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Headlines---
Peter
Eaton and Wife Move Back to Madison, Wisconsin
Cartoon---Two
Old Leasing Guys on Horseback
Follow-Up
to the Perfect Storm
Leasing
Fraud in New York—Up-Date
AOL
Launches 'Bill Pay' Service
TCF
Leasing Acquires VGM Leasing
GE
Commercial Finance Names Robert Stefanowski
LeaseCompare.com
Used Car Lease Customers Ins.
The List: Tomorrow
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Finance: Chicago,
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Experienced in big
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Finance: Lyndhurst,
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Respected by lenders/rating agencies full & fair financial reporting.
Outstanding record restructuring debt. Adept at investor relations and
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Legal: Los
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Experienced in-house
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Legal: Chicago,
IL.
Illinois Attorney,
18 years in IT equipment leasing, IT services contract assurance and
contract litigation, seeks in-house position, metro Chicago or California
(pay own relocation).
Email: cadorff@sbcglobal.net
Marketing:
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Full listing at: http://64.125.68.90/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm
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Peter
Eaton and Wife Move Back to Madison, Wisconsin
by Kit Menkin
Keeping his job at
Pentech Financial as Vice-President of Pentech’s Intermediary Market Group, the popular Peter Eaton, and
his wife Patricia, are moving closer to be with their children and grand-children.
“Conference Chairman Peter Eaton, CLP,(l) and his wife Patricia
visit with First National easing Corporation executive Vice-President
Casey Kolp and his wife Linda during the Sports Reception.” October,
1990, Western Association of Equipment Lessors Conference, Monterey,
California
“We’ve been here
twenty years, “ he said. “ I travel a lot now, plus 80% of what I do
now comes in over the internet, plus things now are also sent so easily
in ‘pdf,” that it doesn’t matter where you are.
You couldn’t say that ten years ago.”
Here is our earliest
“Pictures from the Past” on Mr. Eaton, CLP.
Pictures
from the Past
Featured
on Leasing News: 3/26/2003
---1987---
Seven Receive CLP Designation
The third set of Certified Lease Professionals was granted
final approval and received plaques commemorating the designation at
the Fall Conference in
New CLPs recognized by Western Association of Equipment Leasing
President Joe Woodley(left) were from left: Michael Walsh, Atlantic Financial Savings
Bank; Ron Wagner, Heritage Leasing Capital; Brian Pindell,
Commercial Equipment Lease Corp.; Ben Millerbis, Pentech Financial Services;
Peter Eaton,
First National Leasing Corp.; Duane Russell, Atlantic Financial
Savings Bank.
November, 1987 WAEL
NewsLine
It also pictures
Ben Millerbis, now president/ceo of Pentech Financial.
The company specializes
in $150,000 and above transactions; providing lease lines of credit to venture capital backed emerging
growth companies as well as “story” credits with a thorough old style
bank “investigation,” often including meeting with the applicant and
their financial team. Eaton works with brokers throughout the United
States.
“While we will most certainly benefit from Peter being closer to
the Mid-west and Eastern broker community, we will dearly miss
both Peter and Patricia here in San Jose, “Millerbus said.” Peter
is not only a wonderful business associate but a great friend as well.
I guarantee they will miss our California wines in cheese country."
He came to Palo Alto,
California, in 1991, where he headed the First National Leasing Corp West Coast Office. He then went on his own with Sevilla Leasing
and Associates in Palo Alto, 1993; joined Leasing Associates in Mountain View, California, then joining
Pentech Financial
as
Executive Vice President. His
hobbies include golfing and riding
his
Harley Davidson motorcycle, plus he is known for being quite a horseman.
He
and his wife are packed up, and ready to go, the truck leaves
Friday. Look for a motorcycle escort.
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Follow-Up
to the Perfect Storm
http://www.leasefoundation.org/pdfs/forecasting.pdf
The Equipment Leasing
and Finance Foundation is the only non-profit organization that provides
vision for the equipment leasing and finance industry through future-focused
information and research.
The Foundation, provides its publications and resources free to those
studying and researching in the equipment lease financing industry
and to industry professionals.
U.S. Postal Alert re: Leasing Fraud in New York—Up-Date
The sentencing of
Victor Einhorn's s has been postponed to June 7th at 2:30pm.
The sentencing will be held at Federal District Court for the Southern
District of New York before the Honorable Judge Barbara Jones. Victim
claims are being reviewed by the defense attorneys. He is still incarcerated
at MCC in lower Manhattan awaiting his sentencing.
“Due to a parallel
investigation, the sentencing hearing for Victor Einhorn has been adjourned
again from next Monday to June 7th at 2:30 p.m., before the Honorable
Judge Barbara Jones, old Federal Courthouse, S.D.N.Y.
Please mark your calendars as I expect this to be a firm date. Lets keep our fingers crossed!”
