ACCOUNT MANAGER Phoenix, AZ or virtual office Responsible for developing and managing high-end small ticket & middle-market Vendor Programs. Base plus commission. Click here for more detailed information. Manufacturers' Lease Plans Inc. (MLPi) is the pioneer of short-term rental and operating lease financing, funding high technology equipment manufacturers since the 1960s.

www.leaseplans.com

Monday, August 27, 2007

Headlines---

Kester and Bennie start Latitude Equipment Leasing
    Top Stories--August 20--August 24
        Classified Ads---Asset Management
            Correction: Ken Greene left out???
NetBank Galloway back at work
    Classified Ads---Help Wanted
        Cartoon---Hiring an attorney
Sept. 7-8 CA/Sept 24 NJ/Nov 2-3 Atlanta, GA
    Leasing 102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
    UCC Legal Rules -- Part II
    Brent McWhorter Joins Alter Moneta
        Bad Credit Biggest Risk to Economy
    Mortgage Crisis Forces Sale of German Bank
Cutbacks Mount in Real Estate Industry
    Growing Mortgage Crisis Spreads to Jumbo Loans
        News Briefs---
You May have Missed---
    Sports Briefs---
        "Gimme that Wine"
Calendar Events
    Snapple Real Facts
        Today's Top Event in History
    This Day in American History
Baseball Poem
    SuDoku
        Daily Puzzle

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Kester and Bennie start Latitude Equipment Leasing

Marlton, NJ – Leasing industry veterans Gary Kester and Mike Bennie are pleased to announce that they have formed a commercial equipment leasing company, Latitude Equipment Leasing, LLC. Mr. Kester is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Marlin Leasing Corp., as well as one of the founders of the company. Mr. Bennie is the former Vice President in charge of Marlin’s Broker Services division. Both were instrumental in the growth and success of Marlin from a startup through its IPO.

“We have been greeted with enthusiastic response from potential investors and employees. The company is in the final stages of raising capital and developing policies, and we expect to open our doors in early September ready to service customers” quotes Kester.

“Small, independent equipment dealers are clearly underserved. They are frustrated by the level of service they receive from larger leasing companies that are driven by volume, yield and credit without regard for the actual needs of their customers. We feel that we will bring a fresh approach to the marketplace, an approach that larger funders have forgotten” quotes Bennie.

With the imminent completion of its sales and management teams, Latitude feels strongly it will add a new level of common sense to the process of originating equipment leases. “After all,” states Kester, “the definition of Latitude is ‘freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action and opinion’. With the experience of our management team that is exactly the value that Latitude Equipment Leasing plans on providing to both our customers and employees.”

For further information about Latitude Equipment Leasing please email Gary Kester at gkester@latitudeleasing.com or Mike Bennie at mbennie@latitudeleasing.com.

Relationship Manager Minneapolis, MN Primary contact for brokers/lessors. Coordinates development and execution of programs, represents Company at trade association conferences, implements strategy to best serve the brokers/lessor marketplace. Requires 4 year degree or equivalent industry experience. To apply e-mail resumes attention of Brad Peterson bpeterson@predictifund.com  and careers@advanceme.com. Background Checks are required.  EOE Predictifund, a subsidiary of Capital Access Network, Inc. (CAN) providing equipment financing and working capital options to brokers.

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Top Stories--August 20--August 24

Here are the top ten stories most “opened” by readers last week:

(1) "Bloodbath" at Marlin Leasing
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-20-07.htm#marlin

(2) IFC Credit Announces New Credit Facility
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-24-07.htm#ifc

(3) Sales makes it Happen---by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
“The use of Lease Proposals”
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-22-07.htm#sales

(4) Fed to lower rate before September 18th
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-22-07.htm#feds

(5) Leasing declined July as expected-better times ahead
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-24-07.htm#decline

(6) Madison Capital’s New Fully Electronic Leasing Option
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-22-07.htm#mad

(7) Businesses Pinched as Loan Spigot Shuts Off
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/
AR2007081901415.html

(8) EAEL September 24 Expo--See who's attending
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-24-07.htm#eael

