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Top Ten Leasing News
June  22 - June 26

(Stories most opened by readers)

(1) Pawnee Leasing Back in Business
    Sends Notice to Their Brokers
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_24.htm#pawnee

(2) Letter from Sender of Pawnee Leasing Back in Business
    Name With Held
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_24.htm#letter

(3) Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Monthly Report
    May $6.7 Billion, COVID 19 Catching the Industry Charts
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_26.htm#elfa

(4) New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_26.htm#hires

(5) American Financial Network
    (Bankers Equipment Leasing, a division)
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_22.htm#afn

(6) Prime Commercial Lending Offers
    New Financing Options for Cannabis
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_26.htm#prime

(7) North Mill Equipment Finance Webinar
    Meet the Funder 3:00pm ET Wednesday June 24
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_22.htm#north

(8) North Mill Equipment Finance Webinar
    Meet the Funder 3:00pm ET Wednesday June 24
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_24.htm#north

(9)  Texas family’s surprise party infects
    18 members with coronavirus
https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/18-texas-relatives-get-coronavirus-after-surprise-party/

(10)  Florida residents furious over ‘devil’s law’
    requiring face masks
https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/florida-residents-furious-over-devils-law-requiring-masks/

 

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Government Leasing is a Wide Open Marketplace
Growing Under Tight Local, State and Federal Budgets

By Christopher Menkin, editor

A story in Leasing News Friday edition is the lead point:

"Baystone Government Finance and Republic First National
    Corporation Collaborate to Provide $3.35MM in Emergency
Equipment Financing to New York City Fire Department" (1)

The workings of how to enter this field is not well known, nor discussed at length at  many leasing, finance, or money association conferences. 

It takes expertise and experience in working with cities, counties, states, and the federal government, including the military. The leader in this specific education field is "The Association for Governmental Leasing and Finance."  It is a tight, relatively smaller group compared to other associations with a major conference each year. (This one is October 12-14, 2020 The Don Cesar, St. Pete Beach, Florida.)

Leasing News encourages attorneys, CPA’s, banks, brokers, lessors, all originators to join.

From their website:

“AGLF is a nonprofit association whose membership is comprised of companies actively engaged in governmental and non-profit leasing and finance. AGLF was founded in 1981 to provide an educational forum and industry oversight among issuers, leasing companies, investment banking firms, banks, and third-party lease brokers who participate in the lease-purchase financing of real and personal property to state and local governments. Law firms, municipal bond insurers and rating agencies complement the membership.”

Member Benefits 
The governmental leasing and finance industry is growing, secure and a great way to get municipalities and the Federal government the essential equipment and infrastructure improvements that constituents require.  The benefits to the member are a strategic focus on five elements that help members and their companies grow.

Best Industry Practices
The governmental leasing industry is constantly changing. Membership in the Association is the best way to stay on top of these trends and legal changes.

Business Development
Members of AGLF demonstrate their willingness to improve their knowledge base and help their colleagues and institutions grow.

Collegial Collaboration
The AGLF promotes a collaborative spirit amongst members who freely share their expertise. Quite often competitors are future customers or business associates.

Professional Network
AGLF is the professional network for individuals and firms doing business in the governmental arena.  These relationships are essential throughout one’s career.

Professional Development
The most important asset you possess as a leasing and finance professional is your mastery of the important nuances and skills that advance your career.

(Source:)    https://www.aglf.org/membership-page

Join and Renew AGLF Membership:
https://www.aglf.org/join-renew

Haley Brust
Executive Director
hbrust@talley.com

Denise Smith
Membership Liaison
aglfhq@talley.com

Association for Governmental Leasing and Finance
19 Mantua Rd. Mount Royal, NJ 08061
Phone 856.423.3259 | Fax 856.423.3420 | Email aglfhq@talley.com

 

(1) Baystone Government Finance and Republic First National
Corporation Collaborate to Provide $3.35MM in Emergency
Equipment Financing to New York City Fire Department
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_26.htm#baystone

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Funders Looking for Broker Business
During COVID-19 Pandemic

To qualify for this list, the company must be a funder (as qualified by Leasing News) and on the “Funder List,” an acceptable Better Business Bureau Rating and no history of complaints at Leasing News. Also, it is their practice to notify lessees in advance when the lease will end and what the residual will be; do not automatically extend the lease or insist that or that insist their discounter follow the same policy. We reserve the right to not list a company who does not meet these qualifications.

There is no advertising fee or charge for a listing. They are “free.” Leasing News makes no endorsement of any of the companies listed, except they have qualified to be on this specific list.
We encourage companies who are listed to contact us for any change or addition they would like to make. We encourage adding further information as an "attachment" or clarification of what they have to offer would be helpful to readers.

