Madison in the Sixties

Notable deaths in Madison, 1961.

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A new police chief .. a cop consorts with a divorcee .. a series of brazen burglaries … and a political odd couple to lead the Police and Fire Commission.

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A cop with problems … a secretive police chief … and Ginger Rodgers! The police beat goes on, in 1967 Madison.

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Madison, 1967. A big year for the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission. It wins passage of an historic expansion of the fair housing ordinance. It holds riveting public hearings into the state of police-community relations, and issues a disturbing report. But it loses its chair, Rev. James C. Wright, off for a planned two years at a seminary in Ilinois.

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A tragic night in Badger sports … Madison mourns President Kennedy … and hopscotching the decade for headlines.

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Muhammad Ali comes to town, and Bobby Knight turns us down .. two dancing nudes are bad news for the UW … and a block party becomes a three-night riot.

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A new threat to Monona Terrace … Lakeside towers for the elderly … A self-inflicted traffic jam … A vicious murder.

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Madison, second week of December, 1967 … A political piper of peace makes his first appearance … A Badger becomes a presidential son-in-law … Savings to come at a new coop, but  no more hot fun in the summertime … And a global musical tragedy in a Madison lake

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On campus, the last month of the decade begins with a major step for black studies, while Crazylegs cans Coatta. One great professor is honored, another is mourned. And there’s open warfare between the city and its schools

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Madison, before and after the assassination of President Kennedy.

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