(9) BCI Aircraft Leasing Owner 60 days pay investors
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu_hollnagelaug23,0,5213203.story

(10) AT&T quietly introduces $10 DSL plan in 22 states
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/manufacturingtechnology/story/
A4ADAA6883ABA9948625733E005D95A0?OpenDocument

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Classified Ads---Asset Management

New York, NY
10+ years in equipment leasing/secured lending. Skilled in management & training, documentation, policy and procedure development & implementation, portfolio reporting. Strong work ethic.
Email: dln1031@nyc.rr.com

Orange County, CA
20 years leasing experience, nine as Portfolio Manager. Strong residual forecasting background. Certified Financial Planner(tm), Series 7, Series 66, Life Agent & Variable Contracts licenses.
Email: gregorymlorenz@aol.com

Seattle, WA
20 years combined experience in Asset Management and Collections. History of successfully maximizing the residual position through superior negotiation skills and remarketing.
Email: gcsprings@comcast.net

To place a free “job wanted” ad here, please go to:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Classified/Jwanted/Jwanted-post.htm

For a full listing of all “job wanted” ads, please go to:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Classified/Jwanted/Jwanted.htm

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Correction: Ken Greene left out???

Kenneth C. Greene, Northern California
Twenty years experience, reasonable fee, well-known in the industry, experience both sides, call for a free consultation. 415.806.2254, kenlaw100@aol.com

Due evidently to some technical error, Ken was left out of attorneys who specialize in finance
and leasing:

http://www.leasingnews.org/Classified/Attorney/Attorney.htm

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Leasing Industry Help Wanted

Accounts Manager

ACCOUNT MANAGER Phoenix, AZ or virtual office Responsible for developing and managing high-end small ticket & middle-market Vendor Programs. Base plus commission. Click here for more detailed information. Manufacturers' Lease Plans Inc. (MLPi) is the pioneer of short-term rental and operating lease financing, funding high technology equipment manufacturers since the 1960s.

www.leaseplans.com

Busienss Developement Specialist

Credit Officer

Credit Officer Mentor, Ohio Small firm, 125 deals a month, help us grow, place leases, secure approvals. E-mail us to MattWelly@1acg.com or give us a call to (800) 830-0084 ext. 203. ACG Equipment Finance is a full service specialty finance and leasing company with an eye fixed firmly on the future.

www.1acg.com

Operations / Doc / Funding

OPERATIONS / DOC / FUNDING COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA Full Time Documentation / Funding Clerk START DATE: Position Available Immediately Ground floor opportunity to join fast growing Independent Lessor. Experience required. Word and Excel skills a must. Benefits provided. Bonus plan participation. Salary commensurate with experience. Please fax resume to 714-556-3765. Outline salary expectations.

Relationshio Manager

Relationship Manager Minneapolis, MN Primary contact for brokers/lessors. Coordinates development and execution of programs, represents Company at trade association conferences, implements strategy to best serve the brokers/lessor marketplace. Requires 4 year degree or equivalent industry experience. To apply e-mail resumes attention of Brad Peterson bpeterson@predictifund.com  and careers@advanceme.com. Background Checks are required.  EOE Predictifund, a subsidiary of Capital Access Network, Inc. (CAN) providing equipment financing and working capital options to brokers.

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Leasing 102

by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP

UCC Legal Rules -- Part II

The statement of “why worry if you have a true lease or not, just file a UCC-1 financing statement” under Article 9 and you are protected just like any other lender is fraught with problems. You have to remember a lease agreement is not a security agreement and there may be reasons the court prefers a lease to be a lease when claims of equipment malfunction, liability for damage to people or property and business interruption are made against the “owner of the equipment”. We tend to see the positives and ignore the real risks when assuming the mantel of a lease “intended as a security”. A lease may be a lease depending on what issue is of concern, so try and make it a true legal lease.

A true legal lease under Article 2A (10 in California) is broken into two parts, a two party lease where the equipment supplier is the lessor and a three party lease called a “finance lease” where a financial intermediary is the lessor. A finance lease recognizes that a leasing company, separate from the equipment supplier, is not responsible for equipment performance and has protections such as the “hell and high water clause” (rents always due). A finance lessor is protected against equipment problems if the lease has a disclaimer of warrantees and it is conspicuous. None of this is found in Article 9.

