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Ads---Sales
Sales:
Atlanta, GA. Accomplished leasing pro sales & sales management w/extensive
exper., people skills; Multi-industry, small-mid ticket, vendor &
direct. Skilled producer w/good book profitable business. Email: leasepro4@aol.com
Sales: Bakersfield, CA.
I
have an extensive sales and management background in equipment leasing.
My work history exhibits my major strength in small ticket equipment
leasing. Email: pangress@msn.com
Sales:
Boston, MA.
Middle
market originator, construction/Trucks /
Trailers
w/ 8 years in territory, looking for company / bank with competitive
products
Email:
mrichlease@comcast.net
Sales:
Central, NC.
7
yrs.equip leasing &finance; specialist in heavy construction equip
for 2-top-5-specialty finance/lease companies, NC &VA territories.
$10-15MM annual funding. Downsized in 2002, now independent broker with
varied customer base. Email: sunriseleasing@aol.com
Sales:
Chicago, IL. 12+ yrs multinational/ national sales & business development.
Seeking role with captive lessor or global leasing company. Will relo
right opportunity. Experience structuring complex transactions. Email:
leasingismylife@yahoo.com
Sales:
Dallas, TX
30
years lease experience. Looking for Lender wanting to get into the Electronic
Market can bring 11 years experience with national vendors and customers.
Email: alpnb@msn.com
Sales:
Denver CO.
Experienced
Equipment Leasing Broker looking for a in house leasing company. Can
bring a book of business with me or develop new territory where needed.
Email: Steven@eagle2.net
Sales:
Denver, OR.
Broker
representative: Seek employment or partnership w/estab. finance group.
Prior engineer making career change. Have pursued extensive self-education/
formal training.
Email:
dbrown@thirdwavefinance.com
Sales:
Denver, CO.
17
yr sales exp.. in leasing sales (territory, National Accts, Sales mgt.)
looking to bring experience to s sales/sales mgt role. Successful, accountable,
ethical, aggressive, results. Email:lease442000@yahoo.com
Sales:
Detroit, MI.
7
years experience in IT small/mid ticket leasing with Fortune 100 co.
Greenbelt certified in Six Sigma. Excellent communication, presentation
& negotiation skills. Email: susanchupa@hotmail.com
Sales:
Detroit, MI. 16-year lease veteran looking for opportunity in the Detroit
area. Ability to bring on new accounts and manage existing base. Up
to 60% travel acceptable. Email:ebonbri@aol.com
Sales:
Detroit Mi
5
yrs sales experience in IT small ticket leasing/Greenbelt Certified
with Fortune 100 company/strong communication and negotiation skills/book
of business available.scottpoko@comcast.net
Sales:
Greensboro, N.C.
Seeking direct & broker sales w/major finance
companies in NC or southeast market. Small to mid-ticket range. Stable
&family oriented. Will have series 6,63,65 license shortly. Email:kc1492@aol.com
Sales:
Hartford, CT. 10+ yrs leasing sales exp.; multi-industry, small-large
ticket, Direct, Vendor, and Captive exp. Seeking sales position with
captive or independent company with equity investment capability. Email:
bcurt95@aol.combcurt95@aol.com
Sales:
Jacksonville, FL.
Seasoned
equipment leasing professional, with over 10 years of experience, looking
for position in business development in Northern Florida territory.
Email:
rene.bradshaw@superig.com.br
Sales:
Kansas City, MO.
15+
years in finance/leasing industry, extensive
knowledge
in sales and management. Specializing in construction,
transportation
and machine tool industries. Will re-locate for right opportunity.
Email:
Financerep@aol.com
Sales:
Los Angeles, CA.
12+years
Leasing sales, underwriting/contract exper. including hi-tech, govt,
direct & vendor leasing. Seeking role w/institution or captive.
Exper. w/ complex transactions, including securities. Possible relocation.
Email: rahlease04@hotmail.com
Sales:
Louisville, KY
I
have been in leasing/financing of construction, machine tool, and mfg
equipment for 20+ years. Traveled KY, IN, OH and TN.
