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Headlines---
ELA
Helping Turn the Tide for Media Coverage
“Do
Not Call Act” Gary Saulter Calls “Frivolous “
-Attorney
Says Otherwise
Cartoon---Welcome
to California
UAEL
So. Ca. Round Table March 9th
Arizona
March 16th Phoenix Network Meeting
LPC
Adds Another Territory Manager To It’s Team
Free
Software Package Introduction from Paralease
Premier
Appoints Robinson to Divisional Asst. VP
Content/Curricula
Now Available to Corporate Trainers
International
Decision Systems Launches ProFiniaTM
David G. Mayer’s “Business Leasing” Latest Edition
Classified Ads---99
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:
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:
Austin, TX.
20+
years all facets of lease/finance. Collection and credit management.
Equipment & rolling stock structuring. $150k credit authority, $100
million portfolio management.Email: texmartin@juno.com
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
Marketing:
Orange County, CA.Seeking management opportunity to create/improve outbound
call center new business marketing in leasing industry. Very experienced
in all aspects of telemarketing, management, prospecting and closing.
E-mail:
princedm@pacbell.net
Operations:
Experienced Credit, Collections,
lease
and Finance operations. Manager w/ expertise in improving bottom line
performance, excellent trainer, manager, motivator. Get result/keep
the customer coming back. Email:rgmorrill@comcast.net
Operations:
Wayne, NJ
20+
heavily experienced collection/recovery VP looking to improve someone's
bottom line. Proven, verifiable track record. Knowledge of all types
of portfolio. Will relocate Email:cmate@nac.net
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"ELA
Helping Turn the Tide for Media Coverage"
ELT News
ELA's
public relations program has gotten off to a big start in 2004. ELA’s
PR
team launched into full action in early January, countering negative
reports
from Capitol Hill on leasing to tax exempts. The press picked up on
inflammatory
language used in Hill reports, and ELA sought to inject some
sanity
into the stories. In addition, ELA sought to position the
association
as the source of counter-arguments for the Treasury department
proposal
to ban such transactions. These public relations efforts continue
today.
Additionally, ELA needed to focus on maintaining
its proactive efforts
to
get the media and key customer organizations (i.e. Institute for Supply
Management,
America’s Community Bankers, etc.) to view leasing as a
positive
financing mechanism for capital equipment. So, in February, ELA
readied
itself to debut an important study by Global Insight, The Economic
Contribution
of the Equipment Leasing Industry
to the U.S. Economy.
ELA has been very successful. Messages that
leasing is an important
part
of access to capital are getting through. About 570 million media
impressions
have been earned to date (the number of people thought to have
read
or viewed the stories in which ELA contributed). The tone of the media
coverage
is shifting from negative to neutral on the tax-exempt leasing
angle,
and positive coverage of the economic contribution study is just now
beginning
to emerge.
Radio spots on the economic contribution
study are being disseminated
to
thousands of radio stations nationwide this week. (Watch for future
e-news
stories on ELA’s PR program for more exact radio placements.)
Publications and wire services such as Associated
Press, Bloomberg,
Forbes,
BusinessWeek, Fortune and ABC television have been in touch with
the
association regularly. ELA President Mike Fleming has had numerous
opportunities
to weigh in on various story topics, and the coverage of the
tax
exempt leasing story is expected to give way to more positive stories
involving
the equipment leasing industry.
Mike Fleming will be meeting with Fortune
magazine and other media
outlets
next week on a half-day New York media tour. Other future
activities
include outreach efforts to customer organizations, including
the
American Bankers Association, the Institute for Supply Management, the
National
Association of Manufacturers, America’s Community Bankers, the
National
Federation of Independent Businesses, and others. All
organizations
will receive copies of the Global Insight economic
contribution
study. An article, penned by Mike Fleming, also will be
offered
to business journals and other publications on the economic
contribution
study later this week.
Soon, ELA will debut a revamped Web site
for financial decision-makers.
Renamed
www.ChooseLeasing.org (from www.LeaseAssistant.org),
the site will include more information to helpCFOs, treasurers, controllers
and other decision-makers learn more about how they may use leasing
to their advantage. A media relations effort around www.ChooseLeasing.org
will ensue this month.
Additionally, in an effort to continually
identify the most powerful
messages
when pitching leasing to the media, ELA has commissioned an
in-depth
study of about a dozen CFOs across industries. This project is
meant
to uncover prejudices and attitudes around the language the
association
uses to convey leasing’s benefits. Results will be published in
a
future issue of ELT e-news.
ELA is seeking case studies and lessees to
interview for the
association’s
proactive public relations program. Members of the press, in
particular,
wish to hear how companies are using leasing and to what
advantage.
If you have a lessee with whom ELA may speak, please contact Amy
J.
Holmes, CAE, ELA's Vice President of Communications at 703-516-8367
or
aholmes@elamail.com.
The more positive testimonials, the greater the coverage of leasing
as the financing mechanism of choice!
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“Do
Not Call Act” Gary Saulter Calls “Frivolous “
-Attorney Says Otherwise
“ Joseph Compoli, Jr., L.P.A., of Cuyahoga County,
Ohio has filed complaints against multiple businesses using the do not
fax portion of the TCPA Act of 1991- also known as the “Do Not Call”
Act, “ Gary Saulter , President of Chase Industries stated in a press
release sent to the media. His company is
located
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in medical equipment leasing.
He states in his press release
his company is one of those being taken to court.
“I
am amazed that this kind of thing is allowed to happen in our justice
system. We make every attempt
to conform to the law in all aspects of our business, and face the possibility
of severe financial penalties for unintentionally causing miniscule
damage—about $0.03 in resources. I’m
sure the people of Cuyahoga
County want their courts to have time to concentrate on important problems….not
to have them used to line lawyer’s pockets”.
Compoli
cites the law: The Telephone Consumer Protection ACT (TCPA) prohibits
the sending of advertisements by fax without first obtaining the “prior
express invitation or permission” of the recipient.
The statue further provides for mandatory minimum damages of
$500 per violation, or triple damages.
“The
lawsuit against Chase Industries is based upon the fundamental principle:
Persons cannot take, borrow, deface, or destroy someone else’s private
property without the owner’s permission, “ Compoli says. “No intelligent
person would argue that a merchant has the right under the Constitution
to come into your house or office—at any time of the day or night-and
use your own paper toner ink, electricity and printer without consent
in order to subsidize his advertising
costs. Yet that is the precise right that Defendant
apparently believes he has.
