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For more information about Pentech: www.pentechfinancial.com |
Monday, August 15, 2005
Headlines---
Classified Ads--Doc. Manager/Finance/Legal
Archives--Orix “business as usual” says Geller
NorVergence Settlements Breaking Record Numbers
NorVergence - Private Suit versus. IFC Credit
Classified Ads--Help Wanted
John Semon Counts Nine Days
Letters—We get eMail
Marci Slagle, Jordan Greenwell: Tetra Financial
News Briefs---
You May Have Missed---
Sports Briefs---
"Gimme that Wine"
Top Event in Today's History
This Day in American History
Baseball Poem—Gene Carney
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Archives, August 15, 2000---Orix “business as usual” says Geller
Closing of Orix Portland Was Vendor Driven Operation
Have no fear! The ORIX small ticket operation, operated out of our office in Oregon, was always a vendor driven operation, not open to lease brokers or finance companies for discount. It is not related to my operation in New Jersey, which continues "business as usual."
"Geller, Steve"
SBG@ORIX-CAC.com
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NorVergence Settlements Being Accepted Breaking Record Numbers
Twenty-three states attorneys generals plus the District of Columbia obtained settlements in behalf of NorVergence lessees against many of the large funders such as Wells Fargo, CIT, USbancorp, just to name a few. They had provisions in applying and then making the settlements with a certain period of time.
For the great majority, that time is now past, and within the next 30 to 60 days the actual number of those who have accepted the settlements, and those that want to take their chances in court, will be known.
“I wanted you to know we signed the papers with Wells Fargo. We took the 2 year plan, our payoff was $18,000.00. It really hurts. I feel the AG should have put a cap on the payoffs. I'm sorry the AG even got involved, I would rather be sitting around in limbo with the WF lawsuit and hoping for the FTC to find all the contracts null and void. Now no matter what the FTC does it won't help us.
“We have settled with ****. It cost us $4,100 out of a total lease of $41,000. Lesson learned... Do not trust lenders, keep in mind that the dollar is the only thing that matters to banks and leasing companies; to the point that they will violate the law to get their dollar! Do not sign any papers concerning financing without a careful understanding of the contract. Do without before agreeing to unfair trade practices.
“I must say it feels good to have this behind me.”
Here is a synopsis written earlier regarding the settlements with CIT, USbancorp and Wells Fargo:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Good_bad_&_Ugly.htm
Here is an article on the costs difference between litigation and a settlement with leasing company's direct:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/
Settlement_Vs_litigation.htm
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NorVergence - Private Suit versus. IFC Credit, Morton Grove, Illinois in bankruptcy court summary judgment motion
Here is the memo in support of a summary judgment motion filed today in an adversary representing a small group of plaintiffs (lead is Diversified Aerospace) with support by amicus from the New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey. This memorandum argues (1) the close relationship between IFC and NorVergence showing this was not a typical lending situation; (2) alleged violation of federal law based on the Federal Trade Commission default judgment, and supporting cases; and (3) violation of New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act as well as New Jersey law regarding forum selection. The NorVergence trustee is also a defendant.
http://leasingnews.org/PDF/DiversSumJmtMemo.pdf
Leasing News attempted to reach several officers at IFC for a comment, but received none.
Previous stories on this specific subject:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Novergence_121.htm
(please also see “Letters” in this edition)
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John Semon Counts Nine Days
Simon Cowel, John Semon, Paula Abdul; seated: Randy Jackson
Only 9 Days Lessors Begin Making Deals in Atlanta at the Lessors.com conference from August 24-25 at The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead | Atlanta, Georgia, says Conference Chairman John Semon.
As Leasing News reported in its July 14, 2005 edition
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202005/7-14-05.htm#idol
Lessors.com conference chairman was also chosen to be one of the judges for the American Idol summer tour, as he is also a well known country and western singer, plus song writer, best known for “I knew the deal was dead when he didn't sign the check.”
