* published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector.

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Classified Ads—Jobs Wanted—Credit/Credit Managers

Credit: No. Atlanta, GA. VP Credit/ Operations/Sr. Credit Officer. 15yrs exp. in equipment leasing. Strong financial analysis and management skills. Experience developing and maintaining profitable customer/vendor relationships. email:credops@msn.com

Credit: Boston Ma.

Challenging position where my skills, professional experience, organization, leadership, strategic thinking, creativity, energy, passion, competitive nature will enable me to define opportunities and personal development.email: bernd.janet@verizon.net

Credit: Corona, CA.

VP credit Consumer Credit prime/sub prime Auto lending/leasing/mortgages. 20+yrs exp. If you are looking for someone to affect the bottom line I am that person. Will relocate. email:amosca2000@yahoo.com

Credit: Irvine, CA. 25+ years experience with small ticket, municipal, federal, financial disclosure, operations, documentation, funding. Excellent relationships with many funding sources. Proven producer. email: cibo@earthlink.net

Credit: Long Beach, NY. Credit officer w/more than 20 years of experience. Seeking position in which I can utilize my credit-collections, communication &management skills. email:michaelschaubeck@webtv.net

Credit: Los Angeles, CA

Over 15 years experience in Credit/ Operations with Small Ticket and transactions up to $500,000.00. CLP, with excellent relationships with most major lenders. Email:jonbh123@earthlink.net

Credit: Mill Valley, CA

Senior corporate officer with financial services credit background. M and A, fund raising and workout expertise. Email:nywb@aol.com

Credit: New York, NY Credit officer with banking and leasing background; strong analytical and communication/PC skills with lending and portfolio management experience. email: michaelschaubeck@webtv.net

Credit: New York, NY.

V.P.Credit & Collections w/23 years exp.looking for a situation where I can utilize my varied & extensive knowledge of credit/collections/risk-management & leasing. Email:rcouzzi@yahoo.com

Credit: New York, NY

3+ years of leasing credit / contracts experience. Currently in the leasing industry and moving to NY! Exp. working at both funding source and broker.

email: lease4you@mail.com

Credit: San Francisco, CA. 10+ years Credit Analyst experience underwriting for a direct lessor, regional bank and vendor leasing company. Have CLP and will make decisions ( won't rely on a FICO score for enlightenment.) email: pmtorres1@yahoo.com

Credit Manager: Kansas City, MO. Equipment finance and leasing, inventory finance, construction & agricultural equipment.email: impens@earthlink.net

Credit Manager: Westlake, OH

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

76 Job Wanted ads at: http://64.125.68.90/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm

If you are a DVI salesman or another person laid off, these are free ads

and often it helps. The main point is to get “active” in looking, networking:

http://64.125.68.90/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm

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Lease ABS Delinquency Index Reaches 5-Year Low

NEW YORK--During second quarter 2003, Fitch Ratings' equipment lease asset-backed securities (ABS) delinquency index fell to its lowest level since October 1998, according to the latest edition of 'The ABS Equipment Expo'.

As of June 30, 2003, total delinquencies greater than 30 days past due fell 25.6% from the first quarter to reach 2.97%. The current issuers within Fitch's equipment lease ABS index have survived three years of industry tiering and boast proven business models. Results of industry improvements are evident from healthier securitized portfolio performance. Fitch believes equipment lease ABS investors can still expect stable credit performance in most securitized leasing portfolios and low ratings volatility throughout the remainder of 2003. Furthermore, as macroeconomic signs point to a mild rebound in business spending, lessors could soon experience robust portfolio growth as more businesses lease equipment which could lead to an increase in securitization volume.

Despite improving delinquency and economic trends, however, Fitch has observed greater month-to-month index volatility in 2003 compared to the past two years. Fitch believes the volatility was driven in part by three transactions that paid out and traditionally exhibited high delinquencies as well as two large transactions added to the index in the second quarter.