Email:kyle90@msn.com
Sales:
Minneapolis, MN.
10+ yrs Equipment Leasing in Upper Midwest.
Investment Grade Database. Previous vendor/small/middle market exp.
Super Trump, 17B & account database exp. Email: golfadm@yahoo.com
Sales:
Mission Viejo, CA
Account
Sales Executive with 10 years of leasing experience looking for company
to bring existing customer base. Email:makelly21@hotmail.com
Sales:
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.334-281- 5200 E-mail: billmcneal2003@yahoo.com
Sales:
Orange County, CA.
Skilled
deal-closer at above-average rates. Entrepreneurial. Accomplished lease-structurer
specializing in transportation. Exp. in direct/ captive & syndicator
environments servicing vendors, brokers, & end-users. Email:originator@sbcglobal.net
Sales:
Philadelphia , PA Seeking an open opportunity to advance in the automotive,
commercial leasing & finance industry......... Email: alexe362002@yahoo.com
Sales:
Prairie Village, KS Have substantial deal
flow
and database of broker referral sources. Generated and closed over $22M
LY. Seeking exclusive relationship w/direct founder. Email:fiergl@aol.com
Sales:
Princeton, NJ: Regional Sales Manager: Last 15 years with captive.
Knowledgeable in all aspects of leasing. Application to funding. Worked
with 25 salespeople - east coast.
Email:
denisregan@msn.com
Sales:
St. Louis, MO
Proven
equipment finance sales professional looking for a new challenge which
rewards success. Equipment type and location open provided you want
business. Email:amlifter@aol.com
Sales:
San Bernardino, CA.
Account
executive w/4 years exp. in small ticket &lower end middle market
lease transactions, Outstanding ACT database compiled of over 500 vendors.
Seeking a career driven position w/a reputable lessor Email: moneytoloan@hotmail.com
Sales:
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
10+
yrs in middle market leasing. Seek direct lessor only. Transaction size
from $500M to $10.0MM. Client base: printing, food, retail, manufacturing.
Email:edm173@sbcglobal.net
Sales:
San Francisco, CA.
18
years of sales production, the last 10 in technology leasing to both
traditional and emerging growth credits. Seeking direct funder. I can
close for you! email: bamrborges@msn.com
Sales:
San Francisco, CA.
Middle
market originator. Transaction size $500M to $15.0MM. Industries: food
processing; distributors; plastics; retail; heavy manufacturer. Seek
direct lessor employment only. 10 yrs B/D experience. Email: major104@sbcglobal.net
Sales:
South Central U.S.
TX,
OK, KS & AR Territory.
Equipment
finance and leasing professional,
to
upper middle markets. Extensive customer base. Email: leasingrep2004@yahoo.com
Sales:
Stuart, Fl. 17 years exp. leasing in small
ticket
and large ticket, portfolio management exp. along with sales management
and administrative background, strong sales and marketing skills. Email:
sales@rvcglobal.com
Sales:
Tampa, FL. 27 years experience. Very adept in bank lease programs and
direct sales in MM/LT. Looking to re-enter the industry. Will relocate
to Texas. Hungry. Email: cwilliams@triit.com
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Reader’s
Survey
The
president of a major leasing company writes,
“I
am saying that you should not be asking readers for their opinion.
The readers don't have a dog in this fight and it only serves to
make you look vindictive. Good newspapers publish the facts and
let their readers decide for themselves.
“Kit,
this is just my opinion, but I believe it is you that will suffer the
damage from this exercise.”
This
is more than an exercise. It
is a change in policy, making
Listening
to our readers has brought us more readers.
Before
sending out the survey, we did discuss the wording, and form, with the
principal of the company involved.
We also discussed this with their attorney; sometimes with both
together. We wanted
The
format to talk about several subjects was originally suggested by our
Leasing News Advisor Edward
Castagna, Nassau Asset Management,
Ed
suggested various software programs, the concept, and has helped us
with his knowledge. We are still
learning how to work it. Ed has been very helpful with several other
technical suggestions and recommendations, especially about making the
HTML version available to everyone for free.
