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Chris Enbom, CLP, CEO at Allegiant and immediate past-president,
National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA) would like to personally invite you to join NEFA and attend our Spring Summit.
National Equipment Finance Summit, March 22-24
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Today's Equipment Leasing Headlines
Alert---Another One/ from Lease Police
Classified Ads---Sales
Financial Pacific Leasing joins
Companies who notify lessee in advance of lease expiration
and require their discounter to also notify lessee in advance
Leasing 102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
Vendor/Manufacturer/Distributor Lease Sales --
Installment One
Career Crossroad—“They want sample deals”
Top Stories March 5--March 9
Bank Beat--Second Bank FDIC Can't Find an Acquirer
Adopt-a-Dog: Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions
New Employment Web Site
News Briefs---
Credit unions, banks grabbing a share of payday loan dollars
CIT Announces Pricing of $1.5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes
Italy confirms it is in recession
Dick's Drive-In named "Most Life-Changing Burger in America"
Broker/Funder/Industry Lists |
Features (collection)
Top Ten Stories Chosen by Readers |
Top Stories last six months
Five Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk
You May Have Missed
No Joke! Try Buckwheat for Breakfast
SparkPeople--Live Healthier and Longer
Sports Briefs---
Winter Poem
California Nuts Briefs---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in American History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
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and was not written by Leasing News nor information verified, but from the source noted. When an article is signed by the writer, it is considered a “by line.” It reflects the opinion and research of the writer. It is considered “bias” as it is the writer’s viewpoint.
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Alert---Another One/ from Lease Police
Hi xxxx , if you have been looking for a more affordable way to obtain Unsecured Corporate Cash Credit using a Credit-Ready Aged Corporation, then this is your opportunity. We are now offering Credit-Ready Aged Corporations with a $20K Corporate Cash Credit Program for only $999, and they come with Tax ID #, DNB #, Bank Account, Merchant Account, Website, Phone System, 411 Listing, and the list goes on. You can pay eCheck or Credit Card.
There are only 50 Corps left - First Come, First Serve.
Below is the Link:
http://www.linkhop.org/999corpoffer
CreditReadyCorps
228 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003.
You are receiving this E-Mail because you have either applied for financing on one of our other Websites in the past and/or because your Business meets the minimum Qualification Criteria for this Program. We want to always be the first ones to let you know about New Programs you otherwise would probably never hear about. This service is currently in Beta Stage and is offered to you completely at no charge.
If for any reason you do not want to receive these Alerts in the future, you may unsubscribe by simply replying to this e-mail with the word "remove" in the subject line.
(Leasing News provides this ad “gratis” as a means
to help support the growth of Lease Police)
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Classified Ads---Sales
(These ads are “free” to those seeking employment or looking
to improve their position)
California
Aggressive, competitive self-starter with vendor/direct equipment
leasing and asset-based lending experience. Success in business banking sales and financial planning.
Email: dsp559@hotmail.com | Resume
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Garfield, NJ
15 years experience small to large ticket sales exp. All types of equipment industries. Vendor & direct. Self motivated. Work with leasing company or broker.
Tony Lio tonylio@optonline.net |
Montgomery, AL
Individual with 10 years advertising sales exp. & 7 years insurance sales exp. Wants independent contractor situation in Alabama.
Work with leasing company or broker. 334-590-5133
E-mail: billmcneal2003@yahoo.com |
Orange County, CA
20+ yrs. leasing sales/sales mgmt
Established remote office w/Lessee/Vendor following
Request Salary + commission or partnership w/direct funding source.
shermbp@gmail.com |
Pittsburgh , PA
Aggressive self starter looking for leasing position w/10 plus yrs sales exp., plus banking experience 814-227-4592
mwiser500@hotmail.com |
San Francisco Bay Area:
15 year Vendor Program Agreement HUNTER. Currently employed at major IT manufacturer captive supporting direct and channel sales. Must have base, commission and benefit package.
E-mail: VdrPgmBizDev@aol.com |
Texas/Oklahoma
15 year lease vet looking for plact to take business.great references. all major equipment types. open to compensation. please contact if interested.
E-mail: bankingdallas@yahoo.com |
Free Posting for those seeking employment in Leasing:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Classified/Jwanted/Jwanted-post.htm
All “free” categories “job wanted” ads:http://www.leasingnews.org/Classified/Jwanted/Jwanted.htm
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Companies who notify lessee in advance of lease expiration
and require their discounter to also notify lessee in advance
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130 |
Nationwide |
$5,000 - $50,000 |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed | C -Sub-Broker Program
| D -"Private label Program" | E - Also "in house" salesmen
Paul Menzel, CLP, President & CEO
"I wanted to describe FinPac’s policy regarding 'evergreen clauses' and advance notice on true lease structures. On transactions where FinPac holds an FMV residual position, our documents do not include an evergreen clause and thus we do not enter the contract into a renewal period. In these cases we simply bill and collect a onetime residual. Some of our lessor partners utilize our generic document feature which also doesn’t include any sort of evergreen provisions. In the cases when we purchase discounted transactions on another lessor’s documents, FP does not own the residual (if any) and we reassign our interest back to the lessor after we have been completely paid the initial rental stream.
"We make sure all discounted documents comply with the laws of the particular jurisdiction. Therefore they must comply with any State laws regarding notice requirements in the event of a true lease. We encourage all documents to contain some reasonable notice provision as the best practice regardless of a particular State requirement. In the very rare instances that an FP lease results in a dispute between the lessee and original lessor over the residual position, we will work very closely with the lessor to make sure the customer is treated fairly and ethically. The circumstances of residual valuation can vary widely and deteriorate into heated negotiations. Our position is that such negotiations should never get to that level in the best interest of good customer relations and the reputation of FP, the lessor and our industry."
Paul J. Menzel, CLP
Companies who notify lessee in advance of lease expiration
and require their discounter to also notify lessee in advance
ABCO Leasing
Advantage Funding
Agility Ventures LLC
Allegiant Partners
American Leasefund, Inc.
Balboa Capital Corp.
BancLease Acceptance Corporation
Bank of Ozarks Leasing
Bankers Capital
Bank of the West, Indirect Equipment Finance
Black Rock Capital
BSB Leasing
Calfund
Capital Technology & Leasing, LLC
Cobra Capital, LLC
Commerce National Bank
Dakota Financial, LLC
Direct Capital
eLease
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Financial Pacific Leasing
Five Point Capital, Inc
Forum Financial Services, Inc.
Gonor Funding
GreatAmerica Leasing
Madison Capital
Manufacturer's Lease Plans, Inc
Marquette Equipment Finance
Mesa Leasing
Maxim Commercial Capital
Mount Pleasant Capital
National Machine Tool Financial Corporation
Navitas Lease Corp.
