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California
drivers protest in Concord
Truckway
idea put forth for California
Weekly
Bulletin Board Complaint Report
From
Our Archives—Manifest Insurance Policy May 20,2000
Now
they'll know if you read their e-mail
PDS
Gaming First Quarter Results
Synovus
Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
Robert
Pierce in Chicago for Gladstone Capital
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Documentation
Manager: New York, NY.
10+ years in equipment
leasing/secured lending. Skilled in management & training, documentation,
policy and procedure development & implementation, portfolio reporting.
Strong work ethic.
Email: dln1031@nyc.rr.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
Legal: Chicago,
IL.
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18 years in IT equipment leasing, IT services contract assurance and
contract litigation, seeks in-house position, metro Chicago or California
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California
drivers protest in Concord
Landlinemag.com
(The official publication of the owner-operator independent
drivers association)
About 100 independent
truck drivers formed a picket line in Concord, California , where they
asked for increased rates and improved working conditions. Concord lies
near Oakland, where some previous trucker protests took place; it is
also the site of a diesel pipeline that recently ruptured.
The group of nonunion
drivers said mounting diesel prices, maintenance fees and insurance
rates had converged to drive the profits out of their business.
"We're better
off parking our trucks, selling them and working at a 7-11 store,"
said Johnny Singh, an independent truck driver with Royal Trucking who
spoke to the Contra Costa Times. "We're not here to cause trouble;
we understand that the brokers have to make a fair profit, but they
also have to understand that we have costs, and we also have families."
Others complained
that the trucking companies regularly required workers to drive beyond
federally allowed hours and refuse to provide time off even in emergencies.
Truckers told the
paper they would not return to work until their demands were addressed.
Meanwhile, in a letter
to three companies – Royal Trucking, Reliable Trucking of Pleasanton,
CA, and Alegre Trucking of Lodi, CA – dated May 8, the independent truckers
called for a 50 percent rate increase on all loads; a 15 percent fuel
surcharge; $65-per-hour pay for standby time; compensation for toll
bridge fees; a 20 percent cap on commission and broker fees; and full
disclosure of the rates paid to the trucking companies by their clients.
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Truckway
idea put forth for California
(The official publication of the owner-operator independent
drivers association)
The Southern California
Association of Governments has published a briefing paper saying development
of user-supported dedicated truckways offers a self-financing option
that would ease congestion and reduce vehicle emissions in southern
California.
The paper proposes
142 miles of 2x2-lane truckway from the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
northeast through the greater Los Angeles area through the San Gabriel
Mountains to Barstow on I-15 on the edge of the Mojave Desert. From
there, it would continue east to Oklahoma City, Memphis, Knoxville,
TN, and via I-70 to Denver and eventually, Chicago.
The idea is to link
California’s port complex and the nation’s highways by allowing triple
trailer and other longer combination vehicle operations. The proposal
originated from the California-based Reason Public Policy Institute,
a think tank.
"By permitting
up to double the payload carrying capacity of presently authorized truck
sizes and weights in California, the operation of LCVs along dedicated
truck facilities offers the potential of fewer total trips and less
regional vehicle miles traveled, a corresponding reduction in vehicle
emissions, and, more importantly for private equipment operators, greater
capital utilization margins,” the SCAG report said.
“These operating
benefits, realized as a reduction in operating costs, were estimated
by the Reason Foundation of having a value of up to $40 billion a year
at the national level. The capacity utilization benefits accruing with
the use of LCVs can commence on trips as short as 14 miles in length,
and are soundly beneficial for trips greater than 25 miles."
Weekly
Bulletin Board Complaint Report
http://www.utdallas.edu/police/wavs/DragnetTheme.WAV
As explained several
times before, this was originally to be weekly, but did not happen.
The “name” of the report has continued and perhaps should be changed
to “occasional.” The main purpose was to help in negotiations
and to show both sides what might be appearing in print.
Our goal is to be
an ombudsman and “settle disputes.”
Often they are in discussions for weeks, and not uncommon, months.
Perhaps another goal
is to show to readers what is happening in their
industry. Often these experiences may be helpful to avoid.
We specifically do
not name names, companies, and try to avoid locations.
