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ELA'S
All New Capital Hill Day MAY 11-12, 2004
SilverMark
Capital Launches Associate Program
Dominion
Acquires NDSI’s Leasing Business
Edmunds.com
True Cost of New Car Incentives
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Financial
Sector Experiences Highest Number of Virus Attacks
Bank Technology News
A new report from
Internet security systems vendor Symantec finds that financial services
firms experience the highest number of malicious virus attacks compared
to other industries, with nearly half reporting at least one severe
incident in the six-month period from July to December 2003.
Symantec’s Internet
Security Threat Report also reveals that attacks on financial services
firms are four times greater than in the telecommunications industry.
Threats to confidentiality are rising, with a 148 percent growth in
volume of malicious code submission. Other threats, like the Blaster
worm, exploit vulnerabilities left by previous attacks in order to gain
control of systems.
The Symantec report
states that nearly one third of attacks use this method. Patch management
continues to be critical, a Symantec official said, but financial organizations
are struggling to keep patch levels up-to-date.
Orix
Memorandum
To:
All OFS Team Members
From:
Gary Corr
Date:
March 12,2004
Re:
Jeff Darlington
Jeff
Darlington, Senior Vice President and Controller of OFS has tendered
his resignation. Jeff, Shelly and Chase will be moving to Texas where
Jeff will join CIT as CFO of a local division.
His last day with us will be Friday, April 2, 2004.
Carl
Merz will serve as Chief Financial Officer and Controller of OFS and
will retain responsibility for all New York and Kennesaw office accounting
and Tax-related matters with this appointment. It is anticipated that
Carl will be present here locally approximately 3-4 days per week.
We
highly value Jeff’s contributions and dedication to OFS. He has served the company efficiently during
his tenure and provided strong leadership.
He
leaves with our best wishes.
Gary
________________________________________________________
“Dispute”
with NAELB?
“Well
it saddens me to hear you and the National Association of Equipment
Leasing Brokers are having a dispute. You have always been an advocate
of the NAELB. In fact you pushed me into becoming a member, which I
am grateful. I had hoped to see you in Las Vegas.
“It
sounds to me like an attempt is being made to muzzle you and your publication.
For so long you brought to our attention the "Bad boys" in
our industry.
“It's
as simple as this. If you are going to take upfront payments from a
Broker or Vendor and fail to complete the transaction and then refuse
to repay the money, you are one of the "Bad boys".
We had a client last year who came in contact
with one of these companies and only for your investigation and I might
add a considerable amount of time on your part, he would not have got
his money back. I was a little upset at the time that you refused to
name this company who are probably still doing this.
“The
Industry owes you a great debt of gratitude and it's time to heal this
rift now and re establish good relationships once again. You have contributed
too much for this to continue.”
Sincerely,
William
Ross
President,
Prudential Leasing Inc.
888-3571087
(You
do bring up a good point that many of these companies continue
the
practice of keeping the advance rentals, even when the lease does not
get funded. Our practice has been if the leasing company returns the
money before we publish the complaint, there is no complaint, and therefore
we don’t print the company’s name. I don’t think your lessee would have
gotten their money back, if we had not make
the
arrangement not to print the complaint should the money be returned
or settlement made between both parties.
(Leasing
News printed NAELB President Bob Bell’s statement in full on behalf
of the association regarding the disposition of two Bulletin Board complaints. I do understand he and legal counsel Joseph
Bonanno were acting like “Mafia hit men” in typical “behind your back”
performance on the NAELB bulletin board. Current and ex-directors
were
calling our advertisers and readers, so perhaps this is a step
up
for the current leadership.
(I
am disappointed in the both Mr. Bell and Mr. Bonanno not sending me
a courtesy copy of what they were saying to their members about Kit
Menkin and/or Leasing News.
(Mr.