Northwest Leasing Company
P&L Capital Corporation
Pacifica Capital
Pawnee Leasing Corporation
Standard Professional Services, LLC
TEAM Funding Solutions
Vehicle Lenders Group, LLC |
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Leasing 102
by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
Vendor/Manufacturer/Distributor Lease Sales
This article will have three installments to cover this subject
Installment one
Equipment Leasing is one of the tools an equipment dealer needs to help move his product. Therefore the issue is not do they need you ---but how can you service their needs better than your competition. The obvious answer from all vendors is lower rates, faster turn around of credits and acceptance of all customers.
The real answer, however, is who is going to service them the best. To review this, let’s look at different types of vendor operations. They are:
1) National Vendor Programs;
2) National Manufacturer Programs;
3) Local Vendor Programs;
4) No Affiliation.
National Vendor Programs
A national vendor program usually means that a national leasing company has established a program with stated rates; preset leasing types; and certain advantages that encourage the vendor to do business with this leasing company. Most of these programs are not mandatory and require a national leasing sales force to maintain the flow of business. The positives are in the understanding of the equipment leased and the ability to provide good programs that have preset procedures and end of the lease options that bring the lessee back to the vendor. In addition; the vendor may participate in the rate and receive additional income for the flow of business. On occasion the vendor also participates in remarketing the off lease or repossessed equipment.
The negatives are that the credit decision is at a remote location, which effects turn around time, and lack of local knowledge that may impact the credit decision both positively or negativity. Also national programs tend to be set and therefore lack flexibility.
National programs are only as good as the local representative and the quality of the program. Regardless of the controls, if the vendor’s sales staff does not feel they are getting good service they will find other means to get their customers lease financing. Personal service to a vendor’s sales person such as calling on potential customers to explain leasing and gathering financial information to facilitate a fast credit turn around will always be of value to the vendor’s sales effort.
One note of caution to the lease salesperson that is helping a vendor’s sales person is to avoid conversation with the customer about the equipment performance to avoid being held responsible for the equipments non-performance. Also sometimes the customer may like your lease program but prefer a different vendor. If you are in there at the request of the vendor; how you handle this request may affect the whole program, or your source of business. It is best to say you are in there at the request of the vendor and would have to make an additional call at a later date to discuss alternative lease financing. A vendors program can further complicate this, because the program may contain supports from the vendor like; a discounted equipment price, remarketing support or credit guarantees, not revealed to the customer. The whole purpose of the program is to encourage the Lessee’s interest through interest rate incentives. Proper finesse in these conversations is a necessary art.
Vendor’s sales staff is constantly asking for a piece of the action. This means they expect to get paid if they send you some business leads that turn out to be booked business. While this is acceptable when everyone is aware of it and it is handled in the correct manner it can become a major legal and tax problem when paid “under the table” so to speak. It is best to avoid theses type of arrangements because they will always come home to roost.
(part II next week)
Mr. Terry Winders, CLP, has been a teacher, consultant, expert witness for the leasing industry for thirty-five years and can be reached at leaseconsulting@msn.com or 502-649-0448
He invites your questions and queries.
Previous #102 Columns:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Leasing_102/Index.htm
Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
Anaheim, California
April 5 & 6
Two Day Seminar
sponsored by
Equipment Leasing Department
4040 MacArthur blvd, Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
The seminar will contain information on how to approach leasing in 2012 with the following subjects:
- New lease language
- Proposed new accounting rules for lessee's
- Structuring and pricing for competition
- Income tax rules, Article 2A vs. Article 9
- New reasons to lease
- Questions to ask lessee
- Vendor needs
- Credit enhancements
- Documentation issues
and a take home assignment to see how to propose a lease.
Cost $450 per person
Registration and Outline of Course: PDF
For questions, please contact Mr. Terry Winders, CLP, at leaseconsulting@msn.com or call 502-649-0448. |
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Career Crossroad—“They want sample deals”
Question: Emily, I completed my interview with a potential new employer. They are requesting actual deals that I can bring to the table prior to an offer, what do you suggest?
Answer: Many companies are requesting sample deals to review. Companies want to make sure there is a good long-term fit for both parties; that your deals are “doable” / “fundable” based on their criteria.
Do yourself a favor and protect what you have worked hard on;
You can provide information BUT follow these general guidelines:
1. Make sure the “deals” submitted are REAL, they will be followed up on … they need to make sense (credit, years in business, etc…) e.g. a start-up with no assets or investment – in this economic market not the best deal to be submitting!
2. Don’t submit deals that are outside the companies profile – E.g. if the company does ONLY FMV IT equipment – Don’t provide deals that are $1 out construction business - doesn’t make sense! Remember Apples to Apples!!!
3. Do NOT include your Client names
4. Do not include actual location (give an overall geographical area e.g. Northeast – tri-state area
5. If you do submit Client names, make sure you have something in writing stating these are your clients and are not be contacted by the company now or in the future (include dates – maybe 2 years – use your common sense)
6. Make sure that if the company is interested in a particular deal (or deals) that you enter in an employment agreement or commission agreement
7. Make sure the agreement / contract is signed by both parties
8. Feel free to have your agreement / contract reviewed by an attorney
9. The company if really interested in hiring you, they should not have an issue with this and will understand your position
10. If you determine you do NOT want to submit sample deals, most likely the company will not move forward with the hiring process.
11. If the company does not want to sign an agreement with you to protect your business / deals, move on (there are some companies out there that just want to get your deals / clients – for themselves! Unbelievable – but true.)
If you need more advice feel free to contact me.
Emily Fitzpatrick
Sr. Recruiter
Recruiters International, Inc.
Phone: 954-885-9241
Cell: 954-612-0567
emily@riirecruit.com
www.riirecruit.com
Previous Career Crossroad columns:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/crossroad.html
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Top Stories March 5--March 9
Here are the top ten sorties opened by readers:
(Tie) (1) FirstLease Joins “Funder Looking for New Broker Business” list
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_07.htm#firstlease
(Tie) (1) Two More Sentenced in Operation Lease Fleece
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_05.htm#sentenced
(2) Alert---from www.leasepolice.com
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_07.htm#alert
(3) Proviso Financial Services, Coquitlam, British Columbia Bulletin Board Complaint
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_09.htm#bbc
(4) Correction: Bulldog Truck & Equipment Sales
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_05.htm#correction
(Tie) (5) Leasing Companies Out of Business plus No Longer taking Broker/Discounting Business
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_09.htm#out_business
(Tie) (5) Vendor Donner gets 18 Months, Afraid of a Bullet
Don’t Drop the Soap
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_09.htm#donner
(6) Why the Evergreen Clause is important to Marlin Leasing
by Christopher Menkin, Publisher
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_09.htm#marlin
(7) Calling all Community and Regional Banks!
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_05.htm#banks
(Tie)(8) What Happened to Hillcrest Bank Leasing?