In talking to our
Leasing News advisor Teresa Kabot, she was surprised to learn we have
settled over 300 claims against primarily brokers for keeping advance
rentals in the last four years. The
readers don’t see them as they send the money back rather than have
the complaint posted, and/or a compromise is reached---
mostly they send
the entire advance rental back as it is often illegal, and definitely,
unethical to keep the money without an agreement that allows you to
earn it, if the lease does not fund.
It is not surprising
that so many leasing brokers are angry with us, and thus the reaction
by members of the National Association of Leasing Brokers
(NAELB):
Las
Vegas Conference
“Mike Meacher ( past
NAELB president) sponsored a "shoot" at a rifle range outside
of Las Vegas and the targets with your photo apparently were very popular.
I felt it was petty and it certainly did not help the healing process
to use your photo on the targets for Uzi's and 9MM Glocks with
a badge that said ‘Sheriff, Judge and Jury’. “
(name with held )
--
“Mike
Meacher took a bunch out to the range which he is part owner of. ****** told me that when the target with your
face came up people were told to shoot if they wanted to. (My friend)
did not shoot and felt it was in extremely poor taste. Some were
laughing that they wanted to kill Menkin. He was turned off by the group.”
(name with held )
#1
A leasing broker
believes a funder gave his lease to their direct sales force. He submitted a lease, had it approved, but unknown to him, a direct
salesman also contacted the same lessee with a lower rate. Somehow, when the broker was away, perhaps
at the NAELB
conference, the contracts
arrived to the lessee, who noted the terms were changed and monthly
payment, too. The direct salesman told him to sign “or else,” reportedly
using “foul” language and threats to sign the lease or lose it. So the lessee signed the lease, and it was funded as they had the
equipment.
When the broker found
out, he hit the roof, and talked to the lessee, plus learned the rate
was much higher than he quoted as the terms had been changed (an old
trick.) He wanted the lease “unwound” or his $3,500
commission he would have earned.
The president of
the company along with the broker manager looked into the complaint.
Allegedly the applicant had been on their list of calls since the year
2000, and the person who closed it was a “part-time college student.” He was reportedly “severely
reprimanded” for
his language and the way the transaction was handled. The funder agreed to unwind the lease
It is the common
practice in the industry should a funder receive the same application
from two brokers or more, or with their own “in house” sales department,
the person who gets the lease signed, gets the commission.
There are several funders who have their own vendor and direct
sales departments, who specifically go way out of their
way to keep them
distinct, not share information, but things like this do happen. The
head of the broker division has an excellent reputation and the president
of the company got personally involved as he was concerned about his
company’s reputation.
“...the matter has
not been settled. Once the lessee
receives documentation that reflects the rate and payment quoted by
us, and once we receive our commission, we will consider the matter
closed. We will deal directly with ******** going forward
and appreciate your assistance.”
( name with held )
http://www.utdallas.edu/police/wavs/
#2
This started June,
2003 and after complying with all requests
for financial information,
he was told he was approved, and therefore
signed a proposal
for $200,000 for two pieces of equipment in July,2003. One of the units
that sold for $49,500 was leased on August 6,2003 and what remained
was a $150,000 unit. During
this time, the applicant was renting the unit from the vendor, but could
not afford the high monthly payments.
On December 3,2003 a commitment letter was signed that required “vendor
recourse” and “additional collateral.”
Several pounds of
documents were faxed to us from both sides.
The broker says the
lease was approved, but the applicant says it was never funded, that
he lost two city contracts because he did not have the equipment, plus
other opportunities, plus had an attorney involved and backed off when
he realized what the time would cost him plus out of pocket expense.
The original “commitment
fee:” was $20,730.60, with $3,094.38 to be refunded.
The agreement states,
“In the event that the lease fails to commence, through no fault of
Lessee, the Commitment Fee will be refunded minus any expenses, not
to exceed Ten Percent(10%) of the equipment cost, within seven (7) business
days. Expenses and fees
incurred are non-refundable.”
The broker claims
his expenses equal the balance of the commitment fee, or $17,636.22.
He claims his Dun and Bradstreet, credit costs, telephone and delivery
costs are not close to this, but his commission would be, so he believes
he has “earned it.” The fact that it also exceeds ten percent of
the equipment cost was not discussed.
