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                    GE Healthcare Financial Services HPSC Conversion Today
                        Mediator, Attorney Joins The Alta Group
                                News Briefs---
                                 Sports Briefs---
                                       California Nuts Briefs---
                                          “Gimme that Wine”

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                                 Matsco: "Best Year Ever"

Matt Shieman, president of  Matsco, a Greater Bay Bank company,

Emeryville, California, told Leasing News last year "was the best ever.

 We may have let some people go last year, as many companies were forced to do,

but everyone is happy here, business is good...  No broker business. We cut

down on the commercial sector, but any rumor to the contrary

that business is not very good here is definitely not true."

Leasing News attempted to reach Mr. Shieman or a spokesman

several times last Thursday, along with Greater Bay Bank, to confirm

or deny what several sources had told us that Greater Bay Bank/Matsco

have laid off up to fifty employees.

This information had come from two sources, plus a third was aware of cutbacks,

they said. We attempted to reach Mr. Shieman, or any spokesman for Matsco, plus telephoned many people at Greater Bay Bank, who were not available, to confirm or deny what the sources had told us.

The story was written as an attempt to get confirmation or denial of what  sources

had told us.  Leasing News did not state it as a fact, but as a question.

Mr. Shieman responds:

"It would seem to me that Leasing News will have to acknowledge that the previous news article from yesterday relating to Matsco/Greater Bay was based on rumors and not fact. After speaking to me today you have the following facts to report:

"o Matsco did not lay off 50 people. Nor has Greater Bay Bank to my knowledge

"o Matsco did make the strategic decision in 2003 to exit the Broker Business and the direct business in the Commercial Market. As a result of this decision the number of positions within the Company were reduced, but again, no where near the above number of 50 people.

"o 2003 was the best year ever for the Matsco Companies and we continue to look to grow our market presence in the dental and veterinarian markets. We may even look to enter other markets within the Professional Healthcare Industry over the next 6-18 months as prudent opportunities arise.

"As I stated earlier today it would seem that news journals such as Leasing News would want to report facts and not rumors. Especially if the rumors being reported on can potentially mislead members of the financial community, employees of Matsco/Greater Bay, and even firms outside of the financial community which may be copied on such emails.

"I would strongly request that when making any statement regarding the Matsco Companies going forward you do so on a factual basis and if you are unable to substantiate the facts then please don't report on the subject.

"I would expect this to be published for the record Kit."

Thank you

Matt Shieman

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   Credit: Boston Ma.

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 Credit: Corona, CA.

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Credit/Documentation: Fort Lee NJ

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       Credit: New York, NY

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      Credit: San Francisco, CA.

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Credit Manager: Westlake, OH

7+ years Credit/Underwriting experience Comp lit. Please email me for copy of job description at mgallo@comfingrp.com   

  Documentation/Funding/Collection Manager: Phoenix, AZ.

 Five years in Equipment Leasing Industry. Looking for a Leasing home in Phoenix. Prefer documentation/funding, but interested/open to managing account portfolios. Email: rrr64@aol.com

   Finance: Atlanta, GA

Twenty five plus years experience in middle market lease/ asset based/cash flow transactions. Heavy banking and credit background, with particular expertise in structure and negotiation. Email:brown235@bellsouth.net

  Finance: Austin, TX.

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    Finance: Chicago, IL

Experienced in big ticket origination, syndication, valuation and workout. Twenty five years, MBA, CPA, JD, LLM (Tax), structuring specialist. Inbound and outbound transactions.

Email:pal108381@comcast.net

   Finance: Lyndhurst, NJ

CFO w/20+ years leasing/financing. Respected by lenders/rating agencies full & fair financial reporting. Outstanding record restructuring debt. Adept at investor relations and mentoring people. Email:joemcdev@aol.com

    Legal: Los Angeles, CA

Experienced in-house corporate and financial services attorney seeks position as managing or transactional counsel. Willing to relocate. Email:sandidq@msn.com 

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GE Healthcare Financial Services HPSC Conversion Today

CHICAGO & BOSTON-- If the conversion transaction closes today

as expected, the formula provided for in the agreement would result in each share of HPSC, Inc. common stock being converted into 0.461 shares of GE common stock, plus cash for any fractional shares. For example, for every 100 shares of HPSC, Inc. stock owned, a stockholder would be entitled to 46 shares of GE common stock, plus $3.14 in cash in lieu of fractional shares of GE.