If a lessee goes into default and declares federal bankruptcy you will wish you had a legal lease and not a lease intended as a security. Thanks to the “no free ride amendment” A true legal lease is called an executory contract. In a chapter 7 case, the trustee must assume an executory contract within 60 days of the date of filing. Otherwise, it is automatically rejected. That means that the bankruptcy court will give the leasing company “relief of stay” allowing them to repossess the leased equipment and dispose of it to satisfy the claim. If the selling price is below the claim then the difference comes back as an unsecured claim.

Usually in Article 9 “a lease intended as a security” the bankruptcy court “crams down” the claim to the current value of the asset and retains possession until they decide what to do with it. All the options are in the courts hands not the leasing companies.

Also, just because Article 9 does not recognize the lessor’s ownership that does not mean that the lessor is not subject to unpaid property taxes, local assessed taxes, and sales taxes. You are considered the owner “of record” until title is passed upon the receipt of the bargain purchase option at termination. That is why we always say send a bill of sale upon receipt of the purchase option to get the title out of the leasing companies name.

In Article 2A the legal ownership rests with the Lessor whereas a lease intended as a security for Article 9 recognizes the lessee has all the ownership rights. Compensation for a host of issues is better served from the owner’s perspective rater than lien holders.

A lease is not a loan and those who continue to try and blend the two to try and get the benefits of both are going to wind up with only the risks of both. A legal lease has many protections not found in Article 9 so you should contact your legal counsel to discuss what risks you are assuming prior to accepting an Article 9 lease intended as a security.

Legal Rules---Part I
    “UCC – Legal Rules—Part I”
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202007/08-20-07.htm#102

Mr. Terry Winders, CLP, has been a teacher, consultant, expert witness for the leasing industry for thirty years and can be reached at leaseconsulting@msn.com or 502-327-8666.
He invites your questions and queries.

Previous #102 Columns:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Leasing_102/Index.htm

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Brent McWhorter Joins Alter Moneta

Alter Moneta Corporation welcomes Brent McWhorter to its Vendor Finance Group. With over 10 years of experience in financing and leasing, Brent assumes full marketing responsibilities within his territory. He will focus within the vendor/dealer network and their related customer base.

Brent is based in Dallas, TX, as Business Development Manager, covering Texas, as well as Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Prior to joining Alter Moneta, Brent had been representing Texas Capital Bank. The addition of Brent expands Alter Moneta's Vendor Finance efforts in the Southwest.

Sites of Reference:
http://www.altermoneta.com

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News Briefs----

NABE: Bad Credit Biggest Risk to Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-NABE-Bad-Credit.html

Mortgage Crisis Forces Sale of German Bank
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/business/worldbusiness/27german.html
?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Cutbacks Mount in Real Estate Industry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/
AR2007082601083.html

Growing Mortgage Crisis Spreads to Jumbo Loans
http://www.absnet.net/include/showarticle.asp?tab=news

Fed lifts limits on big bank loans to affiliates
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fed-lifts-limits-citigroup-bank/story.aspx?
guid=EFDB8DAE-F24D-4A6C-BD78-47B6384E9C9C&dist=SecMostRead

Royal Bank of Canada Profit Rises 19% on Mutual Funds
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a1DWNauAi1ww&refer=canada

Yahoo adds features to popular e-mail
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/Y/YAHOO_MAIL?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=
HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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You May have Missed---

Inside the Countrywide Lending Spree
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/business/yourmoney/26country.html?hp

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Sports Briefs----

Falcons want $22 million back from Vick
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/falcons/stories/
2007/08/25/vickbonus_0826.html

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“Gimme that Wine”

Disastrous Texas Harvest Expected
http://winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=49957

Napa Valley Architecture
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/24/WIFTRA94F.DTL

Get into a wine frame of mind with harvest tastings, auctions, dinners
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6723837?nclick_check=1