The lessee claims
the lease was not funded, and he agreed to deduct the $750 documentation
fee charged in the signing of the lease contract. He says the rental
cost exceeded his profits on the jobs he performed, plus he lost jobs
because he did not have the equipment, plus all the delays, lies, and
“torture” should be included, but he just wants his money back as they
did not fund the transaction. They can
keep the $750 documentation
fee.
“I really don't know
how to thank you; I have not been able to get
any rise out of them.
Thank you for your referral too
“They can contact
me, they have my e mail I don't want phone calls from them. I want my
money back. If I need to contact the attorney I'm sure he will want
to go for the entire lost opportunity also. I had signed municipal contracts
that I had to back out of appx. $750,000.00. Both I and my attorney
wrote to them begging them to act so that NLB would not to remove the
equipment from me in February of 2004. They did not respond.
“I am willing to settle this if they refund $16,931.60 “
(name with held )
http://www.utdallas.edu/police/wavs/Dragnetfreeze.WAV
#3
A broker in *********does
not want to return the “advance rental” to a proposal where he did obtain an approval, but not according to the
terms and conditions
of the proposal. The broker
states the applicant
told him he had good
credit, but when he found out the Beacon score
was below 600 and
he would not qualify for the rate quoted.
The applicant stated his company had excellent credit, that there
were
a lot of inquiries
as he had just bought a new house, and the mortgage
company shopped for
the best rate, plus he was in the process of
moving, putting many
things on his credit cards. The
applicant did not want to pay a “high rate,” eventually going to his
own bank. The
broker says the applicant
lied and therefore he is not going to return the advance rental.
“Who gives you the right to get involved in this? It’s none of
your business. I earned that money. This is none of your
business. Don’t call
or send me another e-mail.”
(name with held )
http://www.utdallas.edu/police/wavs/nobadges.wav
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From
Our Archives—Manifest Insurance Policy May 20,2000
Manifest Issues "Insurance
Policy" to all its brokers.
Here is the essence
of The Manifest Insurance Policy:
" Your lessee
and vendor lists will remain confidential to The Manifest Group. At
no time will this information be shared with anyone outside The Manifest
Group. This policy holds true even if your company is no longer doing
business with the Manifest Group"
Troy Molitor, General
Manager
( more fundors should
issue such a policy--editor/congratulations to The Manifest Group for
their leadership in the leasing industry )
A full copy of The
Manifest Insurance Policy can be sent to you.
http://two.leasingnews.org/archives/May/5-20-00.htm
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they'll know if you read their e-mail
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### Press Release
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PDS
Gaming Corporation Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter 2004
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--05/19/2004--PDS Gaming Corporation (Nasdaq:"PDSG"),
a company that finances, leases and sells gaming equipment for the casino
industry, today reported its operating results for the first quarter
ended March 31, 2004.
For the three months ended March 31, 2004, the Company reported
net income of $158,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared with net
income of $260,000 or $0.07 per diluted share, for the three months
ended March 31, 2003. Revenues were $17.3 million in the first quarter
2004 and $9.4 million in the first quarter 2003. Operating lease rentals
increased from $5.4 million in the 2003 quarter to $8.8 million in the
2004 quarter, reflecting a larger lease portfolio. The Company completed
$28.8 million in originations during the first quarter 2004, compared
with $31.5 million in the first quarter 2003.
Revenues from equipment sales and sales-type leases increased to
$7.6 million for the first quarter 2004, compared to $1.9 million for
the year-earlier quarter, due primarily to higher sales of equipment
coming off lease. Interest expense increased by $1.0 million to $3.2
million for the first quarter 2004, compared to $2.2 million for the
year-earlier period, as a result of higher debt levels which financed
growth in the portfolio and, to a lesser extent, a higher weighted average
cost of funds in the first quarter 2004.
PDS Gaming Corporation provides customized finance and leasing
solutions to the casino industry in the United States. It is headquartered
in Las Vegas, Nevada, and its common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock
Market under the symbol "PDSG".
