This footage features eight edited television news segments from Channel 24 Action News for KVUE-TV. Stories include a dramatization of Crime Stoppers’ “Crime of the Week,” local reports on utility rate increases and bicycle thefts, coverage of a new state bill and an Austin City Council hearing, and explanations of municipal propositions up for a vote. Reporters include Jim McNabb and Dick Ellis, both prominent figures in the Austin journalism industry.

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