Madison in the Sixties. May, 1962 Mayor Henry Reynolds scores two big victories on the night of Thursday, May 10, as the common council casts historic votes that will define […]
Madison, April 1962
Madison in the Sixties – April, 1962 Henry Reynolds was elected mayor in April 1961 on platform of killing the Frank Lloyd Wright Monona Terrace project, which had been authorized […]
Madison, February 1962
Madison in the Sixties – February, 1962 With no progress coming on state or federal efforts for a strong civil rights bill, Attorney Lloyd Barbee, the former president of the […]
Madison, October 1966
Madison in the Sixties – October, 1966 Two events of note on the 13th. The city council rejects a request from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom to […]
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961 Two months after businessman Henry Reynolds was elected mayor on a platform of killing the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona […]
Madison, the first week of April, 1961
Madison, the first week of April, 1961. As the municipal election of 1961 approached, no one expected Mayor Ivan Nestingen to be a candidate. The 39-year-old attorney and former state […]