This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking"
statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate,"
"project," "expect" or similar expressions. These
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that
would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited
to, factors to complete currently anticipated finance and lease transactions,
changes in regulation of the gaming industry, continued acceptance of
the Company's products and services in the marketplace, competitive
factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, changes in interest rates
and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking
statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements
for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
For additional information, please contact:
Peter D. Cleary, President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
of PDS Gaming Corporation,
at (702) 736-0700
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Synovus
Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
COLUMBUS, Ga.---Synovus
(NYSE:SNV) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1733 per
share. The cash dividend is payable on July 1, 2004, to Synovus shareholders
of record as of June 18, 2004.
Synovus (NYSE:SNV) is a diversified financial services holding
company with more than $22 billion in assets based in Columbus, Ga.
Synovus provides integrated financial services including banking, financial
management, insurance, mortgage and leasing services through 41 affiliate
banks and other Synovus offices in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina,
Florida and Tennessee; and electronic payment processing through an
81-percent stake in TSYS (NYSE:TSS), the world's largest third-party
processor of international payments. In 2004, FORTUNE magazine named
Synovus as one of "America's Most Admired Companies" and also
ranked Synovus No. 20 on its list of "The 100 Best Companies To
Work For." See Synovus on the Web at www.synovus.com.
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Gladstone
Capital Opens Office in Chicago, IL; Hires Robert Pierce as a Managing
Director.
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McLean, VA: Gladstone
Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: GLAD) announced today that the Company has hired
Robert Pierce as a Managing Director to head up its Chicago office. Mr. Pierce was most recently a Senior Vice
President and Team Leader in GE Capital’s Global Sponsor Finance unit
in Chicago, working with private equity sponsors and their portfolio
companies. Prior to joining
GE, he spent five years at Heller Financial in Chicago, originating
and underwriting transactions from private equity sponsors in the Midwest
and West.
“We welcome Bob to the Company,” said a spokesperson. “He is a great addition and a valuable asset to our team. We are excited about opening our Chicago office and feel it is an important move to further grow our business.”
To contact Bob Pierce, please call 312-674-4664 or email robert.pierce@gladstonecapital.com.
The Chicago address is 200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3140, Chicago,
IL 60606.
Gladstone Capital
Corporation is a publicly traded business development company with capital
resources that exceed $235 million.
Gladstone Capital Corporation provides senior term loans, senior
subordinated loans and junior subordinated loans to established private
businesses. To learn more about our financing capabilities please feel
free to call one of our Managing Directors at 703-286-7000 or visit
the Company website at www.gladstonecapital.com.
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News
Briefs---
Rates Rise, Changing
Face of Home Sales
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/business/20rate.html
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=71000001&refer=us&sid=axTGQqVG8JtE
Tyco Lawyer Was Paid
$36 Million Over 3 Years
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/business/20belnick.html
Stonecipher says
tanker deal is alive
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/
ECA7CE756198E65886256E9A0013C66A?OpenDocument&Headline=
Stonecipher+says+tanker+deal+is+alive
Air Canada halts
talks with CAW, declares impasse after days of negotiations
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040519-1355-air-canada.html
Fla. Trying to Help
Shrimpers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41644-2004May20.html
Jasmine Trias is
voted off 'American Idol'
http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=2645
Diana DeGarmo sings
on 'American Idol' Tuesday night. She and Fantasia Barrino have advanced
to the final show
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0504a/idolindex.html
The next 'Idol':
Fantasia or Diana
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-05-19-idol-recap_x.htm
TIM RUSSERT TOPS
BOOK SALES WITH 36,667 SCANNED FOR WEEK, OVER WOODWARD [29,770], OVER
COKIE ROBERTS [10,380]... MORE... RICHARD CLARKE 'AGAINST ALL ENEMIES'
HOLDS OFF WOODWARD 'PLAN OF ATTACK' IN TOTAL SALES TO DATE: 358,892
vs. 339,209, PUBLISHING INSIDERS REVEAL... Trump to date 161,647 and
last week 6513...
Drudge Report
Over the next 30
years, more than 82 million Baby Boomers, between the ages of 38 and
55, will be heading into or approaching retirement. And as we all know,
medical advances and increasing life spans mean that it is important
to start planning and saving as soon as possible in order to help ensure
that you can enjoy your retirement and maintain your quality of life.