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_07.htm#hillcrest
(Tie) (8) Real Estate Biz Loans Volume Getting Back to "Normal"
Uh-oh! Lease Receivables Going Down for Ten Years
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_05.htm#down
(9) StoneCastle Partners Provides Bank Leasing Programs
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_09.htm#stonecastle
(10) SBA Loans to Franchises
by Christopher Menkin
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_07.htm#sba
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Bank Beat--Second Bank FDIC Can't Find an Acquirer
As noted in last week's issue, the FDIC does not always find a bank to take over a failed bank. * This is the second this year where New City Bank, Chicago, Illinois was closed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – Division of Banking, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. The first this year was Home Savings of America, Little Falls, Montana (1)
The FDIC was unable to find another financial institution to take over the banking operations of New City Bank. The FDIC will mail checks directly to depositors of New City Bank for the amount of their insured money.
The bank was founded October 16, 2003 and as of the end of December 31, 2011 had nine full time employees at its 900 South Michigan Avenue office in Chicago.
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio -3.91% (not a typo. editor)
Vice-chairman and investor in New City Bank William Beavers, Cook County Commissioner, was indicted on federal tax charges last February. The federal indictment against Mr. Beavers alleged he converted campaign contributions to personal use and didn't disclose the income to the Internal Revenue Service. One of the uses of the money, the indictment said, was to pay gambling debts.
A February 24, 2011 consent order "...the Bank shall cease providing third party payment processing for deposit customers and their associated accountholders, customers, and clients and otherwise sever its relationship with such customers...
“...the Bank shall not enter into any new line of business without the prior written consent of the Regional Director and the Division..." as well as other requirements.” (2)
Following the $2.7 million loss and $6.2 million in non-current loans, it appears it was too late as the 2011 loss became $9.2 million and non-current loans were at $11.7 million, including $4.2 million charge off.
Note at the end of 2011, $11 million, or 26 percent, of the bank's total loans of $42 million were at least 90 days behind on payments. Reportedly many of the loans were held by directors, their associates, and friends.
(in millions, unless otherwise)
Net Equity
2006 $10.5
2007 $11.7
2008 $12.4
2009 $8.9
2010 $7.1
2011 -$1.8
Profit
2006 $1.8
2007 $1.85
2008 $771,000
2009 -$2.8
2010 -$2.7
2011 -$9.2
Non-Current Loans
2006 $243,000
2007 $2.67
2008 $1.6
2009 $2.3
2010 $6.2
2011 $11.7
Charge Offs
2006 0
2007 $29,000 ($26,000 1-4 family, $3,000 individuals)
2008 $198,000 ( $91,000 1-4 family, $75,000 nonfarm, $23,000
individuals)
2009 $2.2 million ($587,000 1-4 family, $546,000 nonfarm, $528
construction/land, $517,000 commercial, $28,000 individuals
2010 $3.1 million ($2.1 construction/land, $918,000 1-4 family, $156,000 nonfarm,-$100,000
commercial)
2011 $4.7 million ($2.3 1-4 family, $992,000 commercial/industrial, $760,000 nonfarm, nonres., $381,000 multifamily, $294,000 other loans, $68,000 individuals)
Construction and Land, 1-4 family multiple residential, Multiple Family Residential, Non-Farm Non-Residential loans.
Beginning Monday, depositors of New City Bank with more than $250,000 at the bank may visit the FDIC's Web page "Is My Account Fully Insured?" at http://www2.fdic.gov/dip/Index.asp to determine their insurance coverage.
As of December 31, 2011, New City Bank had $71.2 million in total assets and $72.4 million in total deposits. The amount of uninsured deposits will be determined once the FDIC obtains additional information from those customers.
The FDIC as receiver will retain all the assets from New City Bank for later disposition. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.
The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $17.4 million. http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2012/pr12029.html
* FDIC Can't Place All Failed Banks
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Mar2012/3_07.htm#fdic
(1)) Homes Savings of America--second story in Bank Beat
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Feb2012/2_27.htm#bank_beat
(2) Consent Order
http://leasingnews.org/PDF/NewCityBankConsentOrder.pdf
List of Bank Failures:
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html
Bank Beat:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Bank_Beat.htm
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Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions-- Adopt-a-Dog
Bert Ward and Wife (he played Robin in TV's "Batman" Series)
Bernese Mountain Dog Rescue
http://gentlegiantsrescue-bernese-mountain-dogs.com/index.html
Adopt-a-Pet by Leasing Co. State/City
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Adopt_Pet.htm
Adopt a Pet
http://www.adoptapet.com/
John Kenny Receivables Management
www.jrkrmdirect.com
• End of Lease Negotiations & Enforcement
• Fraud Investigation
• Credit Investigations
• Asset Searches
• Skip-tracing
• Third-party Commercial Collections
The Solution to Your Credit & Accounts Receivable Needs
John Kenny
315-866-1167 | John@jkrmdirect.com
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(Leasing News provides this ad as a trade for investigations
and background information provided by John Kenny)
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New Employment Web Site
http://www.employmentcrossing.com is added to the Employment Web site.
"We show jobs from every employer career page, job board and news sources that we can find."
A search for lease sales brought up jobs director, lease operations; managing director, as well as other positions.
They offer a 72 hour free trial, as well as you can experiment with different search times, by city or region or zip and miles radius. Note, they require a credit card, and if you do not cancel, the membership fee to use the service is $29.95 per month. They have a "live chat" to learn more.
Many of the sites below are free, while some also charge an entrance or monthly fee:
www.adams-inc.com
www.affinitysearch.com
www.bajobs.com
www.careerbank.com
www.careerbuilder.com
www.careerpath.com
www.careerjet.com
www.craigslist.org
ELFA Career Center
www.employmentcrossing.com
www.FinanceLadder.com
http://www.findhow.com/
www.hotjobs.com
www.Hound.com
www.indeed.com
www.jobs.net
www.jobs-applications.com
www.jobssearchengine.net
www.jobsearchusa.org
www.JobSpin.com
www.jobsinthemoney.com
www.ladders.com
www.leasingworld.co.uk
www.lessors.com
www.MarketingJobs.com
www.monitordaily.com
www.monster.com
www.monstertrak.monster.com/
www.Postonce.com
www.RecruiterConnection.com
www.resumeblaster.com
www.snagajob.com/part-time-jobs/
www.toplanguagejobs.com
www.vault.com
www.vetjobs.com
www.worktree.com
www.worldleasingnews.com
Open Positions at Leasing Funders/Various Locations
(Most of the listing have "open positions." While you may find ones that do not, check back later, as they may have added an opening.)