J.R. Goodman, Criminal
Investigator, (formerly Postal Inspector Goodman in this case)
United States Attorney's
Office
DOJ
http://two.leasingnews.org/temporary/Einhorn%20AKAs%20Bus%20Addrs%20no%20ltrhd.htm
http://two.leasingnews.org/temporary/SUMMARY%202.htm
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AOL
Launches 'Bill Pay' Service, AOL Personal Users Take Note
AccountingWEB.com
- - America Online, Inc., (AOL) announced this
week the launch of AOL(R) Bill Pay, a new service that helps AOL's community
of users save time and money with a streamlined way to track and pay
bills online as well as manage their personal finances.
AOL Bill Pay is more
than just a bill payment service; it is a life management tool, according
to AOL releases, that interacts with AOL emails, alerts and calendar.
For example, alerts can be set up to notify members of large transactions
on their credit cards, which may be an early indicator of identity theft
or fraud.
Or members can use
AOL Alerts to set up an alert to be notified when they are about to
exceed their cell phone minutes. These alerts join the more than 32
million alerts set up by AOL members as of October 2002. Furthermore,
an easy to read expense history area enables members to analyze and
review expenses across their registered accounts, helping them keep
a close eye on finances, budget better and catch inaccuracies.
Key benefits of AOL
Bill Pay include:
Bill Presentment
Capability: The streamlined process lets members receive bill summaries
through email and connects them directly to their biller website where
they can post payment, saving them time and adding convenience to their
daily lives. AOL's authentication process helps ensure that bills delivered
via Bill Pay are genuine and not forgeries. Furthermore, the bills are
delivered to members via a visually distinctive email, adding an extra
layer of security and giving members extra assurance that the bill is
authentic.
Speed and Savings:
AOL Bill Pay features one of the largest networks of billers, which
accept online payment, allowing members to directly connect to more
than 2500 biller websites, most of who accept same day payment. This
capability allows members to pay bills later and still avoid late fees.
Streamlined Sign-in
Process: A single word authentication process means members are no longer
required to remember multiple biller site IDs and passwords for different
biller websites. A simplified process combines all of them under one
AOL Bill Pay account security question, which is separate and distinct
from their AOL service password.
Enhanced Alerting
Capability: Payment schedules for registered accounts can be integrated
into AOL's Alerts & Reminders and AOL Calendar, making it easier
to remember due dates and pay bills on time. Additionally, members can
keep track of spending and purchases on other accounts between statements.
For example, members can set up an alert for large transactions on their
credit cards, which may be an early indicator of identity theft or fraud.
Bill Histories: AOL
automatically archives bill statements for up to 12 months and sets
up an expense history for all of members' registered accounts, helping
them track how much they are spending and on what. The billing history
is presented in a simplified pie chart by category (cell phone, credit
card, utility) or by biller.
AOL members will
be able to sign up for the AOL Bill Pay for no extra charge at AOL Keyword:
Bill Pay. They can access their Bill Pay account on the AOL Service
or on the web at http://www.aol.com
(Note: You also have
the secure AOL network, which is 99.99% virus and
hacker free. editor
)
NAELB---The
Jury is Stacked
National Association of Leasing Brokers
“In response to your
story "Dispute with NAELB" running over the last week
or so. I have to say that as a funder of business for third party
originators both brokers and financial institutions I wish up front
you
would publish those names. The independent brokers and smaller
leasing
associations need to realize on thing. Creditability is all they
have with
the funding sources. People want to know why so many people have
fled
funding broker business - fraud and lack of credibility on the part
of
brokers many of which are members of those leasing organizations.
”Those organizations need to draw the line with their membership and
weed
out the "troubled kids". The best support they can provide
their brokers
is providing the help in lining up funding sources for their deals.
The
CIT's, Fleets, Wells Fargo's and others left the broker business or
tighted
up who they buy from in most part due to losses killing their returns
on
the business they get from brokers.
”Please guys wake-up and smell the coffee without your reputation you
have
nothing in this industry. Those people who act the way you are
noting
should not be in this industry to begin with.
”Just one man's position, but one who deals with enough brokers to have
an
opinion on this topic.”
Scott
J. Scott Walstrom-Vangor
Vice President, Capital Markets
People's Capital and Leasing Corporation
----
“I just wanted to
send you a note of support regarding the situation with the NAELB. We
are a small broker outfit and you have been a big help to us. We have
been burned by both “funding sources” and brokers (remember Martin Barteske
of LeaseCapital, Huntington Beach?) and appreciate everything you and
your newsletter did for us (although that ****** never did pay us).
“We had a situation
recently where we had taken a commitment fee on a deal with super bad
credit, got it approved, and the guy backed out (after signing the fee
agreement). We wanted to keep the money, but ended up sending back most
of it, keeping $750.00 for out time and trouble, which they agreed to.
I don’t care if you print this or not, but I do want you to know that
you are appreciated.”