Record-Setting 2007 Champagne Harvest Commences
http://sev.prnewswire.com/food-beverages/20070823/DC0200323082007-1.html

French wine and spirit exports rise 7.5 percent
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/243111.html

Stopper pulled on cork debate
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-08-26-cork-debate_N.htm

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/
US/International Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/
Winery Atlas
http://www.carterhouse.com/atlas
Leasing News Wine & Spirits Page
http://two.leasingnews.org/Recommendations/wnensprts.htm
The London International Vintners Exchange (Liv-ex) is an electronic exchange for fine wine.
http://www.liv-ex.com/

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Calendar Events This Day

Banana Lovers Day
http://hicards.com/platinum/bizarre/8-27.html

Global Forgiveness Day
http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/August/forgivenessday.htm

Hong Kong: Liberation Day
Public holiday to celebrate liberation from the Japanese in 1945. Annually the last Monday in August.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html

Just Because Day
http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/August/justbecauseday.htm

Moldova: Independence Day
Republic of Moldova. Moldova declared its independence form the Soviet Union in 1991.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/md.html

Onam
Onam is the biggest festival in the Indian state of Kerala.
http://www.onamfestival.org/

Untied Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday
Bank and public holiday in England, Wales and North Ireland (Scotland not included.)
Annually, the last Monday in August.

Saint feast Days

• St. Monica
• St. Honoratus
• St. Anthusa the Younger
• St. Caesarius of Arles
• St. Decuman
• St. Ebbo
• St. Gebhard
• St. John
• St. Licerius
• St. Malrubius
• St. Margaret the Barefooted
• St. Rufus and Carpophorus
• St. Narnus
• St. Phanurius
• St. Poemon

http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/aug.php

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The Average American walks 18,000 steps a day.

Incorrect number 40. “10,000 steps per day is around five miles worth of walking during the day. Unless you have an active job such as a waitress or nurse, it would be difficult to log that by just daily activity.”
http://walking.about.com/od/measure/f/10000steps.htm
Two to Five Thousand steps a day, depending on occupation.
http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/pdf/9750.pdf
“The average person's stride length is approximately 2.5 feet long. That means it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk one mile, and 10,000 steps is close to 5 miles.”
http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html

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Today's Top Event in History

1908-birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the US succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson's term of office: Nov 22, 1963—Jan 20, 1969. In 1964, he said: “The challenge of the next half-century is whether we have the wisdom to use [our] wealth to enrich and elevate our national life—and to advance the quality of American civilization.” He perhaps would have been remembered as one of the greatest presidents of his time for all the domestic acts, laws, events, but all of this was overshadowed by his posture to show he was not weak on communism and the poor military advise he took. He died a few years after leaving office, a broken and very unhappy man. Johnson was born near Stonewall, TX, and died at San Antonio, TX, Jan 22, 1973. His birthday is observed as a holiday in Texas.

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This Day in American History