Ross, it appears you are correct; the leadership of NAELB has it in
for Leasing News for naming their brokers as “bad boys.” Editor )
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Cartoon---Ethics
**** Announcement **********************************************
ELA'S
ALL NEW CAPITOL HILL DAY - MAY 11-12, 2004
In a press conference
earlier this year, Mike Fleming, President of the Equipment Leasing
Association stated: "I
have never seen this level of an anti-leasing environment on Capitol
Hill in the past 25 years that I have been representing the industry."
This is just one
of the reasons that ELA needs to have over 100 members visit Capitol
Hill this May! Attending Capitol
Hill Day is one of the most important things you can do for your business!
ELA has been working
hard to make sure that this Capitol Hill Day will be your best experience
yet!
- A state captain
system has been created so that each attendee does not have to make
his/her own Congressional appointments!
- A new training
session has been planned to ensure that each participant is properly
briefed on the issues, and groups will have time to practice before
the actual meeting!
If you are interested
in becoming a state captain, information has been attached.
Please register today,
as state captains need to begin to make appointments soon!
Sometimes visiting
your Senators and Congressman can seem daunting, but ELA will ensure
that you are comfortable with the issues, and the group you will be
meeting with, we'll be with you every step of the way!
FILL OUT THE ATTACHED
FORM AND E-MAIL OR FAX BACK TO STACIE SCOTT - WE'LL DO THE REST!
Questions? Contact Stacie Scott, Government Relations
Manager at sscott@elamail.com or (703) 516-8381
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### Press Release
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SilverMark
Capital Launches Associate Program
HOUSTON— SilverMark
Capital, a division of Texas-based Sterling Bank (Nasdaq SBIB), announced
today a new product for independent originators that will assist them
in servicing vendor programs for equipment suppliers.
The Associate Program
will offer originators of equipment leasing programs a platform to manage
vendor programs that need a high level of support and funding capacity.
“Our vendor-based
solution for independent operators is fast, efficient, and provides
all the tools necessary for independent originators to allow their vendors
to have access to a state-of-the-art system and unlimited funding,”
said Fred Van Etten, CEO of SilverMark Capital.
About SilverMark
Capital
SilverMark Capital
(www.silvermarkcapital.com) is a division of Sterling Bank, which is
based in Texas. Sterling Bank was named to FORTUNE Magazine's
2003 and 2004 lists of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America.
With assets of $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2003, Sterling
Bank operates more than 35 offices in Katy, Houston, Dallas, and San
Antonio. The bank’s holding
company is Sterling Bancshares, which trades its common stock through
the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SBIB. For more information, please visit the company's
website at www.banksterling.com.
2550 North Loop West
Houston, Texas 77902
March 18, 2004
Contact: Susannah
Moore Griffin
713-507- 7961
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Dominion
Acquires NDSI’s Leasing Business
Richmond, VA, Dominion Leasing Software of Richmond, VA, is
pleased to announce that effective February 10, 2004 it has acquired
the growing leasing software and servicing business of Nnovative Data
Systems, Inc. of Newport News, VA.
“We are very excited
about this move as it will allow Dominion to refocus the LeaseComplete
product and staff exclusively on the needs of the leasing industry,”
says Clinton Dunlow, President of Dominion.
“The renewed vigor of the team is evident in the upcoming Version
3 release.”
David Hill, Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for Dominion agrees. “We now have the
resources to expand our efforts to serve the industry.
When you have a product that excites both users and technicians,
one cannot help but share in that excitement as we do here at Dominion. Going forward, we anticipate a steady growth
pattern as evidenced by the responses we are receiving.”
About Dominion Leasing
Software LLC:
Dominion Leasing
Software is a leading provider of software and services for the leasing
industry. Their flagship product, LeaseComplete, is the
premier lease accounting and asset management system for middle-market
commercial and retail lease portfolios.
Its flexibility is highlighted by a very diverse client base
including commercial banks, credit unions, independent leasing companies,
and automobile dealerships. Visit
their website for more information: www.dominionls.com
Contact:
David F. Hill
804 403 3710
david.hill@dominionls.com
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Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives; Chrysler Remains Highest Spender
"...average
net price was 19.3% below MSRP for domestic automakers in February."