ROSS REIDA
Advantage Equipment
Leasing, LLC.
Portland, OR 97220
--
“I disagree with
the recent statements that leasing companies must return the advance
payments of lessees who want to cancel before lease commencement.
Our document states that monies paid are non-refundable. If they
cancel after we have done so much work, why should they get a refund?
If you book a caterer and provide them with a deposit, you would not
get the deposit back after canceling. Why is a lease company less
entitled to it's money?”
(anonymous-sent by
contact form)
( As in Ross Reida’s
e-mail, you have the right under the circumstance
with a signed agreement
that if the lessee backs out, you can keep
the money. Many do what Ross did, and others keep it all,
especially
when they have a
signed agreement with both parties signatures.
(The analogy with
the caterer can be utilized if you understand what
happens to your deposit
if the caterer doesn’t show up: does not perform.
(The issue Leasing
News has been writing about is when the lease is not approved, and/or
not approved per the terms and conditions of the proposal, or other
requirements are made not on the agreement, or the leasing company can’t
find a funder.
(If you sign an agreement
with the caterer regarding terms and conditions,
including cancellation,
then that should prevail. If
you have no bilateral
agreement, any expenses
you incur are the standard cost of doing business.
Let me be more blunt:
Most real estate agents, insurance agents, are not reimbursed for their
time if the sale does not occur. The issue centers around the leasing
company or broker canceling the event.
(More importantly,
the advance rental is not the leasing company’s money, unless they have
a bilateral agreement recognizing the disposition of the money. The
fact is the money is the applicant’s, not the leasing company’s, unless
agreed to in advance
by both parties.
editor)
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TCF
Leasing, Inc. Acquires VGM Leasing, Inc.
MINNETONKA, Minn--TCF
Leasing, Inc. announced that it has acquired VGM Leasing, Inc. of Waterloo,
Iowa. VGM Leasing, Inc., manages an approximate $120 million lease portfolio,
and operates under the trade name VGM Financial Services. VGM Leasing,
Inc. was founded in 1991 and is a highly respected provider of equipment
finance, primarily in the home health care industry. It was one of 18
companies affiliated with the VGM Group of companies serving primarily
the home health care industry. The ownership of the other companies
of the VGM Group was not affected by the transaction.
In conjunction with the acquisition, TCF Leasing entered into a
long-term agreement to be the exclusive provider of financing for the
VGM Group. VGM Financial Services will continue to market under the
same trade names currently used and all employees will be retained in
the Waterloo offices. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
"We are very excited about this acquisition," said Craig
Dahl, President of TCF Leasing and Executive Vice President of TCF Financial
Corporation. " VGM Financial Services brings solid niche marketing
expertise, a respected name in a new industry for us and a team of talented
equipment finance experts. This will be a growing segment for us and
complements our existing market strategy and business process."
Van G. Miller, founder and CEO of the VGM Group says, "As
the VGM Group moves forward we do so with a newly energized, highly
capitalized partner to serve the financing needs of our members and
participating manufacturers. I strongly believe this relationship will
have positive effects on our people, our business and the business of
our members and the entire home health care industry for many years
to come."
Jim Phillips of VGM Financial Services stated, "TCF Leasing
provides VGM Financial Services with the ability to maintain our strong
customer relationships while providing enhanced access to capital which
will allow us to continue to grow the business."
TCF Leasing is a general equipment finance company and a wholly
owned subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation, a Wayzata, Minnesota-based
national financial holding company with $11.3 billion in assets. TCF
has more than 400 banking offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Colorado and Indiana.
CONTACT:TCF Financial
Corporation, Wayzata Jason Korstange, 952-745-2755 www.TCFExpress.com
SOURCE: TCF Financial
Corporation
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GE
Commercial Finance Names Robert Stefanowski to Lead Global Media &
Communications Business
NORWALK, Conn.----GE
Commercial Finance announced today that it has named Robert Stefanowski,
Managing Director, to lead its Global Media & Communications business.
With over $5.2 billion in assets and offices in Atlanta, Chicago,
Delhi, London, New York, Norwalk, and San Francisco, the business represents
a "one-stop" source for the comprehensive range of GE lending
and other structured finance services offered to the media, communications,
and technology industries. Key segments include radio and television
broadcasting, cable, entertainment, movie theatres, outdoor advertising,
publishing, technology, towers, wireless, and wireline.
"Our team comprises finance professionals completely dedicated
to the media, communications and technology industries, with in-depth
industry knowledge and experience allowing us to offer the most responsive
and flexible financing solutions to companies throughout this sector,"
said Mr. Stefanowski.
"Our unit's focus, dedication and resources help give our
customers a high degree of confidence in our commitment to serving their
financing needs," he said.
Previously, Mr. Stefanowski was managing director in charge of
GE Commercial and Industrial Finance, which provided senior debt, project
finance, leasing, and other structured financing solutions to companies
throughout the world. He also spent six years with Price Waterhouse
and has held positions of increasing responsibility at GE Capital including
roles in M&A, finance, and sales.