“Chase
Industries decided to save advertisement money by utilizing an illegal
form of advertisement transmission. Three of my clients received these
illegal faxes, two of which were medical physicians, Dr. Jan Kongthong
and Dr. Sonia Tanio...”
It
appears Dr. Tanio was the wrong person to fax an advertisement.
“
Dr. Tanio and myself were asked by the Attorney General of California
to testify in a legal action against a chief officer of one of the leading
senders of unsolicited
“junk
fax” advertisements. Attorney
General Bill Lockyer has brought charges against Charles Martin, Vice-President
of Fax.com...”
Saulter
argues the portion of the “Do Not Call Act” was “... intended to protect consumers from “Blast Fax” marketing
companies that use ‘War Dialers’ to send millions of faxes per day…as
many as 800 to a single fax number, thus wasting resources.
“Some
lawyers have used this legislation to file suit against businesses who
have sent as few as 1 or 2 faxes, “ he claims. “Mr. Compoli Jr. sends small businesses a very threatening letter
which quotes select portions of the T.C.P.A. and cites huge fines (in
the Millions of Dollars) levied by the F.C.C. against Mega-Corporate
violators. He then offers to
settle for the maximum damage amount allowed.
His next step is sending 30 or so pages of intimidating questions
to be answered for the class action suit he is filing against the business. A small business is forced to settle or hire
a lawyer to defend itself.”
Mr.
Compoli responds that he has brought numerous lawsuits against senders
of junk faxes, on behalf of consumers and small businesses. He faxed
a six page statement, plus copies of the California Attorney General’s
complaint about fax.com and Charles Rodrick Martin, and other supporting
information. He seemed to document the legal position the position he
has taken on behalf of his
clients
against Chase Industries.
Lease
Agreement Under Way
Ken
Greene, Esq., has sent all the “backers” of the proposed generic leasing
agreement
regarding fees and expenses earned in considering a leasing application. The first phase is the engagement letter including
the $200
donation. The letters have been sent to:
Steve
Chriest
Diablo
Capital
Alamo, California
Ben
Carlile
Allegiant Partners
San
Rafael, Ca
Patrick
Byrne
Balboa
Capital
Irvine,
Ca.
Warren
Hawkins
Bank Partners
Alabama.
Gary
Saulter
Chase Industries.
Grand Rapids, MI
Gary
Trebels, CLP
IFC Credit
Morton Grove, IL
Theresa Kabot
Kabot Commercial Leasing
Seattle,
WA.
Charlie
Lester
LPI Financial Services
Marietta, GA
Bruce
Larsen
Leasing
Partners Capital
Wayne, New Jersey 1211
Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, New Jersey 07470973)709-01
Bruce
Larkins
Geneva Capital LLC
Alexandria,
MN
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announcement **********************************
UAEL So. Ca. Round
Table March 9th
When: Tuesday, March 9th, 2004 (1 PM -4:30 PM)
Where: Experian Building,
Orange County, CA
Event: Roundtable Discussion "How To Successfully
Market Customers & Vendors in today's economy"
Who should attend?:
Members of your Credit
Team & Sales Team
Roundtable Topics?:
How to understand
a credit bureau and how to use that knowledge effectively when selling…
How to request a
Financial Package from a Lessee…
How to market future
business by utilizing a Lessee's Financial Data…
How to "close"
competitive, high rate, or structured transactions…
Lenders will discuss
"what makes a good credit package" …
How to establish
and market vendor programs…
Cost: No Charge to
UAEL Members ($10.00 Fee Non-UAEL
Members )
Please Reserve your
ticket via email at: giacono@westoverfinancial.com
Event Hosted by UAEL
Southern California Regional Committee
***
announcement *********************************
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DATE:
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Fee:
$15 covers lunch/refreshment and ticket to get in. Tickets to be picked up at the Tailgate RV (parked in RV Parking Lot) How to Get There From downtown Phoenix, take I-10 west, exit at 51 Avenue, go north (turn right). Enter stadium parking lot on 51st Ave. between Thomas Rd. and Indian School. Map
Name
Send Check payable to AELA for $15.00 and send to: Irv Ellis Leasecor, Inc. 346 West Frier Drive Phoenix, Az. 85021 (602) 395-0463 Call or write with questions to any AELA Board member Patrick
McCann Bernice
Truszkowski Cletus
Thiebeau Irv
Ellis Roger
Marce Nancy
Rosenberg Patrick
Sponsel Steve
Amrhein |
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Press Release ############################
LPC
Adds Another Territory Manager To It’s Team
Wayne,
NJ—Leasing Partners Capital, Inc., the fastest growing leasing company
in the U.S., has added another Territory Manager to its Team.
LPC
is pleased to announce the addition of Gena Godfrey as Territory Manager
located in Vero Beach, FL.
Ms.
Godfrey was most recently an independent broker and principal of International
Computer Financing for twelve years.
She also held positions with Inacomp Financial Service, Alltel
Supply, Allnet Communications, Delta Leasing, Avco Leasing and Capital
Associates.
Ms.
Godfrey also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia State University
in Philosophy and Religion.
“We
are extremely pleased to add Gena Godfrey to our team,” states Bruce
Larsen, National Sales Manager. He
continues, “Her addition is consistent with our philosophy to add seasoned
and experienced leasing professionals to our staff and helps us to achieve
our national expansion goals.”
“About
the Company”
Leasing
Partners Capital, Inc. (LPC) is a small to lower-middle-market equipment
leasing company working with vendors and end users, headquartered in
Wayne, NJ. LPC currently has
offices in Naples, FL, Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA, Pittsburgh, PA,
Buffalo, NY, Minneapolis, MN, Houston, TX, San Francisco, CA, St. Louis,
MO, Boston, MA, Detroit, MI, Seattle, WA, and Vero Beach, FL.
For
additional information or questions about LPC, contact Bruce Larsen,
National Sales Manager, 877-333-5864 or email him at blarsen@leasingpartnerscapital.com,
or check out their web site @ www.leasingpartnerscapital.com.
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Press Release ############################
Free
Software Package Introduction from Paralease
NEW
YORK - Paralease Software, a
provider of automated solutions to the leasing industry, today announced
the launch of Paradigm, a breakthrough contact management program –
with a breakthrough offer.
Paralease
is offering the Paradigm package – a $300 value - absolutely free. The
program is available via download at www.paralease.com.
Call Michael Randall at 305-695-9188 or submit
an email request to mrandall@paralease.com for instructions.