Advantage Funding
http://www.advantagefund.com/employment.htm
AIG
http://www.aigcorporate.com/addresources/globalcareers.html
Altec
https://careers.altec.com/psc/P90HALT_APP/APPLICANT/
HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?nocrumbs=yes&
Alter Moneta
http://www.altermoneta.com/careers/opportunities.html
Arrow Capital (not available at this time)
Atlas Copco
http://www.atlascopco.com/us/careers/openjobs/
Balboa Capital
http://www.balboacapital.com/about_us/careers.aspx
Bank of America
http://careers.bankofamerica.com/overview/overview.asp
Bank of Ozarks
https://bankozarks.applicantharbor.com/jobmainlist.php?a=m
Bank of the West
https://www.bankofthewest.com/about-us/careers/job-search.html
(type in state, and keyword leasing or category)
CIT Job Openings
http://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ1/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=CIT&cws=1
CSI Leasing
http://www.csileasing.com/ViewJobPostings.aspx
Data Sales
http://www.datasales.com/open_jobs.html
De Lage Landen Financial
https://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=DELAGELANDEN&cws=1
Direct Capital
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=DIRECTCAPITAL&cws=1
Farm Credit
http://www.farmcreditnetwork.com/careers/opportunities
Financial Pacific
http://www.finpac.com/careers.aspx
Fifth-Third Bank
https://cvg53.cvgs.net/Main/careerportal/JobAgent.cfm
GE Capital
www.ge.com/careers
GreatAmerica Leasing
http://jobs.greatamerica.com/
Hillcrest Bank
https://www.hillcrestbank.com/Careers.aspx
Home Savings Bank
http://www.home-savings-bank.com/careers.php
Key Bank
Click here
Marlin Business Services
Key (not available at this time)
https://www.marlinleasing.com/Careers/joblisting.html?location=all
Madi$on Capital
http://www.madisoncapital.com/employment.php?expandable=3&subexpandable=5
Meridian Bank
https://www.meridianbank.com/careers.html
Microfinancial/Timepayment
http://www.hirebridge.com/jobseeker2/Searchjobresults.asp?cid=5224
Northern California Farm Credit (office listings)
http://www.norcalfc.com/locations.html
People's United Bank
https://www3.ultirecruit.com/PEO1003/JobBoard/ListJobs.aspx
PL Capital
http://www.plcapital.com/careers.asp
Prime Alliance Bank
http://www.primealliancebank.com/home/careers
Regions Bank
https://regions.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl
Republic Financial
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA8/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=REPUBLICFINANCIAL&cws=1
Sterling Bank
https://www.synovus.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=m
External.showSearchInterface
TCF Bank
https://tcfbank.taleo.net/careersection/corporate/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en
TD Bank
https://tderec.ijob.com/recruit/servlet/com.lawson.ijob.util.Login
US Bank
(type position in blank space and/or state)
http://www.usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/careers/careers.cfm
Wells Fargo
https://employment.wellsfargo.com/psp/PSEA/APPLICANT_NW/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL
Zions Bank
https://zionsbancorp.taleo.net/careersection/zfnbexternal/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en
Leasing News invites other employers to list their "open positions." The listing is free.
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This Day in History
1565- Smoking of tobacco was introduced to England by John Hawkins. Hawkins was primarily a slave trader, carrying Africans to the West Indies. Most of his dealings were with the Spanish in the West Indies, but during his second trip to the region visited the small French colony in Florida and learned to smoke tobacco from the colonists, who had learned from the Indians. Hawkins returned to England with a shipload of tobacco. He described the Indian use of the plant this way: “The Floridians when they travel have a kind of herb dried, who with a cane and an earthen cap in the end, with fire, and dried herbs put together, doe sucke thorow the cane the smoke thereof, which smoke satisfieth their hunger, and therwith they live foure or five days without meat or drinke, and this all the Frenchmen used for this purpose.”
1687-Father Eusebio Kino, 42, an Italian-born Jesuit in the service of Spain, began missionary labors in the American Southwest. In all, Kino established 25 Indian missions in the area now divided between northern Mexico and Arizona.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/azhistory/02086kino0210.html
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/april/papr/du_kino.html
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/Father_Kino.html
http://discoverseaz.com/History/Kino.html
1789-Young Enoch Brooks inscribed his name in this children's Bible in Princeton, New Jersey. Now a rare artifact of Americana, Brooks' book is one of four extant copies of A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible. With nearly five hundred woodcuts by American artists, this Bible was the most ambitious woodcut volume produced in America up to that time. He was not only a prolific printer of children’s books but at one time owned more than 20 book stores in the Boston, MA area. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar13.html
1791 - Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man was published in London.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_paine/rights_of_man/part1.html
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~dino55/rightsofman.htm
1794- Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin, allegedly based on the ideas and concept of a Black slave on a plantation he was visiting. Whether he, the black slave, or Katherine Greene, the owner of the plantation he was visiting, came up with the concept of wire cleaning the cotton balls is a matter of historic controversy. Whitney's cotton gin was capable of maintaining a daily output of 23 kg (50 lb) of cleaned cotton, and its effect was far-reaching, making southern cotton a profitable crop for the first time. Whitney, however, failed to profit from his invention. Numerous imitations appeared, and his 1794 patent was not validated until 1807. This made cotton a major crop in the South where slaves were “imported” to meet the demand, plus could be utilized for other crops due to this invention. “By the early 1800's, more than 700,000 slaves lived in the South. They accounted for about a third of the region's people. By 1860, the slave states had about 4 million slaves. Slaves outnumbered whites in South Carolina and made up over half the population in both Maryland and Virginia. Slavery began to develop even deeper roots in the South after Eli Whitney of Massachusetts invented his cotton gin in 1793. This machine removed the seeds from cotton as fast as 50 people working by hand and probably contributed more to the growth of slavery than any other development. Whitney's gin enabled farmers to meet the rapidly rising demand for cotton. As a result, the Southern cotton industry expanded, and cotton became the chief crop in the region. The planters needed more and more workers to pick and bale the cotton, which led to large increases in the slave population. The thriving sugar cane plantations of Louisiana also used many slaves during the first half of the 1800's. By 1860, about 4 million slaves lived in the South.” It is stated that in 1860, one in three people in the South were slaves.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1522.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/whitney.html
http://www.eliwhitney.org/main.htm
http://www.csusm.edu/Black_Excellence/documents/pg-c-gin.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3narr6.html
http://www2.worldbook.com/features/features.asp?feature=aajourney
&page=html/bh112.html&direct=yes
http://ia.thebostonchannel.com/blackhistory/1947088/detail.html
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/cotton_gin_patent/cotton_gin_patent.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsR-Z/whitney.html
1798-birthday of Abigail Fillmore, first wife of Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the US. Born at Stillwater, NY. It is said that the White House was without any books until Abigail Fillmore, formerly a teacher, made a room on the second floor into a library. Within a year, Congress appropriated $250 for the president to spend on books for the White House. Died at Washington, DC, Mar 30, 1853.