Mr. Stefanowski holds a B.S. from Fairfield University and an MBA
from Cornell University, and is a CPA. He also is an adjunct professor
at New York University's Stern School of Business specializing in M&A.
About GE Commercial Finance
GE Commercial Finance, which offers businesses around the globe
an array of financial products and services, has assets of over $217
billion and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. General Electric (NYSE:GE)
is a diversified technology and services company dedicated to creating
products that make life better.
CONTACT:GE Commercial
Finance Ned Reynolds, 203-229-5717
or TorranceCo Jim Marren, 212-521-5210
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LeaseCompare.com
Used Car Lease Customers Protected with $50,000 Insurance Against Hidden
DMV Title Defects
CINCINNATI----Automobile
Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), the leader in online, direct-to-consumer
auto leasing, has chosen to insure all of its www.LeaseCompare.com customers
against hidden DMV title defects for up to $50,000 per vehicle with
TitleGuard Vehicle Title Insurance. ACS is the first leasing company
to offer its customers this level of protection.
TitleGuard Vehicle Title Insurance protects used car buyers against
the financial losses that can result from hidden DMV title defects such
as salvage vehicles, lemon vehicles, stolen vehicles, flood and hail
damaged vehicles, title fraud and forgery, and odometer rollback. If
a TitleGuard policyholder discovers a hidden or unreported DMV title
defect, TitleGuard will pay their actual losses up to 100 percent of
the vehicle's fair market retail value, to $50,000.
"TitleGuard allows us to replace a customer's fear and uncertainty
about a used car lease with confidence and peace of mind," said
Tarry Shebesta, president of ACS. "Our customers can now examine
a vehicle's DMV title history before they lease it and then rely on
its accuracy since it's insured for as long as they lease the car. TitleGuard
helps us take the risk out of leasing a used car."
Tom Rubadue, president of Vehicle Title LLC, the exclusive provider
of TitleGuard Vehicle Title Insurance noted, "Unlike other 'guaranteed'
vehicle history reports that are often filled with loopholes and offer
consumers very little real protection, TitleGuard offers complete security.
If our title report misses a DMV brand or title defect, we will pay
100 percent of the policyholder's actual monetary loss, to $50,000.
It's that simple. TitleGuard is backed by the financial strength of
The First American Corporation family of companies, which includes one
of the nations' leading title insurance underwriters. In addition to
insuring customers against hidden title defects, TitleGuard also provides
policyholders with a free legal defense against any future title challenges.
No other vehicle history product offers this level of protection."
With its extensive experience as an auto lease provider, ACS has
worked hard to remove any impediments to leasing used cars online. The
addition of title insurance can only bring more credibility and customers
to a growing area of the used car marketplace.
About Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (www.acscorp.com)
Based in Cincinnati, Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS) is
a leading provider of consumer automotive services, including car buying
and leasing, fleet resources, vehicle remarketing, and used vehicle
sales.
Founded in 1989, ACS's mission is to provide services that enhance
the experience of buying or leasing a car. ACS achieves this by leading
the industry with innovative proprietary technology, superior customer
service, and years of industry experience.
About Vehicle Title LLC
Vehicle Title LLC is a joint venture between The First American
Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and innovative leader in the tile
insurance industry that traces its history to 1889; and Experian Automotive,
the automotive industry's premier information and vehicle history data
supplier. By combining the strengths and expertise of these two companies,
Vehicle Title LLC maximizes its efficiencies to deliver TitleGuard Vehicle
Title Insurance to the used car buying and selling public. TitleGuard
is the first and only product that insures used car buyers, sellers
and lenders against the actual losses that can result from unreported
DMV title defects for up to 100 percent of the vehicle's fair market
retail value, to $50,000. For more information on The First American
Corporation, Experian Automotive, or TitleGuard, please visit www.firstam.com,
www.automotive.experian.com, or www.AutoTitleGuard.com respectively.
CONTACT:Automobile
Consumer Services, Inc. Tarry Shebesta, 513-527-7700 ext. 11 pr@acscorp.com
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News Briefs---
Transit Systems Try
to Save Pending Tax Leasing
Deals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16772-2004Mar23.html
Ex-Treasury Chief:
Debts Imperil Stature
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19399-2004Mar24.html?nav=headlines
Tyco
jury seeks read back
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/03/23/tyco_jury_seeks_readback/
Company Ordered to
Reimburse Farm Workers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19491-2004Mar24.html
Credit card delinquency
hits record high
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/inflation/2004-03-23-credit_x.htm
'Alarming Abuses'
In Credit Counseling
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19019-2004Mar23.html
Calif. Sees Huge
Drive to Save Coast
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Oceanfront-Land.html
Generation WWW: Kids
Create Web Sites
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19006-2004Mar23.html
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“Gimme that Wine”
Wine clubs grow as
makers unload surpluses
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/23/financial1125EST0072.DTL
The Chronicle's Wine
Selections: Napa Valley Syrah
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/18/WIGG45M07F1.DTL
California's Low-Cost
Wine Craze Reaches New York State
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8248979.htm
Organizers of the
Naples Winter Wine Festival distributed $5.2 million to 18 children’s
charities
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040323winecharity.html
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This
Day in American History
1664 - Roger Williams was granted a charter to colonize Rhode
Island.