SANTA MONICA, Calif., -- Edmunds.com (http://www.edmunds.com), the
premier online resource for automotive information, reports that the
average manufacturer incentive per vehicle sold in the United States
was $2,459 in February 2004, up $324, or 15.2%, from February 2003,
and up $94, or 4%, from January 2004.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031009/LATH011ALOGO
)
Edmunds.com's monthly
True Cost of Incentives(SM) (TCI(SM)) report takes into account all
of the manufacturers' various United States incentives programs, including
subvented interest rates and lease programs as well as cash rebates
to consumers and dealers. To
ensure the greatest possible accuracy, Edmunds.com bases its calculations
on sales volume, including the mix of vehicle makes and models for each
month, as well as on the proportion of vehicles for which each type
of incentive was used.
Overall, combined
incentives spending for domestic Chrysler, Ford and General Motors nameplates
increased by 1.7% to $3,409 per vehicle in February, compared to $3,354
in January. Chrysler spent the
most per vehicle for the second month in a row, reaching $3,857 per
vehicle, up $6 over the previous month, while gaining 0.45% of market
share. General Motors' incentives spending decreased
by $29 to $3,450 per vehicle while its market share gained back a portion
of the substantial loss incurred in January, climbing by 1% to 27.1%.
After declining for four consecutive months, Ford's incentives
spending increased by $202 to $3,031 per vehicle in February while its
market share increased 0.3% to 19%.
In February Korean
automakers spent $1,686, European automakers spent $1,596 and Japanese
automakers spent $881 per vehicle sold.
Examining the data
by brand, Edmunds.com found that Mini spent virtually nothing on incentives
while Scion spent only $66 and Lexus spent only $159 per vehicle. At the other end of the spectrum, Oldsmobile
continued to spend the most incentives dollars per vehicle at $5,191,
followed by Lincoln at $4,540 and Mercury at $4,314.
Among vehicle segments,
large cars had the highest average incentives last month at $3,881,
followed by large SUVs at $3,224 and minivans at $3,220. Luxury SUVs
had the lowest average incentives at $1,227, followed by luxury sports
cars at $1,855 and sport cars at $1,884.
Large SUVs gained the most market share since February 2003,
increasing from 3.8% to 5.3%, while midsize cars lost the most market
share during that period, down from 18% to 16.7%.
Industry average
days-to-turn, which measures how many days on average it takes to sell
vehicles after they arrive at dealerships, was 69 days in February compared
to 64 in both January 2004 and February 2003.
Isuzu had the longest days-to-turn at 144, followed by Mitsubishi
at 121. The quickest inventory
turnaround was for Scion at 13 days, followed by Mini at 23 days.
From January 2004
to February 2004 the Edmunds.com Price Index for new vehicles (EPI-N)
decreased 1% to 99.7 (base = 100 set in January 2002).
From February 2003 to February 2004, the EPI-N has increased
by 2% from 97.7 to 99.7. Only
a couple of the segments posted gains in February: vans saw the largest
increase at 1.9%, followed by large SUVs at 1%.
Compact cars had the most significant decline at 2.3%, followed
by compact SUVs at 1.7%.
In February 2004,
the sales-weighted average new vehicle sticker price was $29,153, 1%
lower than in January 2004 but 3.9% higher than in February 2003. The
sales-weighted average net price was $24,747 -- 15% below MSRP and the
highest since September 2003, when the discount from average MSRP to
net price was 16%.
The average net price
was 19.3% below MSRP for domestic automakers in February, compared to
18.5% in February 2003. Korean
manufacturers' average net price was 14.4% below MSRP in February 2004,
up from 10.5% the previous year. Japanese
manufacturers' average net price was 9% below MSRP in February 2004,
unchanged from last year. European manufacturers' average net price was
6.2% below MSRP in February 2004, up slightly from 6% last year.
