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Cover story on Minnesota Fats.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Andy Anderson, Bailey Anderson, Moses Bolibo, Gooder Brown, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Don Chema, Stanley Clarke, David Allan Coe, La Coste, Pete Drake, Barbara Fairchild, Bobby Flores, Kinky Friedman, Alex Habeeb, Linda Hargrove, Joe Jama, Mary Jane, Danny Levinson, Loretta Lynn, Augie Meyers, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Olivia Newton-John, Larry Patton, Joe Perales, Rick Presley, Paul Ray, Jerry Reed, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Johnny Rodriguez, Roger Santos, David Solis, Joe Sublette, Tammy Wynette, Oscar Zamora, Ray Zule.

Sam and Johnny talk about rugged individualism, luck and circumstances as factors of success and achievement. They try to define rugged and come to the conclusion that it is a false concept. They also briefly talk about the movie “The Right Stuff” and various things about it. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

Sam and Johnny continue their discussion on rugged individualism, what the rugged individual would posses as far as material things, knowing whether you have ruggedness or not and having the “right stuff”. They also make a list of people throughout history who have had the “right stuff”. Sam also discusses filming The Right Stuff and how hard it was to film yet everyone worked as a team and how writing letters are a more personal way of communication. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

In the second interview, Daniel Farlow discusses his teaching career in the political science department and the evolution of the college from SWTSTC to SWTSC to SWTSU. He talks about his studies at UT-Austin and being hired by Dr. James Taylor for the then-social science division. He discusses different university administrations of Presidents John Flowers, James McCrocklin, Billy Mac Jones, Lee Smith and Robert L. Hardesty. He shares his predictions for the university's future and its academic reputation.