We hope to have the results with various comments
we have received on Monday. We
will not print the names to “comments” without permission, and are in
the process of waiting responses.
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From
the Archives...April 21,2000---LeaseNOW 2000:
LeaseNOW,
Inc. announces the release of LeaseNOW 2000.
LeaseNOW,
Inc. of Warrendale, PA announced the release of its exclusive software
package LeaseNOW 2000. LeaseNOW 2000 combines the best of technological
advancements with the "Hi Tech/Hi Touch" approach that customers
sorely miss in the impersonal world of the internet.
LeaseNOW
2000 delivers on-line application processing, tracking, status and documentation
in one easy to use software package that resides on the desk top of
the user. LeaseNOW 2000 also equips users with 5 levels of Risk Based
Pricing and a unique tool known as the Risk Level Wizard that allows
the user to "pre-qualify" their transaction according to their
own credit profile. Users can construct "What-if" scenarios
by manipulating variables such as advance payments, residuals, security
deposits and term. After selecting the variables the user simply presses
"Calc" to have the payment displayed. The calculator is also
equipped with a "preview" function that displays multiple
pricing scenarios. Unlike most web based calculators LeaseNOW 2000 uses
a series of sophisticated formulae rather than a simple "look up"
table. This provides users with far more flexibility when structuring
payments. If a user so desires, the calculator interface can be opened
multiple times on the user's screen for side by side comparison. The
Calculator and Risk Level Wizard has also been "web enabled"
and will be deployed on the company's web site within the next two weeks.
The
user also has a choice of delivery options. If the user has a high speed
internet connection the software will use that connection to deliver
an application directly to LeaseNOW's Fair-Isaac SBSS Credit Desk Interface.
If the user does not have "always on" access or if the user
is away from the office all they need is a modem. LeaseNOW, Inc. also
functions as an ISP and will provide LeaseNOW 2000 users with "dial
up" access through its communication server. The system is designed
to handle 30 simultaneous callers and is capable of processing up to
600 applications per hour. The "dial up" delivery coupled
with Internet delivery literally gives LeaseNOW 2000 users access to
credit processing from anywhere on the planet earth.
Bob
Rodi, President of LeaseNOW, Inc states "We felt that limiting
our users to internet access only was leaving a lot of potential money
on the table and excluding many small to medium sized vendors who may
not have internet access in the work place as yet. We are betting on
the fact that most small businesses that purchased a computer in the
past 3-5 years will have at least a 14.4 modem. If that's the case that's
all they need to have an application delivered to us and processed in
a couple of minutes. Our system has been designed to accommodate even
the lowest common denominator. We believe that this is the true way
to build brand identity and loyalty."
When
a user installs LeaseNOW 2000 on their PC, a LeaseNOW 2000 icon is created.
"We didn't want our customers having to surf the net looking for
us nor did we want customers to be subjected to error messages and equipment
outages" says Rodi. You can surf the internet from LeaseNOW 2000
if you want to, however. One unique feature of the software is the "built
in" LeaseNOW browser.
Rodi
states " if a customer is working with our software and needs something
from our web site, or if they want to compare our pricing to some internet
based company we provide the tools to do it." All the user need
do is click the LeaseNOW Web browser and they are instantly transported
to LeaseNOW's internet site at www.leasenow.com. From there they can
use the LeaseNOW browser like any other browser on their desk top. "Our
software is perfect for a remotely deployed field sales force who may
find themselves working with a variety of different communications scenarios.
Our goal in the design of LeaseNOW 2000 was to provide our vendors with
the most powerful utility available. That meant developing tight integration
with our web site.
