
June 1979 Issue

Features



Hell on Wheels
Soldiers at Fort Hood agree on one thing: You don’t have to be crazy to be in the Tank Corps—but it helps.

Chinks in the Armor
If the Soviet Union and the United States fought a nuclear war, no one would win. But who would win a conventional war?
Ben Barnes is Still Running
The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard.
Columns
U.$.A. Film Fe$tival
Filmmakers hoped to be money-makers by the end of the ninth annual U.S.A. Film Festival in Dallas.
The Camera Knows
Photographer Harry Callahan gets the picture. Painter Robert Levers gets his message across loud and clear.
A New Old West
Two novels with novel views of frontier days. And, Howard Hughes revisited by two reporters who leave no stone of his rocky history unturned.
Count Your Blessings
Will the Episcopalians inherit the Methodists and Baptists? Will the Pentecostals inherit some tact?
Boys Will be Sopranos
And, if they’re the Texas Boys Choir, pretty good ones at that. San Antonio opera gets an overhaul.
Missing the Pointe
At the Southwestern Regional Ballet Festival in pre-tornado Wichita Falls, the politics were hotter than the dancing.
A Stitch in Time
A husband and wife decide sterilization is the best answer for birth control; the question is-who does it?
Strike! They’re Out
Who’s calling the balls while the major league umpires are out on strike?
They Must Pay the Rent!
Melodrama Theatres in Austin and San Antonio keep the popcorn flying. Coward and Shaw play Dallas and Houston.
Reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter
Who is the mayor of Cowtown? Who is that man in the ski mask? Who wants Caddo Lake’s water?
Web
Gazpacho Andaluz
Combat the long hot summer with gazpacho, the coolest thing that ever happened to a tomato.Gazpacho6 tomatoes, very ripe, cored and quartered 1 cucumber, peeled and coarsely chopped 1 green pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped 1 small onion, peeled and quartered 2 medium garlic cloves, peeled 5 thin slices, or
Gazpacho Ajo Blanco
Combat the long hot summer with gazpacho, the coolest thing that ever happened to a tomato.Gazpacho1 1/3 cups blanched almonds 2 large garlic cloves 1 teaspoon salt 5 thin slices, or 1 medium-size roll, French or Italian bread (crusts removed, soaked in water, then squeezed thoroughly) 2 to 3 tablespoons
My Gazpacho
Combat the long hot summer with gazpacho, the coolest thing that ever happened to a tomato.Gazpacho4 ripe tomatoes, cored and peeled 2 garlic cloves, peeled 1 small onion, coarsely chopped 1 carrot, coarsely chopped 1 cucumber, peeled and coarsely chopped 1 green pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped 2 sprigs fresh
White Wine Gazpacho
Combat the long hot summer with gazpacho, the coolest thing that ever happened to a tomato.2 cups dry white wine 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, bruised 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, bruised 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil, or 1 teaspoon dried 2 large bay leaves 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic 6 cups
Miscellany
State Secrets
Will Arthur Temple take over Time Inc.? A Bergstrom AFB dentist gets the drill.