You can reach the story directly by going to
http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?13624
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Sports
Briefs---
Sharks' season ends with 3-1 loss
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/8707768.htm?ERIGHTS=7982495220318447913
mercurynews::kitmenkin@leasingnews.org&KRD_RM=8oppqqutwvrusqvxuqpooooooo|Kit|Y
Timberwolves eliminate
Kings
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/basketball/nba/golden
Barkley won't pursue Monday Night Football job
http://www.theredzone.org/news/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=1163
Warriors fire Eric
Musselman
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/8707383.htm
Source: Warriors
to Hire Montgomery
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BKN-Warriors-Coach.html
Schmidt pitches 1-hitter,
wins 1-0
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/8701629.htm
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“Gimme
that Wine”
Australian wine market
exports slow
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/stories/s1111399.htm
Wine film uncorked
at Cannes
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-to.cannes19may19,0,5655642.story?coll
Brand Oregon Is Sour
To Some
http://www2.kval.com/x30530.xml?ParentPageID=x2649&ContentID=x45395&Layout
Willamette Valley
Vineyards Inc., Oregon’s only publicly held winery, reported a profit
of $123,361 on revenue of more than $1.8 million in the first quarter
of 2004.
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=80411
Canadian Wine tours
expand range
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Today/2004/05/19/464226.html
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This
Day in American History
1638-
Dorchester, MA voted to establish a property tax to support public schools:
“ It is ordered the 20th of May,1639, that there shall
be a rent of twenty pounds a year for ever imposed upon Tomsons Island
to be paid by every person that hath property in the said island according
to the proportion that any such person shall from time to time enjoy
and possess there.”
1704-Elias
Neau founds school for slaves in New York
His real
name was Elias Naud. He was from France, a seaman who sallied to Haiti before arriving in New
1768-
Dolley Madison, a widow, married James Madison. During the British invasion of Washington,
D.C., in the war of 1812 she escaped with valuable state papers from
the White House before it was burned by the British.
Strong-willed, she hung her wash in the east room of the White
House to show her disdain for those who thought the presidency was royalty.
She was a noted and charming hostess in the complex game of Washington
society. She acted as hostess for George Washington
and reportedly her charm and social grace was a great
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/dm4.html
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/madison/exhibit/index.html
1775-North
Carolina. Commemorates claimed signing of a declaration of independence
from England by citizens of Mecklenburg County. There is quite a controversy
of this event. Historian Allan
Nevins, apparently with good reason, says it was a fraud. It was not
put into written form until 1800, it wasn’t a county clerk on the basis
of his memory of the event. Mecklenburg
does figure in the developing schism with Great Britain.
In May 1775 some resolutions were passed denying the authority
of the king in North Carolina. But there was no mention of independence.”
Some North Carolinians, smarting over the Mecklenburg fraud, maintain
that they still deserve recognition as the first to declare Independence.
The claim is based on a meeting in Halifax, where the delegates to the
Congress were instructed to “concur with the delegates of the other
Colonies in declaring Independency.”
The meeting was held in April, 1776.
North Carolinian James Street insisted that this “ was the first
explicit declaration by any Colony in favor of complete separation from
Britain.” Street,” The Revolutionary War(1954),pg.79).
1777-the
first treaty between states after the Declaration of Independence was
concluded between George and South Carolina at Dwitt’s Corner, SC.
Under its provisions, the Cherokees were forced to retire behind
a line running southwest through Georgia form the straight part of Pickens
County on the North to a point just below the mouth of the Tallulah
at the western tip of the state. Since landing
on the continent,
the natives were moved further and further from their original
“homeland.” From
an estimated population, some say well into the millions http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/03/mann.htm
, the population shrank
to several hundred
thousand, due primarily to disease brought from the old world to humans
and animals.. 1825-Birthday of Antoinette Brown, the first woman minister
in U.S. History.
A graduate in theology
from Oberlin College in 1850, she was refused ordination by a number
of churches, but finally accepted by the Congregational Church in South
Butler, New York (1852-54.) She married into the renowned Blackwell
family (Elizabeth was the first woman physician in U.S. history and
her sister Emily, also a physician, was one of the organizers of the
first woman's hospital.)