    1633- Irish Catholic Cecil Calvert, 27, sent two ships (the Ark and the Dove) from Ireland to establish a colony in America as a refuge for fellow Catholics. His work later earned Lord Calvert the nickname, "Colonizer of Maryland."
    1650-History records the first expedition, lead by Englishman, who cross ed the Allegheny Mountains at Fork Henry, at the falls of the Appomattox River, VA, and returned on September 4. The party consisted of Captain Abraham Wood and his servant, Henry Newcombe; Edward Bland, merchant, and his servant, Robert Farmer, Elias Pennant and Sackford Brewster, and two guides, Oyeocker, a Nottaway chief, and Pyancha, an Appamattuck war captain.
    1655- Acomac, VA, was the site of the first play presented in the North American col­onies. The play was Ye Bare and Ye Cubb, by Phillip Alexander Bruce. Three local residents were arrested and fined for acting in the play. At the time, most colonies had laws prohibiting public performances; Virginia, however, had no such ordinance. The actors, Cornelius Watkinson, Philip Howard, and William Darby, were accused of sedition and were summoned to appear in court on November 16, 1665, “ in those habiliments that they then acted in and give a draught of such verses or other speeches and passages which were then acted by them. “ They were found not guilty, and Edward Martin, who had informed on them, was ordered, “ to pay all the expenses of the presentment.”
    1655- New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service. The first Jew to settle in North America, Jacob Barsimson, arrived on Manhattan Island, first of 24 Jewish immigrants in 1654. In September three Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition in Brazil arrived in New Amsterdam, and more followed. Their right to stay was upheld by the Dutch West India Company, against t the wishes of Governor Peter Stuyvesant. They founded Congregation Shearith Israel, with Saul Brown as first rabbi.
    1776-In the Battle of Long Island, NY, American forces commanded by Gen. Israel Putnam and Gen. John Sullivan were defeated by the British under Gen. Sir William Howe and Gen. Sir Henry Clinton. Howe took Gen. Sullivan prisoner. On August 30 the Americans evacuated Long Island and crossed to Manhattan. The British recognized the strategic importance of New York as the focal point for communications between the northern and southern colonies. Washington also recognized this, and in April of 1776 he marched his troops from Boston to New York. He positioned his troops on the western end of Long Island in anticipation of the British arrival. When the British fleet arrived they had 45,000 troops against Washington's 20,000. The British attacked, forcing Washington to cross the East River into Manhattan. Washington left 3,000 men to defend Fort Washington, then headed north.
http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/longisle.htm
http://www.elisabethmorrow.org/classroomnews/m5batlon.htm
http://www.britishbattles.com/long-island.htm
    1805- Sallie Chapman Gordon Law birthday; organized a 12-bed hospital in Memphis for Confederate soldiers and somehow managed to care for the wounded of the great battle of Shiloh in 1862. When Memphis was taken by the Union forces, Law converted her assets into medicinal drugs which she smuggled into the South.
    1849-Austin College was chartered in Texas at Huntsville under Presbyterian sponsorship. In 1876 the school campus was moved to Sherman, TX.
    1859- W.A. “Uncle Billy” Smith discovered oil in a shaft being sunk by Colonel EL. Drake at Titusville, in western Pennsylva­nia. Drilling had reached 69 It, 6 inches when Smith saw a dark film floating on the water below the derrick floor. Soon 20 bar­rels of crude were being pumped each day. The first oil was refined to make kerosene for lighting, replacing whale oil. Later it was refined to make gasoline for cars. The first gas station opened in 1907.
    1862-Confederate female spy Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
http://women.eb.com/women/articles/Boyd_Belle.html
http://www.georgewashington.org/bell.htm
    1871-Birthday of Theodore Dreiser, American novelist, born at Terre Haute, IN. As part of the Chicago group, he was an exponent of American naturalism in literature. His first novel, “ Sister Carrie,” (1900), was suppressed by his publisher on moral grounds. Driser's finest achievements in widely considered to be his novel, “ An American Tragedy, “ (1925), a college requirement. He died December 28, 1945, at Hollywood, CA.
    1872--BROWN, JAMES Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Davidson Canyon near Camp Crittenden, Ariz., 27 August 1872. Entered service at:------. Birth: Wexford, Ireland. Date of issue: 4 December 1874. Citation: In command of a detachment of 4 men defeated a superior force.
http://medalofhonorrecipients.blogspot.com/2006/12/medal-of-honor-recipien
t-sergeant_23.html
    1872- Mary Anderson birthday: Swedish-born Director of the Woman's Bureau of the U.S. Dept. of Labor for more than 20 years. Arrived in the U.S. at 16 not knowing a word of English, worked as a cook, stitched shoes in a factory for 18 years of ten-hour days, and with a fierce determination educated herself in the evenings. She became active in her local of the International Boot and Shoe Union