   HPSC stockholders are scheduled to vote on the proposed acquisition at the stockholders meeting today. HPSC, Inc. expects the transaction to close promptly following the special meeting, provided its stockholders approve the deal and that all other conditions to the acquisition are satisfied. 

   HPSC, Inc., with headquarters in Boston, MA, is a leading non-bank financial services company engaged primarily in financing licensed healthcare providers throughout the United States. HPSC provides financing, in the form of leases and notes due in installments, to the dental, ophthalmic, chiropractic, optometry, veterinary, podiatry and other medical and healthcare professions. HPSC markets its financing services to healthcare providers in a number of ways, including direct marketing through trade shows, conventions, advertising, cooperative arrangements with equipment vendors, and through its sales staff located in 22 offices throughout the United States. 

     GE Healthcare Financial Services, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, is a premier provider of capital, financial solutions and related services for the global healthcare industry. With $12 billion in assets and nearly 700 employees, GE Healthcare Financial Services offers a full range of financing capabilities from equipment leasing and real estate financing to working capital lending and vendor finance programs.. 

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  News Briefs---

US Treasuries Rally, Yields at Fresh Lows

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9794-2004Jan12.html

   Tyco: An Open-and-Shut Case? Well, Not So Fast

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/business/yourmoney/11tyco.html?pagewanted=all

Tacoma called nation's most stressed city

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-01-11-stressed-city_x.htm

Carrier Midway set in place at Navy Pier

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040111-9999_1m11midway.html

Fish company wins battle with S.F. port

More legal wrangling likely in saga of waterfront development

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                   Mediator, Attorney Joins The Alta Group

Glenbrook, Nev., —Paul Bent, a mediator, attorney and investment banker, has joined The Alta Group, an international consulting firm serving the equipment leasing industry. He will provide Alta clients mediation services as an alternative means of resolving disputes and will assist in the negotiation of deals in the leasing industry, particularly big-ticket transactions.

Based in Long Beach Calif., Bent brings to Alta more than 20 years experience in developing, arranging, facilitating, managing, negotiating and closing structured corporate financings and related business transactions. He specializes in mediation and selected arbitration of corporate and commercial transactions and in conflict resolution in equipment leasing.

"Litigation is extremely expensive and time consuming and eats away at a company’s resources. My goal is to help clients avoid the courthouse by identifying key issues and working through them," Bent says.

As an investment banker and a transaction attorney, he has analyzed transactions, developed financing plans and structures, negotiated terms and agreements and carried out due diligence and post-closing activities for domestic and international clients. He has participated in both simple and highly complex transactions, involving as few as two parties to as many as 15.

Before opening his mediation practice in 2001, he was founder, president and general counsel of GoodSmith & Co., Incorporated, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in large ticket leasing and asset-based corporate financing.

"We are delighted to have Paul join Alta. His addition is an important expansion of our consulting services in the areas of leasing transactions and vendor programs, as well as dispute resolution. Paul’s many years of equipment leasing and finance experience will provide our clients with best-in-class mediation advisory services," says John Deane, founding principal.

The Alta Group (www.thealtagroup.com) is an international consulting and training firm serving the equipment leasing and finance industry. It is composed of more than 20 professionals--former CEOs, company founders, and industry organization leaders--who collectively have more than 500 years of experience. The company was founded in 1992 by Norm Chapman, John Deane, John Giddens and Bill Montgomery.

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    Sports Briefs---

  Game-day notebook: Is Payton's place in Oakland?

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6998167

    Phillips eyes Raiders job or Lovie Smith

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/11/SPGG247U3V1.DTL

Colt reality

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2004/01/12/colt_reality/

Patriots are in for a fight

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2004/01/12/patriots_are_in_for_a_fight/

Eagle Fans never gave up hope

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/7689345.htm

Rams face a busy off-season

    California Nuts Brief---

Gov. Budget cuts unlikely to affect economy

They won't derail recovery, analysts say

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/12/MNG5T47P0F18.DTL

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    "Gimme That Wine"

     Michael Mondavi Steps Down as President

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2307,00.html

http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=27BCED78-BE60-4F75-91F5-C2644CC34A98

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   1588-Birthday of John Winthrop, American colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, born at Edwardston, England. Governor Winthrop kept a diary of events in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, published nearly two centuries later (in 1825-26), titled The History of New England from 1630 to     

    1649. Died at Boston, MA, Mar 26, 1649 (OS).

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852497.html

http://members.tripod.com/shesabo/winthrop/

    1737-Birthday of John Hancock, American patriot and statesman, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born at Braintree, MA, he died at Quincy, MA, Oct 8, 1793. Because of his conspicuous signature on the Declaration, Hancock's name has become part of the American language, referring to any handwritten signature, as in "Put your John Hancock on that!"