About Edmunds.com
True Cost of Incentives(SM) (TCI(SM))
Edmunds.com's True
Cost of Incentives(SM) TCI(SM) is a comprehensive monthly report that
measures automobile manufacturers' cost of incentives on vehicles sold
in the United States. These
costs are reported on a per vehicle basis for the industry as a whole,
for each manufacturer, for each make sold by each manufacturer and for
each model of each make. TCI covers all aspects of manufacturers' various
incentives programs (except volume and similar bonus programs), including
dealer cash, manufacturer rebates and consumer savings from subvented
APR and lease programs (including subvented lease residual values used
in manufacturer leasing programs).
Data for the industry, the manufacturers and the makes are derived
using weighted averages and are based on actual monthly sales and financing
activity.
About the Edmunds
Price Index (EPI)
The Edmunds Price
Index reflects price shifts for the industry as a whole, and can be
analyzed by different market segmentation.
Similar to the Consumer Price Index, the EPI measures the average
changes in retail prices net of all incentives for a fixed basket of
vehicles with fixed options over time for the purpose of trend analysis.
Edmunds.com also analyzes transaction prices and net prices by
country of origin, manufacturer, make and model, reflecting manufacturer-to-consumer
rebates, including low APR and special lease programs.
About Edmunds.com,
Inc.
Edmunds.com is the
premier online resource for automotive information. Its comprehensive
set of data, tools and services, including Edmunds.com True Market Value(R)
pricing, is generated by Edmunds Data Services and is licensed to third
parties. For example, the company supplies over 800,000
pages of content for the auto sections of AOL and NYTimes.com, provides
weekly data to Automotive News and delivers monthly data reports to
Wall Street analysts. Edmunds.com was named "best car research"
site by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the "most
useful Web site" according to every J.D. Power and Associates New
Autoshopper.com Study(SM) and was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping
Web Sites as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and
maintains a satellite office outside Detroit, Michigan.
SOURCE Edmunds.com
CO: Edmunds.com; Chrysler; Ford; General Motors;
Lexus; Oldsmobile; f Oldsmobile;
Isuzu; Mitsubishi; Mini; Scion
ST: California
SU:
Web site: http://www.Autoshopper.com
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News Briefs---
Mortgage rates mostly
lower; ARM hits another record low
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/housing/2004-03-18-mortgage_x.htm
Reports offer more
signs of hope on the jobs front
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040318-1404-economy.html
Leading economic
indicators unchanged in February
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2004-03-18-lei_x.htm
House votes to reduce
regulations on banks, credit unions
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040318-1454-congress-banking.html
As Fleet nears merger,
executives look to future
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2004/03/18/an_end_a_beginning/
Tyco Jury Examines
'Criminal Intent'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6858-2004Mar19.html
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2004-03-18-tyco_x.htm
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“Sports Briefs”
Galloway's approval
awaits Johnson deal; Henson a Cowboy
http://www.theredzone.org/news/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=1024
Law: Belichick 'lies
to support his family'
http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=2240012
TERR-el match will
ignite disaster by Skip Bayless
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/columnists/skip_bayless/8206548.htm
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“Gimme that Wine”
Santa Cruz Bonny
Doon sales up 22%
http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=22559
36 states ask Supreme
Court to let them control their own shipping destinies
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/18/WIG2A5M39D1.DTL
Ithaca groups aim
to develop wine center
http://news10now.com/content/all_news/?ArID=13654&SecID=83
Mercury News named
finalist
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/food/8206541.htm
Calistoga businesses
seeking tourists
An Old Piedmont Friend
With Ambitions
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/17/dining/17WINE.html
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This
Day in American History
Traditional date (St. Joseph's Day) since 1776 for swallows to
return to old mission of San Juan Capistrano, California. Giovanni da
Capistrano, Franciscan lawyer, educator and preacher, was born at Capistrano,
Italy, in 1386, and died of plague on Oct 23, 1456.
Spring begins tomorrow, where the temperature in Santa Clara has
been 84 to 86 degrees
recently, and temperatures
in surrounding areas, including San Francisco, have broken
all high temperature
records.