1765 - Britain passed the Quartering Act, fording American colonists
to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1776- one week after the British troops under General William
Howe evacuated Boston, General George Washington wrote a letter to the
Continental Congress. General Washington expressed his "surprize
and disappointment" that the British fleet had not departed the
harbor and described its various exploits while still in the region.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar24.html
1788-In a popular referendum, Rhode Island rejected the new Constitution
by a vote of 2,708 to 237. The state later (May 29, 1790) ratified the
Constitution and ratified the Bill of Rights June 7, 1790.
1825- American colonization of
a new state was authorized by a law passed by the new Mexican
state of Texas-Coahuila. In 1823, Stephen Austin had been given authorization
by law and decree to bring settles into the region, but in 1924 ,a new
republic was established in Mexico and a new constitution enacted. The
new law gave the states conditions for colonization.
This was the start of “Texas.”
1837-Canada legally recognizes Black suffrage, thus begins one
of the
Underground Railroads
final destination toward freedom.
http://www.duke.edu/~mahealey/black_canada.htm
http://www.dal.ca/~acswww/dalbh.html
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/RAILROAD.html
1852 -the Susquehanna River ice bridge at Havre de Grace, Maryland
began to break up after 40 days of use. A total of 1738 loaded freight
cars were hauled along the rails laid on the ice.
1855-Andrew W. Mellon, American financier, industrialist, government
official (Secretary of the Treasury), art and book collector born at
Pittsburgh, PA. Died Aug 27, 1937, at Southhampton, NY.
1874-Harry Houdini, Magician and escape artist. Born at Budapest,
Hungary, died at Detroit, MI, Oct 31, 1926. Lecturer, athlete, author,
expert on history of magic, exposer of fraudulent mediums and motion
picture actor. Was best known for his ability to escape from locked
restraints (handcuffs, straitjackets, coffins, boxes and milk cans).
Anniversary of his death (Halloween) has been the occasion for meetings
of magicians and attempts at communication by mediums.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshdini.html
1883 - Long distance telephone service began between Chicago
and New York.
1898 - The first United States automobile was sold. Mining engineer
Robert Allison paid $1,000 for a Winton.
1898-Dorothy Constance Straton, Dorothy Constance Stratton, born
at Brookfield, MO, was instrumental during WWII in organizing the SPARS,
the women's branch of the US Coast Guard (authorized Nov 23, 1942).
Under Lieutenant Commander Stratton's command some 10,000 women were
trained for supportive noncombatant roles in the Coast Guard. SPARS
was dissolved in 1946 after the war had ended. Stratton worked with
many women's organizations, including the Girl Scouts as national executive
director in the '50s.
1900-Birthday of trumpet player June Clark, Long Ranch, NJ.
1904-Pianist Pete “Boogie-Woogie”
Johnson Birthday
http://www.jazzbymail.com/artists/johnson_p.html
http://www.colindavey.com/BoogieWoogie/articles/pj.htm
1912 - Residents of Kansas City began to dig out from a storm
produced 25 inches of snow in 24 hours. The snowfall total was nearly
twice that of any other storm of modern record in Kansas City before
or since that time. A record 40 inches of snow fell during the month
of March that year, and the total for the winter season of 67 inches
was also a record. By late February of that year Kansas City had received
just six inches of snow. Olathe KS received 37 inches of snow in the
snowstorm, establishing a single storm record for the state of Kansas.
1919-Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, author (Coney Island of the
Mind), founder of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, born Yonkers,
NY. Perhaps best known for opening a bookshop called the City Lights
Pocket Book Shop. He described City Lights "as a place you could
go in, sit down, & read books without being pestered to buy something."
The store became a home for the Beat Generation of poets & writers,
& Ferlinghetti also turned it into a publishing house -- the first
to publish Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl. City Lights published it in 1957
and Ferlinghetti was immediately arrested on obscenity charges. He won
the trial and went on to publish William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac
& Paul Bowles. He wrote a pair of novels, two volumes of plays and
over 10 books of poetry. Some
say it was the birth
of “Beatniks,” a term coin by the late columnist Herb Caen. Today
it is a popular tourist
attraction in North Beach. * Baseball Canto ( at end)
http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/People/LawrenceFerlinghetti.html
http://recollectionbooks.com/siml/library/FerlinghettiWhite.htm
1902-John Wesley Powel, American financier, industrialist, government
official (Secretary of the Treasury), art and book collector born at
Pittsburgh, PA. Died Aug 27, 1937, at Southhampton, NY.