Paradigm
offers customizable organization features unavailable in packages costing
twice the price. When integrated with the suite of Paralease programs
(Application Tracking and Lease Servicing), Paradigm eliminates the
need to rekey any data.
System
requirements are simple: a PC and a Windows operating system. Most users
are up and running within a half hour of the download. Paradigm features
include:
Customizable
Organization Paradigm offers
a virtually unlimited number of ways to organize the database. You can identify sources of leads, types of
contacts, categories, specialized lists, etc.
Datamining Filters
You can create a subset of the database
to include only those records you choose, such as everyone who leased
a forklift model 3477 from you in the past year.
You can set a filter on any field in the database.
One Step Web Access
and Email
Paradigm
incorporates web access and email without having to use Outlook or Internet
Explorer.
Detailed Record-Keeping
Each
contact has a Notes page and an unlimited number of Task records. Each task is separately tracked.
Detailed Reporting
You
can report open Tasks by contact or by day.
Sophisticated
Messaging Each message has
a Notes field and an Attachments field.
You can, for example, create a message with a detailed note and
an attached document, and email all of it with one click.
Automatic Form
Letters
Form Letters are boilerplate that you create.
You can select a form letter and Paradigm will insert it with
the name and address data automatically filled in.
You can then email it or print it.
Document Management
Microsoft Word documents can be Attachments.
With Word files you can use the Mail Merge feature to create
custom documents. You can also attach an Excel spreadsheet or
image file to the message.
Convenient Scheduling
All
Messages (tasks) are organized by contact and by date. You can filter by type of message, for example,
Call Backs in the morning and Emails in the afternoon.
User Management
The
system administrator can assign users to tasks, and these tasks appear
in the user’s personal Schedule.
At-a-Glance Priority Calendar
You
can customize Paradigm to open to a full screen calendar with the priority
tasks for each day slotted in.
Multi-User
When most systems claim to be multi-user
they mean that the system won’t choke when two people are on at the
same time. Paradigm actually
maintains separate user records with passwords.
Full
Reporting Capabilities Paradigm
comes with a report writer. You
can create reports very simply by selecting fields from the database. You can filter these reports with the Datamining
filters.
Call
Michael Randall at 305-695-9188 or submit an email request to mrandall@paralease.com
for instructions.
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Press Release ############################
Premier
Appoints Robinson to Divisional Assistant Vice President
Innovative
claims management leads to promotion
Cincinnati,
OH -Claims Manager Carol Robinson has been
named
Divisional Assistant Vice President of Premier Lease & Loan
Services,
a division of Great American Insurance Company.
Carol
joined the Agricultural Excess & Surplus Insurance Company (AESIC)
division
of Great American in 1994. From
1995 to the present, she has
worked
to build and develop claims excellence within Premier Lease &
Loan
Services. Carol's current responsibilities
include oversight of
all
third party claims handling operations and management of the claims
operations
for Premier's locations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Bellevue,
Washington.
Carol
received a Bachelor's Degree in Insurance from Eastern Kentucky
University
and has earned the AIC designation.
About
Premier Lease & Loan Services
Premier
Lease & Loan Services offers a broad range of insurance products
and
outsourcing solutions with a focus on customer satisfaction to meet
the
needs of equipment lessors. Premier's creative and flexible programs
provide
risk management, fee income and product enhancement benefits.
Headquartered
in Cincinnati, Premier Lease & Loan Services has offices
in
Seattle, Chicago and San Diego in the United States, as well as in
Canada,
the United Kingdom and Germany. Premier Lease & Loan Services is
a
member of Great American Insurance Group. Great American's parent
company,
American Financial Group, Inc. is a publicly owned New York
Stock
Exchange listed corporation (NYSE: AFG) based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Contact:
Erin
Federman
Marketing
Specialist
(513)
763-6191
Web
Sites:
www.plls.com
www.gaic.com
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Content
and Curricula from Leasing Education Programs Now Available to Corporate
Trainers
( Irwin, PA) XeC announces that the written and visual
content from its Leasing Education Programs
( "Leasing Bootcamp", "Leasing for IT Professionals",
and "Business Process Management for Leasing Companies" )
will be made available for purchase by corporate training groups and
eLearning platforms. Previously the content was only delivered by XeC
professionals.
"Many of the
larger lessors and finance houses already have a dedicated staff for
training their employees, " stated John Voytko, President and COO
of XeC, " They do not need outside trainers for their people, but
rather a way to continually create updated materials and to get expert
advice on specific topics."
Michael Pochan, CEO
of XeC and an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's Graduate Business
School, added, "Many corporate
trainers and HR people are expert in the best delivery mechanisms for
their internal training. What they want is expertise in leasing specifics,
of which most is embedded in the course materials. We also get requests
for 'train the trainer' and Faculty Guides."
Voytko continued,
"Plus, this way, they can select only what they need for their
type of operation. And they can assemble it to best fit their people."
The program content
was developed by XeC's senior experts who have implemented 451 lease
and asset finance systems in 22 countries over the past 21 years. They
have trained hundreds of lessors as well as dozens of their own employees
who supported lease pricing and accounting software.
"This is similar
to what happens in B-school", said Pochan. "The professors
look to the research and methods of their peers, plus their own work,
to create courseware that meets their students' specific needs."
Companies interested
in learning more about the service can contact John Voytko at 724-861-9953
or info@xec1.com.
XeC is a software
consulting group specializing in lease and asset finance system implementations
and IT education.
Contact: John Voytko
(724) 861-9953 jvoytko@XeC1.com
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International Decision Systems Launches ProFiniaTM
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,
USA, – International Decision Systems, Inc. (IDS), the global leader
in developing accounting and portfolio management software and services
for the lending industry, today unveiled ProFiniaTM, the next generation
of lease/loan software solutions.
“ProFinia builds
on the IDS heritage of excellence and innovation for reliable, scalable,
functionally-rich end-to-end solutions built specifically for the lending
industry,” states IDS President Charles Lyles. “Yet, ProFinia represents
a radical departure from the current technology of our standard-bearing
product, InfoLease. In a nutshell, ProFinia helps lessors and lenders
automate their business from the time a sales person gets a lead to
the time they dispose of that particular asset.”
ProFinia Features
and Benefits
“ProFinia promises
to further streamline lease/loan and asset management processes – saving
companies even more time and money,” adds IDS Product Marketing Manager
Tom Dawson. Among this best-in-class product features and benefits:
· ProFinia is designed around assets and
customers to provide true asset-level accounting. This will facilitate
changes that lessees increasingly expect – trade outs, location changes,
partial dispositions and more – without increasing the administrative
burden on lessors. Changes are applied directly to the asset, and the
associated contract is updated by default.
