Being Texan
May 31, 1984
Last Respects
The death of Uncle Henry saddened my whole far-flung family, but the gathering at his funeral was an occasion for telling stories and recalling the joys of a small-town upbringing.
Features
Feature
May 31, 1984
On the Links
Golf, glorious golf. A hook here, a slice there. So what if you can’t break a hundred. A cartful of cool, casual summer clothes will keep you looking like a million.
News & Politics
May 1, 1984
Out of Action
He was an aggressive cop with one of the toughest beats in Dallas. But after fourteen years and another killing, the department took him off the street and slapped him behind a desk.
Business
May 1, 1984
Lenôtre: Shameless Pastries, Mythical Chocolates, Shocking Sorbets
Bearing Gallic sophistication and outrageously delicious desserts, the Lenôtre family has taken Dallas and Houston by storm.
Border & Immigration
May 1, 1984
Take Me Across the River
The writer had no papers, but he wanted to get from Mexico to Houston. His best chance was to put his passage into the hands of a coyote, for a fat fee.
Health
May 1, 1984
Why I Hate Lamaze
New parents, beware! The only thing I got out of my six Lamaze classes was permission to enter the delivery room with my wife.
Business
May 1, 1984
High Noon at the Circle C
Gary Bradley, a hot young land speculator in Austin, was in the middle of a $50 million deal when he ran into an outraged environmental movement and a lobbyist with some powerful clients. The fight was on.
Being Texan
April 30, 1984
Texas Primer: The Cattle Guard
You may have played on one when you were a kid, but it’s no fun for cows.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1984
I Opened Tax Returns for the IRS
Behind the scenes at regional headquarters—a sometime part-timer tells all.
Being Texan
April 1, 1984
The Hub Cafe
It wasn’t the classiest place in Pharr to grow up, but it had tough truckers, sassy waitresses, and some of the best fry cooks in the Valley.
Style & Design
April 1, 1984
The Ponytail
Warm spring days call for giving in to new clothes and a neck-baring hairdo.
Business
April 1, 1984
Look, Ma, My Computer Did It!
See the future on your computer: software on stocks, football, and astrology.
News & Politics
April 1, 1984
It’s a High-Tech Life
While most people are using their computers to balance their checkbooks and play games, these three Texans are pushing their machines and programs to the limit.
News & Politics
April 1, 1984
Death of a Computer
Four critical mistakes forced Texas Instruments to pull the plug on the home computer that it had once expected would dominate the market.
Business
April 1, 1984
Birth of a New Frontier
Hundreds of new computer companies have made Texas the likely successor to California’s Silicon Valley, and it all started with two firms in Dallas.
Texas History
April 1, 1984
Texas Primer: The Yellow Rose of Texas
If it wasn’t for the song, no one would remember Emily Morgan, but she launched a nation by diverting Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1984
At the Mercy of the Court
What do drunks, prostitutes, lunatics, and elevators have in common? They’re all part of the weird 24-hour-a-day world of the Dallas County courthouse.
Business
March 1, 1984
“I Beat Ben Barnes and John Connally in a Fair Fight”
When Bames-Connally Investments announced plans to build apartments in a South Austin neighborhood, the residents banded together to try to stop them. They won the battle but lost the war.
Arts & Entertainment
March 1, 1984
In the Wings
Backstage at the Houston Ballet is a world of pastel shadows, brilliant spangles, and anxious waiting.
Hunting & Fishing
March 1, 1984
The Deluxe Down-and-Dirty Goose Hunt
In which a group of society ladies samples the thrills and chills of an essentially masculine pastime.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1984
Come On, Walter—Smile!
Austin’s Roy Spence parlayed his success in Mark White’s campaign into a job selling Walter Mondale to the American people.
Arts & Entertainment
February 1, 1984
The Training Ground
To wind up on top in the news business, it pays to start at the bottom.
News & Politics
February 1, 1984
At the Scene
The best local news programs in Texas make big bucks for their stations, but so do the worst ones. Here’s how they stack up.
News & Politics
February 1, 1984
Bad News
Local TV news has as much to do with show biz as with journalism. Unfortunately, most viewers take it seriously.