1905 -the temperature at Valley Head, Alabama fell to 18 degrees
below zero. This was the coldest temperature ever recorded in Alabama
until January 1966.
1922-Singer King Pleasure born Oakdale, Tenn. Best known for his 1953 hit, “Moody’s Mood
for Love.” Died 1992.
http://win-ss1.radiomoi.com:8080/rm/info/?showkey=artists&artist_id=17991
1928-Birthday of tenor sax player Evelyn Young, Memphis, TN
1929-Dr. Roger Bannister born, distance runner, broke the 4-minute-mile
record in 1954, born Harrow, Middlesex, England, Mar 24, 1929.
1930 - The recently discovered ninth planet was given the name
Pluto.
1932-Birthday of piano player Dave Mackay, Syracuse, NY
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8001/ut=43a1166ef26dea3a
1936-The Longest NHL Game. Mud
Bruneleau of the Detroit Wings
scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime period to end the longest game
in National Hockey League history. The goal gave the Red Wings a 1-0
victory over the Montereal Maroons in a Stanley Cup semifinal game.
Detroit won the series, three games to none, and went on to defeat the
Toronto Maple Leaves in the finals.
1941 - Glenn Miller started work on his first film for 20th
Century Fox, "Sun Valley Serenade".
1942-Birthday of Jesus Maria (Jay” Alou, former baseball player,
born Haina, Dominican Republic.
1944 - The great1942 -- US: The first Civilian Exclusion Order
issued by the Army is issued for the Bainbridge Island area near Seattle.
The forty-five families there are given one week to prepare.
The island's oldest, continuously operating farm -- established in 1928
-- is owned by 75-year-old Akio Suyematsu, who grows strawberries, pumpkins
and Christmas trees. World War II brought one of the saddest chapters
of island history -- the nation's first forced evacuation of residents
of Japanese ancestry, most of them American citizens. On President Roosevelt's
authority the army forced some 240 people, including Suyematsu's family,
to leave -- mainly for California internment camps. They received a
week's notice in March 1942 to dispose of their property.By the end
of October, 108 exclusion orders would be issued, and all Japanese Americans
in Military Area No. 1 & the California portion of No. 2 incarcerated.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/neighbors/bainbridge/hist26.html
http://www.historylink.org/output.CFM?file_ID=3111
http://www.janm.org/clasc/chronology.htm
http://www.janet.org/janet_history/niiya_chron.htmlest
mass escape of WWII occurs at Stalag Luft III when 76 allied airmen
tunneled out. Only 3 made it home.
1945-Billboard magazine, the music trade publication, began
the pop music record chart this day in
No. 1 hit in the
pop chart was Nat King Cole’s “King Cole Trio.”
1949- the Academy of Motion
Pictures Arts and Sciences gave Oscars to who were father and son,
the only time this
has happened: Walter Houston, who won the best supporting actor award,
and his son, John Huston, who won the award for the best director, both
for “The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
The film also received the award for the best screenplay.
Ironically, the first time a husband and wife
win Oscars, this
has happened, the same year, Oscar winners who were husband and wife: Sir Laurence Oliver for his performance in
“Hamlet”, beating out Humphrey Bogart, and his wife, Vivien Leigh, who
received hers on February 29, 1940, for her performance in “Gone with
the Wind.” On March 20, 1952, she received a second Oscar
for her part as Blance du Bois in “A Streetcar Named
Desire.
” http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148405.html
1949- Steve Lang, bass guitarist with the Canadian rock group
April Wine, was born. Lang joined the band in 1975, replacing Jim Clench.
Lang was with April Wine when they shared the stage with the Rolling
Stones at the El Mocambo nightclub in Toronto in 1977. April Wine was
Canada's leading touring band of the 1970's, but the band failed to
have much of an impact in the U.S.
1951-Brithday of 49er Coach Dennis Erickson, born Everett, WA.
1954-Birthday of cello player Hank Roberts, Terre Haute, IN.
http://avalon-management.freeyellow.com/HankBio.html
http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roberts.html
1955---Top Hits
The Ballad of Davy
Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire
Sisters
Darling Je Vous Aime
Beaucoup - Nat ‘King’ Cole
In the Jailhouse
Now - Webb Pierce
1955 - On Broadway, Tennessee Williams's Southern drama, Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof, staged by Elia Kazan, debuted to mixed reviews; 694
performances.
1958 - In Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley reported to local
draft board 86, where he became US 53310761. Since Elvis was now ‘government
property’ as he served his time in the Army, Uncle Sam stood to lose
approximately $500,000 in taxes each year Private Presley was in the
Army. After receiving the standard GI haircut, he was quoted as saying
"Hair today, gone tomorrow." Presley had actually received
his draft notice the previous December, but was granted a 60- day deferment
to complete the movie "King Creole." Some say rock 'n' roll
died when Presley entered the service. Certainly, after he was discharged
in March 1960, Presley himself was no longer a rock 'n' roll performer.