Among his other County and Western Billboard top hits are
“Orange County Lineman” and “Kiss me quickly, because I have to go out and sign a lease.”
The agenda for the conference:
http://www.lessors.com/Events-2005/Fall/agenda.html
Late Registration, although there may be a waiting list, best
to inquire at:
http://www.lessors.com/Events-2005/Fall/register-attendee.html
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Letters—We get eMail
“Isn\'t the \".org\" reserved for nonprofit organizations? You charge for ad space.”
(anonymous—send by contact form)
(.org applies to “non-profits, and we certainly fit that category. More to the point, .com was taken by a Los Angeles apartment rental company and not available to us. editor.)
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re: Gordon R. Robert Convicted of Theft
“Planned or accidental, the irony of this paragraph made me chuckle.
" ‘Gordon was a grand gentleman and Pat always made us laugh, while Gordon was serious with association business. So to write this story really breaks my heart. As editor and writer, the readers expect Leasing News to report the news fairly, accurately and without bias. Sometimes it is much harder to do than other times. God bless both Gordon and Pat. Let us hope that all of us remain friendly, kind to each other, as certainly we all make mistakes, take a wrong turn now and then, and as all religion teach us, we should forgive. Kit Menkin.)'
“I can't think of a concluding sentence that could possibly be more biased. The irony is that the article wasn't biased until you put in the paragraph stating that you are not biased. If you wrote it tongue-in-cheek, it was brilliant. If you didn't, tell people that you did.”
David Leidy
(There was not another newspaper that had the story before us, and only Lessors.com also ran with it, but I think between the two trade publications, the exposure to the leasing industry was a serious “punishment.” If you believe the restitution and other public service requirements were not “severe” enough for the crime, you might have a position that others may agree. It's supposed to be a free country where everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
(The coda is a musical term, from my background: Dictionary definition: “The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
A conclusion or closing part of a statement.”
(Making the “opinion” separate from the story as a “coda” gave me the right as the writer to give my personal opinion, and also to relate my personal experience with both Gordon and Pat Roberts. In my opinion, this is becoming too mean of a world, filled with too much hate, which seems to be getting worse day by day. For over two thousand years, both the old and the new testament have been preaching for us to “forgive;” to try and understand our fellow man. I hear people laugh at “let he who is without sin, cast the first stone." They read more about Brad Pitt and Britney Spears than civic events or what is in the King James Testament. Please don't get me started. To sum it up, Mr. Leidy, and to answer your question: I meant every word of what I wrote. It was not tongue in cheek. Kit Menkin)
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“I read with great interest your story on Gordon. I have known the Roberts and Brazier's since I was a kid in Oregon. I worked at M&R for a short period and Pat was with my dad and I the day my mother died. My father , Mark H. Speros, has been a fixture in the leasing industry since God created dirt. I can appreciate your asking for forgiveness, but the position Gordon put Chuck, Randy, John Otto and my father in is pretty hard to forgive. I hope that things work out for Gordon and Pat, but I also hope that their lifestyle suffers and they are made to pay back every cent. “
Mark Speros
(the younger)
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“I was on the stand for about an hour and a half... I was so hoping he would go to jail. Maybe next time. “
(name with held, statement edited)
full story here:
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August%202005/8-10-05.htm#theft
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“...lots more people have left HPSC to join UNICYN.....what is going on at HPSC...over $100 million in equipment cost has now left...are they taking this lying down?? are they suing any of the people who left for double dipping (obviously they had to test the water before they jumped)....
“How can unicyn handle all this new business are they funding their own deals?? are they still selling portfolios to SKY and US Bancorp?? is a 10 and 15 year term really all that attractive??