Antoinette had six
children and abandoned her battles for women's rights. Later she resumed
her women's rights activities to become one of the most sought after
speakers in the nation. She also published a number of well received
books, her last book “The Social Side of Mind and Action” (1915) was
written when she was 90. She lived to 96, long enough to see women get
the vote.
http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/NettyBlackwell.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0935312048/avsearch-bkasin
1851-birthday
of Emil Berliner, Jewish immigrant, who came to the United States in
1870 from Germany and later worked for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
company. In 1877, the year after Graham invented the telephone, Berliner
developed an improved telephone receiver. Ten years later, Berliner
dramatically improved the phonograph when he developed the flat gramophone
record, which quickly replaced Thomas Edison's recording cylinder. He
also developed a method for mass-producing records. He also
invented the microphone
among other achievements.
http://memory.loc.gov/mmem/berlhtml/
http://www.hebrewhistory.org/factpapers/berliner27-II.html
1856-revolutonizing
communication, David Edward Hughes of Louisville,KY, received a patent
on a telegraph ticker that successfully printed type.
He then sold his rights to the Commercial Company for $100,000
on November 1, 1855, a huge sum of money or the day, perhaps the first
“dot commer” of the “communication revolution” to follow. The modern
teleprinter, telex system and computer keyboards are all direct descendants
of this invention
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/HUGHES_BIO.html
1862-
President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act opening millions of acres
of government-owned land in the West to settlers or “homesteaders,”
who had to reside on the land and cultivate it for five years. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may20.html
1872-
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge birthday; U.S. social activist who began
by organizing and taking part in grassroots movements in her native
Kentucky battling for educational and health facilities. She campaigned for juvenile courts, branched
out into fighting political corruption while heading charity organizations
and was even instrumental in building a tuberculosis hospital (a disease
she suffered from most of her life).
She headed the Kentucky Equal Rights organization which not only
successfully passed suffrage in a southern state, but also obtained
rights for married women that "allowed" them to keep their
own earnings, have joint custody of their own children, etc.
http://www.womeninkentucky.com/site/reform/m_breckinridge.html
http://www.womeninkentucky.com/site/reform/motherssphere.html
1873-Levi
Strauss secures the necessary patents for canvas pants with copper rivets
to reinforce the stress points. Born in Buttenheim, Bavaria, in 1829,
the young Levi Strauss emigrated to the United States in 1847.. He arrived
in San Francisco in 1853 with a load of merchandise that he hoped to
sell in the California mining camps. Unable to sell a large supply of
canvas, Strauss hit on the idea of using the durable material to make
work pants for miners. Strauss' canvas pants were an immediate success
among hardworking miners who had long complained that conventional pants
wore out too quickly. In 1872, Strauss received a letter from Jacob
Davis, a customer and tailor who worked in the mining town of Reno,
Nevada. Davis reported that he had discovered canvas pants could be
improved if the pocket seams and other weak points that tended to tear
were strengthened by copper rivets. Davis' riveted pants had proven
popular in Reno, but he needed a patent to protect his invention. Intrigued
by the copper-riveted pants, Strauss and his partners agreed to undertake
the necessary legal work for the patent and begin large-scale production
of the pants. Davis' invention was patented on this day in 1873. In
exchange for his idea, Strauss made the Reno tailor his production manager.
Eventually, Strauss switched from using canvas to heavyweight blue denim,
and the modern "blue jeans" were born. Since then, Levi Strauss
& Company has sold more than 200 million pairs of copper-riveted
jeans. By the turn of the century, people outside of the mining and
ranching communities had discovered that "Levi's" were both
comfortable and durable. Eventually, the jeans lost most of their association
with the West and came to be simply a standard element of the casual
American wardrobe.
1901-pianist
Jimmy Blythe born Lexington,KY http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=8:52:12|PM&p=amg&sql=B10175
1916-
Norman Rockwell’s first cover for the Post, depicting a boy having to
care for his infant sibling—pushing the baby carriage while his buddies
set oft to play ball—appeared on the May20 edition. His last Post cover
appeared in 1963.
May 20-21,1927- Captain Charles Lindbergh, 25-year old aviator,
departed from rainy, muddy Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, alone at
7:52am this day in 1927 in a Ryan monoplane named Spirit of St. Louis. He landed at Le Bourget airfield, Paris, at
10:24pm Paris time ( 5:54pm NY time, May 21, winning a $25,000 prize
offered by Raymond Orteig for the first nonstop flight between New York
City and Paris, France (3,600 miles ).