1589- William Bradford,
Pilgrim father, governor of Plymouth Colony, one of the early presidents
of the United States. Born at Yorkshire, England, baptized Mar 19, 1589. Sailed from Southampton,
England, on the Mayflower in 1620. His wife Dorothy fell off
the Mayflower and drowned on 7 December 1620, when it was anchored
in Provincetown Harbor. Died at Plymouth, MA, May 9, 1657 (OS).
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/bradfordwilliam.htm
http://members.aol.com/calebj/bradford.html
http://members.aol.com/calebj/letterbook.html
1734- birthday of Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of
Independence and governor of Pennsylvania. Born at Chester County, PA,
he died June 24, 1817.
http://virtualology.com/hallofusa/uspresidents/thomasmckean.net/
http://users.clover.net/mckean/
1785- the first city college was the College of Charleston, Charleston,
SC, which was founded in 1770,
but chartered this day. On December 20, 1837, it became a municipal
university under municipal control.
http://www.cofc.edu/about/brief-history.html
1847-Painter Albert Pinkham Ryder was born at New Bedford, MA,
where he gained a great love for the sea, the subject of many of his
works. Ryder was a misanthrope and recluse. He dedicated himself to
his painting, working slowly and piling layer after layer of paint on
his canvases until he achieved the look he was after. In his lifetime
Ryder created only 150 paintings. Three of his best-known works are
The Race Track, Toilers of the Sea and Siegfried and
the Rhine Maidens. Ryder died Mar 28, 1917, at Elmhurst, NY. Because
of his method of painting, many of his works have deteriorated since
their creation.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/r/ryder-a1l.asp
http://www.artunframed.com/albert_pinkham_ryder.htm
1848-birthday of Wyatt Earp. Born at Monmouth, IL, and died Jan
13, 1929, at Los Angeles, CA. A legendary figure of the Old West, Earp
worked as a railroad hand, saloonkeeper, gambler, lawman, gunslinger,
miner and real estate investor at various times. Best known for the
gunfight at the OK Corral Oct 26, 1881, at Tombstone, AZ. http://www.geocities.com/christianna/gunfighters/wyattearp.html
1860-birthday of William Jennings Bryan, American political leader,
member of Congress, Democratic presidential nominee (1896), "free
silver" advocate, assisted in prosecution at Scopes trial, known
as "the Silver-Tongued Orator." Born at Salem, IL, he died
at Dayton, TN, July 26, 1925.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar19.html
1864-birthday of Charles M. Russell, St. Louis, Missouri. He
moved to Montana at about age 16 and became a cowboy. Considered one of the greatest Western artists, he recorded the
life of the cowboy in his artwork. http://www.cmrussell.org/
1881-birthday of Edith Nourse Rogers was a YMCA and Red Cross
volunteer in France during World War I. In 1925 she was elected to the
US Congress to fill the vacancy left by the death of her husband. An
able legislator, she was reelected to the House of Representatives 17
times and became the first woman to have her name attached to major
legislation. She was a major force in the legislation creating the Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps (May 14, 1942) during World War II. Rogers was
born at Saco, ME, and died Sept 10, 1960, at Boston.
1883- African-American Jan Matzeliger invented the first machine
to manufacture entire shoe
http://www.invention.org/culture/african/matzeliger.html
http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/matz.htm
1897-vocalist/comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley born Brevard, NC http://home.earthlink.net/~dianska/mabley.htm
1888 -a tornado, rated F4, at Mount Vernon, Illinois killed 24
people and injured 80. 300 homes and 50 businesses were either damaged
or destroyed.
1918-Anniversary of passage by the Congress of the Standard Time
Act, which authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish
standard time zones for the US. The Act also established "Daylight
Saving Time," to save fuel and to promote other economies in a
country at war. Daylight-Saving Time first went into operation on Easter
Sunday, Mar 31, 1918. The Uniform Time Act of 1966, as amended in 1986,
by Public Law 99-359, now governs standard time in the US. US: Daylight
Saving Time Begins April 7.