Please send company name, contact/email or telephone number as well as a URL to attach or description to kitmenkin@leasingnews.org

Alphabetical list - click on company name to view more details

1st Enterprise Bank Leasing 360 Equipment Finance Allegheny Valley Bank Leasing Allstate Leasing American Leasefund, Inc. Bankers Capital Barrett Capital Corporation Baystone Government Finance/ KS StateBank Black Rock Capital Boston Financial & Equity Corp. BSB Leasing, Inc. Calfund, LLC Celtic Bank C.H. Brown Company Chesapeake Industrial Leasing Co., Inc.

Dakota Financial Dedicated Funding Dext Capital Exchange Bank Leasing (formerly Dumac Leasing) FirstLease, Inc. First Federal Leasing First Foundation Bank First Midwest Equipment Finance Financial Pacific Leasing Forum Financial Services, Inc. Gonor Funding Global Financial & Leasing Services, LLC International Financial Services Corporation Madison Capital Maxim Commercial Capital, LLC

Mesa Leasing National Equipment Finance NewLane Finance NexTier Leasing NFS Leasing, Inc North Mill Equipment Finance Northwest Leasing Company, Inc P&L Capital Corporation Padco Financial Services Pacific Mercantile Bank Pawnee Leasing Corporation Providence Equipment Finance Quality Leasing Co, Inc RLC Funding SLIM Capital, LLC Standard Professional Services, LLC TEAM Funding Solutions TimePayment Your Leasing Solution, LLC

Funders Taking "New" Broker Business List
Three Do Not Require that Brokers Be Licensed

BSB Leasing, Inc.
Bankers Capital
C.H. Brown Company
Forum Financial Services
TimePayment Corp.

The following “funders” have informed Leasing News they will consider business from “new” third party originators.  Many companies require a certain length of time in business and other requirements, such as a specific volume of business.  These “funders” will consider submissions from those new in the leasing and finance business:

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Commercial Alternative Finance Company List

There is no advertising fee or charge for a listing. They are “free.” Leasing News makes no endorsement of any of the companies listed, except they have qualified to be on this specific list.

This list will appear on the website as well as in the News Edition, from time to time, particularly when updated, as well as utilized when Leasing News is asked for a referral or has a good reputation.

To qualify for this list, the company must be a "funder" and not a "Broker."  The company may sell off its portfolio from time to time, but the definition is for a company or financial institution where 50% or more of its business is from commually "funding" transactions themselves, where they are on "recourse." Every non-public company' banker and/or investor(s) are contacted to verify this.

Leasing News reserves the right to not list a company who does not meet these qualifications.

This is for commercial business only, no consumer transactions, and products offered to list include, Bridge Loans, Business Loans Factoring, Capital Leasing, Lines of Credit, Merchant Advance, Trade/PO Financing, Working Capital.

Name In Business Since Contact Website Leasing Association	Employees	Geo Area	Dollar Amount	Products Offered	A	B	C	D
OnDeck 2007 Chris Sandoval 929.279.8102 newpartner@ondeck.com    www.ondeck.com	500+	US, Canada and Australia	$5,000 to $500,000	Term Loans, Buiness Lines of Credit	Y	Y	N	Y
Fora Financial 2008 Tyson R. Garrett 970-223-5715 Tyson.Garrett@ForaFinancial.com www.forafinancial.com	110	Nationwide	$5,000 to $500,000	Working Capital Loans & Products, Merchant Advance Advance of Future Receivables	Y	N	N	Y
Channel Partners Capital 2009 Adam Peterson adam@channelpartnersllc.com www.channelpartnersllc.com AACFB/NEFA/ELFA	30	Nationwide	$10,000 to $250,000	Working Capital Products	Y	Y	N	Y

A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed
| C -Sub-Broker Program| D - Also "in house" salesmen
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When Tesla revealed the latest addition to its electric vehicle lineup, the Cybertruck, in November 2019, it definitely turned some heads. With its bold design, reminiscent of something you might see in a science fiction movie, it's hard to picture the Cybertruck in everyday traffic, despite it being 2020 aka the future.

"It’s gonna be like a really futuristic-like cyberpunk, “Blade Runner” pickup truck," Elon Musk said in 2018, when talking about the secret Tesla truck project, and it seems fair to say that he delivered on that promise. While not everybody was impressed with the Cybertruck’s brute looks, pre-orders appear to validate Tesla’s go-big-or-go-home approach in this case.

According to estimates from Wedbush Securities, Tesla already received 650,000 pre-orders for the Cybertruck, which is scheduled to hit the roads in late 2021. If many of those pre-orders convert to actual sales, which is anything but certain considering the small $100 deposit, most buyers will have to wait a lot longer than that though. Considering that Tesla delivered just 367,500 vehicles in 2019, 650,000 quite literally seems like a tall order for the electric car maker.