The "flying fool" as he had been dubbed by some doubters
became "Lucky Lindy," an instant world hero.
1920
-The Chicago police, dressed as soldiers and farmers, raid the Wrigley
Field bleachers arresting two dozen Cub fans for gambling as Grover
Cleveland Alexander blanks the Phillies, 6-0.
1931-Kenton
Lloyd “Ken”Boyer, baseball player and manager, born at Liberty,MO. Boyer
was an exceptional third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, winning
the National League MVP awards in 1964. He managed the Cards from 1978 though June
8, 1980. Died at Ballwin,MO, Sept 7,1982.
1932-
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
this day .
1941-Harry
James records “ You Made Me Love You,” putting the band on top!
1942-Glenn
Miller Band records “ I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo.” Victor.
1944-The
Stan Kenton Band with Anita O’Day records “ And Her Tears Flowed Like
Wine.”
1944-Singer
Joe Cocker Birthday
1945- Cher, whose full name is Cherilyn Sarkasian LaPier, was
born in El Centro, California. She and husband Sonny Bono enjoyed great
success beginning in 1965 with the chart- topping "I Got You Babe."
Sonny and Cher became household names with their TV series which ran
from 1971 to '75. But a marriage breakup also ended their professional
career together. Cher went on to a successful career as a singer and
an actress, hitting number one with three singles in the early '70s,
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Half-Breed" and
"Dark Lady." She revived her singing career in 1988 with two
top-20 singles, "I Found Someone" and "We All Sleep Alone."
Recently, she scored a hit with the resurrected 'I got you babe' performed
with MTV's Beavis and Butthead.
1948-
In front of only 5,001 fans in Chicago, Joe DiMaggio strokes four extra
base hits for the fourth time in his career as he hits for the cycle
for a second time in a 13-2 rout of the White Sox. The 'Yankee Clipper'
paces the Bombers' 22-hit attack with a two home runs, a triple, a double
and a single and drives in 6 runs.
1951-The
first “Ace” to fly a jet was Captain James Jabara of Wichita, KS, a
member of the fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing, who shot down his first
and sixth enemy Mig Jet airplanes this day in 1951 over Sinjuiju northwest
Korea. He eventually defeated
15 Migs over Korea and became the second triple jet ace. ( the first
Triple jet ace was Captain Joseph Christopher McConnell,Jr., who shot
down 16 MiG-15s. He shot down
three in one day, May 18. He completed 106 missions
in Korea. His neighbors built him a house in Apple Valley,
CA, known as Appreciation House. He
was killed August 24, 1954 at Edwards Air Force base,
CA, while testing
a new plane, an F-86H.)
1953-In
just their 13th game of the season, the Braves, in their
first year in Milwaukee, surpassed their total of 1952 attendance of
28,1278, their last year in Boston.
1954- Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was released. The record was not a hit until after it was included in the soundtrack of "Blackboard Jungle" the following year.
http://www.history-of-rock.com/haley.htm
1956---Top
Hits
Heartbreak Hotel/I
Was the One - Elvis Presley
The Wayward Wind
- Gogi Grant
I’m in Love Again
- Fats Domino
Blue Suede Shoes
- Carl Perkins
1957
- A tornado touched down to the southwest of Kansas City and traveled
a distance of seventy-one miles cutting a swath of near total destruction
through the southeastern suburbs of Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills.
The tornado claimed the lives of forty-five persons, and left hundreds
homeless. It was the worst weather disaster of record for Kansas City.
About all that remained of one house was a small table and a fish bowl
atop, with the fish still swimming about inside the bowl, rather unconcerned.
1961-
A white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala.,
prompting the federal government to send in United States marshals to
restore order.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0520.html
1964---Top
Hits
My Guy - Mary Wells
Love Me Do - The
Beatles
Ronnie - The 4 Seasons
My Heart Skips a
Beat - Buck Owens
1967-Only
a week after surrendering the top of the R&B chart to Martha &
the Vandellas, Aretha Franklin retakes the top spot with "Respect."