1802- Absalom Jones ordained first Black priest in Episcopal Churchhttp://www.ube.org/abjones.htm
1813-. Lorenzo Delmonico was born in Marengo, Switzerland and was invited to join his uncles in their successful pastry shop and catering business in New York in 1831. He soon transformed the business into one of the first, best, most elegant and famous restaurants in the country, Delmonico’s. Lorenzo was not a chef, but he purchased the food and created the very extensive menu. He helped make the concept of the 'restaurant' an acceptable and successful one. After many moves the final Delmonico’s restaurant was forced to close in 1923, a victim of Prohibition.
http://www.cbbqa.com/delmonico/Filippini.html
http://www.cbbqa.com/delmonico/Steak.html
http://www.cbbqa.com/delmonico/Potatoes.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/foodnames.html
1818- Absalom Jones ordained first Black priest in Episcopal Church
http://www.justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/98.html
http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Absalom_Jones.htm
http://www.io.com/~kellywp/LesserFF/Feb/AbsJones.html
http://david-alexander.tripod.com/id117.htm
1836- Houston retreats from Santa Anna's army. Less than a week after the disastrous defeat of Texas rebels at the Alamo, the newly commissioned Texan General Sam Houston begins a series of strategic retreats to buy time to train his ill-prepared army. Revolutionary Texans had only formally announced their independence from Mexico 11 days earlier. On March 6, 1836, the separatists chose Sam Houston to be the commander-in- chief of the revolutionary army. Houston immediately departed for Gonzales, Texas, where the main force of the revolutionary army was stationed. When he arrived, he found that the Texan army consisted of 374 poorly dressed and ill-equipped men. Most had no guns or military experience, and they had only two days of rations. Houston had little time to dwell on the situation, because he learned that the Mexican general Santa Anna was staging a siege of the Alamo in San Antonio. Before Houston could prepare his troops to rush to aid the defenders, however, word arrived that Santa Anna had wiped them out on March 6. Scouts reported that Santa Anna's troops were heading east toward Gonzales. Unprepared to confront the Mexican army with his poorly trained force, Houston began a series of strategic retreats designed to give him enough time to whip his army into fighting shape. Houston's decision to retreat won him little but scorn from the Texas rebels. His troops and officers were eager to engage the Mexicans, and they chafed at Houston's insistence on learning proper field maneuvers. Houston wisely continued to organize, train, and equip his troops so they would be prepared to meet Santa Anna's army. Finally, after nearly a month of falling back, Houston ordered his men to turn around and head south to meet Santa Anna's forces. On April 21, Houston led his 783 troops in an attack on Santa Anna's force of nearly twice that number near the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River. With the famous cry, "Remember the Alamo," the Texans stormed the surprised Mexican forces. After a brief attempt at defense, the Mexican soldiers broke into a disorganized retreat, allowing the Texans to isolate and slaughter them. In a stunning victory, Houston's army succeeded in killing or capturing nearly the entire Mexican force, including General Santa Anna, who was taken prisoner. Only two Texans were killed and 30 wounded. Fearful of execution, Santa Anna signed an order calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Mexican troops from Texas soil. The Mexicans never again seriously threatened the independence of the Lone Star Republic.
1846---In San Francisco, Colonel Castro issued a proclamation that declared John Frémont and his party to be a band of highwaymen.
1865—Slaves were assigned to military duty in the Confederate Army by a bill signed by President Jefferson Davis. During the Civil War, blacks not only had related jobs, but also were uniformed soldiers and officers. CSA General Patrick Cleburne had suggested enlisting slaves a year before, but few in the Confederate leadership considered the proposal, since slavery was the foundation of southern society. One politician asked, "What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?" Another suggested, "If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." General Lee weighed in on the issue and asked the Confederate government for help. "We must decide whether slavery shall be extinguished by our enemies and the slaves be used against us, or use them ourselves." Lee asked that the slaves be freed as a condition of fighting, but the bill that passed the Confederate Congress on March 13 did not stipulate freedom for those who served. The measure did nothing to stop the destruction of the Confederacy. Several thousand blacks were enlisted in the Rebel cause, but they could not begin to balance out the nearly 200,000 blacks that fought for the Union.
http://www.rebelgray.com/BlackSoldiers.htm
http://www.nps.gov/apco/blacks.htm
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/022199/met_confeds.shtml
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/burke_cw.htm
http://www.africana.com/archive/dailyarticles/index_20010410.asp
http://www2.netdoor.com/~jgh/mobile.html http://www.theonlinedispatch.com/dans/_disc2/00000142.htm
1868-The US Senate began its trial to impeach President Andrew Jackson. For the first time in the nation’s history a president was impeached. Pres. Johnson was accused by Congress of having violated the Tenure of Office Act of 1867, which forbade the president to discharge any federal officer holder appointed “by and with the consent of the Senate.” Johnson tested the act by removing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on February 21. The impeachment was brought largely because the radical Republicans bitterly opposed Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction. Johnson’s firing of Stanton gave them the opportunity they had been seeking. On February 24 the House of Representatives voted to impeach. The US Senate trial began this date. Sworn in as president after Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, President Johnson enacted a lenient Reconstruction policy for the defeated South, including almost total amnesty to ex-Confederates, a program of rapid restoration of U.S.-state status for the seceded states, and the approval of new, local Southern governments, which were able to legislate "black codes" that preserved the system of slavery in all but name. The Republican-dominated Congress greatly opposed Johnson's Reconstruction program and passed the "Radical Reconstruction" by repeatedly overriding the president's vetoes. Under the Radical Reconstruction, local Southern governments gave way to federal military rule, and African-American men in the South were granted the constitutional right to vote. In March 1867, in order further to weaken Johnson's authority, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act over his veto. The act prohibited the president from removing federal office holders, including Cabinet members, who had been confirmed by the Senate, without the consent of the Senate. It was designed to shield members of Johnson's Cabinet like Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who was appointed during the Lincoln administration and was a leading ally of the so-called Radical Republicans in Congress. In the fall of 1867, Johnson attempted to test the constitutionality of the act by replacing Stanton with General Ulysses S. Grant. However, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to rule on the case, and Grant turned the office back to Stanton after the Senate passed a measure in protest of the dismissal. On February 21, 1868, Johnson decided to rid himself of Stanton once and for all and appointed General Lorenzo Thomas, an individual far less favorable to the Congress than Grant, as secretary of war. Stanton refused to yield, barricading himself in his office, and the House of Representatives, which had already discussed impeachment after Johnson's first dismissal of Stanton, initiated formal impeachment proceedings against the president. On February 24, the House voted 11 impeachment articles against President Johnson. Nine of the articles cited his violations of the Tenure of Office Act; one cited his opposition to the Army Appropriations Act of 1867 (designed to deprive the president of his constitutional position as commander in chief of the U.S. Army); and one accused Johnson of bringing "into disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt, and reproach the Congress of the United States" through certain controversial speeches. On March 13, according to the rules set out in Section 3 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution, the impeachment trial of President Johnson began in the Senate. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presided over the proceedings, which were described as theatrical. On May 16 and again on May 26, the Senate voted on the charges brought against President Johnson. Both times the vote was 35 for conviction and 19 for acquittal, with seven moderate Republicans joining 12 Democrats in voting against what was a weak case for impeachment. Because both votes fell short--by one vote--of the two- thirds majority needed to convict Johnson, he was judged not guilty and remained in office. Nevertheless, he chose not to actively seek reelection on the Democratic ticket. In November, Ulysses S. Grant, who supported the Republicans' Radical Reconstruction policies, was elected president of the United States. In 1875, after two failed bids, Johnson won reelection to Congress as a U.S. senator from Tennessee. He died less than four months after taking office at the age of 66. Fifty-one years later, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Tenure of Office Act unconstitutional in its ruling in Myers v. United States.