The
fact is that there are still a lot of software features that are best
deployed in the desk top environment and not on the internet. Integrating
the software and the web site was the best solution. The equation is
simple. Make it user friendly, useful, powerful and flexible and we
get a lot more business and create barriers that are extremely difficult
for our competitors to overcome. If controlling the desk top was good
enough for Microsoft and Netscape to go to war over then it's definitely
an approach LeaseNOW will take" states Rodi
The
entire interface is being "web enabled" so that it can be
operated as an extranet. Rodi states "Our users will be able to
deliver an application using a dial up connection if they are in the
field. When they get back to the office and to a more favorable connection
they will be able to log on to the LeaseNOW extranet. We have deployed
a secure VPN to facilitate this. "Triggers" in our various
SQL databases will constantly cause the databases to update each other.
If you deliver something via "dial up" you will be able to
log on through the web and check status in a matter of minutes".
LeaseNOW
is also adding an IVR (integrated voice response) module to its web
site. The company has deployed a VoIP phone system that supports the
H.323 internet phone standard. Customers will reach LeaseNOW by clicking
a "Talk to a LeaseNOW Representative" button on the website.
LeaseNOW's telephony server is also configured as an Internet Gateway
that will support IVR and internet telephony.
LeaseNOW
2000 is free to capital equipment vendors, re sellers, systems integrators,
manufacturers reps, franchisers or any company who could benefit from
having ready access to a "rapid response" credit approval
system. Rodi states "There is no doubt that the internet is impacting
the way we do business. A lot of people seem to forget however that
well over 90% of the lease applications originated come as the direct
result of a vendor's effort to control the sales process. The vendor
isn't interested in shopping a transaction for a customer. The vendor
is interested in making the sale. If you give a vendor a functional
tool that allows them to approve, document and fund a transaction from
their desk top PC you've taken away any incentive for them to even log
on to the internet. We're also betting that vendors will see the profit
potential with LeaseNOW 2000. Basically, if you can read and type LeaseNOW
2000 will put you in the leasing business
Bob
Rodi
drlease@leasenow.com
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News
Briefs---
Yen
Slides as Tokyo Shares Take a Hit
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-
markets-forex.html
U.S.
Economic Growth Steady in 1st Quarter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/
A54624-2004Apr29.html
Employment
Costs Mount, Benefits Jump
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/04/29/
employment_costs_mount_benefits_jump/
Gateway
plans an additional 1,500 job cuts
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/
20040429-2044-gateway-daily.html
Senate
OKs Bill to Ban Web Access Tax
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040429/D828O3M80.html
California Shatters
Records With Tax Amnesty Program
http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=99082
Federal antispam
law to be put to its first test
Warren Buffett Living
Humbly in Nebraska
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55182-2004Apr30.html
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Sports Briefs—
Jeter Snaps 0-For-32
Slump With Homer
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040429/
ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_jeter_homers_1
Raiders interested
in Collins
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/football
/nfl/oakland_raiders/8547709.htm
Sharks Game 5 tomorrow
This
Day in American History
1778-
a blockage of enemy ships was completed, stretching from West Point,
NY, to Constitution Island, NY. A
huge chain was forged at the Sterling Iron Works in Orange County, NY,
from ore mined in the same county and was carried in sections to West
Point, where it was joined and stretched across the Hudson River to
prevent British ships from passing. The chain weighed 180 tons and was
1,700 feet loan: each link was 2.5 inches wide and 30 inches long.
It was placed in position on April 16 and on April 30, secured
at both ends. Earlier in the war, in the summer of 1776, a chain of
chevaux-de-frise and sunken ships had been extended between Fort Washington,
NY, and Fort Lee, NY, to serve as a blockage, but the British passed
on October 9, 1776, without fire a gun. The chain reportedly stopped the ships, and
made they easy target from the ground.
1789-
George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the US under
the new Constitution at New York, NY. Robert R. Livingston administered
the oath of office to Washington on the balcony of Federal Hall, at
the corner of Wall and Broad streets. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr30.html
1798-
the US Navy was established. In June 12, the department purchased the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth,
NH, from William Dennet and his wife for $5,500. It embraced 58.18 acres and had previously
been used for building man-of-war ships.
1803-One
of the real-estate deals in history was completed when more than 820,000
square miles of the Louisiana Territory were turned over to the US by
France, for $15 million ( four cents an acre.) This almost doubled the
size of the US, extending its western border to the Rocky Mountains.
