Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Night Moves
For legislators in Austin, home is where the bar is.
Features
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1979
Ben Barnes is Still Running
The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard.
Style & Design
May 1, 1979
Making It
Six Texas artisans are busy putting the craft back in craftsmanship.
Music
April 30, 1979
Running Wild with Jerry Jeff
His friends say the king of country rock is getting mellow. The question is, mellow compared to what?
True Crime
April 30, 1979
Never Love a Bandido
Someone was gunning down members of the state’s toughest motorcycle gang one at a time. Doe hoped her man wouldn’t be next.
Health
April 1, 1979
What They Do All Day
Doctors are busy every minute. But what exactly are they up to ?
Business
April 1, 1979
The Hot Pink Empire of Mary Kay Ash
She learned the truth about selling cosmetics. Her customers didn’t want to buy products, they wanted to buy dreams.
Texas History
April 1, 1979
Fiesta!
Whether you drink champagne or beer, wear diamonds or rhinestones, one thing about Fiesta San Antonio is the same for everyone: it’s fun.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1979
Have Guns, Will Travel
Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.
Energy
March 1, 1979
Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!
Oil is a slippery business.
Being Texan
March 1, 1979
Sisters
An album of female kinship.
News & Politics
February 1, 1979
Hotel Detective
He knows the secrets behind closed doors.
Libations
February 1, 1979
Requiem for a Margarita
Tequila, tequila, everywhere, and not a drop in your margarita.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Billy Lee
How a bountifully talented young Texas writer based a novel on Lyndon Johnson, won high praise, and then…
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Six Crises
It will be up to the 66th Legislature to solve these problems, and we’ll have to live with the solutions.
Texas History
January 1, 1979
In Search of La Salle
The riddle of the French explorer lies buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico, but what is it, where is it, and why, oh why, are we looking for it?
Feature
January 1, 1979
Clements for President
Here’s how we cans share our good fortune with the rest of America.
News & Politics
December 1, 1978
Hard Time
Ellis prison houses 2400 dangerous criminals, and it’s the safest place to live in Texas.
Energy
December 1, 1978
The Friends of Cloyce Box
With friends like these, Box’s company didn’t need enemies.
Style & Design
November 1, 1978
A Country Christmas
Holiday gift ideas with a true rustic flavor.
Texas History
November 1, 1978
The End of the Trail
At the Fort Worth stockyards, cattlemen buy and sell amid the last vestiges of the Old West.
Texas History
November 1, 1978
The Chew Road to Knowledge
Perhaps, after all, girls should go with boys who chew.
Critters
November 1, 1978
The Birds of Death
Cockfighting is probably cruel and certainly illegal, which are only two reasons that attract its aficionados.
Business
November 1, 1978
Bad Jobs
If working hard builds character, these people must be saints.
Health
November 1, 1978
Old Folks at Home
We will all grow old; but, as Maurice Chevalier says, “That’s not so bad when you consider the alternative.”
Health
October 1, 1978
I Can’t Do It!
Some kids may fail at school and it’s not their fault.
Business
October 1, 1978
The Last of the Great Ladies
Oveta Culp Hobby has gone from a country town to a position of power and wealth. What she hasn’t done will also be her legacy.
Energy
October 1, 1978
Working the Rigs
Show us the hardest working man in Texas and we’ll show you a roughneck.
Style & Design
September 30, 1978
The Cap That Won The West
The newest style of manly hatwear.
Travel & Outdoors
September 1, 1978
Stuck on Cactus
Making a few points about our favorite all-American plant.
Being Texan
September 1, 1978
The Deadliest Sin
Confessions of a bridge nut.
Feature
August 31, 1978
The Ten Worst Freeways
Avoid them if you can; if you can’t, take something along to pass the time.
Texas History
August 31, 1978
The Sons of the Pioneers
Miles from their nearest neighbors, beset by drought, debt, insects, and government, Panhandle farmers gamble everything to keep alive a tradition they can’t abandon.
Energy
August 1, 1978
Labor Pains
Second-generation refinery workers don’t believe in politicians or corporations and some of them don’t believe in unions. The question is, do they believe in strikes?
Travel & Outdoors
August 1, 1978
Barton Springs Eternal
What was once a mere rural spring is now a crowded, languorous, bare-skinned utopia.
Business
August 1, 1978
Trouble in Paradise
Resort hotels and luxury condominiums line the shore of South Padre, yet foot by foot, day by day, the island is washing away.
Food & Drink
August 1, 1978
A Peach of a Deal
Texas is cattle, oil, Stetsons, peaches, branding irons . . . peaches?
Being Texan
July 1, 1978
The Last Sister
Modern nuns have left the convent and entered the world. If they don’t like what they find, can they go home again?
Being Texan
July 1, 1978
You Can See By My Outfit That I Am a Cowboy
When this young man decided to go West, he made it as far as a dude ranch in Bandera.
Texas History
June 30, 1978
On the Waterfront
It was Memorial Day weekend and the pickings were slim. Most of the ships that normally would have been in port lay anchored in Galveston Bay so they wouldn’t have to pay time and a half to longshoremen. The old longshoreman they called Goat made his rounds, cadging drinks and looking
Feature
May 31, 1978
Little Bruisers
Fighters from all over Texas slug it out in the Golden Gloves; for most, that’s the only gold they’ll ever see.
Music
May 1, 1978
Little Joe
Amid blaring trumpets, raised fists, bottles of beer, and a cheering mob stands the king of Saturday night.
Style & Design
May 1, 1978
Cabin Fever
Years ago, kids used to play pioneer with Lincoln Logs. Today grown-ups are playing pioneer—only with real log cabins.
News & Politics
April 30, 1978
I Was a Bum
Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime?
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Election Tip Sheet
The dark horses, heavy favorites, and close calls of this year’s big elections.
Style & Design
April 1, 1978
Plastic Fantastic
“Plastics,” the man whispered to Dustin Hoffman in ‘The Graduate,’ and plastics—transformed from junk into art—it is.
Being Texan
April 1, 1978
The Petrified Forest
Behind the pine curtain of deep East Texas is a world trapped in the past and hidden from the future: lush woods, poor whites, the descendants of slaves, and an aristocracy still breathing the rarefied air of the Old South.
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.
Feature
March 1, 1978
The Art West of the Pecos / Design
How a small-town Texas boy turned a taste for Southwestern art into the biggest gallery in Santa Fe.
Being Texan
March 1, 1978
Saturday Night
If it’s Saturday night and you just got paid, you’re a fool about your money and don’t try to save—go dancing.