By Felix Richter, Statista

 

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Large
Color: Brindle/White
Spayed
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Vaccinated
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Homeward Bound Pet Adoptions
Location: Foster Care
Intake Date: 11/23/2019

Laura is a sweet little scaredy-cat dog. She should be the only pet in her new home....how much fun do you want to have? Laura love to shop, explore, snooze, run, eat and eat more. Laura is a family pet; she is housetrained, great on leash and gentle with her human friends

Homeward Bound
125 County House Rd,
Blackwood, NJ 08012
https://homewardboundnj.org/contact-us/
Phone: 856-401-1309

Adoption Team at 856-401-1300 ext. 102

 

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Most Influential Lawyers
in Equipment Finance and Leasing

Stewart Abramson
Andrew Alper
Thomas V. Askounis
Julie Babcock
Joe Bonanno, CLFP
Bill Carey
Richard Contino
James Coston, CLFP
Jonathan Fleisher
Marshall Goldberg
Kenneth Charles Greene, Esq.
Michael A. Leichtling
Malcolm C. Lindquist
Barry Marks, Esq., CLFP
David G. Mayer
Allan J. Mogol
Frank Peretore
John G. Sinodis
Mark Stout
Kevin Trabaris
Allan Umans
Mark Wada
Michael J. Witt
Irwin Wittlin

Full List:
http://leasingnews.org/Pages/top_lawyers.html

 

News Briefs----

Declines in patient visits during shutdowns projected to cost
    U.S. primary care $15 billion in revenue by year’s end, study shows
https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/declines-in-patient-visits-during-covid-19-shutdowns-projected-to-cost-u-s-primary-care-15-billion-in-revenue-by-year-s-end-study-shows

Only two US states are reporting a decline
   in new coronavirus cases
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/28/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html

A new dilemma for Trump’s team:
    Preventing super-spreader churches
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/28/trumphttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/28/trump-coronavirus-spread-churches-342296-coronavirus-spread-churches-342296

Microsoft stores never really made sense
    anyway | Commentary
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-stores-never-really-made-sense-anyway-commentary/

Canada loses AAA rating,
   Fitch downgrades amid virus costs
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-loses-aaa-rating-fitch-downgrades-amid-virus-costs

FAA set to begin test flights for Boeing 737 Max as soon as Monday
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/faa-set-to-begin-test-flights-for-boeing-737-max-as-soon-as-monday-2020-06-28

Chesapeake Pushed Into Bankruptcy by Plunging Energy Prices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-28/chesapeake-pushed-into-bankruptcy-by-plunging-energy-prices

 

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    but 27% of those killed by police
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    Not a single officer was prosecuted and few faced discipline
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Sports Briefs---

NFL player's union urges players to stop group workouts
    after deeming them unsafe
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nfl/nfl-players-union-urges-players-to-stop-group-workouts-after-deeming-them-unsafe-idUSKBN23Z0RG

2020 NBA Playoffs: Every Team's Top Realistic Outcome in Orlando
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2897336-2020-nba-playoffs-every-teams-top-realistic-outcome-in-orlando

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https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/restarted-season-gets-final-ok/

Get ready for A’s and Giants! As well as MLB’s
     patchwork protocol, trust issues
https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/annkillion/article/Get-ready-for-A-s-and-Giants-As-well-as-15371749.php

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https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/smart-move-or-not/

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California adds 14,000 new coronavirus cases since Friday,
     health officials report
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/28/california-coronavirus-surge-adds-14000-new-cases-since-friday-health-officials-report/

Governor orders bars in 7 California counties to close
https://www.macon.com/news/article243858472.html

San Jose mayor calls for firing of police officers
    who allegedly made racist Facebook posts
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Jose-police-racist-Facebook-group-posts-fire-15371045.php

More than $67,000 raised for San Diego Starbucks barista
    targeted in Facebook post over mask policy
https://abc7.com/san-diego-starbucks-gofundme-for-barista-face-mask-complaint-gofund-me-lenin-gutierrez/6275402/

Sonoma County rebuilds two-thirds of homes lost in 2017 wildfires
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/special-sections/sonoma-county-rebuilds-two-thirds-of-homes-lost-in-2017-wildfires/

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

United States conducts review of existing tariffs on European wines
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/united-states-conducts-review-of-existing-tariffs-on-european-wines/article_5d82ad41-9a0c-59a8-a8c9-e0d95a5cf9cb.html

California Winegrape Growers Expected to Suffer $437 Million
    in Lost Sales this Fall Due to COVID-19
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=232890

Cork Supply comes close to eliminating TCA
https://harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/27345/Cork_Supply_comes_close_to_eliminating_TCA.html

TEXAS WINERIES: OPEN FOR BUSINESS
https://primewomen.com/entertainment/food-wine/wineries-in-texas/

