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Business Development Officer,leasing exp.,min 3 yrs business & direct sales exp. Banking procedure knowledge helpful. Gilroy, CA location, serving four surrounding counties. E-mail valdezd@1stnational.com or see Career Opportunities www.pcbancorp.com About the Company: Pacific Capital Bancorp is a $5+ billion, multi-bank holding company dedicated to providing an enduring network of community banks on the Central Coast of California. This unique partnership of independent banks provides customers in six California counties with the financial strength and product diversity of a big bank, delivered with the responsiveness and personalized attention of a local community bank. |
Friday, June 25, 2004
Headlines---
Correction:
RW Professional Leasing Trial
Where
is Phil Walden, formerly of Saddleback?
Pictures
from the Past--1991--WAEL Past Presidents
Republic
Now NetBank Business Finance
Wells
Fargo’s Terminal Marketing Company Debacle?
Equipment
Leasing and Financing Journal Available
alaQuote:
Leasing News Archives - June 25,2003
Fitch
Rates CIT Equipment Collateral 2004-EF1
Jeffrey
L. Clark De Lage Landen Biz Dev. Global
plus bonus:
The original radio show of Abbott and Costello’s,
“Who’s on First Base.”
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Ads---New Feature
We are going to start
a new feature, and make available to
those who would like
to include a picture of themselves and/or
direction to their
“blog” or web site, should they
have one.
All those who have
an ad are being contacted by Steve Chan.
Every 30 to 45 days
we check all the ads in all the categories
to check if the e-mail
address is still working, if the people are
still actively seeking
employment, suggesting that they think
about changing the
wording in their ad. We are
also letting
them know about the
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Leasing News has
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http://64.125.68.90/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm
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Correction: RW Professional Leasing Trial
In yesterday’s story,
left out the most important fact, and the purpose
of the up-date: The
actual trial is scheduled for October 14th, 2004.
It should have been
in the headline. editor
http://www.leasingnews.org/#rw
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Where
is Phil Walden, formerly of Saddleback?
Anyone who can give us a lead, please send to
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Pictures
from the Past
---1991---
WAEL Past Presidents
“Pictured here is
some of the Western Association of Equipment Leasing ( WAEL—pronounced
“Whale,” is the former name of the United Association of Equipment Leasing
Association (UAEL—pronounced U.A.E.L.)
Past President who
were honored during special recognition ceremonies in commemoration
of WAEL’s Fifteenth Anniversary---the Crystal Celebration.
Conference Chairman
Peter Eaton, CLP, First National Leasing Corporation(center) joins Past
Presidents (l to r) Jim Possehl, CLP, President Republic Financial Corporation(1989),
President Steve Dunham, Leasing Associates (WAEL’s first President—1974);
Bob Jacobson, III, CLP, Consultant (1984 president); Eaton (1994 president);
Ted Parker, CLP, LSA West Capital Corporation (1986 President): and
Steve Head, Interbank Leasing Corporation (1977 President).”
30th
Anniversary Party
October 21st, 2004, the “First Timers” meeting is scheduled from 6 to 7pm, and
then the 30th Anniversary Party from 7pm to 10pm at the
United Association
of Equipment Leasing Conference Monterey,
California Leasing News Advisory Board member, and long-time friend
,Steve Crane is the Conference Chair. CEO Joe Woodley is going
to invite the real
“old timers” as his guest to the 30th Anniversary
Party, so this should
be a very memorable event. Perhaps
even Bob Jacobson
III may show up along with Curt Lynse; maybe
Russ Rickards and even Dr. Ray Williams, CAE. Won’t that be
a kick!!!
(I look forward to
meeting Leasing News readers in Monterey.
Please go here for further information about the conference,
and about the area. Kit Menkin.)