· ProFinia’s open architecture and adherence
to industry standards allow customers to choose the underlying database:
Oracle or Microsoft SQL.
· ProFinia is designed to interface with the Internet, providing
secure-yet-open communication needed to link organizational units, business
partners and customers, around the clock and around the world.
· ProFinia is built with J2EE, the industry
standard development language on which the vast majority of Fortune
1000 companies are deploying applications. This standards-based design
simplifies full enterprise integration of a general purpose software
system – helping lessors compete in increasingly complex markets.
· ProFinia’s graphical user interface makes
system navigation user friendly and intuitive, which minimizes new user
training time.
· ProFinia allows integration of front-end
and back-end data. Over 100 reports come standard with the system.
· ProFinia’s architecture supports global
business practices – including multiple language requirements, local
tax laws, currencies, business calendars and localization of terms and
conditions.
· ProFinia leverages other IDS products –
Rapport, Customer Care and Integration Manager – to provide the most
robust end-to-end solutions suite in the lending industry.
IDS Professional
Services rounds out best-in-class product standing
“We take great pride
in availing ProFinia to the lending industry,” Dawson says. “But, we
know that even the best technology is only the first step in a quest
to succeeding in today’s high-pressure marketplace. That’s why the IDS
Professional Services team is also on hand – to provide customers worldwide
with unmatched implementation expertise, ongoing training and overall
support.”
IDS Professional
Services cover a full range of lending industry needs, including:
Creating/refining
repeatable testing plans to upgrade IDS solution suites
Customizing predictive
reporting outcomes
Applying data warehousing
solutions
Assisting with data
migration and portfolio mergers
Consulting on mergers
and acquisitions
For more information
about ProFinia or IDS Professional Services, call 612-851-3200.
About International
Decision Systems
International Decision
Systems (IDS) is the global leader in developing lease/loan accounting
and portfolio management software and services. Headquartered in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, IDS has offices in London, Sydney, and Singapore. IDS offers
the largest and most experienced global consulting, implementation,
and technical support teams in the leasing industry. For additional
information about International Decision Systems, visit www.idsgrp.com
<http://www.idsgrp.com
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David
G. Mayer’s “Business Leasing” Latest Edition
Business Leasing
News is out early this month:
Here are the primary
topics this month:
1.Tax-Exempt Hospital
Status, Financing Scrutinized as Governments Seek Tax Revenue
2.What Are the Top
Five Issues in Cross-Border Transactions?
3.Wind Power Imperiled
as Production Tax Credit Expires
4.Case and Comment:
Grafton Partners LP Case Knocks Out Jury Waiver
5.Leasing 101: What
Are Basic "Off-Balance Sheet" Criteria Under FAS 13?
6.BLN Briefs: FASB
May Spoil Loan Participations; Jet Fuel Cost Threatens Airlines
7.Training Offered;
Recent Publication; Upcoming Speeches
8.Feedback; About
Patton Boggs LLP and My Practice
http://two.leasingnews.org/loose_files/BLN.htm
David G. Mayer
Patton Boggs LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3000
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel: (214) 758-1545
Fax: (214) 758-1550
Author of Business Leasing For Dummies
Founder & Publisher of
Business Leasing News
http://www.pattonboggs.com/newsletters/bln
News Briefs---
Factory orders fall
in Jan.; durable orders revised lower
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/production/2004-03-04-factory_x.htm
Consumer Confidence
Rebounds Over Month
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32284-2004Mar5.html
Nation's Debt Grew
at Rapid Pace in 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/business/05fed.html
Jobless pay ends
for many still without jobs
Productivity grows
modestly in final quarter of 2003
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040304-1459-economy.html
Silicon Valley Area
home sales blooming
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/8103042.htm
Wachovia tax tab:
Nearly $1 billion
Fitch: Strong U.S.
Consumer Demand Fuels Stable U.S. Agribusiness Outlook Despite Shocks
http://www.fitchratings.com/corporate/events/press_releases_detail.cfm?pr_id=110143
Intel trims sales
forecast
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/03/05/intel_trims_sales_forecast/
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Sports Briefs---
Niners trade T.O.
to Ravens for 2nd-round pick
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/7142347
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/05/49ERS.TMP
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/football/nfl/san_
francisco_49ers/8107013.htm
Broncos contact Garner
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~86~1995304,00.html
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“Gimme that Wine”
Helen Turley Testifies
in Suit Against Bryant Family Vineyard
http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2368,00.html
Sonoma County may
be a target next for bio-crop ban
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/04gmofolo_a1.html
Organic Wine the
Goal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32268-2004Mar5.html
Napa Wine Insiders
as seen by PR viewpoint
Upstart startups
Fledgling vintners
brave tough economic times to launch their own wineries
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/04/WIGS25BIO41.DTL
(re-print requested by readers)
Digital Dionysus/Leo
McCloskey claims he has divined
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This Day in American History
=========Early
American History=========
=========Colonial
Times=========
=========Westward
Expansion=========
=========Civil
War—including pre and post=========
=========Gilded
Age=========
=========World
War I --pre and post=========
=========FDR=========
=========Post
World War II=========
=========1950’s=========
=========1960’s=========
=========1970’s=========
=========1980’s=========
=========1990’s=========
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=========Early
American History=========
1595-First New England Settler: William Blackstone, born at Durham
County, England, was the first settler in what is now Boston, Massachusetts,
and also the first in what is now Rhode Island. Blackstone came to New
England with the Captain Robed Gorges expedition in 1623. When the expedition
failed and most returned to England, he stayed and settled on what later
became Beacon Hill. In 1634, he sold most of his Boston property and
moved to the shores of the river that now bears his name. He died there
at what is now Cumberland, Rhode Island, May 26,1675.
1623-No Drinking
Alcohol: Governor Sir Francis Wyatt of Virginia and
32 others signed into law an “alcohol Temperance” against swearing and
public drunkenness, ordering “...churchwardens shall be sworne to present
them to the commanders of every plantation and that the forfeitures
shall be collected by them to be for publique uses.”
