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.

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

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

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

Madison, before and after the assassination of President Kennedy.