1812-Louisiana
became the 18th state. the Pelican State: the state bird
is the eastern brown pelican. Named in honor of Louis XIV of France,
Louisiana has several other nicknames: Sportsman’s Paradise, Sugar State
(that’s beet sugar), and Creole State. The capital of Louisiana is Baton
Rouge and the beautiful magnolia is its adopted flower while the state
tree is the bald cypress. "You are My Sunshine", Louisiana’s
state song. "Give Me Louisiana" is also considered a state
song, and the state motto is: Union, justice and confidence.
1820-
the first antislavery magazine was the “The Emancipator,” issued monthly
from this date to October 31,1820. It was edited and published by Elihu
Embree and cost a $1.00 a year. http://uriel.com/history/elihu.htm
1861-Robert
Selden Garnett, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at
West Point, resigned from the army. aide-de-camp to General Zachary
Taylor from 1846 to 1849. He
was appointed a brigadier general of the Confederate States on June
6,1861, and history records him as the first Confederate General killed
in the civil war. Garnett was appointed adjutant general of the state
troops of Virginia, and allotted the task of organizing this heterogeneous
force into an army. Early in June he was commissioned brigadier-general
and given command of the Confederate troops operating in northwestern
Virginia. He died on July 13,1861,
at the battle of Carrick’s Ford, VA ( now near Parson, WV). When the
Federal attack dislodged the Confederates from Rich Mountain, Garnett
was compelled to abandon Laurel Hill. He saved his army, outnumbered
more than six to one by McClellan's men, by a most masterly retreat.
In the heat of the retreat, Garnett shouted: "They need a little
lesson. They may get away if they like". These were to be his last
words. On July 13, 1861 General Robert Selden Garnett was killed instantly
while directing the conduct of his rear guard after the sharp engagement
at Carrick's Ford, on Cheat River.
In deference to Garnett's
heroism during the Mexican War, a Union honor guard conveyed the body
to his family under a truce flag. He was the West Point classmate and
cousin of Confederate General Richard B. Garnett who was killed in action
at Gettysburg. He was greatly respected by soldiers and officers on
both sides of the war. Garnett had the distinction of being the first general
officer to be killed in the Civil War. He was a brave and skilful officer,
of whom the South expected much, but who did not have opportunity to
fulfill the promise of his military training, according to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/
1870-
the first medal of honor to a Jewish solider was conferred upon Sergeant
Leopold Karpeles of Springfield, MA, who, while serving as flag bearer,
rallied the retreating troops at the Battle of the Wilderness, near
Fredericksburg, VA.
1879-Massachettes
was the first state to pass a factory inspection law.
It provided that the governor appoint two or more of the district
police to act as inspectors of factories and public buildings.
1877-
Writer Alice Toklas birthday; best known as the was the life partner
of U.S. author Gertrude Stein. She published Stein's letters and wrote
her memoirs.
http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/news/nytimes3867.html
http://webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/beinecke.stein1.con.html
1899-Birthday
of Ellis Wilson, African American artist born at Mayfield, KY, and died
at New York, NY, January 1,1977,. Wilson painted realistic portrayals of African
Americans at work and at play. In
1944 he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. He visited South Carolina, painting city scenes
and fishing towns. In the 1950’s,
Wilson took a revelatory trip to Haiti which changed the way he painted
Unable to not any facial features on the Haitians, he painted from a
distance. Wilson began painting flat, stylized silhouettes, Haitian
Funeral Procession remains Wilson’s most popular an accessible painting.
http://www.ket.org/elliswilson/
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa488.htm
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&item=308663
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813109809/ref=ase_
avsearch-bkasin-20/002-9713331-5503223
1900
- Train engineer Casey Jones was killed when trying to save the "Cannonball
Express" as it highballed its way through Vaughn, MS. His real
name was John Luther Jones. http://www.taco.com/roots/caseyjones.html http://www.watervalley.net/users/caseyjones/home.htm
http://www.caseyjones.com/pages/new_page_1.htm
http://www.trainweb.org/caseyjones/home.html
1923
Jazz Bassist Percy Heath Birthday
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/REVIEWS/R1298_46.HTM
http://www.phillymusic.org/stars/1993hb.html
1929-Country
singer Johnny Horton was born in Tyler, Texas. His "Battle of New
Orleans" sold a million copies in 1959 as did his 1960 recording
of "North to Alaska," the title song from a John Wayne movie.