=========Colonial
Times=========
1770-Boston Massacre: the
first clashes of the coming revolution occurred during this period,
which saw the rise of organized political resistance to parliamentary
and royal excesses in the form of the first Continental Congress. Perhaps the start of this "movement"
was sparked by what came to be called the Boston Massacre, five colonists
were killed (Crispus Attucks, James Caldwell, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray
and Samuel Maverick) when British troops fired on a mob of men and boys
who had been taunting them and throwing stones. Capt. Thomas Preston, commander of the British contingent, and six
of his men were charged with murder. They were defended in court by
John Adams and Josiah Quincy. All were acquitted but two soldiers who
were found guilty of manslaughter.
The estimated colonial population was 2,205,000. The day is celebrated
as Crispus Attucks Day, honoring Crispus Attucks, possibly a runaway
slave, who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar05.html
Historians reported
the most popular early engraving was “ The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated
in King Street, Boston, on March 5, 1770, which was engraved, printed,
and sold by Paul Revere. It
depicted the shooting of five Americans by the British troops, and has
appeared in countless children’s textbooks and general works on American
history.
1821 - James Monroe became the first President of the United States
inaugurated on March 5th. The usual inauguration date of March 4th fell
on a Sunday this year and a President cannot be inaugurated on the Christian
Sabbath. While it’s still a law today, Inauguration Day was officially
set back to January 20th, with Sundays not included.
=========Westward
Expansion=========
1836 - Samuel Colt made the first pistol, a .34-caliber ‘Texas’
model.
1845 -- Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western
US.
http://www.theragens.com/history/Geer%20-%20Abiqua.htm
http://www.silverton.or.us/history/boa1a.htm
1854 - Mary Elizabeth Garrett birthday. U.S philanthropist whose
endowment to Johns Hopkin s University Medical School forced it to accept
women. Her first major endowment was to establish the Bryn Mawr School
for Girls. Her donations guaranteed that the school would be headed
by M. Carey Thomas, her domestic partner.
MEG later donated more than $450,000 to Johns Hopkins University
medical school for it to remain a graduate school in perpetuity that
would (for the first time in its history) accept women students. With
donations that eventually surpassed $350,000, MEG guaranteed that her
domestic partner, the brilliant M. Carey Thomas, was made president
of Bryn Mawr College (in spite of being a woman). Thomas made Bryn Mawr
one of the great colleges of the nation with scholastic requirements
higher than men entering Harvard University. MEG was an active suffragist. MEG lived with
Thomas from about 1904 to her death in 1915 and through her will made
Thomas a very wealthy woman.
=========Civil
War—including pre and post=========
1865-General John C. Breckinridge takes control of Confederate
forces in the Appalachian Mountains of western Virginia. The Kentuckian
was a former senator and had been the vice president of the country
and the runner-up to Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.
Breckinridge took over the obscure Western Department of Virginia, where
he managed forces until he was elevated to the Confederacy's Secretary
of War in the closing weeks of the conflict.
Born in 1821, Breckinridge
graduated from college when he was 17 years old. He served in the military
during the Mexican War and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
at age 30. In 1856, Breckinridge became the youngest vice president
when he was elected with James Buchanan at age 35. In 1860, he represented
the southern wing of the Democratic Party, which had split during the
convention over the issue of slavery. He finished third in the popular
vote behind Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who represented the northern
Democrats, but he received 72 electoral votes to finish second behind
Lincoln. Although he lost the White House, his state legislature selected
him as senator shortly after the election. During the summer of 1861,
Breckinridge remained in the senate, supporting secessionists views
as the war escalated. In September, Kentucky declared itself a Union
state. Having literally become a man without a country, Breckinridge
fled to the Confederacy and joined the army. He was made commander of
the Orphan Brigade, a collection of Kentucky regiments with soldiers
who found themselves geographically cut off from their native state.
His unit suffered 34 percent casualties at the Battle of Shiloh, but
went on to fight at most of the battles in the western theater. After
taking control of the Western Department of Virginia, Breckinridge led
forces at the Battle of New Market in May 1864, where his army routed
a Union force. In October, troops in his department were victorious
at the Battle of Saltville, but the victory was tarnished when the Confederates
began massacring black soldiers during the Union retreat. When Breckrindge
heard of
this, he went to
the battlefield and ordered his men to stop killing any prisoners,
be they black or
white. As soon as he left, the
units involved in the battle
killed all blacks
and those whites who tried to protect them. It was not uncommon
to kill black Union
soldiers than take them as prisoner.. Breckinridge also served during
Jubal Early's 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign. On February 6, 1865,
Confederate President Jefferson Davis tapped Breckinridge to be Secretary
of War. He showed great ability in that capacity, but the Confederate
cause had become hopeless. Breckinridge oversaw the evacuation of Richmond
in March and fled southward with Davis. Unlike Davis, however, Breckinridge
successfully escaped the country through Florida and into Cuba. Joined
by his family, Breckinridge stayed for four years in Europe before a
presidential pardon allowed him to return to Kentucky. He worked as
a lawyer until his death in 1875.
http://www.saltvilleva.com/memorial__remembance_service.htm
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/saltville.htm
http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/history/683/saltvillemassacre.htm
1870 -- American writer Frank Norris (1870-1902) born Chicago,
Illinois. One of the first American naturalist writers; a muckraker.
http://users.rcn.com/calhist/7_pages/octopus_norris.htm
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/howells/norris.htm
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/n/norris19re.htm
1872 - George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
=========Gilded Age=========
1877- Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th US President.
1882- Canadian soprano Pauline Donalda was born in Montreal (real
name: Pauline Lightstone.) Considered a rival of the famous Melba in
the early years of the 20th century, Donalda often replaced her in roles
and sang with such renowned performers as Enrico Caruso. Most of her
performing career was spent in Europe, but in 1937 she returned to Montreal
and opened a music studio. She formed the Opera Guild in 1942, and directed
it until 1969, the year before her death. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/4/7/m15-319-e.html
1885-Famed pathologist and physician Louise Pearce born. She was
one of the principal figures in the development of tryparsamide to control
African sleeping sickness. Tryparsamide
was discovered in a laboratory by several researchers, but it was Pearce
who alone who went to the Belgium Congo to test it on humans. She set
up a hospital, determined dosage and treatments. Under her care, every
one of the 77 patients chosen for the test fully recovered. She was awarded the Order of the Crown of
Belgium for her work and in 1953 was awarded the King Leopold II Prize
and a check for $10,000 and a second decoration, the Royal Order of
the Lion. Her three colleagues were also honored.
Later she made important research discoveries regarding syphilis
and cancer. Carrying one work with generations of rabbits that developed
hereditary diseases and deformities, her research data was destroyed
at her death. (A number of women did extensive studies on heredity and
resultant deformities but very few ever got much credit.)