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Monterey.htm
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Republic
Now NetBank Business Finance
Republic Leasing
of South Carolina has formally changed its name to NetBank Business
Finance
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As of July 1, 2004, Republic Leasing, a subsidiary of NetBank, will become a division of NetBank and will have a new name and logo. We are telling you first before this announcement is made to industry associations and the public. The general announcement, which will appear in the next issue of The Monitor, is attached for your information. What does this mean to you, our loyal customers? It simply means that we will continue to be the same funding partner we have always been, just with a new name and with more capabilities! On July 1, our website address will be ch an ged to netbankbusinessfinance.com an d emails to employees can be addressed to: firstinitiallastname@netbankbusinessfinance.com. The business address, as well as all phone an d fax numbers, will remain the same. For those of you who use our document preparation software, Docsonline, access to it will be moved to netbankbusinessfinance.com. Please take the time to change your computers to this address on July 1. All sign-ons and passwords will remain the same. Please note that Docsonline will not be available from 2 PM on June 30 until 9 AM on July 1 (Eastern Time). Documents with us listed as lessor prepared on or after July 1 will have to be prepared using NetBank Business Finance as the lessor. If you prepared documents on Docsonline prior to July 1, you will be able to correct or update using the Republic Leasing name, but that capability will soon be phased out. We are excited to announce that we will now accept applications for app-only working capital loans between $15,000 and $50,000 for established businesses. We believe that this is a new product which should be very well accepted by your customers. Please call your credit analyst or marketing representative for more information. All
of us at NetBank Business Finance are very excited about our new
name and the additional capabilities that the financial strength
of NetBank makes available to us. Remember to think of NetBank
Business Finance as your primary funding source for all transactions
up to $1,000,000! Working Capital Loans NetBank Business Finance (“NetBank”) will offer to its approved broker/lessors, a program to transact business for working capital loans to businesses in the $15,000 to $50,000 range. The parameters of the program will be strictly adhered to and all requirements must be met. All transactions will be documented on the NetBank Finance Agreement, and all transactions will be personally guaranteed by the owner(s). Proof of ownership must be verified and on-site verification that the business exists will be required. Both the primary and secondary (as defined by NetBank) credit bureau reports will be used to determine credit worthiness. Credit card debt in excess of $25,000 must be fully explained as part of the credit investigation and evidence of such may require additional information (additional tax returns, etc.). Dependent on the size of the transaction or when deemed necessary D&B reports will be ordered and reviewed. A security deposit equal to one or two payments will be due at commencement, and ACH will be required on the remaining payments (with a $10 per month opt out fee if ACH is ever removed). Variable payment streams will not be accepted. Broker/lessor commissions will be capped at 10 points on all transactions. The yield to NetBank for all transactions will be 9.75%. All other st an dard credit criteria must be met along with the additional notable exceptions: CBR
Allowable
Number Bank $15,000
– $25,000
– $35,000
– * Personal and business tax returns including all schedules. ** $50,000 is the maximum to be considered under this program. Tran sactions greater th an $50,000 will be considered subject to additional requirements an d with full financial statement disclosure. The debtor will confirm in writing that the proceeds will be used for commercial purposes in the business. A blanket lien on the business will be executed in the name of NetBank. A documentation fee of $125 will be required for all transactions.
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Reaction has been
very good, and the only one who gave us
permission to quote
them was Charlie Lester of LPI Financial:
“I think this is a excellent announcement since it ends
the speculation that has existed from the day Net Bank acquired
Republic. Those of us that do business with Republic can now get back
to business as usual without this distraction.
Knowing Charles Randall and Dwight Galloway---the only things
that will change are the name on the door and the dollar limits. Republic
and Manifest have been the most stable of the funding sources
for the past six years and both have grown since being acquired
by banks.
By the way, if you know
a bank looking to buy a Mickey Mouse company in Marietta, GA, please
ask them to call me. Charlie”
On April 1, the announcement
was made that Republic Leasing of South Carolina would become a division
of the bank.
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Republic_Leasing2.htm
It is our understanding
that loans and leases are serviced by the bank, although most of the
mortgage business is “sold off” or serviced elsewhere, very similar
to the Advanta operation and is the common
procedure in the
mortgage industry (as many of us home owners know.)
Net Bank is the largest
internet bank, and perhaps the most successful. In there most recent public release of financial standings they
noted the commercial equipment leasing business had production of $39 million, a decrease of $5.2 million or
12% .
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/NetBank_Report_down.htm
Republic Leasing
of South Carolina was one of the first that went to the securization market primarily from sales generated by leasing brokers.