Horton was killed in a car crash in Milano, Texas on November 5th, 1960.
http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/Horton/biography.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/55512/ref=m_
art_dp/002-9713331-5503223
1931—birthday
of guitarist Jimmy Lee “Lonesome” Robinson, Chicago, IL
http://www.bayfrontblues.com/biography/jimmy_lee_robinson.htm
1933-Country
superstar Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas. He first gained fame
as a songwriter. Among his compositions are two that have become standards
in country music - "Family Bible" and "Night Life."
After recording 18 albums for RCA, he fled Nashville in the early 1970s'
for Austin, Texas, where, with Waylon Jennings, he became the leader
of the "Outlaw" country movement. Nelson later turned his
attention to updating such pop standards as "Stardust" and
"Over the Rainbow," which were played heavily on both pop
and country radio stations. http://willienelson.com/
1939
- The first railroad car equipped with fluorescent lights was put into
service. The train car was known as the "General Pershing Zephyr".
http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00073198
http://www.rypn.org/Editorials/zephyr/dpl.htm
1939 - Baseball’s ‘Iron Horse’, Lou Gehrig, played his last game
with the New York Yankees .
1940
- Jimmy Dorsey and his band records the song that was
to become their theme.
It went on to become one of the most familiar big band themes of the
era. It includes his famous alto sax solo and was
not his last big hit (“So Rare” in the fifties, one of the first I learned
to play solo.) http://www.redhotjazz.com/jimmy.html
1940
- Belle Martell was licensed in California by state boxing officials
to be the first American woman prize-fight referee!
1943-Birthday
of singer Bobby Vee.
1944
- The New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 26-8
very badly. The game
set a major-league record for
runs driven in by a team in a single game.
1945
- “How would you like to be queen for a day!” That opening line, delivered
by host, Jack Bailey, was first heard on Mutual radio on this day. The
first "Queen for a Day" was Mrs. Evelyn Lane. Years later
Bailey would take the show to TV for a long, popular run.
1945
- Arthur Godfrey began his CBS radio morning show. His theme was "Seems
Like Old Times". "Arthur Godfrey Time" ran until this
very same day in 1972. Godfrey’s
show was different in that he used live talent and not records. His
popularity with listeners was the major reason that several sponsors
gave Godfrey the freedom to ad-lib their commercials and, from time
to time, joke about the products as well.
He was the first to broadcast live from Hawaii, where he was
given credit by United Airlines for greatly increasing tourism to the
area. http://timvp.com/arthurg.html
1947
- Maps had to be changed as Boulder Dam was changed back to its original
name, Hoover Dam. Some people, mostly those who live in the community
of Boulder, Nevada, still refer to the dam as Boulder Dam. It is a local
joke there, where residents were recorded saying on CBS radio, “ It
was a dam shame,” which was edited
out by many local stations as being “blue material.”
1948-The
Organization of American States founded. This regional alliance was
founded by 21 nations of the Americas at Bogotá, Columbia. Its purpose is to further economic development
and integration among nations of the Western hemisphere, to promote
representative democracy and to help overcome poverty. The Pan-American
Union, with offices at Washington, DC, serves as the General Secretariat
for the OAS.
1952—Top
Hits
Wheel of Fortune
- Kay Starr
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Blacksmith Blues
- Ella Mae Morse
(When You Feel like
You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There - Carl Smith
1952
-In his final at-bat before leaving to fight in the Korean War, Ted
Williams hits a game winning two-run home run to beat the Dizzy Trout
and the Tigers. Fittingly, the Fenway faithful was there to celebrate
Ted Williams' Day.