Pearce spent her last years at Trevenna Farm, the home she shared
in Skillman, NJ with novelist Ida A. R. Wylie who was part of the fabled
Heterodoxy women's club. Source: The History of the Rockefeller Institute,
1901-1953, G.W. Corner, Rockefeller Institute Press, NY, 1964
.A.R. Wylie (march 16, 1885 - November 4, 1959)
Australian writer,
born in Melbourne as Ida Alexa Ross Wylie. Her autobiography 'My life
with George' is about her relationship with American doctor Sara Josephine
Baker.* Several films were based on her books or stories, like 'The
foreign legion' (1928) was based on 'The Red Mirage', the 1942 film
'Keeper of the flame' with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy was based
on the book with the same name and 'Torch Song' from 1953 with Joan
Crawford was based on the story 'Why should I cry'.
*Who is better known
as the famous black singer Josephine Baker.
(November 15, 1873
- February 22, 1945)
American doctor and
writer, born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated New York Infirmary
Medical College in 1898. She had a relationship with Australian writer
I.A.R. Wylie.
http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biow2/wyli1.html
http://gayinfo.tripod.com/A-Z-W.html
1888- Singer/guitarist Peg
Leg Howell Birthday
http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/JoshuaHowell.htm
1892 -Famed writer, journalist and Lesbian Josephine Herbst born.
Her trilogy Pity is Not Enough (1933), The Executioner Waits (1934)
and Rope of Gold (1939) was regarded critically as "as one of the
most sweeping and ambitious" fictional reconstruction of American
life ever attempted by any writer.
She leaned towards communism for a time but after covering the
Spanish Civil War as a reporter, she broke all ties with that ideology.
She had well publicized affairs with women. Her mother was a storyteller
who inspired her daughter to write. Her many novels, short stories, and articles
were highly praised and deserve a higher place in today's literature
than is being awarded her. Died 1969.
http://www.writersreps.com/live/catalog/authors/herbstj.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAherbst.htm
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=11373
1893-The Culligan Man: Emmett J. Culligan, founder of world's largest water treatment organization, was born at Yankton, SD. Culligan first experimented with a water-softening device in the early 1920s--to soften water used to wash his baby's diapers. In 1936 he launched the company from a Northbrook, IL, blacksmith shop. Recipient of Horatio Alger Award in 1969, Culligan died at San Bernardino, CA, June 3, 1970.
=========World
War I --pre and post=========
1917 - The first jazz recording for Victor Records was released.
The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band performed on the tune "The Dixie
Jass Band One Step"
They had opened at
Reisenweber’s Restaurant in New York City and changed
their name to “Jass”
as that it how it was pronounced by the owner.
In this year, the group made a series of other first jazz recordings,
including “ Tiger Rag,” “Reisenweber Rag,” “Barnyard Blues,” “At the
Jazz Band Ball,” “ostrich Walk,” “Bluin’ the Blues, and “Clarinet Marmalade.”
Some say they left New Orleans for Chicago then New York because Storyville,
also know as the District, a section of New Orleans set aside for honky-tonks
and sporting house. The original Storyville was established on January
1, 1898 as a legally operated red-light district in New Orleans, this
being the only legal red-light district in the United States. The district
was home to beautiful bordellos that were renowned for their grand architecture.
The bordello's festive atmosphere was created by seductive women and
mood-altering music. Storyville is believed to be the birthplace of
Jazz. ("Jazz" was a slang word for sex.) The fun lasted until
the fall of 1917, when the United States Department of the Navy shut
it down. Later in the 1940's the "good people" of New Orleans
thought they would do a good thing for the city by constructing a low-income
housing project. To make way for this project the old district was completely
demolished. Contrary to popular belief, many of the jazz
musicians migrated
to Kansas City, Chicago, and New York not because of
Storyville, but to
find a better paying musical job; Kansas City was hot and
so was Chicago, but
New York was “The Big Apple.”
http://www.redhotjazz.com/odjb.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/8879/71671
http://www.alude.com/music/itmB000002WTQ.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0817344039/inktomi-bkasin-20/102-1682336-8966565
1920- Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly was born in the parsonage
of Mount Zion Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. Kelly became the
first Black woman bishop of a major denomination in the United States,
in 1984. She was elected bishop of the United Methodist Church in the
San Francisco area. From Black Women in America, Vol. 1
1924-Bowler Frank Carauna of Buffalo, NY, became the first bowler
in history to roll two consecutive 300 games in a sanctioned league
competition. He had five strikes
on third game, rolling 29 strike sin succession.
His score for the four games was 1,115 ( 300,300,268,247).
1924-pianist Dave Burns born Perth Amboy, NY
http://www.kwest.net/news/reviews/Music/Dave_Burns_Cool_Jazz_Is_Hot-(KWTN).html
1928-Pianist Lou Levy Born, West Coast jazz great, also recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson,
Anita O’Day. I remember him at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, where
he played
with various musicians
from a trio to West Coast jazz.; died Jan 23, 2001
http://www.centrohd.com/biogra/l2/lou_levy_b.htm
http://www.jazzreview.com/cdreview.cfm?ID=3384
1929- Louis Armstrong (with Jack Teagarden) records “Knockin’
A Jug.” NYC.
1931 - Lawrence Tibbett recorded the now much-recorded tune, "Without
a Song" for Victor Records. This melody came from the film, "The
Southerner" and has been a hit for many, such as Willie Nelson,
Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.
1931-Female aviator, Jerrie Cobb born. She was the first woman
to qualify as an American astronaut. She was consequently rejected because
she was a woman. JC learned
to fly at 12, earned her pilot's license at 16, and received her commercial
and flight instructor's license at 18, At 21 JC was the only female
international ferry pilot in the United States. As chief pilot, she
flew over wild terrain and mountains, once being arrested as a spy after
a forced landing in South America.
JC passed the same 87 physical and psychological tests administered
by NASA that it used in the selection of the original seven male astronauts.
Several women, including Cobb, surpassed the test results of the men
who were chose (including right stuff himself John Glenn).
NASA officials admitted later in a Congressional investigation
that they had no intentions of allowing women to pilot space craft;
the testing was merely a sop. [Some revisionists today are questioning
the charge and claiming that the rejection of women was a practical
matter, not sexual bias. The author of WOAH has seen the original spacecraft
at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. In many of the first
flights, the astronauts were simply passengers, lying strapped to "mattresses"
and with only a small porthole to see outside. There was no moving around
and now piloting involved.]