He became primarily a movie star and middle-of-the-road singer, not
touring, but performing mostly in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1959- The re-formed Drifters' "There Goes My Baby" is
released on Atlantic Records. Not only is it the group's first disc
with new lead singer Ben E. King replacing the departed Clyde McPhatter,
but joining the production team are Herry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
1960 - A United States appeals court ruled the novel, "Lady
Chatterly’s Lover", was not obscene and as such, could be sent
via the mail.
1962-Birthday of pianist Renee Rosnes Saskatchewan Canada
http://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Rosnes
1963---Top Hits
Our Day Will Come
- Ruby & The Romantics
The End of the World
- Skeeter Davis
He’s So Fine - The
Chiffons
Still - Bill Anderson
1971---Top Hits
Me and Bobby McGee
- Janis Joplin
She’s a Lady - Tom
Jones
Just My Imagination
(Running Away with Me) - The Temptations
I’d Rather Love You
- Charley Pride
1972- Twelve years after it was first a #2 hit for Paul Anka,
"Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond climbs to #3 and goes gold. The
tune also inspires lots of wisecracks about Osmond.
1973 - Professional track debuted as Kip Keino beat Jim Ryun in
the mile run at the International Track Association meet in Los Angeles,
California.
1974 - North Carolina State beat Marquette to win the NCAA basketball
championship.
1979---Top Hits
Tragedy - Bee Gees
What a Fool Believes
- The Doobie Brothers
Heaven Knows - Donna
Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
I Just Fall in Love
Again - Anne Murray
1982 Five congregations in the eastern San Francisco Bay area
became the first to declare themselves publicly as sanctuary churches,
in an effort to help refugees from Central America establish themselves
in the U.S. during political and military unrest in their native countries.
1985 - The Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody of the Oscar Awards
were presented. The movie, "Bolero" took home the top honors,
for John and Bo Derek; who won for worst director and worst actress,
respectively.
1986- The 58th Academy Awards show was held at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion, Los Angeles. It took three hosts (Alan Alda, Jane Fonda and
Robin Williams) to handle the MC duties this time. The Best Picture
was "Out of Africa" (Sydney Pollack, producer). It also won
Best Director (Sydney Pollack); Best Writing/Screenplay Based on Material
from Another Medium (Kurt Luedtke); Best Cinematography (David Watkin);
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Stephen B. Grimes, Josie MacAvin);
Best Sound (Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford);
and Best Music/Original Score (John Barry). But "Out of Africa"
didn’t win everything. Other Oscars went to "Kiss of the Spider
Woman" (Best Actor: William Hurt); "The Trip to Bountiful"
(Best Actress: Geraldine Page); "Cocoon" (Best Supporting
Actor: Don Ameche - his first Oscar) and "Prizzi’s Honor"
(Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Huston). The award for Best Music/Song
was given to Lionel Richie for "Say You, Say Me" from "White
Nights". Other memorable movies in 1985 (some Oscar winners, some
not): "The Color Purple" (11 nominations - no Oscars), "Back
to the Future", "Ladyhawke", "Rambo: First Blood
Part II", "Agnes of God", "Silverado" and "Witness
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0149645.html
1987 - A winter-like storm in the central U.S. produced blizzard
conditions from South Dakota to western Kansas. Snowfall totals ranged
up to 24 inches at Neligh NE, with 19 inches at Winner SD. Winds gusting
to 60 mph created twelve foot snow drifts in Nebraska stranding thousands
on the highways
1987---Top Hits
Lean on Me - Club
Nouveau
Let’s Wait Awhile
- Janet Jackson
Nothing’s Gonna Stop
Us Now - Starship
I’d Still Be Loving
You - Restless Heart
1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe
weather from Minnesota to northeastern Texas. The thunderstorms spawned
ten tornadoes, including one which injured five persons near Raymondville
MO
1989-The tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground at Prince William Sound,
leaking 11 million gallons of oil into one of nature's richest habitats.
1989 - Low pressure off the coast of Virginia brought heavy rain
to the Middle Atlantic Coast States, and heavy snow to the Northern
Appalachians. Cape Hatteras NC was soaked with 5.20 inches of rain in
24 hours, and snowfall totals in Vermont ranged up to 12 inches. Winds
gusted to 52 mph at New York City.
1990 - The storm system which produced heavy snow in the Lower
Missouri Valley the previous day, spread heavy snow across parts of
the Upper Ohio Valley and the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Snowfall
totals of 2.2 inches at Philadelphia PA and 2.4 inches at Atlantic City
NJ were records for the date. Up to six inches of snow blanketed southern
Ohio. In the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, snow coated the blossoms
of cherry trees which had bloomed in 80 degree weather the previous
week.