“or is the same thing happening here that has happened to AMEX/ROCKFORD.....GE/TRANS LEASING....FIRST SIERRA/AMEX.....AMEX/KEY.....GE bought a nice cupboard full of cheese but they blinked and the rats ran off with all the cheese
“All GE is left with is portfolios to service and a whole lot of explaining to do”
( name and address withheld )
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“I heard HPSC's Northwest rep left, name I think is Leigh. I don't know who in Boston, but supposedly someone in management as well. I believe the HPSC management person who left was Anthony Chan.”
(name with held)
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“Chicago is a great place to visit. I enjoyed the time I spent there. The late Jonnie Cochran told me he would move there if it wasn't for the winter cold.
“I had pretty well figured out what happened with IFC and NorVergence at the end, although I did not have all of the details. However, Estok filed some affidavits in the bankruptcy case and other documents which disclosed enough to defeat their efforts to get possession of the additional ERAs through its motion to lift the automatic stay of bankruptcy. They withdrew their motion without prejudice in November 2004 and they were on the defensive after that.
“As for the Salzanos, I understand that this Company took in over $300 Million in its short-lived enterprise.”
Steve Cundra
Steven D. Cundra, Esquire
Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
1120 20th Street, N.W.
Suite 700, North Building
Washington, D.C. 20036-3406
(202) 973-1203 (Direct Dial)
(202) 973-1200 (Switchboard)
(202) 973-1212 (Fax)
(202) 255-3841 (Cell)
SCundra@HallEstill.com (E-Mail)
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“Gene & Georgetti and Gibsons are the best 2 steak houses in Chicago. If you ever get back there I think you would enjoy Gene & Georgetti. It is a landmark in Chicago located behind the Merchandise Mart in a very old Victorian.”
Stan (Nathanson)
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Kit:
“Thank you for your patience and objective reporting of the facts. By the way, you should know that I first appeared in the NorVergence bankruptcy case on July 13, 2004, as counsel on behalf of Ameritech Credit Corporation, d/b/a/ SBC Capital Services. Ameritech Credit Corporation had purchased several millions of dollars of Nortel equipment and leased it to NorVergence on April 1, 2004. They never received any payments from NorVergence. I attended the Hearing on July 14, 2004, where the NorVergence case was converted to a Chapter 7 case. After obtaining a lift stay to retrieve Ameritech's equipment from the Jersey City facility, I became interested in two of the leasing companies, IFC Credit Corporation and DeLage Landen Financial Services, that I thought had the greatest culpability in the NorVergence scandal and agreed to defend ex-NorVergence customers that were being pursued by those companies or their assignees (in the case of DeLage Landen). I hope you are enjoying your vacation in Chicago. I had a second office in Chicago for seven years and an apartment on Chestnut Street, two blocks from Michigan Avenue, for a year plus. It is a great city to visit this time of year (skip the winter). Best Regards.”
Steve Cundra
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“I have read your publication for years. Your publication also assisted me in the initial stages of my investigation in the Commercial Money Center matters. Thank you!”
Respectfully,
Troy Lang
Tierra Portfolio Services
605 362 1255 Fax 605 362 1215
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“You must be so proud of your son. I read the entire Navy article. A riverine platoon is really incredible. And to think he volunteered for it. He is a true patriot and so are you.
“My husband was a gunner on a swift boat in Vietnam and if he wasn't so old, he wanted to go back and fight after 9/11 happened, but they won't take him because of his age.
“KEEP the section on the "This day in American History". I know for a fact that too many folks out there read it. Even the Baseball Poem. I have a funding girl at one of my Lenders who is a diehard baseball fan and I forward your Baseball poems to her all the time. Those poems just really make her day. I can only imagine how many hours you put into this newsletter. And to provide this subscription for free is amazing. I thank you.”
Rosanne Wilson, CLP
1st Independent Leasing, Inc.
Rosanne@1stindependentleasing.com
(I was very surprised to hear from several readers that they specifically read the baseball poems, so I guess the web count is incorrect. As one person suggested, they may open on one story, but then move to another one and it is not recorded as a separate “log on.” Editor.)