In addition to highlighting the delinquency index, Fitch's 'ABS Equipment Expo' newsletter features a commentary titled 'Equipment ABS Issuers After the Storm: Where are They Now?' This article discusses leasing industry trends over the last several years which have changed the composition and players within the industry. Furthermore, the newsletter summarizes Fitch's Financial Institution Group's year-to-date rating actions on equipment lease and finance companies and also provides an update on the DVI, Inc. bankruptcy situation.

All public and 144A Fitch-rated ABS equipment lease transactions since December 1997 are included in Fitch's index, which now tracks the performance of 94 transactions over a five-year period. 'The ABS Equipment Expo' is a publication that follows equipment lease ABS performance, industry trends and developments within the securitization market. Both current and historical editions of the newsletter are available on Fitch's web site at 'www.fitchratings.com' or by contacting the Ratings Desk at 1-800-893-4824.

CONTACT:

Fitch Ratings

Sara Grohl, 212-908-0564, New York

Media Relations: Matt Burkhard, 212-908-0540, New York

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Williams named new President, CEO of Centennial Bank, Adds Leasing

OGDEN, UT: - Clint Williams was recently named the President and CEO of Centennial Bank.

Williams comes to Centennial Bank with more than 30 years experience in the banking industry, including terms as the former president of two Utah-based Community Banks, and most recently Transportation Alliance Bank of Ogden.

Centennial Bank is a community bank that has specialized in providing financing for local businesses and homebuyers for more than six years. Williams' vision for Centennial Bank includes helping build stronger communities by supplying much-needed funds for local organizations that may otherwise have difficulty finding a financial partner. Currently the bank is financing several projects in the Ogden area, including the Emmanuel Church of God in Christ; and a new charter school located at Grant and 22nd street. Williams is also adding to Centennial Bank's product line, including Commercial Equipment Leasing for a broad range of industries and equipment types.

In addition to the Ogden headquarters, Centennial Bank has branches in Layton, Clinton and inside the Wal-Mart stores located in Logan, Harrisville, Orem and Springville.

Contact: Clint Williams, President

Phone: 801-475-7000

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DVI --- $775 & $670 Per Hour Attorney Rates

DVI, Inc. filed motions seeking U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to retain

Adelman, Lavine, Gold & Levin as counsel at the following rates per hour: Principals at $420 to $670; Senior Associates at $325 to $495; Associates at $275 to $390; Accountants and Consultants at $225 to 280; Shareholders at $325 to$410; Associates at $145 to $ 310; Legal Assistants at$120 to $140;

AP Services as crisis manager for a Contingent Success Fee at

$4.0 million, plus hourly rates: Analysts at $150 to 180; Paraprofessionals at

$105 to 110; Bankruptcy Services LLC at noticing/claims and/or solicitation

and balloting agent at the following rates $15,000 Retainer Fee, plus hourly

rates: Kathy Gerber at $210; Senior Consultants at $185; Programmers at $130

to 160; Associates at $135; Data Entry/Clerical at $40 to 60; Schedule

Preparation at $225;

Latham & Watkins as counsel for the following rates:

Partners at $410 to $775; Counsel at $345 to 625; Associates at $195 to 485;

Paralegals at $110 to 270; Paralegal Assistants at $60 to 140; and UBS

Securities, LLC as financial advisor at the following fees: Monthly Cash

Advisory Fee at $150,000; Restructuring Transaction Fee at $4 million; M&A

Transaction Fee at 1% of Transaction Value; D.I.P. Financing Fee at 0.5% of

total committed amount

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Memorial Service Today at 4:00pm, Belevedere, California

