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Front Page - Friday, September 9, 2011

50 years ago...


What was happening in Chattanooga in 1961



Saturday, September 9

Introduced as the “next governor of Tennessee,” Mayor P.R. Olgiati thanked 2,000 to 3,000 supporters and friends gathered at Warner Park in a “grassroots” movement on his behalf, but was non-committal on entering the race.

Monday, September 11

Mrs. Dorothy Brammer, County Register, presented County Judge Frost a check for $31,280 excess fees for the five-month period ending September 1; making her total in excess fees for the year ending September 1 $74,080, a new record. Excess fees represent money left from the income of an office after the payment of all expenses.

Tuesday, September 12

WDOD became Chattanooga’s most powerful radio station broadcasting 24 hours a day Monday morning.

Thursday, September 14

County Judge Frost, in his talk to Chattanooga Board of Realtors Wednes-day in Hotel Patten, said, “It is time for us to start putting governments together – to end overlapping functions.” A type of metropolitan government is the answer to local government problems here, he said.