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“I read your article regarding IFC and the additional 256 leases IFC attempted to obtain through an Agreement 6/15/04. I was very close to this situation and know the "antics" which went behind IFC's attempt to "grab" these leases.
“ Ask John Estok or Rudy Trebles if they didn't send an IFC Account Manager and Rudy Trebles' son, Brian, to NorVergence during the week of June 28th, 2004 in an attempt to get copies of the 256 leases which IFC attempted to grab. Brain and the Account Manager "camped out" at NorVergence for 3 days trying to convince NorVergence to give them these leases.
“There is a lot more that goes behind the June 15th, 2004 Agreement for these leases, just ask Rudy or his attorney how many Agreements were prepared and how many addendums were added to the original Agreement for $5MM in NorVergence leases.
“Mr. Trebels attempted to "grab" an additional $10MM in leases based on a error made by NorVergence when they signed the original Agreement. You have to remember, during this period, Norvergence was taking on water and the Executive Team at NorVergence was in turmoil. Brain Trebles and the Account Manager left New Jersey the day that NorVergence filed their Chapter 13.
“Although IFC was a member of the group of lessors trying to keep NorVergence afloat, Mr. Trebles never informed this group that he had people at NorVergence trying to secure $15MM in leases which the group should have been made aware of.
“Please do not identify my e-mail address, just start asking some questions.”
(sent by contact form)
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Marci Slagle, CLP, Jordan Greenwell -Tetra Financial Group
Salt Lake City – - Tetra Financial Group, a Full Service Commercial Leasing Company Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced the promotion of Marci Kimball-Slagle, CLP to Managing Director of Intermediary Funding.
“This just further demonstrates our commitment to expand our reach and further penetrate the market with innovative lease product. Marci will be an instrumental part in managing and developing this area of our business and develop new avenues for asset growth.” said Scott R. Scharman, Executive Vice President, Tetra Financial Group.
Ms. Slagle has an extensive background in finance, marketing and sales, in addition to more than nine years experience in the equipment leasing industry.
Ms. Slagle is active in various industry associations. She currently serves as Treasurer for the CLP foundation, was on the Board of Directors for the United Association of Equipment Lessors in 2003 and 2004 and will continue to serve as a regional representative. She also serves on numerous committees for UAEL, NAELB, EAEL and was a past director for MAEL.
You can contact Ms. Slagle toll free at
888-865-6602 extension 226 or
e-mail her at marci@tetrafg.com.
Taking over the position of Director of Credit and Syndication will be Jordan Greenwell. Jordan brings to Tetra significant industry experience. “Tetra is exited to announce that Jordan has joined our team. He has a unique blend of experience that will make him a tremendous asset to our organization” said Scott R. Scharman.
Tetra Financial Group is a direct commercial leasing company that specializes in offering financing to middle market borrowers through its three lending groups: Healthcare Finance, Corporate Finance and Structured Finance.