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm

http://www.colonialhall.com/hancock/hancock.php

(lower part of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan12.html )

    1773 - In Charleston, South Carolina, the first public museum in America was organized at the annual anniversary meeting of the Charleston Library Society. The first curators of the museum were the diplomat Charles Cotesworth Pinckeney, the politician Thomas Heyward, and two physicians, Alexander Baron and Peter Fayssoux. Eventually the building was torn down, and the collection was moved to the College of Charleston.  On August 29,1850, the city council ratified an ordinance "to provide for the appoint of a Curator for the Museum of the College of Charleston." Francis Simmons Holmes was elected to the post on November 25, 1880, and was appointed professor of geology and paleontology at the college on December 28.

http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/directions.asp

http://www.charlestonbynight.com/charleston/charlestonfacts.html

    1777- Mission Santa Clara de Assis, a California mission built by followers of Father Junipero Serra to educate the Indians. In the 1850s the mission became Santa Clara University, the oldest university in California. The current building, used by the University as its chapel, is a replica of an older building that was destroyed by fire in 1926.  The first two sites are located one block from my office.  They were destroyed in floods.  The third and existing Mission is at the University of Santa Clara, about five blocks from my office (higher ground ). In 1819, a fourth mission was established and is part

of the existing site. In 1926, a fire destroyed the chapel, and a replica was rebuilt, which

is very popular for marriages and ceremonies in Santa Clara Valley. San Jose has taken steps to curb the flooding of the Guadalupe River, but as recently as twenty years ago there was a major flood in the area, down Firsts Street, which the city is just getting around to building major storm drains along

Trimble road, not far from my office.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan12.html

 http://www.scu.edu/adobelodge/history.html

   1853-The first university on the Pacific Coast was Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.  It was organized on February 1, 1842, as the Oregon Institute, offering only elementary work, and opened on August 13,1844, with five students. On January 12, 1853, it was chartered as a university by the Oregon

Territorial Legislature. The Oregon Institute was continued as a preparatory school.

   1856 -- American artist John Singer Sergeant born Florence, Italy. Although he lived much of his life in England and was buried there, he refused knighthood in 1907 because he still considered himself an American citizen.

. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/sargent/

http://www.jssgallery.org/Biography/Biography.htm

http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/psearch?Request=A&Person=27660

    1876-Birthday of Jack London ( real name: John Griffin Chaney,) American author of more than 50 books: short stories, novels and travel, stories of the sea and of the far north, many marked by brutal realism. His most widely known work is The Call of the Wild, the great dog story published in 1903. London was born at San Francisco, CA. He resided in the Glen Ellen area for many years of his life. His ranch is a popular tourist visit, now a famous historic park,  and is not far from the famous Glen Ellen winery. Contrary to popular belief,  he did not commit suicide but on November 22, 1916, Jack London at the age of 40,  died of gastrointestinal uremic poisoning

. http://www.parks.sonoma.net/JLStory.html

http://www.geocities.com/jacklondons/additions.html

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jlondon.htm

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Images/

 http://www.parks.sonoma.net/JLPark.html

http://www.inetours.com/PagesWT/WTareas/Glen_Ellen.html

   1890-Birthday of Black educator Mordecai W Johnson,  born Paris,

Tennessee, First African-American president of Howard University

for more than three decades

http://www.africanpubs.com/Apps/bios/1049JohnsonMordecai.asp?pic=none

http://www.vernonjohns.org/tcal001/vjbscgsp.html

http://www.fetchbook.info/search_Mordecai_W._Johnson/searchBy_Author.html

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/vol4/570705-008-To_Mordecai_Johnson.htm

   1893- Representatives of 21 mission boards met in NY City to discuss common concerns. Soon becoming an annual event, by 1911 the convention was known as the Foreign Missions Conference. In 1950 it became a constituting member of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, serving as its Division of Foreign Missions.

   1896-The first X-ray photograph was made by Dr. Henry Louis Smith, professor of physics and astronomy, Davidson College, Davidson, NC. Smith obtained the hand of a corpse, fired a bullet into it, and then took a 15-minute exposure which, when developed, revealed the exact location of the bullet.