A tune that will also be Number One on the pop chart. It was originally
recorded and written by Otis Redding who would say he prefers Franklin's
version to his own
1972---Top
Hits
The First Time Ever
I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Oh Girl - Chi-Lites
I’ll Take You There
- The Staple Singers
Grandma Harp - Merle
Haggard
1973
- Ken Moore beat 4,030 competitors to win the 63rd Bay-to-Breakers footrace
in San Francisco, CA. Moore stepped his way to the finish line in 37
minutes, 15 seconds over a course measured at 7.8 miles.
1978
- Mavis Hutchinson, 53, made it to New York City to become the first
woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She
ran an average of 45 miles each day. Now that’s what we call a daily
workout.
1980---Top
Hits
Call Me - Blondie
Ride like the Wind
- Christopher Cross
Lost in Love - Air
Supply
Gone Too Far - Eddie
Rabbitt
1982
- TV’s "Barney Miller" was seen for the last time in its original
network run on ABC-TV. Hal Linden as Barney, Abe Vigoda as Fish and
a talented cast continue to bring the fictional 12th Precinct to TV
screens through syndication.
http://timstvshowcase.com/bmiller.html
http://www.zxcproductions.com/web/Abe/abe.html
1985
- The Dow Jones industrial average broke the 1300 mark for the first
time. The Dow gained 19.54 points to close at 1304.88.
1985-The
game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland
was rained out. Remarkably, this was the first rainout of the season
in either league, after a major-league record 485 games had been played
without a postponement.
1985
- Larry Holmes retained the heavyweight boxing title of the International
Boxing Federation at Reno, NV by defeating Carl Wilson in 15 rounds.
The fight marked the first, heavyweight title fight in Reno since Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries duked it out in 1910.
1985-Daryl
Hall and John Oates headlined a concert for the grand re-opening of
the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The show benefited the United
Negro College Fund and also featured two of the original Temptations,
David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick.
1987
- The Milwaukee Brewers ended a 12-game losing streak by beating the
Chicago White Sox by a 5-1 score. The Brew Crew had opened the season
winning 13 games in a row.
1988
- Thunderstorms in the south central U.S. produced wind gusts to 70
mph at Omaha, NE, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Midland and Dallas, TX.
Temperatures in California soared into the 90s and above 100 degrees.
San Jose CA reported a record high of 97 degrees.
1988---Top
Hits
Anything for You
- Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Shattered Dreams
- Johnny Hates Jazz
One More Try - George
Michael
I’m Gonna Get You
- Eddy Raven
1990
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern quarter
of the nation through the day and night. Severe thunderstorms spawned
six tornadoes, including one which injured two persons at Algoma, MS,
and another which injured nine persons at Rogersville, MO. There were
119 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Thunderstorms produced
baseball size hail at Houston MO and damaging winds which killed one
person at Toccoa GA.
1995-Don
Henley marries Sharon Summerall in Malibu. Among those present and who
performed were Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Sting and Tony Bennett.
2001-
Barry Bonds becomes 13th player in major league history to hit home
runs in four consecutive at-bats. The Giant outfielder went yard in
his final two at-bats yesterday and homers in his first two official
turns at the plate today.
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Baseball
Poem
"I
Dream of a Baseball Star"
by Gregory Corso
I
dreamed Ted Williams
leaning
at night
against
the Eiffel Tower, weeping.
He
was in uniform
and
his bat lay at his feet
--
knotted and twiggy.
"Randall
Jarrell says you're a poet!" I cried.
"So
do I! I say you're a poet!"
He
picked up his bat with blown hands;
stood
there astraddle as he would in the batter's box,
and
laughed! flinging his schoolboy wrath
toward
some invisible pitcher's mound
--
waiting the pitch all the way from heaven.
It
came; hundreds came! all afire!
He
swung and swung and swung and connected not one
sinker
curve hook or right-down-the middle.
A
hundred strikes!
The
umpire dressed in strange attire
thundered
his judgment: YOU'RE OUT!
And
the phantom crowd's horrific boo
dispersed
the gargoyles from Notre Dame.
And
I screamed in my dream:
God!
throw thy merciful pitch!
Herald
the crack of bats!
Hooray
the sharp liner to left!
Yea
the double, the triple!
Hosannah
the home run!
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