A look at the people and events in Madison's past that helped shape the city of today.
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2017-02-23 | Notable deaths in Madison, 1961.The postMadison, 1961 – In Memoriam appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2017-02-15 | 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.The postMadison, 1960 – Law and Disorder appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2017-02-10 | A cop with problems … a secretive police chief … and Ginger Rodgers! The police beat goes on, in 1967 Madison.The postMadison, 1967 – Law and Disorder appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2017-02-01 |
Madison, 1967– A big year for the Equal Opportunities Commissio... 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 re... |
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2016-12-31 | A tragic night in Badger sports … Madison mourns President Kennedy … and hopscotching the decade for headlines.The postBest of Madison History Podcast, vol. 2 appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2016-12-31 | 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.The postBest of Madison History Podcast, vol. 1 appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2016-12-16 | A new threat to Monona Terrace … Lakeside towers for the elderly … A self-inflicted traffic jam … A vicious murder.The postMadison, 3rd Week of December, 1960 appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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2016-12-06 | 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 Madi... |
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2016-11-29 | 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 schoolsThe postMadison, First Week of... |
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2016-11-22 | Madison, before and after the assassination of President Kennedy.The postMadison – 7 days in November, 1963 appeared first onWORT 89.9 FM. |
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