1992 - Democrat Jerry Brown upset front-runner Bill Clinton in
the Connecticut presidential primary.
1992 -as of 2:45 am CST, International Falls, Minnesota had recorded
29.5 inches of snow for the month with snow still falling. This set
a new monthly snowfall record for February. The old record was 29.0
inches set back in 1911. A new record was also set for winter season
snowfall (Dec-Feb) with 68.5 inches. The old record was 67.9 inches
set in 1990-91.
1992 - On this date, a Chicago county circuit judge approved a
settlement that meant refunds for thousands of fans of Milli Vanilli.
Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, the dred-locked German pop duo, had admitted
earlier that they had not sung on their Grammy Award-winning album,
My Girl. They also confessed to lip-synching during their concerts.
The two "singers" moved their lips and bodies in music videos
and live concerts, while the recorded voices of unknown singers did
the actual vocals. Under the settlement, buyers of Milli Vanilli compact
discs would be entitled to $3 refunds, and cassette buyers could collect
$2 refunds. It was estimated that the settlement could affect as many
as 10 million people.
1994--the Crystal Mountain ski resort in Washington State recorded
65 inches of snow in a 24 hour period, the state record for 24 hour
snowfall.
1996-The first astronaut who was a woman to live in a space station
was biochemist Dr. Shannon W. Lucid, 53, of Bethany, OK. This day she transferred from Space Shuttle
Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir for a planned five-month stay. It was the first time the shuttle returned
to earth with lone less person aboard than had been present at the launch. Lucid remained on the station for 188 days,
the longest space sojourn by any American and any woman until that time. Her return was delayed more than six weeks
by emergency repairs to the booster rockets of the Atlantis and by hurricane.
She came home in the Atlantis, which touched down at Edwards
Air Force Base, Uroc, CA, on September 26, 1996. http://www.spacefame.org/lucid.html
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html
1997 – At the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles as the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awarded prizes for the best
of the movie biz in 1996. Comedian/actor Billy Crystal hosted this 69th
awards show. Let’s rip into the envelopes and get on with it. Best Picture:
"The English Patient" (Saul Zaentz, producer); Best Director:
Anthony Minghella for "The English Patient"; Best Actor: Geoffrey
Rush for "Shine"; Best Actress: Frances McDormand for "Fargo";
Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding, Jr. for "Jerry Maguire";
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche for "The English Patient";
Best Music, Song: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) for
"You Must Love Me" from "Evita". And the Oscar goes
to ... "The English Patient", "The English Patient",
"The English Patient" ... for a total of 9 Oscars.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0147717.html
2001- During an exhibition game against the Giants, Diamondback
hurler Randy Johnson's fastball hits and instantly kills a dove flying
in front of home plate. The bird appears to explode as the National
League Cy Young winner's pitch sends it over catcher Rod Barajas' head.
NCAA Basketball Champions This Date
1956 San Francisco
1962 Cincinnati
1980 Louisville
* Baseball Canto
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Watching baseball, sitting in the sun, eating popcorn,
reading Ezra Pound,
and wishing that Juan Marichal would hit a hole right through the
Anglo-Saxon tradition in the first Canto
and demolish the barbarian invaders.
When the San Francisco Giants take the field
and everybody stands up for the National Anthem,
with some Irish tenor's voice piped over the loudspeakers,
with all the players struck dead in their places
and the white umpires like Irish cops in their black suits and little
black caps pressed over their hearts,
Standing straight and still like at some funeral of a blarney bartender,
and all facing east,
as if expecting some Great White Hope or the Founding Fathers to
appear on the horizon like 1066 or 1776.
But Willie Mays appears instead,
in the bottom of the first,
and a roar goes up as he clouts the first one into the sun and takes
off, like a foot runner from Thebes.
The ball is lost in the sun and maidens wail after him
as he keeps running through the Anglo-Saxon epic.
And Tito Fuentes comes up looking like a bullfighter
in his tight pants and small pointy shoes.
And the right field bleachers go mad with Chicanos and blacks
and Brooklyn beer-drinkers,
"Tito! Sock it to him, sweet Tito!"
And sweet Tito puts his foot in the bucket
and smacks one that don't come back at all,
and flees around the bases
like he's escaping from the United Fruit Company.
As the gringo dollar beats out the pound.
And sweet Tito beats it out like he's beating out usury,
not to mention fascism and anti-Semitism.
And Juan Marichal comes up,
and the Chicano bleachers go loco again,
as Juan belts the first ball out of sight,
and rounds first and keeps going
and rounds second and rounds third,
and keeps going and hits pay dirt
to the roars of the grungy populace.
As some nut presses the backstage panic button
for the tape-recorded National Anthem again,
to save the situation.
But it don't stop nobody this time,
in their revolution round the loaded white bases,
in this last of the great Anglo-Saxon epics,
in the territorial libre of Baseball.
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