1919 –Pianist Lennie Tristano Birthday
http://www.tufts.edu/~edeluca/tristano/
1920-brithday of bassist Curly Russell, New York City. ( played
a lot with Bird )
1921-gospel vocalist Bobby McFerrin, Sr., born Marianna, AR
1927-Don Richard ( Riochie) Ashburn, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder,
bron at Tilden, NE. Ashburn won two national League batting titles and
collected 2,574 hits over a 15-year career. He was a key member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, known as
the Whiz kids. After retiring
he broadcast Phillies games for 35 years.
Inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1995.
Died at New York, NY, September 9, 1997
1919-blind pianist Lennie Tristano born Chicago, IL http://www.lennietristano.com/
1930-alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman born Fort Worth, TX An iconoclastic
saxophonist and composer, his experiments in free-form improvisation
sharply divided the jazz establishment upon his emergence in 1959. Largely
self-taught, he played in rhythm-and-blues bands before settling in
Los Angeles in 1951, where he gradually formed a quartet of musicians
who were receptive to his unorthodox ideas. He first recorded in 1958
and made his New York debut the following year. He made a series of
important recordings in 1959--61 that shaped the direction of jazz for
the next twenty years. A sporadic performing artist after the early
1960s, he occasionally led both a conventional jazz quartet and the
rock band Prime Time, but turned increasingly to composition, producing
several works for symphony orchestra in accordance with his "harmolodic
theory." Most commonly played a “plastic” alto saxophone.
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_coleman_ornette.htm
1933 – Author Philip Roth (Goodbye, Columbus; Portnoy's Complaint)
born Newark, New Jersey.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/proth.htm
1935 - Suffocating dust storms occurred frequently in southeastern
Colorado between the 12th and the 25th of the month. Six people died,
and many livestock starved or suffocated. Up to six feet of dust covered
the ground. Schools were closed, and many rural homes were deserted
by tenants.
1936-vocalist/songwriter
Willie Dixon Columbus, MS http://www.blueflamecafe.com/index.html
1937-Count Basie and his band open at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem
for the first time.
1937, pianist/vocalist Clarence “Frogman” Henry born Algiers,
LA
( I have all his records. He is best know for: :”I Ain’t Got No
Home, But I Do [I Don’t Know Why])”
http://www.tsimon.com/henry.htm
His nickname comes
from a line in his best- known song, "Ain't Got No Home,"
in which he says he can sing like a frog - and proceeds to give a pretty
good imitation. "Ain't Got No Home" was a top-20 pop hit in
1957, as were the more restrained "But I Do" and "You
Always Hurt the One You Love" in 1961.
1945 -- Kamikaze attacks
USS Franklin off Japan. In a maneuver heralded as one of the greatest
feats in naval history, the light cruiser USS Santa Fe bellied up alongside
the flaming Franklin and rescued more than 800 sailors while still being
stalked by Japanese fighter pilots. http://www.uss-hornet.org/news_events/press_releases/LuckyLady/Lucky_Lady.html
http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/psychology/the_kamikaze_threat/
1946-vocalist Ruth Pointer born Oakland, CA. http://www.thepointersistersfans.com/ruth.html
1949 - The American Museum of Atomic Energy opened in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
1950---Top Hits
I Said My Pajamas
- Tony Martin & Fran Warren
Music, Music, Music
- Teresa Brewer
If I Knew You Were
Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Chattanooga Shoe
Shine Boy - Red Foley
1950-Sarah Vaughan records “ Mean to Me, “ Columbia 745 )
http://www.parsec-santa.com/celebrity/celeb_pages/SarahVaughn.html
1950 - Timberline Lodge reported 246 inches of snow on the ground,
a record for the state of Oregon.
1951 - "The Caine Mutiny", a novel by Herman Wouk,
was published for the first time. Wouk won a Pulitzer for the novel.