For more information you may contact us toll free at 888-865-6602,
e-mail to info@tetrafg.com or
visit our website at www.tetrafg.com
Shelley Gundry Marci Slagle
801-748-2200 801-748-2200
sgundry@tetrafg.com Marci@tetrafg.com
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News Briefs----
Silicon Valley Venture capital survey: Investments off 35%
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10179379.htm
U.S. ABS primary market rebounds to $14 billion
http://www.securitization.net/article.asp?id=1&aid=4777
New Partner for Yahoo Is a Master at Selling
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/technology/15alibaba.html
Costco's keenly competitive CEO hits the road to keep an eye on stores and merchandise
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/
20050814-9999-lz1b14aisles.html
IBM Donates Code to Firefox
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3527341
Woman to Head White House Kitchen
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/US_President_And_
White_House_Advisers/White_House_Chef.html
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NEWSWEEK: 'It Felt Like He Could Have Been My Dad,' Says War Widow after Private Grieving Session with President Bush. 'It Was Like We Were Old Friends.'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8941525/site/newsweek/
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Sports Briefs----
Wariner, Relay Cap U.S. Squad's Worlds Dominance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/08/14/AR2005081400987.html
Jeff Garcia could start next game
http://www.mlive.com/lions/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/
1115806209157930.xml&coll=1
Ricky Williams' NFL millions virtually gone
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper
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“Gimme that Wine”
Winery battle is brewing in shadow of Mount St. Helena
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=
BB0AB964-0395-45CF-8903-6AB12C88CE87
Veraison is when color starts coming onto the grapes
http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2005/08/11/news/
top_stories/news04.txt
Armida, growers question analysis, which suggested Oregon grapes used in Russian River-labeled chardonnay
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050731/
NEWS/50731004/1036/BUSINESS
Founder of La Jota thriving with his new brands
http://www.sthelenastar.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&
id=10231FF3-2737-4A63-B879-20C0EE9EE34F
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Today's Top Event in History
1812- A massacre at Fort Dearborn, on the site of what is now Chicago, took place when American soldiers, traders, and their families evacuated the fort. Indians attacked the fleeing Americans along a trial that later became Indiana Avenue. Only two women and one trader survived. The first West Point graduate killed in action was George Ronan, killed fighting against Native American allies of the British in the wary of 1812. He was mortally wounded during Captain Nathan Heald's desperate battle near Fort Chicago, IL, against a vastly superior force of Native Americans. Before he died, he killed two Native Americans in hand-to-hand fighting. After the massacre, the fort was razed. British-supported Indians controlled the area for several years after. The Iroquois, to the south, Allied with the French in the prior century, were “neutral” and did not come to the defense of the United States. Today the location of the fort is marked and skyscrapers reach toward the sky with the river below.
This Day in American History
1096 - The armies of the First Crusade set out from Europe to deliver Jerusalem from the occupying forces of Islamic Turks. Championed by French religious leader Peter the Hermit. In 1093, Pope Urban II had sanctioned the crusade at the Council of Clermont in 1095. In their invasion of the holy city, history records they went wild in a blood feast, killing every Muslim, man, woman, and child in Jerusalem, as they were not followers of Jesus Christ. This act has not been forgotten by the tribes of the Middle East, who perhaps today bring their prejudice from this day.
1534 - The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was founded by Ignatius of Loyola, 43. Created to foster reform within Catholicism, and to undertake education and missionary work, this colorful religious order was formally approved by Pope Paul III in 1540.
1549- The first Christian missionaries to reach Japan landed at Kagoshima (on the coast of Kyushu, southernmost of the four main islands of Japan). They were a band of Spanish Jesuits, led by pioneer Catholic missionary Francis Xavier, 43.
1634- the first hurricane of record occurred when a cyclonic storm ravaged the Plymouth colony.
1790- Reverend John Carroll became the first Catholic bishop in the United States of America. He was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland in 1735 and was the brother of Daniel Carroll, one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence .
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug15.html
http://www.archbalt.org/content.asp?id=71
http://www.archbalt.org/content.asp?id=2
http://www.jcarroll.org/John_Carroll.htm
1812- A massacre at Fort Dearborn, on the site of what is now Chicago, took place when American soldiers, traders, and their families evacuated the fort. Indians attacked the fleeing Americans along a trial that later became Indiana Avenue. Only two women and one trader survived. The first West Point graduate killed in action was George Ronan, killed fighting against Native American allies of the British in the wary of 1812. He was mortally wounded during Captain Nathan Heald's desperate battle near Fort Chicago, IL, against a vastly superior force of Native Americans. Before he died, he killed two Native Americans in hand-to-hand fighting. After the massacre, the fort was razed. British-supported Indians controlled the area for several years after. The Iroquois, to the south, Allied with the French in the prior century, were “neutral” and did not come to the defense of the United States. Today the location of the fort is marked and skyscrapers reach toward the sky with the river below.
