1960 Sen. John F Kennedy begins his Wisconsin presidential primary campaign at 5:30 in the morning of February 16, shaking hands with about a third of the 1,500 first-shift workers arriving at the Oscar Mayer company plant gates. With neither hat nor gloves, his only concession to the frigid February weather, a topcoat and scarf […]
Madison, the second week of February
Madison in the sixties, the second week of February An important week for university expansion. In 1961, the regents authorize vice president A.W. Peterson to start buying land for the massive $30 million South East Dormitory project which will create about 4,000 housing units. Exactly one year later, the regents approve $6.4 million in contracts […]
Madison, the first week of February
Madison in the sixties – first week of February Urban renewal dominates the news this week in 1961, as Madison makes history when it puts the Brittingham project out for bid. The 5-acre site bounded by West Washington, Proudfit and West Main, planned for 150 units of private market rate housing in buildings of up […]
Madison, fourth week of January
Madison in the Sixties – the last week of January 1963 — The UW Protection and Security Department hires its first female investigator, Nancy Marshall, a former member of the Madison Police Department’s Bureau of Crime Prevention. Campus police chief Albert Hamann says Marshall, a former home economics teacher in Sheboygan Falls, will handle investigations involving women and juveniles. […]
Madison, the third week of January in the Sixties
Madison in the sixties – the third week of January January 18 1962 — The most important cultural and social institution in the Greenbush neighborhood celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of its founding — the Club Lavoratori Italiani Sicilia di Mutuo Sucorso e Beneficenza, more widely known as Italian Workmen’s Club. The club opened its fine brick building […]
Madison, fourth week of October – Kennedys come calling
Oct. 23, 1960 – Democratic presidential nominee Senator John F Kennedy gets a rock star welcome on his only Madison campaign appearance, the third of four stops on a whirlwind day in Wisconsin. He steps out of his twin-engine Corvair to a cheering crowd of several thousand at municipal airport, and steps into an open […]
