This footage features two edited segments for Austin’s KVUE-TV. The first segment includes part of a 24 Action News broadcast. Anchors Dick Ellis and Deborah Duncan conduct a live interview with Madalyn Murray O’Hair, an athiest activist. O’Hair’s American Atheists organization had just opened its headquarters in Austin. The next segment is a partial 24 Action News report about changes in the tax rules that determine if children need to file tax returns.

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