1953
- Frank Sinatra cut his first session with Nelson Riddle
at Capitol Records in Hollywood. Sinatra’s new musical style,
under Riddle’s direction, brought him back into the limelight, and a
chance for Hollywood fame.
1955
- University of Iowa men students conducted panty raids at women’s dorms. Some
say the Hawkeyes were still celebrating their February 28th basketball
win (72-70) over the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota.
Others think the men were celebrating the fact that enough snow had
melted after the long winter to make it possible to find the women’s
dorms again. In any case, panty raids became the in thing to do at colleges
everywhere.
1960—Top
Hits
Stuck on You - Elvis
Presley
Sink the Bismarck
- Johnny Horton
Sixteen Reasons -
Connie Stevens
He’ll Have to Go
- Jim Reeves
1961-Willie
Mays of the San Francisco Giants became the eight player in major league
history to hit four home runs in a single game. Mays performed the feat at Milwaukee County
Stadium as the Giants beat the Braves, 14-4. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/mays_willie.htm
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/all_time_stats/players/m/42662/index.html
1964
- TV sets would be drastically different after a ruling by the FCC stating
that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF (channels
2-13) and the new UHF (channels 14-83). As a result, TV dealers scrambled
to unload their VHF-only models as fast as possible. Antenna manufacturers
were kept busy, as the new UHF receivers required new antennas too.
A new set of channels were available, primarily for local community
broadcasting, as the Federal Communication Commission foresaw local
television broadcasting and perhaps news, food reviews, and special
interest viewing. It was not until Cable broadcasting made the costs of transmission
so low that the channels became popular and today competes with the
“four” major networks.
1967-Muhammand
Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing championship when he
refused to be inducted into military service. Said Ali,” I have searched my conscience, and
I find I cannot be true to my believe in my religion by accepting such
a call.’ He had claimed exemption as a minister of the Black Muslim
religion. He was convicted of violating the Selective Service act but
the Supreme Court reversed this decision in 1971,.
. 1968—Top Hits
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
Cry like a Baby -
The Box Tops
Young Girl - The
Union Gap
The Legend of Bonnie
and Clyde - Merle Haggard
1969-
The Fifth Dimension are awarded a gold single for "Aquarius/Let
the Sunshine In," a medley from the hit rock musical "Hair.
1970-President
Nixon announced the US was sending troops into Cambodia in an attempt
to destroy the "sanctuaries" from which men and materiel were
infiltrated into South Vietnam. This sparked widespread protests on
the home front, including a march on Washington and the closure of many
American colleges and universities. Protests immediately began
across the United States Five days later National Guards shoot at students,
killing four of them at Kent State, Ohio Allison Krause,19; Sandra Lee
Scheur, 20; Jeffrey Glenn Miller,20, and William K. Schroeder, 19).
1970-
Billy Williams of the Cubs becomes first National League player to play
1000 consecutive games.
1973-In
a televised address on Watergate, President Richard Nixon announced
he had accepted the resignations of his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman,
domestic policy assistant John Ehrlichman, counsel John Dean, and Attorney
General Richard G. Kleindienst. He
denied any involvement in the Watergate break-in or any subsequent cover-up.
1975-
Communist troops moved into Saigon and 1,000 Americans in the city were
hastily evacuated. Thousands of South Vietnamese also tried to flee.
The surrender announcement came 21 years after the1954 Geneva agreements
divided Vietnam into North and South. The last American troops had left
South Vietnam in March, 1973. Today it is a “National Holiday” commemorating the fall of Saigon to the Communists
in 1975, ending the Vietnam War.
1976—Top
Hits
Disco Lady - Johnnie
Taylor
Let Your Love Flow
- Bellamy Brothers
Right Back Where
We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
Together Again -
Emmylou Harris
1984—Top
Hits
Against All Odds
(Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
Hello - Lionel Richie
Hold Me Now - The
Thompson Twins
Right or Wrong -
George Strait
1985
- The National Basketball Association set an all-time season attendance
record as 19,506,355 fans attended games in arenas around the league.