   1904-Guitarist Fred "Mississippi" McDowell born Rossville, TN, died 1971.

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/aavesem/texts/FredMcDowellBio.html

http://www.bigroadblues.com/features/fred.shtml

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=543245301/ut=43a1166e45af8b80

   1910-Guitarist Gussie "Blind" Nesbitt born Spartansburg, SC, most popular song,

"Ain’t Nobody’s Business."

http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/roots/BLUES%20&%20GOSPEL/prewar_gospel.htm

   1912-Birthday of trombonist Trummy Young, Savannah GA

http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,512734,00.html?artist=Trummy+Young

   1912 -47ºF (-44ºC), Washta, Iowa (state record)

    1915- The US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. Women gained the right to vote in 1920

  1916-Pianist/band leader Jay McShann born Muskogee, OK

http://www.riverwalk.org/profiles/mcshann.htm

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mcshann_jay/bio.jhtml

http://www.colindavey.com/BoogieWoogie/articles/jmi.htm

   1922-Birthday of Ira Hayes, one of the six US Marines who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Surbachi, February 23, 1945, following a US assault on the Japanese stronghold. The event was immortalized by Oakland Tribune Photographer, working then for Associated Press, Joe Rosenthal. The picture was posed, after the first flag was raised, but it became a symbol, in fact is on the Marine War Memorial monument at Arlington, Virginia.  Hayes was born on a Pima Indian Reservation at Arizona. He returned home after WWII a much celebrated hero.  A hero to everyone except himself, Hayes was unable to cope with fame. He was found dead of "exposure to freezing weather and over-consumption of alcohol" on the Sacaton Indian Reservation at Arizona, January 24,1955.  Scientists

report the Indians, as a race, are born with a "chemical trigger" in their brain that makes

them very susceptible to various diseases of addiction, especially alcoholism.  This is also a common

trait among alcoholics and other addictions in other races.  It is a medical disease and not psychological

based in the great major of those with addictions.

http://www.artnatam.com/utaylor/n-ut008.html.

    1926-Drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson born 1926 Fort Worth TX

http://www.cymbatamusic.com/bio.html

http://www.about-time-records.com/at-1003.html

   1932-Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from  Arkansas, was the first woman elected to the US Senate. Born in 1878, Caraway was appointed to the Senate on November 13,1931, to fill out the term of her husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway, who had died a few days earlier. On January 12, 1932, she won a special election to fill the remaining months of his term. Subsequently elected to two more terms, she served in the senate until January, 1945. She was an adept and tireless legislator ( once introducing 43 bills on the same day), who worked for women’s rights ( once cosponsoring an equal rights amendment) and supported New Deal Policies. She died December 21, 1950, at Falls Church, VA.  The first woman appointed to the Senate was Mrs. W.H. Felton in 1922 who served for two days. The first woman to be elected to the Senate without having been appointed first was Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who had served first in the House. She was elected to the Senate in 1948.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcarawayH.htm

http://www.senate.gov/~lincoln/html/hattaway.html

http://asunews.astate.edu/caraway.htm

   1939 - After five year playing together, the Ink Spots gained national attention when they recorded "If I Didn’t Care".

http://www.inkspots.ca/

http://www.theinkspots.com/

    1944-Birthday of Joe Frazier, former boxer, born Beaufort, SC.

http://www.ibhof.com/frazier.htm

   1946-Less than a month after the Cleveland Rams won their first NFL title, the league gave owner Dan Reeves permission to move the team to Los Angeles. In approving this franchise shift, the NFL became the first major professional sports league to put a team on the West Coast. Fans in Cleveland quickly embraced a new team, the Browns in the new All-American Football Conference which lasted until the two leagues merged in 1950.

    1946-Pianist George Duke born San Rafael, Ca.

http://www.georgeduke.com/

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/duke_george/bio.jhtml

    1948-US Supreme Court decision gives Blacks the right to study law at state institutions. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the State of Oklahoma to provide Ada Lois Fisher, a Negro, with the same education is offered white students. Five days later the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled the state must establish a separate but equal law school for Fisher who had been barred from entering the University of Oklahoma Law School because of her color.