    1873- American lawyer Horatio G. Spafford's four daughters drowned when their passenger ship, while crossing the Atlantic, collided with another and sank. The following month, as his own ship passed over the spot of the earlier tragedy, Spafford penned the words to the enduring hymn, "It is Well With My Soul."
    1877- Birth of Lloyd C. Douglas, American Lutheran clergyman and religious novelist. Douglas published his first best-seller, "Magnificent Obsession," in 1929, followed later by "The Robe" (1942) and "The Big Fisherman" (1948).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/103-5362656-4423850?tag=
fast-bkasin00 20&keyword=Lloyd%20C%2e%20Douglas&mode=books
    1879 - Birthday of African-American Publisher Robert Lee Van.
    1893 - The first of three great hurricanes that year struck South Carolina drowning more than 1000 persons in a tidal surge at Charleston.
    1900- U.S. Army physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Carroll developed a severe case of yellow fever, helping his colleague, Army pathologist Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes transmit this often-deadly disease. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug27.html
    1905- Mary Jane Ward birthday” author of the chilling Snake Pit (1946) about life in an insane asylum. She commented: "There was no attempt to write any sort of fact. Juniper Hills, from tubs to tunnel, was built and peopled by a mind that was on vacation."
http://www.raintreecounty.com/SnakePit.html
    1905--Birthday of Mary Jane Ward, author of the chilling Snake Pit (1946) about life in an insane asylum.also wrote The Tree Has Roots (1937), The Wax Apple (1938), The Professor's Umbrella (1948), and A Little Night Music (1951).
http://www.raintreecounty.com/SnakePit.html
    1908-- Sarah J. Rooke, a telephone operator, disregards her personal danger to alert and save most of the people of Folsom, New Mexico, from flood waters. She died when the flood washed away the building as she was desperately trying to reach more residents.
http://folsommuseum.netfirms.com/folsom_floods.htm
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/HC-DryCimarron3.html
    1908-birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the US succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson's term of office: Nov 22, 1963—Jan 20, 1969. In 1964, he said: “The challenge of the next half-century is whether we have the wisdom to use [our] wealth to enrich and elevate our national life—and to advance the quality of American civilization.” He perhaps would have been remembered as one of the greatest presidents of his time for all the domestic acts, laws, events, but all of this was overshadowed by his posture to show he was not weak on communism and the poor military advise he took. He died a few years after leaving office, a broken and very unhappy man. Johnson was born near Stonewall, TX, and died at San Antonio, TX, Jan 22, 1973. His birthday is observed as a holiday in Texas.
    1909—Tenor sax player Lester Young birthday
http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/
musicians/YoungLester.html
    1921 - J.E. Clair, who owned the Acme Packing Company, bought a pro football franchise for Green Bay, WI. He wanted to pay tribute to those who packed the meat at his processing plant, thus: the Green Bay Packers. (note, they are usually not referred to as “Green Bay
Packers, “ but THE Green Bay Packers, as is the Bronx, the Fed, and other such Americanism.
    1923-Birthday of trumpet player Idress Sulieman,
born St. Petersburg, FL.
    1939 - Singer Allan Jones recorded "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" on Victor Records.
    1946---Top Hits
To Each His Own - Eddy Howard
Surrender - Perry Como
They Say It's Wonderful - Frank Sinatra
New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills
    1947- Dan Bankhead becomes the major league's first black pitcher. He doesn't do well in a relief stint giving up ten hits and six runs in three and third innings in a 16-3 loss to the Pirates, but the Dodger rookie hits a home run in his first major league at-bat .
    1952- Birthday of comedian Pee-Wee Herman , very popular for his 1950 “look,” until he went to the movies by himself.
http://www.mugshots.org/hollywood/pee-wee-herman.html
    1954---Top Hits
Sh-Boom - The Crew Cuts
The Little Shoemaker - The Gaylords
Hey There - Rosemary Clooney
I Don't Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow
    1961- Hitting his 51st home run against the Kansas City A's, Roger Maris has the most homers in major league history at this point in the season.
    1962---Top Hits
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
Things - Bobby Darin
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
    1964 - Hurricane Cleo battered Miami and the South Florida area. It was the first direct hit for Miami in fourteen years. Winds gusted to 135 mph, and the hurricane caused 125 million dollars damage.
    1965- Elvis Presley plays host to the Beatles at his home in Bel-Air. The get-together last four hours.
    1965- Columbia Records releases Bob Dylan's second electric album, "Highway 61 Revisited." Hits include "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Ballad of a Thin Man."
