Being Texan
July 1, 1978
Brave New Vacancies
Give us your tired and freezing Yankees, your studious Arabs, your ambitious young hustlers just blown into town, and we will rent them one bedroom and a bath for $215.
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Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1978
Happy Trails to You
Why let Roy Rogers have all the fun? Waltz across Texas this summer along these eleven good-time trails.
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
Expensive People
At the top, a good family helps, clothes help, manners help, the right friends help, but nothing helps like money.
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.
Business
April 1, 1978
Daddy’s Money
The feuding over H. L. Hunt’s vast fortune is a family affair, and what a family!
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.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
The Good Old Girls
At the National Women’s Conference, the feminists changed their sandals for pumps and embraced mainstream America.
Being Texan
December 1, 1977
They Found It!
Charismatics start by losing their heads and end up with a new kind of religion.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
The Second Battle of the Alamo
Texas’ oldest city is heading for a political showdown, thanks to some newcomers to the power game.
Country Notes
December 1, 1977
Ol’ Blue
A good country dog is loyal, obedient, and knows the difference between a chicken and a possum.
Texana
November 20, 1977
The Last Frontier
The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of ‘Giant.’
Hunting & Fishing
November 1, 1977
On the Wings of a Dove
Praise the Lord for gentle creatures and pass the ammunition.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Have Conscience, Will Travel
Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.
Border & Immigration
September 30, 1977
The Long Road North
Across the river and into the brush; an eyewitness account of the journey of two wetbacks.
Texas History
September 30, 1977
What’s Red, White, and Blue . . . And Orange All Over?
The Orange Show’s 75-year-old creator, Jeff McKissack, still goes dancing and is sure he will live to be a hundred.Never heard of the Orange Show? Then you’ve missed a razzle-dazzle piece of American folk art—an amusement park/sideshow that looks like a topless castle designed by a committee
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Joy of Cheerleading
One week with a thousand cheerleaders.
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Aging of the All-American Boy
Roger Staubach is one Cowboy who always wears a white hat.
Country Notes
September 30, 1977
The World to Wine
Try the house wine; I made it with my own feet.
Sports
August 31, 1977
If They Don’t Win It’s A Shame
In the bush leagues, rooting for the home team can be a humbling experience.
Sports
August 31, 1977
Minnesota Fats, Where Are You?
There’s more at stake than money when two hustlers cue up.
News & Politics
August 31, 1977
I Was a Spy in the Second Grade
I escaped once, but they sent me back.
News & Politics
August 31, 1977
Support Your Local Police
If you ever go to Houston, you’d better walk right. You’d better not gamble, and you’d better not fight.
Art
August 1, 1977
From Here to Infinity
Smile, you're a candid camera.
News & Politics
July 31, 1977
The Informer
The secret life of the man who tells the Man.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 1977
The Cactus Curtain
The word going across the border is: Uncle Sam doesn’t want you.
Sports
July 31, 1977
The Greening of Cowtown
The most popular club at the Colonial Golf Tournament is the one with barstools.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1977
1977: The Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1977
The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea
The Baja wilderness isn’t a great place to confront one’s own neuroses, but it’s an even worse place to confront someone else’s.
Design
June 30, 1977
Hello, Walls
When is a wall not a wall? When it's a work of art.
Business
May 31, 1977
Diamonds Aren’t Forever
Spring cleaning in the house that Zale built.
Health
May 31, 1977
The Power
Burning a candle a day keeps the hexes away.
Food & Drink
May 31, 1977
From Mexico With Love
Out of the Texas melting pot comes a food hot enough to melt anything.
Books
May 31, 1977
The Toughest Guys in Court
Anybody who thinks Jones, Jones & Baldwin is just a trio of small-time, small-town attorneys is headed for big-time trouble.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
Unfinished Women
In which our author hints that Texas men are in for a rude awakening.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
The Endless Odyssey of Patrick Henry Polk
Forget all those myths about poverty and welfare. This family is real and they live it.
Texas History
April 30, 1977
Grand Hotels
You won’t find Greta Garbo at these classic establishments, but some things that happen there are straight out of a movie.
Travel & Outdoors
April 30, 1977
Adventures Under the Sea
Where is Lloyd Bridges when you really need him?
Music
April 1, 1977
Stereo Begins at Home
Positively the latest in sound thinking.
News & Politics
April 1, 1977
The Eggheads and I
In which our author finds it’s one thing to be a genius; it’s another to be smart.
Health
April 1, 1977
The Lifesavers
Every night at Ben Taub Hospital’s emergency room is a night of the living dead.
Parks & Recs
April 1, 1977
Forgotten Places
Of canyons, creeks, and craters: the Big Bend as few have seen it.
Business
April 1, 1977
All Roads Lead From Roma
What’s good for marijuana is good for Starr County.
Style & Design
March 1, 1977
The Great Border Bazaar
We walk the line for you—from Matamoros to Juárez—to bring you the best of Mexican shopping.
News & Politics
March 1, 1977
The New Adultery
Those who haunt the singles bars aren’t always what they seem—namely, single.
True Crime
March 1, 1977
Rich Man, Dead Man
Profile of a society murder and the woman who lived to tell about it.
Health
March 1, 1977
Oops!
Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes in the medical profession leave scars on everybody.
Sports
February 1, 1977
Stars and Stripes
The rodeo where it really doesn’t pay to win.
Being Texan
February 1, 1977
The Baptists Want You!
Don’t take this wrong, but they’ve hired Eldridge Cleaver to get you.