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

This Day in History

 

     1502 - Christopher Columbus arrived at Santo Domingo, Hispaniola, on his 4th voyage to the new world. He requested harbor and advised Gov. Nicolas de Ovando of an approaching hurricane. Ovando denied the request and dispatched a treasure fleet to Spain. 20 ships sank in the storm, 9 returned to port and one made it to Spain.
    1541 - The Spanish first crossed the Arkansas River. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado continued to explore the American southwest. He left New Mexico and crossed Texas, Oklahoma and east Kansas.
    1652 - Massachusetts declared itself an independent commonwealth.  The Massachusetts Bay government established a mint to produce the Massachusetts pound.      
    1744 - “Yankee Doodle” was written by Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, regimental surgeon to General Edward Braddock, commander in chief of the British forces during the French and Indian War.  The verses were written at Albany, NY, and set to an ancient English tune, “The World Turned Down.” Shuckburgh intended to ridicule the “homely clad colonials,” but the song was taken up by the colonist themselves and was played at the victory celebration in Yorktown in 1781 when Lord Cornwallis surrendered at the end of the Revolutionary War.
    Some of the popular songs during this time were “The Liberty Song,” also known as “In Freedom We're Born,” and “My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free.”  Perhaps the most popular war song, according to historians, was “Chester,” composed in 1778 by William Billings of Boston, MA.  The song was published in Billings' “The Singing Master's Assistant or Key to Practical Music,” printed by Draper and Folsom, Boston. “Chester” contains the following chorus: “Let tyrants shake their iron rod;/ And Slav'ry clank her galling chains,/We fear them not;/ We trust in God,/New England's God forever reigns.”
    1767 - British Parliament passed the Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America.
    1776 - Tule Arbor was the first Church in San Francisco before Mission Dolores.  The Mission was founded by Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga and Fr. Francisco Palou (a companion of Fr. Serra), both members of the de Anza Expedition, which had been charged with bringing Spanish settlers to Alta (upper) California and evangelizing the local Ohlone natives.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/misdolor.html
    1776 - Virginia state constitution was adopted and Patrick Henry was made governor.  The original Virginia Constitution of 1776 was enacted in conjunction with the Declaration of Independence. Virginia was an early state to adopt its own Constitution and the document was widely influential both in the United States and abroad.  
    1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins receives 100 lashes on his back and Hall receives 50
    1820 - Revenue cutter Dallas captured the 12-gun brig-of-war General Ramirez, which was loaded with 280 slaves, off St. Augustine. The 8 July 1820 issue of the Savannah Republican noted: "On the 28th ultimo, while the Cutter DALLAS was lying in the St. Mary's River, Captain Jackson received information that the Brig of war GENERAL RAMIREZ, supposed to be a piratical vessel was hovering off St. Augustine. The Cutter forthwith got under way in pursuit of the Brig having first obtained 12 United States soldiers from Fernandina to strengthen the Cutter's force. At half past three the next day, she hailed the Brig and received for answer, "This is the Patriot Brig GENERAL RAMIREZ." Captain Jackson finding a number of blacks on board took possession of the vessel and brought her into St. Mary's, arriving on the 1st instant. Captain Jackson found on the Brig about 280 African slaves. The Captain and crew, 28 in number, acknowledged themselves Americans.
    1831 - “America” or “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” was written on a scrap of paper in a half hour by Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, a Baptist minister.  Smith gave Lowell Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration in Boston. The song was first published by Lowell Mason in “The Choir” in 1832. The original manuscript is in the Harvard University Library, Smith’s alma mater.
    1858 - Birthday of George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) at Brooklyn, NY. American engineer and army officer, chief engineer of the Panama Canal and first civil governor of the Canal Zone.
    1858 - Birthday of Julia C. Lathrop (1858-1932) at Rockford, IL, a pioneer in the battle to establish child-labor laws.  Julia C. Lathrop was the first woman member of the Illinois State Board of Charities and in 1900, was instrumental in establishing the first juvenile court in the U.S.  In 1912, President Taft named Lathrop chief of the newly created Children's Bureau, then part of the US Dept. of Commerce and Labor. In 1925, she became a member of the Child Welfare Committee of the League of Nations. 
    1862 - To set the record straight about a famous Internet hoax about “Taps,” a military signal indicating “lights out” at night and “farewell” at military funerals, the hoax names the right period of time, but the wrong circumstances.   Actually “Taps” was played on the drum for many years, thus its name.  The musical form of “Taps” is performed as a bugle call and as a song.  Union General Daniel Butterfield wrote the music on the back of a torn envelope and whistled the tune to Oliver Wilcox Norton, bugler and aide-de-camp of General Strong Vincent, commander of the 83rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Army of the Potomac. They were resting in camp at Harrison's Landing on the James River in Virginia, immediately after the seven days of fighting near Richmond.
