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Front Page - Friday, January 29, 2010

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Monday, February 1
The wholesale price of bottled Coca-Cola was increased from 96 cents to $1.20 per case on Monday.
Wednesday, February 3
The Chattanooga Bar was urged Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Leslie R. Darr to press for a change in the method of nominating state judicial officers in Hamilton County by separating those contests from political races for county offices. Judge Darr, veteran of both the state and federal benches, stepped out of his role as a federal judge to offer the suggestion and spoke as a member of the bar, and a private citizen and directed the appeal to John Gaither, president of the Chattanooga Bar Asso-ciation.
Friday, February 5
County Judge Thrasher asked other county officials Wednes-day to reconsider their decision to operate the courthouse on a five-day week basis, following the receipt of a letter asking that the courthouse be re-opened on Saturdays until noon. The Council voted last summer to close the courthouse on Saturdays during July and August on an experimental basis, and the schedule has been continued.