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1921/Ada_Lois_Sipuel_Fisher_an_Oklahoma_legend

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=3920&search_query=Fisher%2c%20Ada%20Lois%20Sipuel

    1948—Top Hits

Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe

Civilization - The Louis Prima Orchestra

I’ll Dance at Your Wedding - Buddy Clark with the Ray Noble Orchestra

I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold

   1949 - In his State of the Union address, President Truman labeled his administration the "Fair Deal."

http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/fairdeal.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture22.html

   1949 - On CBS-TV, "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" was first seen in what would be a seven year run on the network.

   1949 - The Chicago-based children’s show, "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", made its national debut on NBC-TV. Fran Allison was hostess.

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/kuklafrana/kuklafrana.htm

http://www.chicagohs.org/KFO/KFO.html

http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/burr.html

   1951-Birthday of political commentator, sometimes sports commentator, Russ Limbaugh, talk-show host ("The Rush Limbaugh Show"), born Cape Girardeau, MO.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/today.guest.html

   1954-Birthday of radio and television personality ("The Howard Stern Show"), born Queens, NY.

People say they “dislike” his humor and antics, but he remains one of the most popular personalities,

even after his “not so famous” divorce.

http://www.eonline.com/On/Howard/

http://www.animaux.net/stern/eshows.html

   1955 – Our neighbor, he lived down the street from us, Rod Serling, began made

a television breakthrough the production of the hour-long drama, "Patterns". Within two weeks, the struggling author earned 23 other television assignments.

http://www.rodserling.com/NYTpatterns.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/serling_r.html

http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1046/1046573.htm

    1956—Top Hits

Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin

The Great Pretender - The Platters

Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

    1958-Two-Point Conversion:  The NCAA football rules committee make the fist change in scoring rules since 1912 by introducing the optional two-point conversion.  Under the rule, teams could kick for one point or run or pass for two points after a touchdown.

    1959-“ The Bell Telephone Hour” premiered on TV, bringing great musical performances. NBC's musical series ran semi-regularly for nearly 10 seasons. The Bell Telephone Orchestra was conducted by Donald Voorhees.

    1960-Schayes Score 15,000 points: Two years to the day after he became the NBA’s leading career scorer, Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals becomes the first NBA player to score 15,000 points.  He finished his career in 1963-64, with 19,249 points.

    1961-The Chicago Cubs announced that they would forsake the traditional manager system and instead have a team of eight coaches lead the club, with several taking turns at the top.  The experiment lasted two season during which the Cubs finished 64-90 and 59-103.

    1964—Top Hits

There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton

Louie Louie - The Kingsmen

Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids

Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens

   1966—“Bop,” “Biff,” “Bam” the television show Batman premiered on television.  I never

missed an episode. ABC's crime-fighting show gained a place in Nielsen's top 10 ratings in its first season. The series was based on the DC Comic characters created by Bob Kane in 1939. Adam West starred as millionaire Bruce Wayne and superhero alter ego, Batman. Burt Ward co-starred as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder. A colorful assortment of villains guest-starring each week included: Cesar Romero as the Joker, Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmark as Catwoman, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin and Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. Some other stars making memorable appearances included Liberace, Vincent Price, Milton Berle, Tallulah Bankhead and Ethel Merman. The series played up its comic-strip roots with innovative and sharply skewed camera angles, bright bold colors and wild graphics. "Batman's" memorable theme song, composed by Neal Hefti, can be heard today with some 120 episodes in syndication.

http://www.musicselections.com/tv/batman.mid

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0059968/

http://www.buyersmls.com/americantv/batman.htm

http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=batman1966

    1967 - After 8 years off the network schedule, "Dragnet," one of broadcasting’s greatest hits, returned to NBC-TV. One of my high school best friends father, Harry Morgan played Jack Webb’s sidekick in the renewed series.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0763077.html

http://www.bestcareanywhere.net/Morgan.htm

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Morgan,+Harry

http://www.triviatribute.com/harrymorgan.html

   1969-Jets Win Super Bowl III: Overcoming their status as a17-point underdogs, and living up to quarterback Joe Namath’s bold prediction, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Super Bowl III. The Jets got a touchdown from full-back Matt Snell and three field goals form Jim Turner to became the first American Football League team to snatch a championship from an NFL team.