FUNSTON, Louis

Sunday, August 31, 2003 - San Francisco Chronicle

FUNSTON, Louis - A Belvedere, CA resident for 30 years died at his home on August 25, 2003. A courageous struggle with pancreatic cancer claimed his life at the age of 58. He is survived by his wife Kathy, sons Robert Louis (17) and Blake Ellis (12), mother Caroline Funkenstein and sister Julia Funkenstein of Anderson, SC. He has four nieces and five nephews of Athens, GA, Austin, TX, and Oklahoma City, OK. He is preceded in death by his father Louis Funkenstein. Lou was born and raised in Anderson, SC. He attended high school at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree at Georgia Institute of Technology in Industrial Management, following in his father's footsteps. Lou was the Manager of the Georgia Tech Basketball team for four years and later the Manager of the Atlanta Hawks. Always an entrepreneur Lou was scolded in first grade for selling pencils before school. He earned money in college by selling sorority and fraternity T-shirts and by booking southern bands, including Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, and The Dave Clark Five. Lou moved to the Bay Area in the mid-70's where he started Western States Leasing, which he has owned and operated until his death. Lou received many professional honors and designations, but mostly he enjoyed his business colleagues who became longtime friends. Lou was a devoted father to his two sons, Robby and Blake. He traveled with them to numerous sporting events ranging from the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta to The Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta. He coached numerous baseball and basketball teams in the Tiburon area, and sat on the CYO Basketball Board. He enjoyed snow skiing and golf. He was a member of the Olympic Club in San Francisco. His burial was held in Anderson, SC on Thursday, August 28, 2003. A memorial service will be held at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Belvedere on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. The family requests that donations be made to the Pancreatic Action Network, 2221 Rosecrans Ave., Ste. 131, El Segundo, CA 90245 or Foundation for Integrative Oncology, P.O. Box 5031, Larkspur, CA 94977-5031.

full story here, if you missed it last week:

http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/August_%202003/8-28-03.htm#louis

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Friends of Louis Remember Him---

I was saddened to hear that Lou had died. I did business with him at both

Ford Credit and ITT Industrial Credit in the early '80's. I always enjoyed

Lou and thought he was a great salesman (both skilled and always looking to

get better!).

I wanted to share my most lasting memory of Lou in the leasing business.

Lou brought me a deal at ITT (the first at ITT after I moved from FMCC) for

a machine tool client which we approved, but with a couple of requirements

that were different than the way we had done business in the past. The

attorney at ITT required that I attend the closing and that Lou's fee was

fully disclosed on the face of the lease agreement (top right corner). I

went with Lou to meet the customer and get the documents signed. Under the

circumstances the closing went very smoothly, particularly when you

consider that the customer had to sign several pages and that Lou's thumb

never left the top right corner of the page!

Dave Brown

Comerica Leasing Corp.

dhbrown@comerica.com

He was such a nice guy...

It is really unfortunate.

Stewart Kahn, Executive Vice President

Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.

6083 Bristol Parkway, Suite 100

Culver City, CA 90230

Tel: 310.337.4161

Fax: 310.338.1151

I will remember Lou as a man of worth - not in the material sense, but in

the sense of having high integrity, strong feelings and the willingness to

go out and "make it happen". There are some in our industry that focus on

material wealth to the detriment of integrity and friendship, I don't think

Lou feel into that category.

Having worked as friendly competitors in similar industries, it was always

nice to get a call or give him a call to chat and discuss "what was going

on". He was very protective of his customers and went out of the way in many

cases to ensure that the "right thing" happened for them. I know this is

firmly evidenced by the long and mutually beneficial relationships and

friendships he formed, not only with vendors but also with lessees and

lenders.

I think Lou was a great asset to our industry and he will be missed.

Robert Crivello, CLP

Windsor Capital Finance, Inc.

rob@wincapfin.com

I met Lou in the early 1970's when he started his leasing company,

Western States Leasing. Over the years we became good friends as his business grew

and I continued to provide funding for his leases. I saw him often as his

office was near mine.

He was diligent and fiercely honest, and always had the welfare of his

customers at the top of his list. He had remarkable longevity. He used to laugh at

how he had outlasted most of his funding sources. After all, there are very few

brokers in this business who had been in business as long as Lou.

He had a solid niche and was happy in it, content to remain essentially a

one-man shop. Our industry could use more people like Lou Funston.

I'll miss him.

Bob Teichman, CLP

Teichman Financial Training

3030 Bridgeway, Suite 213

Sausalito, CA 94965

Tel: 415-331-6445

Fax: 415-331-6451

e-mail: BoTei@aol.com

"Providing education and training to the equipment leasing and financing

industry."