JC is one of the four Americans to hold the Golden Wings of the
Federation Aeronautique Internationale and was chosen 1959 pilot of
the year by the National Pilot's association. She was nominated for
a Nobel Peace Prize for her piloting of medical supplies into dangerous
South American locations. Two other noted women pilots were tested by
NASA (and passed the tests), Wally Funk and Bernice Steadman. Both the
women do NOT agree with revisionists and maintain it was sexual bias
that kept them from the program. Cobb
testified before a congressional hearing that of the 25 women who applied
to the space program in 1960, 13 had been found qualified.
The National Air and Space Museum described the turndown: "They
had hoped to be the country's first women in space and they had reason
to think that a few might make it. But no one had warned them that having
the 'right stuff' might also mean being the 'right sex.'"
The following information was gleaned from information provided
by the web site of the 99s - the organization of women in aviation.
It is located at http://www.ninety-nines.org/ and is a fascinating site!
President Lyndon Johnson announced the formation of the FAA's Women's
Advisory Committee on Aviation, May 4, 1964. Most of the 27 non-government
members, including Jane Hart and Jean Ross Howard, co-chairman, and
five government members, were 99s.
Although members of this committee pushed for admission of women
to NASA, they were 17 years too early to become astronauts.
In 1961, Jerrie Cobb was the first female to pass all three phases
of the Mercury astronaut Program. Twelve other 99s passed the series
of 75 exhaustive physical competence tests and laboratory tests. They
were rejected, and the first female in space was Russian. Jerrie Cobb was deeply discouraged by the failure of NASA to put
a female in space, and in the same year (1964) she became a jungle pilot
in the Amazon. She has devoted all her resources and talents to helping
Indian tribes in unexplored parts of six countries. (and was nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts).
In June 1963, Valentina Terreshkova, Soviet cosmonaut, became
the first woman in space. She manually controlled Vostok-6 during parts
of the 70.8-hour flight through 48 orbits of earth. Some revisionists,
aka Historians, have said that VT was only a pretty face passenger "allowed"
to touch the controls for publicity purposes. In fact, she went through
a rigorous training program the same way the male cosmonauts did.
It would be 32 years after Terreshkova before an American woman
touched the controls of a space craft!
In the meantime to squelch growing complaints, on 01-16-1978, the
post of "Mission Specialists" was created by NASA and six
women were appointed to fill the posts. It marked the first time since
the inception of the U.S. space program in 1959 that NASA had recognized
women. Janet Guthrie, who would win fame as an Indianapolis
500 racer, was turned down because NASA decided all the women had to
have Ph.D. degrees. The first
American woman in space was Sally Ride, who used the shuttle robot arm
to release and retrieve satellites. The first American woman to perform
a space walk was Kathryn Sullivan, who practiced techniques for refueling
satellites, and Kathryn Thorntorn went outside the shuttle to help repair
the Hubble Space telescope. The non-pilot women trainees hold Ph.D's
in their fields of expertise. On
February 2, 1995 Cobb was the personal guest of Lt. Colonel Eileen Collins,
38, as Collins lifted off from Cape Canaveral in the co-pilot's seat
- the first woman to co-pilot an American space craft.
An Air Force test pilot, Collins was selected for the NASA space
program in 1990, the first woman chosen as a space shuttle pilot. Eight
years later she would sit in the pilot's seat to become the first American
woman to pilot a spacecraft. Her first command was a frightening one
because of equipment failure but she kept her cool and the mission was
completed. Since then other women has quietly moved into
the pilot's seat. However,
when NASA decided to test the effects of space on older people, they
chose John Glenn (a U.S. Senator with a life of sedentary pursuits)
instead of Jerrie Cobb - again. Glenn became quite ill on the flight
and it almost had to be scrubbed. Cobb who maintained her physical abilities
was disgusted. Perhaps one of the reason was that fact she is considered
a
Lesbian.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu/hargrave/cobb.html
http://www.singlemomz.com/holidays/womenshistory/jerrie.shtml
http://www.johnshepler.com/articles/cobb.html
http://www.teachspace.org/news/cobb.html
http://www.jerrie-cobb-foundation.org/
http://www.searchalot.com/texis/open/openframer?q=&urls=
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html
=========FDR=========
1933-Bank Holiday: on
his first full day in office (Sunday, Mar 5,1933), President Roosevelt
proclaimed a national "Bank Holiday" to help save the nation's
faltering banking system. Most banks were able to reopen after the 10-day
"holiday" (March 4-14), but in the meantime, "scrip"
had temporarily replaced money in many American households.
1936 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s "Mutiny On The Bounty" (produced
by Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin) was voted Outstanding Production,
as they used to say. The 8th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los
Angeles. Director/producer/writer/actor Frank Capra hosted the big giveaway
honoring the films of 1935, which saw Victor McLaglen take the Best
Actor prize for "The Informer" (John Ford won for directing
this one). Best Actress was Bette Davis in "Dangerous". In
case you are wondering, they didn’t start handing out those Supporting
Actor/Actress awards until 1937. The Best Music/Song award winners were
Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics) for the song "Lullaby
of Broadway" from "Gold Diggers of 1935". An Oscar for
Short Subject/Cartoon was awarded to some guy named Walt Disney for
his ’toon, "Three Orphan Kittens".
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148014.html
1937 -- The American government officially apologizes to Nazi
Germany for New York Mayor LaGuardia's reference to Adolf Hitler as
a "brown- shirted fanatic."
LaGuardia has been
called "the conscience of the 20s." Best known as the tempestuous
mayor of New York City, he served in Congress between 1917 and 1933,
where, in an era marked by nativism and bigotry, LaGuardia spoke up
for internationalism, freedom of speech, and the rights of minorities
and the poor. The issues he fought for included price controls, the
right to strike, public power, and the redistribution of wealth by taxation.
He is best known for reading the comics on radio ever Sunday. He is
perhaps New York’s most beloved mayor. Died, 1947.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/LaGuardia.html
http://www.sicilianculture.com/people/laguardia.htm
http://english.sdaglobal.org/story/advent/judgmnt/laguardia.htm
http://www.commoncouragepress.com/zinn_laguardia.html
1939- Glenn Miller opens at Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, NJ, his first
important booking.
1944 ---Top Hits
Besame Mucho - The
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen
My Heart Tells Me
- The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Mairzy Doats - The
Merry Macs
Ration Blues - Louis
Jordan
=========Post
World War II=========
1948- Poet and novelist Leslie Marmon Silko born. She is often
referred to as the premier Native American writer of her generation.