He followed it with several more successes: "Marjorie Morningstar",
"The Winds of War", and "War and Remembrance". Perhaps
best known as a movie starring Humphrey Bogart.
http://www.wordmax.com/w3446.htm
1953 - The Academy Awards celebrated their silver anniversary
-- and came to television. NBC paid $100,000 for the rights to broadcast
the event on both radio and TV, the first to be telecast, black and
white to over 174 stations.. Hollywood’s best turned out to hand out
the Oscar statuettes for the movies of 1952. The party was held at the
RKO Pantages Theater, Los Angeles, with Bob Hope hosting. A dual celebration
was staged in New York City, where Conrad Nagel was host. The Best Picture
award went to Cecil B. DeMille’s "The Greatest Show on Earth".
Best Director was the legendary John Ford for "The Quiet Man".
The rest of the best: Actor: Gary Cooper for "High Noon";
Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn for "Viva Zapata!"; Actress:
Shirley Booth for "Come Back, Little Sheba"; Supporting Actress:
Gloria Grahame for "The Bad and the Beautiful"; Art Direction-Set
Decoration/ Color: Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès for "Moulin Rouge";
Music/Song: Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) for the
song, "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’)", from
"High Noon".
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148551.html
1954 - Viewers saw the first televised prize fight shown in living
color as Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory in round seven of a
scheduled 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York 1968 -
Dean Martin received a gold record for the album, "Houston".
Martin charted 17 hits on the pop music charts in the 1950s and 1860s.
"Houston" was his 12th.
1956 - The second heavy snowstorm in just three days hit Boston.
Nearby Blue Hill received 19.5 inches contributing to their snowiest
March of record.
1957- Elvis Presley purchased a 23-room manor at 3764 South Bellevue
Boulevard in Memphis. He paid $100,000 to the home's original owner,
Ruth Moore, who had christened the home Graceland after her great-aunt
Grace. More than 700,000 people visit Graceland annually, touring the
home, filing past Elvis's grave in the estate's Meditation Garden and
purchasing tacky souvenirs in the shopping complex across the street.
http://www.elvis.com/graceland/
http://www.photo.net/summer94/graceland.htmlhttp://www.soultones.com/elvis.html
http://www.reallyrics.com/lyrics/P001000020001.asp
1958---Top Hits
Don’t/I Beg of You
- Elvis Presley
Sweet Little Sixteen
- Chuck Berry
Dinner with Drac
(Part 1) - John Zacherle
Ballad of a Teenage
Queen - Johnny Cash
1958- the duo of Tom and Jerry released their first single, "Our
Song." They later became known as Simon and Garfunkel.
1966---Top Hits
The Ballad of the
Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler
19th Nervous Breakdown
- The Rolling Stones
Nowhere Man - The
Beatles
Waitin’ in Your Welfare
Line - Buck Owens
1972-Immaculata College defeated West Chester State, 52-48, to
win the first Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national
basketball tournament. The AIAW
crowned a champion for 11 years, but most Division 1 teams entered the
new NCAA tournament starting in 1982.
1972 -a vicious coastal storm dumped 10 to 20 inches of snow over
interior sections of the mid-Atlantic and northeast states and caused
some of the worst coastal damage this century in New England. 23 inches
of snow fell at McHenry, Maryland, 23 inches piled up at Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, and Syracuse, New York recorded 20 inches. 20 foot drifts
were reported in northeastern Pennsylvania. Storm surges up to 4.5 feet
and winds gusting over 80 mph along coastal Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, and Maine resulted in extensive property damage and tremendous
beach erosion. 27 houses were destroyed and 3000 damaged in Massachusetts
alone.
1974---Top Hits
Seasons in the Sun
- Terry Jacks
Dark Lady - Cher
Sunshine on My Shoulders
- John Denver
There Won’t Be Anymore
- Charlie Rich
1974-The Jefferson Airplane began their first tour under the
name Jefferson Starship. The line-up includes Paul Kantner, Grace Slick,
drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico
and Papa John Creach.