    1966- The Association's "Cherish" is released.
    1968- Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention, polarizing all sides to the issue of the war in Viet Nam, as Hubert Humphrey, President Lyndon Johnson's vice-president, is elected the presidential nominee. Protesting the police riot, members of the convention's Wisconsin delegation attempt to march to the convention, but police turn them back. Julian Bond, denied his seat in the Georgia state legislature, seconds the nomination of Eugene McCarthy, adding that he has seen such police behavior only in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Some say the fight about Viet Nam is still going on today with bitterness remaining in many veterans hearts of those who did not support the war or their country: right or wrong.
    1970---Top Hits
Make It with You - Bread
Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War
War - Edwin Starr
Don't Keep Me Hangin' On - Sonny James
    1970 - The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA was the venue of singer Elton John's first concert appearance in America and a record company executive for UNI records (a division of MCA) signed Elton to a recording contract. There were many singers who got their start here, including Neil Diamond.
    1970 - Elko, NV, was deluged with 3.66 inches of rain in just one hour, establishing a state record.
    1971-Birthday of Janet Evans US swimmer (Olympics-1992)
    1978---Top Hits
Grease - Frankie Valli
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Talking in Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle
    1975 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Get Down Tonight,'' KC and the Sunshine Band.
    1977- Supertramp's "Give A Little Bit" peaks at #15 on the pop singles chart while Crosby, Stills and Nash's "Just A Song Before I Go" peaks at #7.
    1981 - Divers probing the wreckage of the luxury cruise ship "Andrea Doria" recovered two safes from the purser's office. The "Andrea Doria" sank in a collision with the Swedish liner "Stockholm" (July 25, 1956). What was in the safes? Oh, only about a million dollars in cash and jewelry.
    1981- National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
    1982-Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson stole his 119th base of the season in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers, thereby breaking Lou Brock's major league record for most stolen bases in one season set in 1974. Henderson added three more steals in the game, which Oakland lost, 5-4.
    1982- Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Daylight Again," the group's first album since the 1977 "CSN," is certified gold. On the album is the current Top 20 tune "Wasted on the Way."
    1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theatre to be built in 50 years in New York City. The ribbon cutting was done by "America's First Lady of the Stage", Helen Hayes.
    1984 - A new face joined the group of journalists on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes". Diane Sawyer became the fifth reporter on the top-rated TV newsmagazine. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner and Ed Bradley welcomed Sawyer to the show.
    1986---Top Hits
Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Venus - Bananarama
Strong Heart - T.G. Sheppard
    1986 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros notched career win #250, by leading the Astros to a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
    1987 -Paul Molitor's 39-game hit streak comes to an end as he waits in the on-deck circle watching pinch hitter Rick Manning single home the winning run in a 1-0, 10-inning victory over the Indians.
    1987 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``La Bamba,'' Los Lobos. Ritchie Valens hit No. 22 with the song in 1959 just one day before he died in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. The Los Lobos version of ``La Bamba'' was recorded for the film of the same name.
    1987 - Washington D.C. soared to a record hot 100 degrees, while clouds and rain to the north kept temperature readings in the 50s in central and southeastern New York State.
    1988- Elton John's "I Don't Want To Go On With You Like That" peaks at #2 on the pop singles chart while Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" peaks at #19.
    1989 - Chuck Berry performs Johnny B Goode for NASA engineers and scientists in celebration of Voyager II's encounter with the planet Neptune.
    1997 -In honor of first baseman Jim Thome's birthday, the Indians begin pulling up their socks to just below the knees. The Tribe will win 17 of 27 games en route to clinching American League East flag while sporting this new look.
    1998-Top Hits
The Boy Is Mine- Brandy
The First Night- Monica
Crush-Jennifer Paige
    2001- Joining Babe Ruth (1920 -21 and 1927-28) and Mark McGwire (1996-99), Sammy Sosa (1997-2001) becomes the third player in baseball history to hit 50 homers in a season four times.
    2002- The first video streaming coverage of a major league baseball game takes place on the internet. Approximately 30,000 fans visit MLB.com to see the Yankees defeat the Rangers, 10-3.

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