    1863 – At age 23, George A. Custer was appointed a Brigadier General in the Union Army.
    1880 – Harry Frazee (d. 1929) was born in Peoria, IL.  He is always remembered as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees.  Heavily influenced by American League president Ban Johnson, with whom Frazee had a long-standing feud, Frazee was limited to talking with the Chicago White Sox and the Yankees in trade talks.  The White Sox offered Shoeless Joe Jackson and $60,000, but the Yankees offered an all-cash deal: $25,000 up front and three notes of $25,000 each, plus a $300,000 loan to be secured by a mortgage on Fenway Park. With the note that he'd used in part to finance his purchase of the Red Sox having come due in November 1919, Frazee had little choice but to take the Yankees' offer. Ruth became the property of the Yankees on January 5, 1920.  The Curse was born.  Over the next several years, through 1923, Frazee sold virtually all of the Red Sox' top players to the Yankees, netting him a total of $305,000.  These players, with Ruth, formed the core of the Yankees’ championships through the 1920’s:  Bullet Joe Bush, Jumpin’ Joe Dugan, Waite Hoyt, Sad Sam Jones, Carl Mays, Herb Pennock, George Pipgras, Wally Schang, Everett Scott.  In the 1920s, they went to the World Series six times, winning three.
    1886 - Harlem photographer James VanDer Zee (1886-1983) was born in Lenox, MA.
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/965/
James_Van_Der_Zee_was_an_acclaimed_photographer
http://www.ccsf.edu/Events_Pubs/Guardsman/s980227/ae01.htm
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/
    1905 - Archibald Wright “Moonlight” Graham, a real-life ballplayer made famous by his appearance in W.P. Kinsella's novel, “Shoeless Joe,” and the movie, “Field of Dreams,” played in his only Major League game.  A substitute outfielder for the New York Giants, for the bottom of the eighth, Graham was sent in to play right field. In the top of the ninth inning, Graham was on deck when the third out was made. Graham played the bottom of the ninth in right field but never came to bat. That game turned out to be his only appearance in the Majors.  Poetic license in the book and film moved this game to 1922.  The story of his life was otherwise true.  Graham completed his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1905, obtained his license the following year and began practicing medicine in Chisholm, MN.  "Doc" Graham, as he became known after his career as a ballplayer, served the people of Chisholm for fifty years. From 1919 to 1959, Graham was the doctor for the Chisholm schools. The Graham Scholarship Fund, established in his honor, provides financial assistance to two Chisholm High School graduating seniors each year. The award is given to one boy and one girl, $500 to each. For many years, "Doc" Graham made arrangements to have used eyeglasses sent to his Chisholm office. On Saturdays, he would have the children of the Iron Range miners, from Grand Rapids to Virginia, come to his office, have their eyes checked and then fit them with the proper set of glasses, all free of charge.
http://www.uslink.net/~0695vs/moonlight.html
http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grahamo01.shtml
    1910 - Birthday of song writer Frank Loesser (1910-69), New York City, NY.  He wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway hits “Guys and Dolls,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” the latter winning the Academy Award for Best Song.
http://www.frankloesser.com/
    1922 - Composer-pianist Ralph Burns (1922-2001) was born in Newton, Mass.  He wrote “Bijou,” “Early Autumn,” many others for Woody Herman before going out on his own as a pianist.
    1924 – Birthday of American poet Cid Corman (1924-2004) in Boston’s Roxbury.  Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, Corman's magazine ORIGIN published some of the major works of the Black Mountain poets, as well as other important work, choosing mostly poems not yet readily available elsewhere: the early poetry of Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov with the late works of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams.
Corman has published over 70 volumes of poetry, translated several French and Japanese poets, and published four volumes of essays. He had lived in Kyoto, Japan since 1958 where he and his wife run a business, Cid Corman's Dessert Shop, until his death.
"A hint or tint of music — as if the silence were being turned on."
http:// www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/ corman.html
http://www.sover.net/~poetry/ corman.html
    1927 – The first flight from the West Coast arrived in Hawaii.
    1931 - The temperature at Monticello, FL hit 109 degrees to establish an all-time record for the state.
    1933 - Primo Carnera won the heavyweight championship of the world by knocking out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round of a fight at Long Island City, NY. Carnera held the title for only a year. He knocked out two contenders and then was defeated by Max Baer in June, 1924.
    1934 - After four years in the National Football League, the Portsmouth Spartans were sold to G.A. “Dick” Richards.  He moved the team to Detroit and changed its nickname to the Lions.
    1936 - Birthday of third baseman Harmon Clayton Killebrew (1936-2011), Payette, ID.  During his 22-year MLB career in, primarily with the Minnesota Twins, Killebrew was a prolific power hitter who, at the time of his retirement, was second only to Babe Ruth in American League home runs and was the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter (since broken by Alex Rodriguez). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