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**** Announcement ******************************************

Chi Town September 13^th UAEL Pig Roast

The United Association of Equipment Leasing Chicago Region

Presents Pig Roast 2003

Event Hosted by UAEL Chicago Regional Committee

Padco Lease Corp. and Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd.

A chance for Midwest leasing professionals to mix 'n mingle and have a

foot-stompin' good time!

Date: Saturday, September 13th

Time: 1:00PM until ???

Place: Jim Padden's farm - Beecher, IL

Beecher is approximately 40 miles

south of Chicago; directions and local hotel

information to be provided to all attendees

Cost Includes: Food, Beverages (Beer, Wine & Pop), Entertainment

Price: $35.00 (UAEL Member or Non Member)

Company Employees are invited to attend.

Spouses/significant others are welcome!

Inquiries may be directed to:

Nancy Geary, Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. (847)-291-1333,

ngeary@edwinsigel.com) or Jim Padden, Padco

Lease Corp. (312) 263-5970, jpadden@padcolease.com).

Reservations and payments must be received by September 1, 2003.

Respond today! Reserve your tickets today by mail or online at

www.uael.org with a credit card.

________ Company Name

________ Number of Attendees from your company

________ Total Amount Due

Please make check payable to UAEL and mail to:

UAEL

78-120 Calle Estado

Suite 201

La Quinta, CA 92253

Please contact Jessica Roell at UAEL with any questions at (760) 564-2227 or

jessica@uael.org

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New Feature On Line for UAEL 2003 Conference

Conference Chair Peter Mellon of Kenco Equipment Lease Company

notes new to the UAEL Conference is a form to make an appointment on

line.

Scheduled Appointments For Exhibiting

Funders & Service Providers

2003 ACE, Friday, October 10, 2003

http://www.uael.org/events/fall2003/appt_calendar.htm

United Association of Equipment Leasing 2003

Annual Conference & Exposition

October 9–12, 2003

Downtown Portland Marriott

www.uael.org

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News Brief--

Manufacturing Activity Expands in August

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13934-2003Sep2.html

Pinot Noir California/Oregon vs. Burgundy

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/dining/03WINE.html

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Sports Briefs--

Griese might be out until October

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/football/6670414.htm

Lions RB Stewart out for season with dislocated shoulder

http://www.theredzone.org/news/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=293

Raiders name Stinchcomb starting center over Treu

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/sports/football/nfl/oakland_raiders/6671797.htm

White weighs her future in track

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/6671708.htm

Standing ovations greet Bonds in Giants victory

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/6678340.htm

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California Nuts Briefs---

Arnold Doesn’t Like Blacks Says Interview

http://www.drudgereport.com/matt1.htm

Davis names Leon Panetta to lead budget committee

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20030902-1719-ca-statebudget-panetta.html

Davis unveils TV ads defending/record; GOP worries about crowded field

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/02/state1622EDT0131.DTL

Feinstein makes 'no on recall' TV/ads/She calls election bad for California

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/03/FEINSTEIN.TMP

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This Day in American History

September 3, 1926---Ernie Henry Birthday

http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,443247,00.html?artist=Ernie+Henry

Moon enters First Quarter phase at 8:34am, EDT.

1752- This date became September 14th, when Great Britain (including Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the American colonies) officially implemented the Gregorian Calendar (developed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to replace the Julian calendar). Actually all dates we recorded in history were changed, therefore all the dates we celebrate before this change are not the “correct days in history.” They were all converted to this new calendar.

1777-The first American flag flown in battle was by detachment of light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell at Coch’s Bridge, DE, where they met an advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals ‘Richard Howe, Charles Cornwallis, and Wilhelm von Knypahusen.

1783-The American Revolution Officially ends as the treaty between Britain and the US is signed at Paris, France. The definite treaty of peace was signed by David Hartley, plenipotentiary of great Britain, and Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams of the United States. The treaty was ratified and proclaimed on January 14,1784. It set the borders of the United States as the Great Lakes (Canada) in the north, Spanish Florida in the south, and the Mississippi River in the west. It also granted the Americans fishing rights off the Newfoundland coast.