July 26,2002 Dwight
Galloway wrote a letter to over 100 brokers, basically saying it wasn't
profitable for his company to continue to do business with them.
http://two.leasingnews.org/archives/July2002/7-31-2002.htm
November 22,2001,
he announced the acquisition of our long time parent, Resource Bancshares
Mortgage Group, Inc. by NetBank, Inc.
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/dwight.htm
In related news, NetBank reports that MBNA Corp. has started
issuing small-business credit cards for NetBank. Payroll and tax filing
services are also offered to NetBank's small business clients, through
a partnership with PayMaxx Inc., and financing programs for capital
equipment.
NetBank says 1,600
small businesses have signed up since it introduced accounts for small
businesses a year ago, bringing more than $37.5 million of deposits,
and they intend to service bank customers for loans and leases.
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Wells
Fargo’s Terminal Marketing Company Debacle?
Dale Washington
Attorney
714 593-2317
(Leasing News has
written about leases assigned to Terminal Marketing of New York ( no
longer in business ) who never paid
Fargo. Often, Terminal Marketing was making the monthly
payments until they went out business.
As long as they were adding more
“We are defending
one of the victims of this scheme - someone who filled out the lease exactly as they had done before, only to have it sold off
but never funded. Wells Fargo
is trying to litigate them and others across the Country into oblivion. We think it will backfire and wanted to provide
Leasing News with some up to date legal analysis, hope it helps:
“Assignees of negotiable
instruments (e.g., drafts, checks or notes) who become holders in due
course (i.e., take the instruments for value, in good faith and without
notice of any defects) ordinarily obtain their interests free of all
'personal' claims and defenses (e.g., fraud in the inducement or failure
of consideration). [Comm'l C. §§ 3302 & 3305; and see Bank of Costa
Mesa v. Losack (1977) 74 CA3d 287, 293, 141 CR 550, 553] .
This is the position Wells Fargo claims to be in - a finance
company that took the Terminal Finance Company I & II leases for
value without notice of any fault with the leases.
It is called the “empty head and the white heart” test -they
grind defrauded people into the dust based upon the paperwork.
“We think Wells Note
holders are not an assignee of the Leases, but rather creditors of Terminal
Finance I & II. This is
because Wells Fargo referred to them essentially owning Terminal Finance
shares until the notes were paid off; Also, they keep referring to “lease-backed
notes.” Persons who are merely
successors in interest to prior holders in due course (e.g., purchasers
at judicial sales, attaching creditors or bulk purchasers) are statutorily
excluded from the definition of a holder in due course. [Comm'l C. §
3302(3); and see 3 Witkin, Summary of California Law, Negotiable Instruments,
§ 73] . If we are right on this
one, then Wells Fargo’s position is to step into the shoes of Terminal
Finance I & II - they have to defend Sanford Schneiderman’s position. Keep in mind Terminal Marketing Company and
Terminal Finance Company have the same CEO - Schneiderman, and
“There is a second
rule which I think applies to these leases, called the
Orange County Mach.
Works (1950) 34 Cal.2d 766, 214 P.2d 819.
“The arrangement
at Wells Fargo & Terminal Finance I & II certainly has Terminal
Marketing as the moving force - writing purchase orders and so forth. But Wells Fargo is also involved in one of the key areas of the moving force test. According to the acquisition agreement (and
what was happening), Terminal Marketing Company would come to Terminal
Finance Corp for a funding. Terminal
Finance would take the Lease, take Terminal Marketing Company’s debt
associated with the Lease and simultaneously borrow money from Wells
Fargo investors to pay Terminal Marketing Company’s debt.
“We have asserted
this case, that Wells Fargo was ‘within’ the Commercial Credit exception
due to this participation in the deal rather than being a mere investor
who purchases the lease after a transaction.
“Also, check the
documents. If documents are
defective on their face so as to call into question their authenticity,
no taker can become a holder in due course.
The case we have includes many altered documents, including a
dummied up delivery acknowledgment.
Since Wells apparently accepted a photocopy for this document,
we think they took a chance of having it be forged.
Now that it turns out to be forged, they cannot hide behind the
paperwork.
“One other point,
Wells Received notice of irregularities at Terminal
Marketing Company
on January 5, 2001. We know
they had information sooner but have not yet gotten to it. Anyone who has a lease issued after then appears to have an e ticket
out of the case.
