Madison, the third week of August, 1969 Madison’s mass transit system teeters on the verge of chaos as the shareholders of the Madison Bus Co. vote to dissolve the company and go out of business on November 10 – the same day the ongoing city subsidy runs out. Although the company can’t shut down until […]
Madison, the third week of July, 1969
The already-dim prospects for a civic auditorium and convention center at Law Park fade even further as Mayor Bill Dyke says the city doesn’t have the hotel rooms to support a convention center or the money to build a first-class auditorium there. “We as much need a new dump as we need an auditorium,” the […]
Madison, Third Week of June 1969
Mayor Bill Dyke’s special commission investigating the Mifflin Block Party Riots of early May gets underway, and hears from a witness who directly challenges the mayor’s account of a key point. Dyke has maintained that he was at Blue Mounds State Park with his son all day on Saturday May 3, and didn’t hear of […]
