Bullwinkle show, down to an air of scientific detachment which seems to be a trait he shares with his fellow citizens of Aurora, Texas, of whom there are not

By Texas Monthly

Best and Worst Legislators|

June 30, 1973

The Big Thicket Tangle

Take 3 million acres, add politicians, lumber companies and Time, Inc., and what have you got? A very small park, or no park at all.

By Al Reinert

June 30, 1973

1973: The Ten Best (and, Sigh, the Ten Worst) Legislators

Competition was fierce and the winners in both categories are outstanding.

By Texas Monthly

June 30, 1973

Briar Patch

TUBAL LIBATIONSFORMALS WORN BRALESS. SMILES GOING the full count. ‘Hair done’ and flown in for the occasion. Rosalind Russell doing an inspired Bert Parks. What more could a mother of four or a young career girl or a grandma want? All of us females were glued to the TV to

By Dave McNeely, Jamie Frucht and Joan Filvaroff

June 30, 1973

Inside The Lobby

These veterans of endless smoke-filled rooms and committee sessions do more to shape state government than most elected officials. They're not all bad, but they're not all good, either.

By Richard West

June 30, 1973

Amateur Hour

How to invest when the market gets wild.

May 31, 1973

Why a Condominium? Why Not?

Condominiums are springing up all over Texas. It’s a good concept, but you need to know what you're doing.

By Wendy Meyer

May 31, 1973

Briar Patch

THE SIN OF AUSTININ AUSTIN RECENTLY, DURING A public hearing on skinnydipping in Lake Travis, local resident Louis Steinbach testified to attentive city councilmen: “God has the power to destroy this city for its sin…and officials had better realize it.” We do not want to appear soft on sin, but

By Gregory Curtis, Wendy Meyer and Allan Turner

May 31, 1973

The Unholy Trinity Incident

Although the environmentalists won at the polls, the promoters of the nation's largest public works project may still turn the tide.

By Dave McNeely and Lyke Thompson

April 30, 1973

Briar Patch

THE GETAWAY THAT DIDN’T LASTON A COOL EVENING IN late spring, Mark Jones and Francisco Perez entered Joseph’s Foodliner, a small market in northwest San Antonio specializing in homemade egg rolls (4 for a dollar) and fresh Chinese snow peas. Young, longhaired, bearded, they had apparently charted an ambitious career

By Jan Reid and Jamie Frucht

April 30, 1973

Sex and Politics

Right here in Austin and right up there in Washington, our men who stand for office have been messin' around.

By Bill Brammer

Health|

April 30, 1973

Marcus Welby is an Establishment Quack!

The New Doctors refuse to take old medicine.

By Wendy Meyer

April 30, 1973

Farewell to LBJ: A Hill Country Valediction

Some last words, reverent and irreverent, like Lyndon himself.

By Bill Porterfield

April 30, 1973

Banzai Chicken!

A conversation about closed-end funds with a man who should know.

April 1, 1973

The Second Battle for San Antonio

A look at both sides of the 13-year skirmish over the North Expressway.

By Herbert Molloy Mason Jr.

Health|

April 1, 1973

Only Your Pet Knows for Sure

How to choose your veterinarian-and your pet's.

By Jamie Frucht

March 1, 1973

Wall Street Overkill

Look out, offshore operators, they're headed your way!

March 1, 1973

Should You Buy This Land?

We take a look inside and outside a major investment land company.

By Pat Reed

March 1, 1973

Don’t Touch That Dial!

Is anybody in Dallas watching?

By Gregory Curtis

March 1, 1973

So Long, Cosmic Cowboys

One giant step backward for the Moonmen.

By Al Reinert

March 1, 1973

Briar Patch

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIESPERSONALS—SEVEN-STORY BUILDING ON well-traveled Dallas corner. Within easy walking distance of County Courthouse, John F. Kennedy Memorial, Dealey Plaza. Once used to store books; now empty. Has potential for use as historical museum, or can be torn down and land converted to other use. Need advice on

By Griffin Smith Jr., Dave McNeely and Beverly Lowry

February 1, 1973

Air Today, Gone Tomorrow

THEY DID IT TO ME again.Yesterday I bought my number one customer 500 shares of Continental Airlines at 231/4. The Dow-Jones was crossing 1,000, the airlines were strong and it looked like a good trade. Today the New York Stock Exchange delayed the opening of Continental Airlines due to an

February 1, 1973

Briar Patch

HARD-SCRABBLE NOTES1. The Once & Future Larry KingA FEW YEARS AGO, IN a brief but characteristic moment of reflection, Larry King attempted a survey of all that he had mastered, and he was not greatly reassured. “Success and I are strangers,” he said. “Failure and I are such old friends

By Felicia Coates, Harriet Howle, William Broyles, Dave McNeely and Bill Brammer

February 1, 1973

Marvin Zindler, Consumer Lawman

Making the rounds with Texas’ most unlikely cop.

By John Durham