1868- Birth of Charles E. Cowman, American missionary pioneer. In 1901 he sailed to Japan with his wife Lettie (who later authored "Streams in the Desert"), where in 1910 they founded the Oriental Missionary Society.
http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/bio_cowman.htm
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=6249X&p=1014019
March 13, 1873-PBS Pinchback, first Black state governor, is denied his senate seat by the Senate, 1873. Senators were elected at this time by the state legislature. In January 1873, the Louisiana legislature elected Pinchback to the U.S. Senate, which was also contested by another rival W.L. McMillen. Though McMillen eventually acknowledged Pinchback's claim to the seat, Senators uncovered evidence that Pinchback had paid $10,000 to obtain it. On March 13, 1875, the Senate denied Pinchback his seat by a vote of 32 to 29.
http://www.theblackmale.com/black-men/History/pinchback.htm
http://www.fact-index.com/p/p_/p__b__s__pinchback.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/p_b_s_pinchback.html
1887- Chester Greenwood of Maine received a patent for earmuffs.
1906-clarinet/sax player Frank Teschemacher born Kansas City MO, Died, 1932 Chicago
http://www.redhotjazz.com/tesch.html
http://wwwp.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=600112
1911- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, science fiction writer, recluse and founder of the Church of Scientology, born at Tilden, NE. His best-known book was Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Died at San Luis Obispo County, CA, Jan 24, 1986.
http://www.lronhubbard.org
1912- the Chamber of Commerce of the United Sates was founded by approximately 500 representatives of commercial organizations, trade associations, and individual establishments, who were invited to participate in a series of discussions by President William Howard Taft and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel. The headquarters of the chamber of Commerce of the Untied States was dedicated on May 20, 1925.
1912 – Mystery writer Bill S. Ballinger (1912-1980), aka Frederic Freyer, B.X. Sanborn, born, Oskaloosa, Iowa. American thriller writer, who specialized from the early 1950's in a multi-level kind of narration or divided narration. Received Edgar Allan Poe Award from Mystery Writers of America in 1960 for his TV work.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ballinge.htm
1913---guitarist Lightin’ Slim (Otis V. Hicks) born St. Louis, Mo.
http://mathrisc1.lunet.edu/blues/Louisiana.html#O_Hicks
http://www.luckymojo.com/blueshoodoolightninslim.html
1913- Sammy Kaye, one of the most successful bandleaders of all time, was born in Rocky River, Ohio. Although the syrupy sweet romantic sounds were denounced by critics and music purists, the "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye" formula was so successful that his orchestra stayed together long after the big band era had ended. His hit records in the 1940's included "Daddy," "Harbor Lights" and "It Isn't Fair." Kaye died on June 2nd, 1987.
http://www.sammykayeorchestra.com/
http://data.sonicnet.com/artists/az/kaye_sammy/bio.jhtml
1913-guitarist Slim Lightin’ (Otis V. Hicks) born St. Louis, Mo, Died July 27, 1994
http://physics.lunet.edu/blues/Louisiana.html
1914-base player Bob Haggart bass born New York City /Died December 2, 1999
http://www.riverwalk.org/profiles/haggart.htm
http://jazzbymail.com/artists/haggart.html
http://www.52ndstreet.com/justjazz/Haggart_birthday.html
http://www.atlantajazzparty.com/ajp10.html
1914-bassist Bob Haggart born New York City.
http://pudbrown.hypermart.net/haggart.htm
1922-drummer Willie “Rough Dried” Williams born Lake Village, AR
1923 - A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones, which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a ‘foolproof’ design.
1924-pianist Dick Katz born Baltimore MD
http://www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca/_KATZ.HTM
http://www.theiceberg.com/artist.html?artist_id=24371
1925- Legislation prohibiting the teaching of evolution within the state's public school system was passed by Tennessee State Assembly. A celebrated violation of this law led to the famous July Scopes Monkey Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/tennstat.htm
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
1925-guitarist Bob “Poor” Woodfork born Lake Village, AR
1926 Roy Haynes Birthday
http://www.ejn.it/mus/haynes.htm
http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/artists/RoyHaynes.shtml
1929- Helen Candaele Saint Aubin, known as Helen Callaghan during her baseball days, was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Saint Aubin and her sister, Margaret Maxwell, were recruited for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which flourished in the 1940s when many major league players were off fighting WWII. She first played at age 15 for the Minneapolis Millerettes, an expansion team that moved to Indiana and became the Fort Wayne Daisies. For the 1945 season the left-handed outfielder led the league with a .299 average and 24 extra base hits. In 1946 she stole 114 bases in 111 games. Her son Kelly Candaele's documentary on the women's baseball league inspired the film A League of Their Own. Saint Aubin, who was known as the "Ted Williams of women's baseball," died Dec 8, 1992, at Santa Barbara, CA
1930-trumpterer Blue Mitchell born Miami, FL Died May 21, 1929
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mitchell_blue/bio.jhtml
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/blue.html
1932- country singer Jan Howard was born in West Plains, Missouri. Howard first hit the charts in 1960 with "The One You Slip Around With." She is best known for her duets with Bill Anderson, which included "For Loving You," a country chart-topper from 1967. Howard was also successful on her own, with such country hits as "Evil on Your Mind" and "My Son," a tribute to her son, Jim, who died in Vietnam two weeks after the song was recorded in 1968.
http://www.janhoward.com/bio.php
1932 -- With six million unemployed, chaos in Berlin, starvation & ruin, the threat of Marxism, & a very uncertain future, the German people turn to Hitler by the millions. In the presidential election, Hitler receives over eleven million votes (11,339,446) or 30% of the total. Hindenburg receives 18,651,497 votes or 49%. Since Hindenburg does not get the majority, a run-off election is held. In the campaign that follows, Hitler crisscrosses Germany in an airplane, descending from the clouds into the arms of growing numbers of fanatics, at ever larger rallies. He gives them a positive message, promising something for everyone, then ascends back into the clouds. "In the Third Reich every German girl will find a husband!" - Hitler once promises.