1803-Birthday of Prudence Crandall, born to a Quaker family at Hopkinton, RI, this American schoolteacher sparked controversy in the 18340s with her efforts to educate black girls. When her private academy for girls was boycotted because she admitted a black girl, she started a school for “young ladies and misses of colour.” In two trials (1833 and 1834) was convicted by State of Connecticut for teaching girls of color but the convictions were set aside by a legal technicality. The white community in the small city where PC lived had objected so openly about one young woman of Black African descent at her school that she announced her intention to open a whole new school for "young ladies and little misses of color." The state legislature then passed a law forbidding the teaching of blacks without local approval that resulted in her arrest and imprisonment. She was released on a technicality. It is estimated that as many as 3,000 "free" Black families were living in Connecticut at the time. All the white families withdrew their children from her school. PC and her family were jeered and stoned in public. She married, perhaps thinking it would afford her protection, but her Baptist minister husband promptly sold her school without her permission and moved the couple to Illinois where she again established a school for young girls. She became a lecturer on abolition, temperance, and woman's suffrage. In 1887 with a resurgence of interest in the anti-slavery movement, the widowed Prudence Crandall was living in poverty in Kansas. The Connecticut General Assembly apologized for the pre-Civil War treatment of her and awarded her a $400-a-year pension. Arguments from her trials were used in the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court desegregation decision Brown v the Board of Education.

http://www.chc.state.ct.us/Crandall%20Museum.htm
http://www.ohwy.com/ct/p/prucramu.htm

Died January 28, 1890 at Elk Falls, KS.

1833-Benjamin H. Day launched the “New York Sun”, the first truly successful penny newspaper in the US. The Sun was sold on sidewalks by newspapers boys. By 1836 the paper was the largest seller in the country with a circulation of 30,000. It was possibly Day’s concentration on human interest stories and sensationalism that made his publication a success while efforts a penny papers at Philadelphia an Boston had failed.

1838 - Frederick Douglass, a black man, boarded a train in the slave state of Maryland, dressed as a sailor with borrowed ID papers. He rode the train to Wilmington, Delaware. There he caught a steamboat to Philadelphia. Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, was a free city. There Douglass transferred to a train that took him to New York City -- also a free city. It was in New York that he was helped by the underground railway network to freedom. Frederick Douglass became one of the nation’s strongest abolitionists, fighting for the struggle against slavery and one of America’s greatest orators. He published the weekly "North Star" which was later titled, "Frederick Douglass’ Paper", to reach the black people. It was mostly through his urging that there were black troops serving in the Civil War. His autobiography, "Life and Times", is a narrative classic of escape to freedom. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep03.html

1849- Sarah Orne Jewett birthday, U.S. writer of precision and amazing clarity who wrote reflectively of the life of the New England farmers and fishers. Her best works were in the short story form where her unsentimental revelations of the nuances of life became a much underrated influence on later writers although Willa Cather acknowledged her debt. Her best known story collections are A White Heron and Other Stories (1886) and Deephaven (1877). Her lifelong partnership with Anne Adams Field openly described as a "Boston marriage" and was probably the inspiration for the Henry James novel The Bostonians. Her earliest works were signed "Alice Eliot" or "A. C. Eliot." A volume of her poetry was published posthumously.

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/jewett.htm

http://www.traverse.com/people/dot/jewett_fields.html

http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/catherjewett1.htm

http://images.google.com/images?q=Sarah+Orne+Jewett

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/103-5362656-4423850?tag=fast-bkasin00-20&keyword=Sarah%20Orne%2dJewett&mode=books

1856-Birthday of Louis H. Sullivan, famed Chicago architect.

( lower half of http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep03.html )

1860-Birthday of Edward Albert Filene, American merchant and philanthropist, born at Salem, MA, who established the US credit union movement in 1921. Died at Paris, France, September ,26 1937.