LMS is of the mixed ancestry of Amerind/Laguana Pueblo, Mexican and
white. She grew up on the Laguana Pueblo reservation in New Mexico.
"Silko drew on the Laguna stories she had heard in childhood.
She combined concerns of Laguna spirituality, such as the relationship
between human beings and the natural elements, with complex portrayals
of contemporary struggles to retain Native American culture in an Anglo
world," one critic wrote. Her
first full novel was Ceremony (1977) and her second Almanac of the Dead
(1991). In 1981 Silko received a MacArthur Foundation
fellowship, and she produced the volume Storyteller made up of poetry,
tribal stories, fiction, and photographs Like many Amerinds in the Southwest who have to travel huge distances
to attended school on a daily basis, Silko traveled 100 miles a day
to school in Albuquerque
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/LeslieMarmonSilko.html
http://www.altx.com/interviews/silko.html
http://web.nmsu.edu/~tomlynch/swlit.silko.html
=========1950’s=========
1951- The religious program "Circuit Rider" debuted
over ABC television. The broadcast featured music selections and biographies
of evangelists, and was produced by Franklin W. Dyson.
1952---Top Hits
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Slowpoke - Pee Wee
King
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Wondering - Webb
Pierce
1955 -- Elvis Presley makes his television debut on the regionally
telecast "The Louisiana Hayride."
1955---In the wake of the continual controversy on offensive R&B
records, BMI, the largest organization of music publishers. releases
plans to tighten controls on objectional lyrics. BMI never gave clearance
to nearly a dozen of singles, some like Big Joe Turner's "Shake
Rattle & Roll" became major hits
1957- Sergeant Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley (Elvin Pelvin) Rock'n'Roll
Rookie (Written by Nat Hiken & Billy Friedburg; #3557; Mar. 5th)
When singing sensation Elvin Pelvin is drafted, the army can't cope
with his screaming fans. The solution? Transfer him to a quiet, out-of-the-way
posting. Perhaps somewhere in the Mid-West, where he will attract less
attention and be safe from the less scrupulous soldier who might try
to exploit his fame and fortune...
=========1960’s=========
1960 - After 2 years in the United States Army, Elvis Presley
returned to civilian life. Not since the return of General Douglas MacArthur
from battle has a soldier gotten such publicity. While Elvis said he
probably would not grow his famous and long sideburns back, he did just
that in later years.
1960---Top Hits
The Theme from "A
Summer Place" - Percy Faith
Handy Man - Jimmy
Jones
Beyond the Sea -
Bobby Darin
He’ll Have to Go
- Jim Reeves
1963 - Country-pop singer Patsy Cline was killed in a single-engine
plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. Also killed were Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. The three were
returning to Nashville from Kansas City, where they had participated
in a benefit concert for the widow of a disc jockey. The DJ, Cactus
Jack Call, had been killed in a car crash.
1966- "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff-Sergeant
Barry Sadler reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was
the top song in the US for five weeks. The album did even better, topping
the LP chart for 13 weeks.
1968—Top Hits
Love is Blue - Paul
Mauriat
(Theme From) Valley
of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skip a Rope - Henson
Cargill
1969 - For the first time, the rock magazine, "Creem",
was
published.
http://www.creemmagazine.com/Pages/CreemContent.html
1969-Top Ten first woman:,
Ruth Eisemann-Schier, to be listed in the famous FBI Top Ten .was
convicted, and sentenced
to a seven-year prison term. She
had kidnapped Barbara Jane Mackle from a motel in Decatur, GA, on December
17, 1968, in a sensational television first major coverage.
Mackle was found
alive about 80 hours after the
abduction, buried in a box under ground,
many say due to the
television coverage.
=========1970’s=========
1974- Helen Thomas was named UPI White House reporter, the first
woman ever named to cover the presidential beat. She had been an award-winning
reporter in Washington for 30 years before being allowed to cover the
president. For many years women reporters, such as Lorena Hickok were
only allowed to cover the wives of presidents.
1976---top Hits
Theme from S.W.A.T.
- Rhythm Heritage
Love Machine (Part
1) - The Miracles
All by Myself - Eric
Carmen
Good Hearted Woman
- Waylon & Willie
1977 - President Jimmy Carter joined CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite
for the first ever “Dial-a-President” radio talk show. It was carried
on 260 CBS stations, with the President answering a variety of questions
from listeners across the United States.
It was called “Ask President Carter,” from the Oval Office in
the White House. 42 listeners from 26 states phoned in questions on
the nationwide radio broadcast. 1981- World Men's Figure Skating Championship
in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Base/6591/P2.html
=========1980’s=========
1982 -- Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi, 33, dies of drug
overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Beverly Hills. He was a great
comedian and this is
an example of how
drugs take over control of your life.
http://www.who2.com/johnbelushi.html
1984—Top Hits
Jump - Van Halen
99 Luftballons -
Nena
Girls Just Want to
Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Woke Up in Love -
Exile
1984 –Quarterback Steve Young from Brigham Young University was
signed by the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League to a “substantial” contract. The football all-American
inked a pact that would earn him $40 million dollars over a 43-year
period, in one of the most complicated contracts ever -- lasting until
2027. The USFL folded not long after he signed the lucrative deal. Young
became the back-up quarterback for football legend, Joe Montana, in
San Francisco. In 1994, when Montana moved to the Kansas City Chiefs,
Steve Young took over the reins to lead the 49ers. He lived not far
from here in Saratoga, where he was often seen running.
Rumor has it that he lived in only one room of the house, as
he was single at the time, constantly working out, and when his mother
visited him she found more than one years of his salary checks in a
drawer that he did not have the time to deposit.
1985 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders became the first National
Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
Two players have scored 50 goals in six seasons: Wayne ‘The Great One’
Gretzky of Los Angeles and Guy Lafleur of Montreal.
1989- Pepsi Cola
in the US said it would withdraw its Madonna TV ads from any station
that showed the singer's new video, "Like a Prayer." Pepsi
in Canada declined to take similar action. But in any case the entire
Madonna-Pepsi campaign was scrapped a month later. The video, which
already had been banned in Italy, showed a scantily-clad Madonna kissing
the naked feet of a statue in a church sanctuary and caressing a priest.
Pepsi had paid the singer a reported $5 million to star in a two-minute
TV commercial, featuring the same music as the video but showing a more
subdued Madonna.
=========1990’s=========
1993- Washington Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs resigned his position
after 12 seasons. Gibbs’ teams compiled a 140-65 record and won three
Super Bowls.
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