1816-- Ann Pamela Cunningham birthday- U.S. southern club activist who organized and supervised the all-woman task of purchasing Mount Vernon as a national monument for posterity. Neither the State of Virginia and the U.S. government were not interested in preserving the home of George Washington (actually the home of Martha Custis whose marriage to Washington moved the property to HIS name in the ways of the time). In addition to raising enough money, APC had to overcome the social prejudices against women engaging in any activities except home and church. She also had to fight the political climate of the times which did not revere the "Founding Fathers" as we do today.
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/apcunn.htm
http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/current/Mount_Vernon.html
1848- M.Waldo Hanchett of Syracuse, NY, received a patent on a dental chair that provided such necessary convenience as a headrest and adjustments in height and position. The design is still in use today.
1860-Birthday of Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, wife of Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th president of the US, born at Marion, Oh. Died at Marion, Ohio November 21,1924. She and her husband also hold the trivia distinction of being the only husband and wife to die in their presidential term. Her husband was a well-known philander and she traveled with him whenever she could, and according to historians, not only ruled the roost but the running of the presidential office.
(lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug15.html _)
1864- Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 Yankee schooners. Before leaving the Halifax area, she destroys more federal ships, even dares to enter Long Island harbor in New York, causing havoc up and down the Eastern shores with her two-screw propeller ship, out running and maneuvering sail mast powered ships with ease.
http://www.tcs.ednet.ns.ca/history.htm
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/EasternPassage/chronology.html
http://hub.dataline.net.au/~tfoen/tallahassee.htm
http://www.default.aunz.org/~tfoen/tallahasseeroster.htm
http://www.csa-dixie.com/Liverpool_Dixie/tallahassee.htm
1870- the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Point, UT, May 10, 1869, was long regarded as the final link in a transcontinental railroad track reaching from an Atlantic port to a Pacific port. In fact, that link occurred unceremoniously on another date in another state. Diaries of engineers working at the site establish “the completion of a transcontinental track at a point 928 feet east of today's milepost 602, or 3,812 feet east of the present union Pacific depot building at Strasburg (formerly Comanche),” CO. The final link was made at 2:53 PM, Aug 15, 1870.
1859-Birthday of Charles Comiskey, Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman, manager and executive born at Chicago, IL. Comiskey's career spanned 50 years, 30 of them as founding owner of the Chicago White Sox. But before that, he was an outstanding and innovative player and a tough, successful manager. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939. Died at Eagle River, WI, October 26, 1931.
1877 - Thomas Edison wrote the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, “hello” would be a more appropriate greeting than “ahoy,” as suggested by Alexander Graham Bell when answering the telephone.
1887- Edna Ferber was born at Kalamazoo, Ml. She wrote her first novel, Dawn O'Hara, in 1911 and became a prolific writer, producing many popular magazine stories. Her novel So Big brought her commercial success in 1924 as well as a Pulitzer Prize. Her other novels include Show Boat, Cimarron, Saratoga Trunk, Giant and Ice Palace, all of which were made into successful films. Ferber collaborated with George Kaufman in writing for the stage on The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door and Bravo. Ferber died at New York, NY, Apr 16, 1968.
http://www.apl.org/history/ferber/
1903-Birthday of jazz composer Joe Garland, Norfolk, VA. “In the Mood,” “Leap Frog.”
http://www.centrohd.com/bio/bio19/joe_garland_b.htm
1925-Birthdy of bass player George Morrow, Pasadena, CA.
http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,470572,00.html?
artist=George+Morrow
1925- Pianist Oscar Peterson birthday
http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo3/peterson.htm
http://www.oscarpeterson.com/
1926- Babe Herman of the Brooklyn Dodgers doubled with the bases loaded in a game against the Boston Braves. The hit drove in the winning run, but the runner on second, the runner of first and Herman all wound up or near third base. Two of them were called out, so that Herman, in effect, doubled into a double play.