1932 – Hunger marches were taking place throughout the country; the Bonus marchers are expelled from Washington. This day Herbert Hoover sends a secret message to Congress advising it not to cut the pay of Army or Navy personnel because they may be need to put down the marchers, who’s numbers seem to be growing. He believes they are communist inspired as are the hunger marches in England and Germany. The economy is not in that bad of shape as the newspapers report, he adds.
http://www.weisbord.org/ThreeOne.htm
http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.php
1939- Singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka was born in Brooklyn, New York. Sedaka began writing songs with his lifelong musical partner, Howard Greenfield, at age 13, and in 1958 sold his first song, "Stupid Cupid," which became a hit for Connie Francis. The following year, Sedaka began his own recording career, scoring hits with such songs as "Oh Carol," written for Carole King, "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," which went to number one in 1962.
For much of the 1960's, Sedaka concentrated on songwriting, composing chart successes such as "Working on a Groovy Thing" for the Fifth Dimension and "Puppet Man" for Tom Jones. In 1975, Elton John helped Sedaka get back on the charts by having him record an LP for his Rocket label. From "The Hungry Years" came the number-one hit single "Laughter in the Rain." Sedaka topped the charts for a second time that year with "Bad Blood."
http://www.history-of-rock.com/neil_sedaka.htm
http://www.neilsedaka.info/
1940-“The Road to Singapore,” starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, opened. The comedy was the first of seven Road pictures, which brought fame and fortune to its actors.
1941-the Benny Goodman Sextet cuts “Air Mail Special”
1944---Top Hits
Mairzy Doats - The Merry Macs
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen
No Love, No Nothin’ - Ella Mae Morse
Rosalita - Al Dexter
1945--CRAIN, MORRIS E. Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. Place and date: Haguenau, France, 13 March 1945. Entered service at: Paducah, Ky. Birth: Bandana, Ky. G.O. No.: 18, 13 February 1946. Citation: He led his platoon against powerful German forces during the struggle to enlarge the bridgehead across the Moder River. With great daring and aggressiveness he spearheaded the platoon in killing 10 enemy soldiers, capturing 12 more and securing its objective near an important road junction. Although heavy concentrations of artillery, mortar, and self-propelled gunfire raked the area, he moved about among his men during the day, exhorting them to great efforts and encouraging them to stand firm. He carried ammunition and maintained contact with the company command post, exposing himself to deadly enemy fire. At nightfall the enemy barrage became more intense and tanks entered the fray to cover foot troops while they bombarded our positions with grenades and rockets. As buildings were blasted by the Germans, the Americans fell back from house to house. T/Sgt. Crain deployed another platoon which had been sent to his support and then rushed through murderous tank and small-arms fire to the foremost house, which was being defended by 5 of his men. With the enemy attacking from an adjoining room and a tank firing pointblank at the house, he ordered the men to withdraw while he remained in the face of almost certain death to hold the position. Although shells were crashing through the walls and bullets were hitting all around him, he held his ground and with accurate fire from his submachine gun killed 3 Germans. He was killed when the building was destroyed by the enemy. T/Sgt. Crain's outstanding valor and intrepid leadership enabled his platoon to organize a new defense, repel the attack and preserve the hard-won bridgehead.
1946-The first Medal of Honor awarded to a soldier of Japanese ancestry was conferred upon Private First Class Sadao S. Munemori of Company A,100th Infantry Battalion, 442dn Combat Team, for action near Seravezza, Italy, on April 5, 1945, when he knocked out two machine guns with grenades and saved the livers of two of his companions by diving on an exploding grenade. The medal was presented posthumously this day to his mother, Mrs. Nawa Munemori.
1947 - "The Best Years of Our Lives", produced by Samuel Goldwyn, was a big favorite winning the Best Picture prize at the 19th Academy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Actor/producer/comedian Jack Benny hosted the glittering gala. "The Best Years of Our Lives" won Oscars for Best Director (William Wyler); Actor (Fredric March); Supporting Actor (Harold Russell); Film Editing (Daniel Mandell); Screenplay (Robert E. Sherwood); and a shared award with "The Jolson Story" for Best Score. Other awards for the best of 1946: Actress: Olivia de Havilland in "To Each His Own", and Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Baxter in "The Razor’s Edge". The Best Song was "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (from "The Harvey Girls") by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren. Foreign-made films showed up in these Oscars, bringing an end to Hollywood’s then exclusive rights to the coveted awards. Of the foreign movies nominated, three were British ("Henry V" - producer, Laurence Olivier; "Brief Encounter" starring Celia Johnson; "Perfect Strangers" which won the Oscar for Best Writing/Original Story [Clemence Dane]), one was French ("Les Enfants du paradis", an original screenplay by Jacques Prévert) and one Italian ("Roma, città aperta", screenplay written by Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini).
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148339.html
1951 - ” The comic strip, "Dennis the Menace", appeared for the first time in 18 newspapers across the U.S. The strip became an international favorite in thousands of newspapers and spawned a CBS-TV program that starred Jay North as Dennis. The series lasted for several seasons and is still seen in syndicated re-runs. A somewhat popular movie starring Walter Matthau as Mr. Wilson and Christopher Lloyd as the bad guy was released in 1993.
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/dennis/about.htm
1951 - The state of Iowa experienced a record snowstorm. The storm buried Iowa City under 27 inches of snow.
1952---Top Hits
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Tell Me Why - The Four Aces
Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray
Wondering - Webb Pierce
1956 - In a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, Asa Carter, the executive secretary of the north Alabama White Citizen's Council, charged that rock and roll was introduced to white teenagers by the N.A.A.C.P. and other pro-integration forces. He initiated a campaign to pressure radio stations to bar what he termed "immoral music".
1956-Elvis Presley's first album is released by RCA. The self-titled disc would sell over a million copies and become The King's first Gold record.
1958-“The Long Hot Summer,” starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Orson Welles, opens in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Newman, who won the Cannes Film Festival award as Best Actor for his performance in the film, married Woodward the same year-the pairing is one of Hollywood's longest lasting marriages.
1958-The Quarry Men, with both John Lennon and Paul McCartney playing guitar, perform at the Morgue Skiffle Cellar in Oakhill Park.
1958-- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launches its Gold Award Program to honor artists with outstanding sales. One million units sold of a single 45 rpm record earned Gold status; in 1976, the Platinum Award was introduced for singles which moved two million units. Today, the single award are given at the half-million (gold) and million (platinum) level of sales or downloads, with the same award qualifications for album-length releases. The Diamond Award (album sales of over 10 million) was introduced in 1999.
1960---Top Hits
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Wild One - Bobby Rydell
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
He’ll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
1960 National Football League owners voted to allow the Chicago Cardinals to move to St. Louis. The Cardinals are generally regarded as the oldest continuing operation in pro football, having been founded as the Morgan Athletic Club, a neighborhood team in 1899. The Cardinals remained in St. Louis through the 1987 season after which owner Bill Bidwill transferred the team to Phoenix, AZ.