1861- Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality. Due to Kentucky's neutrality policy in the summer of 1861, men wishing to join the Confederacy traveled to Camps Boone and Burnett, near Clarksville, TN. Here, the nucleus of the Orphan Brigade was formed, which later was to be under the command of President Lincoln’s brother-in-law Ben Helm. Confederate General Leonidas Polk committed a major political blunder by marching his troops into Columbus, Kentucky— negating Kentucky's avowed neutrality and causing the Unionist legislature to invite the U.S. government to drive the invaders away. Kentucky was heavily divided prior to the war. Although slavery was prevalent in the state, nationalism was strong and Unionists prevented the calling of a convention to consider secession after the firing on Fort Sumter in April. Governor Beriah Magoffin refused to send troops to either side, and a special session of the legislature in the summer of 1861 issued a warning to both the Confederate and Union armies not to deploy forces in the state. Union and Confederates alike recognized the folly of entering Kentucky into the war, as it would tip the delicate political balance to the other side. President Lincoln, a Kentucky native who carefully observed the state's neutrality, soon realized that the Confederates were acquiring resources and recruiting troops from the state. However, in three special elections held that summer, the Union cause had gained support. Kentucky's geographic location made permanent neutrality nearly impossible. The major rivers of the upper south drained into the Ohio River through Kentucky, and the state had the country's ninth largest population.

Troops from both sides began to build fortifications along the border in the opening months of the war, but the Confederates made a critical blunder when General Polk occupied Columbus, Kentucky, on September 3. This preemptive move against the forces of General Ulysses S. Grant, who waited across the Ohio River in Illinois, proved costly for the Confederates. Kentucky's Unionist legislature invited Federal troops in to drive away the invaders, and on September 6, Grant occupied Paducah and Southland, at the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively. These were vital positions that allowed the Union a tremendous advantage in the contest for Kentucky and Tennessee.

During the war, some 50,000 white and 24,000 black Kentuckians fought for the North, while 35,000 joined the South.

http://www.moc.org/Articles/orphan.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/campboone.htm

http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/flags.htm

http://www.oldgloryprints.com/Triumph%20at%20Chickamauga.htm

1864-Atlanta, GA, was evacuated by the Confederate forces under General John H. Hood. The next day General William Techumseh Sherman troops began

their occupation and were in full control of the city and the area by this day.

1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land from the whites to give to the Blacks.

http://myphlip.pearsoncmg.com/abdemo/abpage.cfm?vbcid=2743&vid=67

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/01mar/dubois.htm

http://www.inform.umd.edu/ARHU/Depts/History/Freedman/fbact.htm

http://eserver.org/history/freedmens-bureau.txt

1872 - Louisville, Kentucky was the meeting place of U.S. Democrats. Their national convention convened and a wing of Democrats not wanting to vote for Horace Greely, editor of the New York Tribune, ( who was officially nominated in Baltimore, MD,) nominated Charles O’Conor of New York for President of the United States. He was the first Catholic to be nominated by his party for the office of President. They did not think Greely would win. O’Conor declined the nomination, but his name nevertheless was listed and he received approximately 30,000 votes from 23 states. Ulysses S. Grant was reelected president of the United States, defeating Horace Greeley by an electoral vote of 286 to 66. President Grant received a popular vote of 3,597,132 against 2,384,124 for Greely.

1891- Cotton pickers organize a union and stage a strike across the

state of Texas.

1891- John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti.

1895-Birthday of NAACP Leader Charles Houston.

1895 - The first professional football game was played -- in Latrobe, PA. The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0.Latrobe’s captain was Harry Ryan and Jeannette’s was “Posie” Flowers. Since the regular quarterback was unable to play, John K. Braillier of Indiana, PA, was paid $10 and expenses to fill in. The following year four men were paid, and in 1897, the entire team was paid. Since 1967, St. Vincent College in Latrobe has been the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp.

1915-Birthday of pianist Memphis Slim, Memphis, TN.

1916-Birthday of bassist Trigger Alpert, Indianapolis, IN.

1917-Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched and won both ends of a doubleheader against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Alexander went the distance in both games, winning the opener, 5-0, and the nightcap, 9-3.

1918- Nineteen mutinous Black soldiers were hanged and sixty-three received life sentences in federal prison. One was judged incompetent to stand trial. Two white officers faced courts-martial, but they were released .

