Music
May 1, 1981
Champs
It IS whether you win. And these eight Texans are winners.
Features
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1981
The Subway That Ate Houston
The most expensive, amazing, dynamic, futuristic, and sexy way not to solve a transit crisis.
True Crime
May 1, 1981
The Mistress and the Muscleman
A tale of passion in the double-knit aristocracy.
Health
April 30, 1981
The Cancer Belt
In the southeast corner of Texas, more people get cancer than anywhere else in the state. Why?
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1981
Tenting Tonight
How you can—and why you should—go camping in the middle of the week.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1981
Pack Up Your Troubles
Today’s high-tech camping gear has stolen a march on your old kit bag.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1981
Grin and Bear It
Camping gets you back to the basics: blisters, chiggers, and, yes, deep satisfaction.
Hunting & Fishing
April 1, 1981
Shrimpers
Someone endured weeks of hard work, loneliness, and seasickness to land that lovely pink delicacy on your plate.
Health
April 1, 1981
Passing On
In her darkest, final hours, a young mother turns to a new kind of medical care for help.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1981
Going Under
For a man and his daughter out for a pleasant day’s fishing, the first sign of danger was a man’s hat floating silently down the stream.
Music
March 1, 1981
Make Friends With the Quin Tikis
Onstage, all happy lounge acts are alike; offstage, all unhappy lounge acts are unhappy in their own ways.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1981
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso
What to eat, how to shop, and where to boogie in the most enchanting corner of Texas.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1981
Speed Demons
State highway patrolmen hate the 55 mph speed limit almost as much as other Texas motorists do, and for better reasons.
News & Politics
February 1, 1981
Crime Without Punishment
Lock your doors. The police have given up trying to catch burglars.
Style & Design
February 1, 1981
Total Fabrications
When machine-printed polyester or rayon won’t do, consider the work of Texas’ top textile artists.
Critters
February 1, 1981
Life Behind Bars
Zoos are fine for people, but they make animals go crackers.
Business
February 1, 1981
Old Oil: The Ranger Revival
Ranger was the most romantic field in the early oil boom. Now a major company is risking its future to prove that romance still lives.
Energy
February 1, 1981
Oil Boom ’81
The glory days of the oil industry aren’t over; they’ve only just begun.
Style & Design
January 1, 1981
Rags to Riches
When buyers and sellers converge on Dallas’s Apparel Mart for a week-long orgy of fashionable commerce, high style and discriminating taste confront the cold reality of the bottom line.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1981
King of the Mountain
Clements is ready for the Legislature, but is the Legislature ready for him?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1981
Laying Down the Law
That’s what the Legislature is here to do, and unless we’re lucky, it just may.
Feature
December 1, 1980
Out Of Control
We’ve got inadequate airports, jam-packed airspace, and antiquated traffic control system, and inept federal overseers. Is air safety just pie in the sky?
Feature
December 1, 1980
These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking
You can drink coffee out of them, plant ivy in them, or put them on a pedestal. The only thing you can’t do with these realist ceramic boots is wear them.
Feature
December 1, 1980
Houston! Astros!
The Astros were going to the World Series. But—
Feature
December 1, 1980
I, Claus
Better not shout, cry, or pout, ‘cause we’re telling you why, after all these years, Santa Claus is still coming to town.
Style & Design
November 1, 1980
Hecho en Mexico
There’s no Christmas like a south-of-the-border Christmas, with gift ideas to match.
Sports
November 1, 1980
The Ultimate Sport
Polo? It’s passé. Big game hunting? Humdrum. It’s the pursuit of the wily blue marlin that admits men to the world’s most exclusive club.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1980
Why Is Houston Falling Apart?
Because nobody at city hall is doing his job, that’s why.
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 1980
Discover Beautiful Beaumont
Okay, we heard that snicker. But give the place a chance. You’ll find plenty to enjoy.
True Crime
November 1, 1980
Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia
The Denton millionaire hated drugs and liked cops. He also liked Muscles Foster, a footloose cowboy who was one of Texas’ biggest drug runners.
News & Politics
October 1, 1980
Twisting the Night Away
South Texas went into a frenzy preparing for Hurricane Allen, then the guest of honor never showed up.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1980
What Ever Happened to the Storm of the Century?
Hurricane Allen proved that everyone talks about the weather but nobody knows much about it—least of all the National Weather Service.
Feature
September 30, 1980
Dirty Money
The ingredients: a criminal with soiled cash, an ambitious banker, a savvy go-between. The result: an almighty mess for Houston’s Allied Bank.
Politics & Policy
September 1, 1980
The $38,000 a Year, Wife and Two Kids, House and a Pool Blues
Is inflation deflating your standard of living? You are not alone.
Sports
September 1, 1980
The Modified Triple-Reverse, Double-Handoff Option
Football has degenerated into a routine encounter between two sets of programmed, steroid-stuffed robots. These trick plays could change all that.
Travel & Outdoors
September 1, 1980
In the Still of the Night
A photographer finds mystery and magic.
Politics & Policy
August 1, 1980
Fire!
What you don’t know about your fire department could burn you up.
Sports
August 1, 1980
Ring of Truth
Two brave bulls stood between Paco Olivera and the prize he had worked for all his life.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1980
Why I Turned In Lee Otis Johnson
When black militant Lee Otis Johnson got out of prison his old friends welcomed him with open arms. Later, some of them wished they hadn’t.
Style & Design
July 1, 1980
Oh, You Beautiful Mall
Where else but the Galleria could you find a lavender lace Western dress, a Persian turquoise necklace, and Texas’ most expensive potato chips?
Energy
July 1, 1980
Profits? What Profits?
Reading Big Oil’s annual reports for the truth about profits is a little like drilling for oil in the Baltimore Canyon: you know it’s there, but how deep will you have to go to find it?
Style & Design
June 30, 1980
My Home, the Galleria
Texas’ most glamorous mall has all the comforts of home and then some. So why not move in?
Business
June 1, 1980
Who Owns Texas?
The biggest landholders in the state, acre by acre.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1980
An Insider’s Guide to San Antonio
There’s more for the traveler in San Antonio than meets the Alamo.
Sports
June 1, 1980
Spit and Polish
If throwing a spitball is an art, Gaylord Perry is Michelangelo.
Being Texan
June 1, 1980
Lawn Boy
Here’s how to achieve inner peace, perfect serenity, spiritual calm, and a nice, neat lawn.
Border & Immigration
May 1, 1980
Town Without Pity
Nuevo Laredo’s Boys’ Town, where lost innocence meets failed dreams.
Business
May 1, 1980
Three Gentlemen, One Ghost, and a Skyscraper
The intrigue behind the building of Houston’s Texas Commerce Tower was almost as monumental as the 75-story structure itself.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
The Tragedy of Bob Bullock
Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, built a powerful state agency. Then Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, was seduced by its power.
Health
April 1, 1980
Little Boy Lost
Being autistic nearly ruined Michael Shipley’s life, but his parents sent him to a state mental hospital. Then Michael’s life was ruined for good.