1931-Birthday of jazz pianist Terry Pollard, Detroit, MI.
http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,480304,00.html?
artist=Terry+Pollard
1933-Birthday of jazz drummer Bill Dowdy, Benton Harbor, MI.
http://isd.ingham.k12.mi.us/~99mich/entert.html#dowdy
1933 ---Ruth Wakefield invented the absolute favorite cookie of all-time - the chocolate chip cookie. She added chocolate to a known cookie batter.
http://www.cookiedough.info/
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blchocolatechipcookies.htm
http://www.premiersystems.com/recipes/desserts/cookie-chip.html
1938-Birthday of drummer Stix Hooper, Houston, TX.
http://www.pearldrum.com/s_hooper.html
http://www.clubcd.com/lin/stixhooper.htm
1941-Peggy Lee cuts her first side with the Benny Goodman bank, Chicago “Elmer's Tune.”
1944- after several postponements, Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, the landing on the south coast of France. More than 2,000 transports and landing craft transported 94,000 men to an area between Toulon and Cannes, with only 183 Allied losses. The lead was by the Seventh Army under the leadership of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch. They encountered minimal opposition, and by the end of August the French coast from the mouth of the Rhone to Nice was in Allied hands.
1946- Kathyrn Whitmore birthday - U.S. politician. KW was the first mayor of Houston, Texas, who was also a woman. She served four terms. A changing economy, and maybe the fact that she appointed a woman police chief who became pregnant, damaged her career. (Watson was a very good police chief, but they got rid of her too. Watson was the first police chief of a major city in the history of the world to bear a child while in office. She wore maternity uniforms!)
1948 - CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast, with anchorman Douglas Edwards reporting the day's events.
1950---Top Hits
Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
I Wanna Be Loved - The Andrews Sisters
Sam's Song - Bing & Gary Crosby
I'm Moving On - Hank Snow
1951-Birthday of jazz vocalist Bobby Caldwell, New York City, NY.
http://www.homdrum.no/caldwell/bio.html
1953-President Eisenhower appointed the first Navy man, Admiral Arthur William Radford, to serve as Joint Chief of Staff. He served until 1957.
1955-Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals in Sportsman Park, St. Louis, to give him at least one homer in every National League ballpark.
1958---Top Hits
Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - Domenico Modugno
My True Love - Jack Scott
Alone with You - Faron Young
1966---Top Hits
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Almost Persuaded - David Houston
1967--56,000 acre "Sundance Fire" in northern Idaho was started by lightning following one of the hottest and driest summers on record. The heat produced whirlwinds of flame with 300 mph winds which flung giant trees through the air like matchsticks
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened. Two dozen bands came to play on a wooden stage in the middle of a pasture. It was a happening unlike any other. 450,000 people formed a love-in for three days and nights. Jimi Hendrix was there, Joan Baez, and Arlo Guthrie, too. Country Joe and the Fish, Santana, Crosby, Stills and Nash. Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, and so many more. There were hippies, and bikers, Viet Nam war vets, and high school kids ... college kids and college grads, longhaired and short, young and old ... and the world watched and joined in through the magic of the television. It last until August 18 with quite inadequate planning and bad weather which threate4ned for a time to make it a full disaster area of the site, Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel. A good portion of the crowd failed to reach the fair when traffic jams clogged all roads leading to the Catskill area. Helicopters were pressed into service to supply food, water, and medicine. Rains made a quagmire of the festival grounds. Drugs circulated freely and a number of people were treat for bad drug reactions. Almost miraculously, there were only three deaths. the police adopted a hands-off posture, and the youths present enjoyed themselves in a general spirit of peace, cooperation, and enthusiasm. While many treated the affair as an idyll, other expressed alarm at the incontrovertible evidence of a mass drug culture.
1970, the first professional football game in which a woman participated took place at Orlando, FL, when the Orlando Panthers of the Atlantic Coast League played the Bridgeport Jets. Patricia Palinkas, 27 year old, the wife of a player on the Panthers team, held the ball as her husband attempted to kick it for the extra point. The 122-pound woman was forced to run with the ball and was brought down within seconds by a 235-pound tackle. The Panthers won 26-7.
