Madison in the Sixties Stu Levitan

Notable deaths in Madison, 1961.

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.

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

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.

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

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.