1961-President John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1961kennedy-afp1.html
1962- trumpeter Terence Blanchard born New Orleans LA
http://www.terenceblanchard.com/
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1TERENCE|BLANCHARD
http://www.offbeat.com/ob2004/backtalk.html
1962 -- Wing Luke becomes the first non-white to be elected to the Seattle City Council, and the highest Asian-American elected official in the continental US
at the time.
http://www.wingluke.org/wing_luke1.htm
http://www.wingluke.org/
1964- Motown Records released Mary Wells's "My Guy," written and produced by Smokey Robinson. It was the Supreme’s co-founder only number-one hit as a single.
http://www.marywilson.com/
1964-- According to Billboard, over 60 percent of all US singles currently sold are Beatles records.
1968 - The Byrds received a gold record for the album, "Greatest Hits", which featured "Turn! Turn! Turn!", written by Pete Seeger (excerpted from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible); "Eight Miles High"; "Mr. Spaceman"; "Mr. Tambourine Man"; "All I Really Want To Do"; and "My Back Pages". The group consisted of Jim McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke. Kevin Kelly, Gram Parsons, Clarence White, John York and Gene Parsons were also members of the group through the years. The Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
1969-“ The Love Bug” released by Walt Disney studio. Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film starred "Herbie," a loveable Volkswagen bug with a personality. Abused by the evil racecar driver "Thorndyke" (David Thomlinson), Herbie is rescued by the young good-guy racecar driver "Jim" (Dean Jones). Grateful for his rescue, Herbie rewards the hapless Jim by winning one race after another on his driver’s behalf. The excitement begins when the ruthless Thorndyke plots to get Herbie back by any means necessary. Based on a story by Gordon Buford, The Love Bug inspired two sequels, Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo.
1968---Top Hits
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Take Me to Your World - Tammy Wynette
1970 - An extremely popular cover of "LIFE" magazine was issued, showing the current fashion battle over long versus mini skirts.
http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1970/cv031370.html
1971 -- The Allman Brothers Band records its breakthrough album, "Live at the Fillmore East."
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1972- "The Merv Griffin Show", starring game show and late-night television host, Merv Griffin, started its syndicated debut for Metromedia Television. Joining Merv were Arthur Treacher, and Mort Lindsey and his orchestra. In the 1940s, Griffin had a number one song with the Freddy Martin Orchestra, "I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts", which launched him to fame. He had his own radio show at KFRC in San Francisco in the late 1940’s, branching into early local television. Griffin battled Johnny Carson on CBS-TV late night, and lost. He also fought ABC-TV's Joey Bishop, and again lost. He did win in the Metro media show; and in ownership of stations such as WPIX-TV 11 in New York, WPOP Radio in Hartford, Connecticut. Later, he came up with "Wheel of Fortune" and the formula for "Jeopardy", which he also owns; making him one of the world's richest entertainment moguls. Griffin also owns several hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Beverly Hills.
1972 -- Author Clifford Irving pleads guilty to a charge that the "autobiography" of Howard Hughes on which he supposedly collaborated was a hoax.
http://www.who2.com/cliffordirving.html
1974-The Arab Oil Embargo was lifted. It would take several weeks before long gasoline lines disappeared here. The oil-producing Arab countries agreed to lift their five-month embargo on petroleum sales to the US. During the embargo prices went up 330 percent and a ban was imposed on Sunday gasoline sales. The embargo was in retaliation for US support of Israel during the October 1973 Middle-East War.
1976---Top Hits
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons
All by Myself - Eric Carmen
Take It to the Limit - Eagles
The Roots of My Raising - Merle Haggard
1976 - The Four Seasons, featuring Frankie Valli, returned to the pop charts after an absence of 10 years. The group's "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", became the top song in the United States. Valli’s real name is Castelluccio and with him were Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. Joe Long and Charlie Callelo were members in the 1960s, when Gaudio focused on producing for the group and DeVito left. The original producer was Bob Crewe. The name, The Four Seasons, was taken from a bowling alley in New Jersey. The group charted a total of 30 songs, plus Valli had nine solo hits. In 1990, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1976-Johnny Taylor's "Disco Lady" begins a six week stay at the top of the Billboard R&B chart. It is the first number one song to contain the word "disco" in the title.
1980 -- Pink Floyd's "The Wall" goes platinum a few weeks into its 15 week stay at Number One. The two-record set is largely the brainchild of bass player Roger Waters, who now emerges as the group's creative head.
http://www.rogerwaters.org/
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1983- Radio talk show host Larry King brought his topical interview program to syndicated TV.. Using a telephone hook-up, viewers called in to speak to particular guests. King has been appearing on CNN since 1985 interviewing a variety of newsmakers and celebrities.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/
1983 Randy Smith’s NBA consecutive-game streak came to an end as he played in his 906th straight game. Smith played for Buffalo, San Diego, Cleveland, New York, and San Diego (again.)
1984---Top Hits
Jump - Van Halen
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell
Going, Going, Gone - Lee Greenwood
1985 - National Football League owners met in Phoenix, AZ and tabled a proposal that would have allowed transmitters and receivers in football helmets. The idea was to allow quarterbacks to talk with players in noisy stadiums. The idea did become a reality, but a minor one. Players complained of too much interference and static.
1986- Susan Butcher wins the Iditarod dogsled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, in the record time of 11 days, 15 hours, almost seven days faster than the time in 1985 when Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the race. Butcher again wins the race in 1987 in what is called a new era in the dogsled competition
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northwest Texas to Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska during the day, and into the night. Severe thunderstorms spawned 59 tornadoes, including twenty-six strong or violent tornadoes, and there were about two hundred reports of large hail or damaging winds. There were forty-eight tornadoes in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and some of the tornadoes in those three states were the strongest of record for so early in the season, and for so far northwest in the United States. The most powerful tornado of the day was one which tore through the central Kansas community of Hesston. The tornado killed two persons, injured sixty others, and caused 22 million dollars along its 67-mile path. The tornado had a life span of two hours. Another tornado tracked 124 miles across southeastern Nebraska injuring eight persons and causing more than five million dollars damage
1993- "Informer" by Toronto rapper Snow reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. It would remain in the top spot for seven weeks, making it one of the most successful Canadian songs ever on the US chart. Snow's debut album, "12 Inches of Snow," also was a million-seller.
1994- Prodigy puts newspaper online--the Atlanta Journal- Constitution. One of the earliest online newspapers, the Journal-Constitution listed local information, including Little League scores, lunch menus, and crime reports, as well as local advertising. The news service was available as a subscription service, with additional fees for bulletin board usage. Other early online newspapers included the St. Louis Dispatch and Florida Today.
1998 - Candice Bergen and the cast of Murphy Brown filmed the 245th and final episode of the award-winning and sometimes controversial CBS sitcom. The hour-long finale featured appearances by Julia Roberts, Bette Midler, and George Clooney, as well as Bergen's real mother, Frances.
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1999---It had been nearly fifteen years since Cher led the US hit parade with "Dark Lady", but she was back on top with her fourth solo number one, "Believe". It was also #1 in the UK.
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