1971-Projected GNP figures were off, unemployment was up to 6%, and inflation rose above 4% for the year. For the first time in the twentieth century imports exceeded exports. President Richard M. Nixon this day announced a plan to control wages and prices, coupled with devaluation of the dollar to improve the US balance of trade. He called for a 90-day wage and price freeze, reductions in federal spending, and a temporary 10% surcharge on imports. the dollar would be allowed to float from its formerly fixed exchange rat4e of $35 per ounce of gold. On November 15, the second phase of the new program was instituted. A pay board responsible for setting standards for wage increases set a 5.5% guideline, and a price commission established a 2.5% guideline for annual price increases. In 1972, President Nixon enhanced his already substantial chances for reelection with trips to the People's Republic of China in February, 1072. The inflationary spiral appeared to be coming under control, Unemployment was down, as was inflation, and economic growth was up. In fact, the economy's record was the best since 1967.Nixon won an outstanding November election, 521 electoral votes to George McGovern's 17. Yet the following year, Vice-President Agnew would resign in disgrace, and the missing 18 minute gap in the Watergate tape would be revealed by the White House.
1974---Top Hits
Feel like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock
1980 - "I Me Mine", an autobiography by former Beatle George Harrison, went on sale.
http://www.hariscruffs.com/biography.html
http://www.eskimo.com/~cathy/hariontour/harifaq.htm
(book is “out of print.” At the time, ebay.com did not have available )
1981 - Lionel Richie and Diana Ross hit number one on the pop music charts with their beautiful duet, "Endless Love". It was a huge success for the two singers. "Endless Love" was number one for nine weeks.
1982---Top Hits
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Hurts So Good - John Cougar
Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band
I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home - David Frizzell
1989 -In his second start after coming back from cancer surgery, Giant Dave Dravecky suffers a broken arm beating Expos, 3-2; he collapsed to the ground and clutched his left arm in severe pain after throwing a wild pitch to Tim Raines.
1990- A dramatic game-winning grand slam by Mark McGwire gives the A's a ten-inning victory over the Red Sox, 6-2; he becomes the first player to hit thirty HRs in each of his first four seasons.
1990- Phillie Terry Mulholland faces just twenty-seven hitters no-hitting the Giants 6-0 as a double play erases only batter to reach base due to third baseman Charlie Hayes' throwing error. It is the record eighth no-hitter of the season surpassing the previous record of seven set in 1908 and tied in 1917.
1990---Top Hits
Vision of Love - Mariah Carey
The Power - Snap!
If Wishes Came True - Sweet Sensation
Good Times - Dan Seals
1991 - 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
http://www.medialab.chalmers.se/guitar/central.park.81.html
http://www.musicroom.com/se/referer/46001/ID_No/1665/details.ihtml
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/PaulSimonsConcertinthePark-1036280/about.php
1995 -Appalachicola, FL soars to 103 degrees to set all-time high
2000-- Club owner Ted Turner and two-time National League MVP Dale Murphy are inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame joining Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Phil Niekro and Warren Spahn.
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Baseball Poem
Frankly Speaking
What makes hot
dogs Taste better
At the ball park
Than anywhere else?
Can't be the
brand Or the
roll Or the
mustard
I think it 's
The process
Of spotting
The vendor
Ordering
over The
noise of The
fans
Passing your bucks
To the right
And
watching
The dog
Move from hand to hand
To the left
Then looking up
And rejoining the
Miracle play
In progress
Becoming again an
active Part of the
hopefuls
Eating quickly
So you can keep
score again And clap
along
With the kids over
there Chanting
WE WANNA HIT!
Written by Gene Carney, “Romancing the Horsehide,” Baseball Poems on
Players and the Game, published by McFarland and Company
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