True Crime
February 1, 1984
Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part II: The Killing of Betty Gore
Candy Montgomery thought her affair with Allan Gore was over, until she found herself fighting for her life against Allan’s wife.
Style & Design
February 1, 1984
Texas Primer: The Texas Timex
Ever since LBJ’s gold Rolex appeared next to his gall bladder scar in news photographs, Texans have been buying the pricey timepieces by the carload.
Feature
February 1, 1984
Lasting Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, a gallery of folks who found the real thing.
True Crime
January 21, 1984
Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery’s Affair
Urban refugees fleeing high-tech Dallas have created ersatz rural communities in the nearby countryside. This isolated, pastoral life sometimes erupts into adultery and murder.
Sports
January 1, 1984
Gambling on the Gamblers
Jerry Argovitz made himself unpopular with NFL management as an abrasive player’s agent. Now that he owns Houston’s new football team, he finds himself on the other side of the table—and the issues.
Health
January 1, 1984
All the Better to See You With, My Dear
Are eye surgeons miraculously changing the lives of folks with glasses as thick as Coke-bottle bottoms, or are they just making themselves rich ?
Style & Design
January 1, 1984
Texas Primer: The Collins Purse
In the sixties a small company in Medina produced a wooden box decorated with rhinestones. It became a Texas tradition.
Border & Immigration
December 1, 1983
Pancho Villa’s Last Gasp
In death as in life, the Mexican revolutionary is still causing trouble. This time the border skirmish is over his death mask.
Texas History
December 1, 1983
Texas Primer: Christmas on the Range
Yes, Virginia Sue, Texas really does have its own holiday traditions.
Texas History
December 1, 1983
Pearl Harbor Christmas
December 1941 in Clarksville was a time to celebrate peace on earth amid the rumblings of war.
Business
November 1, 1983
Twofers
They are the quirky enterprises that offer two things under one roof—like shrimp and guns, steaks and loans, or eggrolls and gasoline.
News & Politics
November 1, 1983
Fantasy Island
It’s a high-rise developer’s dream. Houston’s old guard wants to turn 34 acres of downtown warehouses into an island of classy shops and pricey condos. They thought they had it wired, until Kathy Whitmire was elected mayor.
Style & Design
November 1, 1983
The Wild Ones
Quick! Get out your furs before it gets hot again.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1983
Pieces of the Puzzle
Great moments in the conspiracy time line.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1983
They Can’t All Be Right
After twenty years these are the assassination theories that still survive.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1983
Still on the Case
Assassination buffs come in all shapes and convictions—archivists, technologists, mob-hit theorists, and more—but they are all obsessed with Lee Harvey Oswald, and his crime is the focus of their lives.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1983
Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
A great man was dead and an outraged world desperately wanted someplace to lay blame. It chose Dallas and changed the city forever.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1983
The Legacy of Lee Harvey Oswald
Twenty years ago he thrust himself into our lives; he is there yet.
Being Texan
October 1, 1983
Texas Primer: The Open Container
Texans are sometimes driven to drink.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1983
Mayor of the Unfinished City
To become more than a perpetual boom town, Dallas needs a foresighted leader and astute politician. Is Starke Taylor the man?
Sports
September 1, 1983
Passing the Bucks
Football recruiting makes the NCAA see red, but SMU sees orange.
Style & Design
September 1, 1983
Johnson & Johnson
In a glass-and-steel world of Houston skyscrapers, there was nothing like an art deco obelisk or a pink Gothic cathedral until architect Philip Johnson.
September 1, 1983
Texas, a Long, Long, Long, Long, Time Ago
When armadillos weighed three tons and the long horns were on dinosaurs.
Parks & Recs
August 31, 1983
Texas Primer: Caprock
Across the Panhandle stretches a thin red line that divides doughty plains dwellers from Texas’ lesser changed.
Feature
August 31, 1983
Panorama Camera
With their 350-degree camera, photographers recorded Houston in the early 1900’s. Half a century later two young photographers found the camera the same but Houston vastly changed.
Travel & Outdoors
August 1, 1983
Secret Places
In the hidden corners of Texas’ outback—in foresty swamp and shimmering desert—there are a few places that are still primeval.