1977- The final episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
It premiered on September 19, 1970 and ran for 168 episodes.
"Mary Tyler Moore" was the first of a new wave of sitcoms
to make it big in the early '70s. It combined good writing, an effective
supporting cast and contemporary attitudes. The show centered around
the two most important places in Mary Richards's (Mary Tyler Moore)
life-the WJM-TV newsroom and her apartment at Minneapolis. At home she
shared the ups and downs of life with her friend Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie
Harper) and the manager of her apartment building, Phyllis Lindstrom
(Cloris Leachman). At work, as the associate producer (later producer)
of "The Six O'clock News," Mary struggled to function in a
man's world. Figuring in her professional life were her irascible boss
Lou Grant (Ed Asner), levelheaded and softhearted news writer Murray
Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod) and self-obsessed, narcissistic anchorman
Ted Baxter (Ted Knight). In the last episode the unthinkable happened-everyone in
the WJM newsroom except the inept Ted was fired.
1974- Jefferson Airplane began its first tour as the Jefferson
Starship. The Starship included Airplane members Grace Slick, Paul Kanter,
John Barbata, David Frieberg and Papa John Creach, plus Peter Kangaroo
and Craig Chaquico. Lead singer Slick was fighting a losing battle against
alcoholism, and in 1978 she was forced to quit the band in the middle
of a European tour. There was a crowd riot in West Germany when she
did not appear.
1980-Elvis Presley's autopsy is subpoenaed in the "Dr. Nick"
drug case. "Dr. Nick" is Dr. George Nichopoulous, Presley's
personal physician who will soon be found guilty of over prescribing
drugs to Presley and other clients, including Jerry Lee Lewis.
1982---Top Hits
Centerfold - The
J. Geils Band
Open Arms - Journey
I Love Rock ’N Roll
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Blue Moon with Heartache
- Roseanne Cash
1985 - IBM announced that it was planning to stop making the
PCjr consumer-oriented computer. The machine had been expected to dominate
the home computer market but didn’t quite live up to those expectations.
In the 16 months that the PCjr was on the market, only 240,000 units
were sold. A young software programmer purchased the rights
to the operating system and started a “tiny” software operation compared to IBM to be called Microsoft in the
near future.
1988 -showers and thunderstorms drenched Valdosta, Georgia with
more than 5 inches of rain. A 24 hour rainfall total of 7.10 inches
at Appalachicola, Florida more than doubled its previous 24 hour record
for the month of February.
1988 - Seven cities in California and Nevada reported record high
temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower
90s. Los Angeles CA reported a record high of 89 degrees. Five cities
in south central Texas reported record lows, including El Paso, with
a reading of 22 degrees
1989 - Six cities reported new record low temperatures for the
date as cold arctic air settled into the Upper Midwest for Palm Sunday,
including Marquette MI with a reading of 11 degrees below zero.
1990---Top Hits
Escapade - Janet
Jackson
Black Velvet - Alannah
Myles
Roam - The B-52’s
Hard Rock Bottom
of Your Heart - Randy Travis
1990 - Rather wintry weather in the eastern U.S. replaced the
80 degree weather of the previous week. Freezing temperatures were reported
in northern sections of the Gulf Coast States, and snow began to whiten
the Northern and Central Appalachians. Up to eight inches of snow was
reported in western Virginia.
1998-Major league baseball owners gave final approval to the sale
of the Los Angeles Dodgers from Peter O’Malley to media mogul Rupert
Murdoch’s Australian-based news conglomerate, News Corp. O’Malley had
inherited the Dodgers from his father, Walter, who moved the team from
Brooklyn to Los Angeles following the 1957 season, which Brooklyn fans
never forgive him. Critics of the $311 million sale to Murdoch’s
company bemoaned the fact that one more team would no longer be family-owned.
Nobody seemed happy about the sale except for Rupert Murdock,
reported never to
have seen the team
play in person.
NCAA Basketball Champions This date
1955 San Francisco
1960 Ohio State
1966—Texas Western
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