    1938 - Birthday of The Valiants’ leader Billy Storm (d. 2000), Dayton, OH.
http://members.tripod.com/~thevaliants/surf.html
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    1939 - Benny Carter records theme “Melancholy Lullaby” (Vocalion 4984)
    1940 - U.S. passed the Alien Registration Act requiring aliens (non-citizens) to register.
    1941 - Birthday of crusader and Freedom rider Stokely Carmichael (1941-98) in Trinidad. As a radio newsman, I interviewed him by telephone during the March as arranged by Hal Light of San Francisco.  He reported coined the word: “Black Power.” I also interviewed him in Oakland, California. In 1960, Carmichael formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The SNCC was a student desegregation and civil rights group recognized for organizing massive voter registration drives in the 1960s. In 1967, Carmichael became honorary prime minister of the militant Black Panther Party. Carmichael and his then wife, famed South African singer Miriam Makeba, moved to Guinea in 1969. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcarmichael.htm
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    1941 - In a doubleheader with the Senators, Joe DiMaggio ties and then breaks the American League consecutive game hitting streak of 41 established by George Sisler. In the opener, he knots the record with a double off Dutch Leonard, and in the nightcap, 'The Yankee Clipper' tops the record with a seventh inning single against Walt Masterson.
    1944 - Singer Little Eva, whose full name is Eva Narcissus Boyd (d. 2003), was born in Belhaven, North Carolina. She was the babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin when she recorded their song, "The Loco-Motion." It went to number one in the summer of 1962. The background singers on the record were a group called the Cookies, who had a hit of their own later in '62 with "Chains."
    1945 - President Truman approves the plan, devised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to invade Japan. The plan calls for 5 million troops, mostly Americans. Kyushu is to be invaded on November 1st with some 13 divisions (Operation Olympic) and Honshu is to be invaded on March 1, 1946 with some 23 divisions (Operation Coronet), including forces of the US 1st Army from Europe. The British will deploy a very long range bomber force in support of the invasion. The war ended well before these plans were to be implemented.
    1948 - Top Hits
“Nature Boy” - Nat King
“Toolie Oolie Doolie” - The Andrews Sisters
“Woody Woodpecker Song” - The Kay Kaiser Orchestra (vocal: Gloria Wood & The Campus Kids)
“Bouquet of Roses” - Eddy Arnold
    1950 – Whitey Ford was called up by the Yankees from their Kansas City farm team.  Ford would go on to a 9-1 record and win the final game of the World Series sweep of the Phillies.
    1952 -  I remember this day very well, the start of my teenager years, when the first “Rock and Roll” song to hit Number 1 in the pop charts was “Rock Around the Clock.“  The recording artists were Bill Haley and the Comets, one of the first all-white acts to play “Rock and Roll.”  It was the title song to the movie, “Blackboard Jungle.” Haley was originally a country and western singer, whom my father hired in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1948 to sing “rock-a-billy” to a radio station when he was the general manager.  Haley later learned the electric guitar and the rest is history.
    1956 - Top Hits
“The Wayward Wind” - Gogi Grant
“I Almost Lost My Mind” - Pat Boone
“Picnic” - The McGuire Sisters
“Crazy Arms” - Ray Price
    1956 - Charles Dumas of the US became the first high jumper to clear the seven-foot barrier when he reached 7’, 5/8” at the US Olympic Trials meet in Los Angeles. He won the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics later that year at a height of 6’, 11½”.
    1956 - President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.  With an original authorization of $25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the biggest public works program in history.  Eisenhower's support of the Act can be directly attributed to his experiences in 1919 as a participant in the U.S. Army's first Transcontinental Motor Convoy across the United States on the historic Lincoln Highway, which was the first road across America. The highly publicized convoy was intended, in part, to dramatize the need for better main highways and continued federal aid. The convoy left the Ellipse south of the White House on July 7, 1919, headed for Gettysburg, PA. From there, it followed the Lincoln Highway to San Francisco. Bridges cracked and were rebuilt, vehicles became stuck in mud and equipment broke, but the convoy was greeted warmly by communities across the country. The convoy reached San Francisco on September 6, 1919.  The convoy was memorable enough for a young Army officer, 28-year-old Lt. Col. Eisenhower, “The trip had been difficult, tiring and fun," he said. That experience on the Lincoln Highway convinced him to support construction of the Interstate System when he became president. "The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land." His "Grand Plan" for highways, announced in 1954, led to the 1956 legislative breakthrough that created the Highway Trust Fund to accelerate construction of the Interstate System.  Eisenhower advocated for the highways for the purpose of national defense. In the event of a ground invasion by a foreign power, the Army would need good highways to be able to transport troops across the country efficiently. Following completion of the highways, the cross-country journey that took the convoy two months in 1919 was cut down to five days.