Seven NBA cities -- Boston, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles
and Philadelphia -- drew over a million fans each in the 1984-85 basketball
season.
1987
- Three more compact discs of music by The Beatles went on sale for
the first time. The discs were "Help!", "Rubber Soul"
and "Revolver". Again,
the Beatles made the top ten.
1987
- Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather
in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts
to 100 mph in Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. Twenty-three cities
in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures
for the date. Memphis TN was the hot spot in the nation with a record
high of 94 degrees
1988-
Montreal native Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland
with her performance of the ballad "Don't Leave Without Me (Ne
Partez Pas Sans Moi)." Dublin was host of the contest, watched
by an estimated 600-million TV viewers.
1988-During
a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Yew York Mets, Reds manager
Pete Rose, objecting to a delayed call by umpire Dave Pallone, shoved
Pallone twice after the ump accidentally poked Rose in the cheek.
Rose was fined $10,000 and suspended for 30 days.
1988—Top
Hits
Wishing Well- Terence
Trent D Arby
Anything For You-
Gloria Estefan
Angel- Aerosmith
Where Do Broken Hearts
Go- Whitney Houston
Pink Cadillac- Natalie
Cole
1990
- Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in
southern Virginia and the Carolinas, with tennis ball size hail reported
southeast of Chesnee SC. Thunderstorms moving over the Chesapeake Bay
flooded U.S. Highway 50 on Kent Island MD with several inches of water
resulting in a seventeen-mile long traffic jam.
1992
-the heat was definitely on in the central US. The following cities
set record high temperatures not only for the date but for the month
of April as well: Valentine, Nebraska 100 degrees, North Platte, Nebraska
98 degrees, Colorado Springs, Colorado 87 degrees, Denver, Colorado
90 degrees, Casper, Wyoming 84 degrees, and Cheyenne, Wyoming 83 degrees.
the past month was .3 degrees below normal at Raleigh, North Carolina.
This ended an amazingly long streak of 27 consecutive months of normal
or above normal temperatures. The streak began in January 1990. The
previous record streak of 11 months extended from July 1912 to May 1913.
1997-
Ellen DeGeneres, on her several season show “Ellen,” declared on television
she was a lesbian. The first regularly appearing homosexual character
in a television situation comedy was Jodie Dallas, played by comedian
Billy Crystal beginning in 1977 on the series “Soap.”
NBA Finals Champions
This Date
1971 Milwaukee Bucks
Baseball
Poem
Silly Question
by
Papa
Joe Chevalier
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jthuang/a5/Poem.html
The
above is the web site in html and also the ability to hear the
poem
read by future MLB star Johnny Nguyen
Of
course I like Baseball!
I like;
All nine innings and knee high strikes
The diamond cut by flashing spikes.
The infield hit, a long home run
Doubleheaders, the radar gun.
The curve, the knuckler, slider and splitter
A slugfest or the chance no-hitter.
The majors, the minors, the kids, the vets
The "Whiz Kids," the "Amazing Mets."
The squeeze bunt and the hit and run
The double steal on three and one.
Both real and artificial grass.
The routine grounder or astro turf hop.
Signs to take and signs to steal
Beating the deadline with a late night deal.
The brush back pitch, the managers warned
The visiting star locally scorned.
Balls with eyes and rain delays
Around the horn double plays.
Walking leads and frozen ropes
Bloops, blasts and springtime hopes.
The game of the week and cable TV
Descriptions like "Good field-no-hit
Or "Say goodbye baseball" at Safeco Field
Diving catches and trapped fly balls
Coaches sweating on 3-2 calls.
The pickoff move and stealing home
Games in the sun or under a dome.
Walks, balks, and fielders choices
An irate skipper getting the gate.
Cold soda, peanuts and ball park franks
Sometimes even the New York Yanks.
For all this and more I have good reason
To be pleased that it's Baseball season.
And if you guys don't mind suggestions,
Go somewhere else with your silly questions!
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