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/jch4.html

1925-Birthday of guitarist Hank Tompson, Waco, TX

1929 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 381.17. It was the peak of the bull market of the 1920s.

1934- In London, Evangeline Cory Booth, 69, the seventh child of founder William Booth (1829-1912), became the fourth elected commander and the first woman general of the Salvation Army.

1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1940 - Artie Shaw and the Gramercy Five recorded "Summit Ridge Drive" and “Special Delivery Stomp” for Victor Records.

1940-Drummer Gene Krupa records “ Rhum-boogie.”

1942 - Frank Sinatra bid adieu to the Tommy Dorsey Band as he started his solo singing career.

1946- Founder Sidney N. Correll established United World Mission. This interdenominational agency focuses on evangelism, church planting and Christian education in 13 world countries.

1951 - What was to become the longest-running TV serial (or soap opera) was seen for the first time. "Search for Tomorrow" debuted on CBS-TV.

1952---Top Hits

Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray

Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney

It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells

1954 - "The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956 episodes spanning 21 years. Many of the original ABC radio shows later became available through syndication and can still be heard on stations brave enough to air dramas in today’s radio world of talk and music.

1956-Birthday of Douglas Willaims (Williams Bros ), Smithdale, MS.

http://www.musicbooksplus.com/books/wg050.htm

1957- The Braves' Warren Spahn's 8-0 blanking of the Cubs sets major league shutout record for lefties with 41.

1960---Top Hits

It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley

Walk--Don’t Run - The Ventures

The Twist - Chubby Checker

Alabam - Cowboy Copas

1963 - Reprise Records, owned by Frank Sinatra, became part of Warner Brothers Records. The ‘Chairman of the Board’ continued to record for the label.

1965- In preparation of their move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels.

1967 - After 17 years, "What’s My Line" aired for the final time on CBS-TV. The host of the show was John Daly. Panelists on the first show were: Dorothy Kilgallen, Louis Untermeyer, Dr. Richard Hoffman and New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman. Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf joined the show a short time later. Kilgallen, Cerf and Francis were the continuing regulars for fifteen years. Fred Allen, Hal Block and Steve Allen served as panelists for short stints at different times.

1968---Top Hits

People Got to Be Free - The Rascals

Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano

Mama Tried - Merle Haggard

1970-Outfielder Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs asked to be taken out of the starting lineup, breaking his conseutive games played streak of 1,117 a National League record until Steve Garvey broke it in 1983.

1973 - David Pearson became the first racecar driver to earn one million dollars in career earnings. Pearson finished second in the Southern 500 stock-car race in Darlington, SC. Other drivers to make the big bucks at the time were Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Sr. and Mario Andretti.

1976---Top Hits

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee

You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees

Let ’Em In - Wings

(I’m A) Stand by My Woman Man - Ronnie Milsap

1981- The Red Sox and the Mariners play nineteen innings to a 7-7 tie. The game ends with the Mariners winning 8-7 in 20 innings when the suspended game is resumed the next day making it the longest game played in Fenway Park's history.

1984 - Jerry Lewis smashed all previous records for charity fund-raising. A total of $32,074,566 was pledged on the annual "Labor Day Telethon" for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

1984 - Bruce Sutter of the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record by earning his 38th save of the season. Three hurlers had previously held the record, Clay Carroll, Rollie Fingers and Sutter, with 37 saves. The Cardinals defeated the New York Mets, 7-3.

1984---Top Hits

What’s Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner

Missing You - John Waite

Stuck on You - Lionel Richie

Let’s Fall to Pieces Together - George Strait

1986 - Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler of the Netherlands agreed to merge, forming the world’s largest accounting firm.

1990-Relief pitcher Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox set a major league record for most saves in a season when he chalked up his 47^th save in a 4-2 White Sox victory over the Kansas City Royals. Thigpen finished the season with 57 saves.

1993—Top Hits

Can t Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")- UB40

Dreamlover- Mariah Carey

Whoomp! (There It Is)- Tag Team

Lately-Jodeci