    1959 - Dick Clark announces his first Caravan of Stars tour, which would feature The Skyliners, who were still riding high on their hit "Since I Don't Have You."
    1963 - The first song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney makes it to the Hot 100. It's "From Me to You" as performed by Del Shannon.
    1964 - Top Hits
“A World Without Love” - Peter & Gordon
“I Get Around” - The Beach Boys
“My Boy Lollipop” - Millie Small
“Together Again” - Buck Owens
    1966 - MORRIS, CHARLES B., Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant (then Sgt.), U.S. Army, Company A, 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate). Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 29 June 1966. Entered service at: Roanoke, Va. Born: 29 December 1931, Carroll County, Va. C.O. No.: 51, 14 December 1967. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Seeing indications of the enemy's presence in the area, S/Sgt. Morris deployed his squad and continued forward alone to make a reconnaissance. He unknowingly crawled within 20 meters of an enemy machinegun, whereupon the gunner fired, wounding him in the chest. S/Sgt. Morris instantly returned the fire and killed the gunner. Continuing to crawl within a few feet of the gun, he hurled a grenade and killed the remainder of the enemy crew. Although in pain and bleeding profusely, S/Sgt. Morris continued his reconnaissance. Returning to the platoon area, he reported the results of his reconnaissance to the platoon leader. As he spoke, the platoon came under heavy fire. Refusing medical attention for himself, he deployed his men in better firing positions confronting the entrenched enemy to his front. Then for 8 hours the platoon engaged the numerically superior enemy force. Withdrawal was impossible without abandoning many wounded and dead. Finding the platoon medic dead, S/Sgt. Morris administered first aid to himself and was returning to treat the wounded members of his squad with the medic's first aid kit when he was again wounded. Knocked down and stunned, he regained consciousness and continued to treat the wounded, reposition his men, and inspire and encourage their efforts. Wounded again when an enemy grenade shattered his left hand, nonetheless he personally took up the fight and armed and threw several grenades which killed a number of enemy soldiers. Seeing that an enemy machinegun had maneuvered behind his platoon and was delivering the fire upon his men, S/Sgt. Morris and another man crawled toward the gun to knock it out. His comrade was killed and S/Sgt. Morris sustained another wound, but, firing his rifle with 1 hand, he silenced the enemy machinegun. Returning to the platoon, he courageously exposed himself to the devastating enemy fire to drag the wounded to a protected area, and with utter disregard for his personal safety and the pain he suffered, he continued to lead and direct the efforts of his men until relief arrived. Upon termination of the battle, important documents were found among the enemy dead revealing a planned ambush of a Republic of Vietnam battalion. Use of this information prevented the ambush and saved many lives. S/Sgt. Morris' gallantry was instrumental in the successful defeat of the enemy, saved many lives, and was in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.
    1967 - Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.
    1968 - Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" enters the Billboard chart, where it will reach #5. The song featured former Yardbirds guitarist, Jeff Beck.
    1968 - Pink Floyd's second LP "A Saucerful of Secrets" is released.
    1968 - "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17
    1969 - Detroit Tiger Jim Northrup ended an exciting week in his baseball career when he connected for his third grand-slam home run in seven days, setting a Major League record.
    1970 - With the award-winning "Liza Minelli Special," NBC offered an evening of entertaining television.
    1971 - The City of Memphis, TN, voted to name a road in honor of Elvis Presley---a 12-mile portion of the highway that passes Graceland.
    1972 - *BENNETT, STEVEN L., Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Air Force. 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Pacific Air Forces. Place and date: Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam, 29 June 1972. Entered service at: Lafayette, La. Born: 22 April 1946, Palestine, Tex. Citation: Capt. Bennett was the pilot of a light aircraft flying an artillery adjustment mission along a heavily defended segment of route structure. A large concentration of enemy troops was massing for an attack on a friendly unit. Capt. Bennett requested tactical air support but was advised that none was available. He also requested artillery support but this too was denied due to the close proximity of friendly troops to the target. Capt. Bennett was determined to aid the endangered unit and elected to strafe the hostile positions. After 4 such passes, the enemy force began to retreat. Capt. Bennett continued the attack, but, as he completed his fifth strafing pass, his aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile, which severely damaged the left engine and the left main landing gear. As fire spread in the left engine, Capt. Bennett realized that recovery at a friendly airfield was impossible. He instructed his observer to prepare for an ejection, but was informed by the observer that his parachute had been shredded by the force of the impacting missile. Although Capt. Bennett had a good parachute, he knew that if he ejected, the observer would have no chance of survival. With complete disregard for his own life, Capt. Bennett elected to ditch the aircraft into the Gulf of Tonkin, even though he realized that a pilot of this type aircraft had never survived a ditching. The ensuing impact upon the water caused the aircraft to cartwheel and severely damaged the front cockpit, making escape for Capt. Bennett impossible. The observer successfully made his way out of the aircraft and was rescued. Capt. Bennett's unparalleled concern for his companion, extraordinary heroism and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Air Force.