   1971-Congressional Black Caucus organized.

http://www.house.gov/ebjohnson/cbcbirth.htm

   1971-“All in the Family” premiered on television. Based on the success of the British comedy "Till Death Us Do Part," Norman Lear created CBS's controversial sitcom "All in the Family." The series was the first of its kind to realistically portray the prevailing issues and taboos of its time with a wickedly humorous bent. From bigotry to birth control, few topics were considered too sacred to discuss on air. Ultra-conservative Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) held court from his recliner, spewing invective at any who disagreed with him. Jean Stapleton portrayed Archie's dutiful wife, Edith. Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner rounded out the cast as Archie's ultra-liberal daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Mike "Meathead" Stivic. All three characters often fell victim to Archie's zinging one-liners and insults.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0066626/

http://www.allinthefamilysit.com/home.shtml

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/AllintheFamily.wav

    1972—Top Hits

Brand New Key - Melanie

American Pie - Don McLean

Let’s Stay Together - Al Green

Would You Take Another Chance on Me - Jerry Lee Lewis

   1975-Pittsburgh Wins Super Bowl IX: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in Super Bowl IX,. Led by their famed “Steel Curtain” defense, Pittsburgh held the Vikings to only 17 yards rushing.  For the Steelers, it was their first Super Bowl victory and the first of four they would win over a six-year period.

    1980—Top Hits

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

Rock with You - Michael Jackson

Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille

Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers

    1981-The very popular TV show “Dynasty” premiered as a three hour movie.. The popular ABC prime-time serial focused on the high-flying exploits of the Denver-based Carrington family. The series had a weekly wardrobe budget of $10,000 with many elegant costumes designed by Nolan Miller. In addition to the juicy storylines, many tuned in worldwide to view the palatial mansions and lavish sets. John Forsythe played patriarch Blake Carrington with Linda Evans as his wife, Krystle. Joan Collins played Alexis, Blake's scheming ex-wife and arch business rival. Other cast members included Kathleen Beller, Pamela Bellwood, Diahann Carroll, Jack Coleman, John James, Heather Locklear, Pamela Sue Martin, Ted McGinley, Michael Nader, Catherine Oxenberg, Emma Samms and Gordon Thomas. Notable guest stars included William Campbell, James Farentino, George Hamilton, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Billy Dee Williams and many others during the soap's long run.

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/dynasty/dynasty.htm

    1981 -35ºF (-37ºC), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) Ironically, The state's highest temperature on record was reported here on Aug. 2, 1975, at 107 degrees.

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2906

    1985- Commodore Roberta Hazard, becomes the first woman commander of the nation's largest naval training facility, the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

http://www.wic.org/bio/rhazard.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/hotel/hazard.htm

    1985 - After a record setting 24 weeks as the United States' #1 album, Prince's "Purple Rain" slipped to the #2 spot. Bruce Springsteen’s "Born In the USA", finally took over the top spot after 24 weeks in the #2 slot while "Purple Rain" ruled

    1988—Top Hits

So Emotional - Whitney Houston

Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison

The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

I Can’t Get Close Enough – Exile

   1991- The US Congress passed a resolution authorizing the President of the US to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. This was the sixth congressional vote in US history declaring war or authorizing force on another nation.

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch13_p11.htm

   1992-This date is incorrect on the birthday of “Hal,” computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke, "born" Urbana, IL. See 1997 this date.

    1994-—Top Hits

Hero- Mariah Carey

All For Love- Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting

All That She Wants- Ace Of Base

Again- Janet Jackson

       1997- HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay.

http://www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/2001/images.html

    1998-The Harlem Globetrotters, the most popular basketball attraction in the world, played their 20,000^th game, defeating their perennial foils, the New York Nationals, 85-62, in Remington, IN. The victory brought the Trotters’ overall record to 19,668 wins against only 332 defeats. The Globetrotters, originally known as the Savoy Five, were founded in 1926 by Abe Saperstein. They played before their first paying crowd in 1927, adopted their new name in 1930 and played their first game on foreign soil in 1939.  In the nearly six decades since, they have played in 114 countries before an estimated total audience of 100 million.

  1998 - At a ceremony in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, Carlos Santana became the first Hispanic to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Santana said he was pleased about the honor, and felt a little like Jackie Robinson. Also inducted that day were The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas and the Papas, and Jelly Roll Morton.

http://www.santana.com/

     1999-—Top Hits

Have You Ever?- Brandy

Nobody s Supposed To Be Here- Deborah Cox

I m Your Angel- R. Kelly

...Baby One More Time- Britney Spears

        Superbowl Champions This Date

    1969  New York Jets

    1975  Pittsburgh Steelers