    1972 - The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."
    1972 - Top Hits
“The Candy Man” - Sammy Davis, Jr.
“Song Sung Blue” - Neil Diamond
“Outa-Space” - Billy Preston
“That's Why I Love You Like I Do” - Sonny James
    1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
    1980 - Top Hits
Coming Up - Paul McCartney & Wings
The Rose - Bette Midler
It's Still Rock & Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Trying to Love Two Women - The Oak Ridge Boys
    1984 - Bruce Springsteen kicks off his “Born in The U.S.A.” tour in St. Paul, Minnesota. His single, "Dancing in the Dark," peaks at #2 on the same day.  In all, the album produced a record-tying seven Top 10 singles.
    1988 – Top Hits
“Foolish Beat” - Debbie Gibson
“Dirty Diana” - Michael Jackson
“Make It Real” - The Jets
“He's Back and I'm Blue” - The Desert Rose Band
    1988 - Alpena, MI, reported a record low of 39 degrees while Jackson, MS, equaled their record for the month of June with an afternoon high of 105 degrees. Thunderstorms in the central U.S. soaked Springfield, MO with 3.62 inches of rain, a record for the date.
    1990 - Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays at SkyDome.  Later in the day, Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals.  This marked the first time in Major League history that no-hitters were recorded in each league on the same day and the first time in the 20th century that two pitchers hurled complete-game no-hitters on the same day.
    1994 - The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on legal abortion, but its 5-to-4 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey supports a Pennsylvania law limiting a woman's right to abortion. The Court also lets stand a Mississippi law requiring a 24-hour waiting period, which critics believe hindered many poorer women from obtaining legal abortions because they cannot afford overnight stays in cities far from their homes and jobs.
    1994 - Top Hits
“I Swear” - All-4-One
“Regulate” (From "Above The Rim") - Warren G
“Any Time, Any Place/And On And On” - Janet Jackson
“Don’t Turn Around” - Ace Of Base
    1995 - An American space shuttle docked with a Russian space station for the first time, resulting in the biggest craft ever assembled in space.  The cooperation involved in this linkup was to serve as a stepping-stone to building the International Space Station.
    1996 - Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900.
    1998 - George Harrison (1943-2001) announces that he had been receiving radiation treatment for throat cancer caused by smoking. Harrison says he has been given a clean bill of health by saying, "I'm not going to die on you folks just yet." That sad event would take place on November 29th, 2001.
    1999 - Singer/songwriter Jewel forgets the words to her song "Little Sister" from her “Pieces of You” album during a concert in Mountain View, California. She asks the audience if anyone has a copy of her album with the front cover. A boy in the audience pulls it out of his backpack and holds the lyrics up for Jewel while she performs
    2000 - On his much awaited return to Shea Stadium, John Rocker pitches a perfect eighth inning in front of 46,998 booing fans helping the Braves to stop the Mets' winning streak at seven, 6-4. Prior to the game, the Atlanta reliever read a statement apologizing for his inappropriate comments about New Yorkers which appeared in the off season in Sports Illustrated.
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    2003 - Top Hits
“This Is The Night” - Clay Aiken
“Flying Without Wings” - Ruben Studdard
“Crazy In Love” - Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z
“Magic Stick” - Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
    2004 - The Diamondbacks’ Randy Johnson, 40, threw his 4,000th career strikeout to become the fourth player in Major League history to reach the plateau. The "Big Unit" needs fewer innings (3,237 1/3) than Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens or Steve Carlton to accomplish the feat.
    2006 - The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
    2007 – Apple Inc. released its first mobile phone, the iPhone.  Development began in 2004 when Apple started to gather a team of 1,000 employees to work on the highly confidential "Project Purple."  Apple CEO Steve Jobs steered the original focus away from a tablet (which Apple eventually revisited in the form of the iPad) towards a phone.  Apple created the device during a secretive collaboration with Cingular Wireless (which became AT&T Mobility) at the time—at an estimated development cost of $150 million over thirty months.
    2009 - Bernie Madoff received a sentence of up to 150 years in prison for operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
    2019 - The first Major League game to ever be played in Europe results in some major offensive fireworks as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 17 - 13, in front of nearly 60,000 spectators at London Olympic Stadium.  The game lasts 4 hours and 42 minutes and between-innings entertainment includes a mascot race among four random figures from British culture: King Henry VIII; Winston Churchill; singer Freddie Mercury; and the Lock Ness Monster.