“Keep in mind these
are our opinions - we may go down in flames in the next 3 weeks. Till then, we are sharing information with
anyone as Wells Fargo is abusing public trust to CYA whomever failed
to keep tabs on their partnership with Schneiderman.”
Dale Washington
Attorney
714 593-2317
( Attorneys for Wells
Fargo did not want to comment
on the cases in litigation.
editor)
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Equipment
Leasing and Financing Journal Available
Now on line with good information such as:
"The Imperfect
Fit: Making Form Leases Work for High-Tech Equipment"
Article By Barry S. Marks and James M. Johnson, PhD.
Forms drive equipment
leasing. However, the standard lease form typically is ill-suited to
the leasing of desktop and notebook computers and other small, often
portable technology equipment. In short, one size does not fit all.
This article, recently published in the Journal of Equipment Lease Financing,
signature publication for the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation,
looks at some of the pitfalls of those standard forms, offering sound
alternatives to traditional lease language.
http://www.two.leasingnews.org/loose_files/TheImperfectFit.pdf
The full edition is available at:
http://www.two.leasingnews.org/loose_files/TheImperfectFit.pdf
From Leasing News Archives ---- June 25,2003
One
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While most in the
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In the course of
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All of the customers
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We rely heavily on
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###Press Release ######################################
Fitch
Rates CIT Equipment Collateral 2004-EF1
Fitch Ratings-Chicago-J:
Fitch rates the CIT Equipment Collateral (EC) 2004-EF1 (2004-EF1) $141,000,000
class A-1 notes 'F1+', the $90,000,000 class A-2 notes 'AAA', the $172,276,000
class A-3 notes 'AAA', the $16,992,000 class B notes 'AA', the $16,992,000
class C notes 'A', and the $15,859,654 class D notes 'BBB'.
The 2004-EF1 transaction
represents CIT Group Inc.'s (CIT) third public securitization of assets
originated from its equipment finance (EF) business unit and consists
of contracts secured by the purchase or lease of a variety of equipment
types, including construction, transportation, and manufacturing equipment.
Rated 'A' by Fitch's financial institutions group, CIT is a leading
global diversified finance company offering vendor, equipment, commercial,
factoring, consumer, and structured financing capabilities. A wholly
owned subsidiary of CIT, EF is the originator and servicer of the contracts
within 2004-EF1.
The class A ratings
reflect the credit enhancement provided by the subordination of the
class B notes (3.75%), class C notes (3.75%), class D notes (3.50%),
the initial reserve account (3.00%), and expected excess spread. The
'AA' rating on the class B notes reflects CE provided by the subordination
of the class C notes, the class D notes, the reserve account, and expected
excess spread. The 'A' rating on the class C notes reflects CE provided
by the subordination of the class D notes, the reserve account, and
expected excess spread. The 'BBB' rating on the class D notes reflects
CE provided by the reserve account and expected excess spread.
In deriving credit
enhancement levels, Fitch evaluated the performance of CIT's prior EF
securitizations, as well as the delinquency and loss performance of
EF's aggregate portfolio, taking into account both static and annualized
data. Fitch took into consideration the cyclicality of the construction
industry and the impact of an extended economic downturn on delinquencies,
non-accruals, repossessions, and ultimate realization and timing of
recoveries. Finally, Fitch considered the overall strength of EF and
CIT's commitment to the business unit.
With an initial contract
principal balance (CPB) of $453 million, the 2004-EF1 pool contains
5,761 contracts, with a weighted average seasoning of approximately
ten months. Major equipment types are construction (40.69%), transportation
(26.45%), and manufacturing (16.79%). Geographic concentrations of more
than 6% as of the initial cutoff date include California (12.04%), Texas
(7.21%), and Florida (6.73%). The obligors are primarily involved in
the construction, manufacturing, and services industries, with the five
largest customers representing 2.15% of the initial CPB.
On each monthly payment
date after scheduled interest, the owner trust will pay principal on
the notes. The class A-1 money market tranche will first receive at
least enough principal to reduce the outstanding amount to its scheduled
principal balance, with remaining funds used to pay principal on the
class B notes. Once the class A-1 noteholders have been paid in full,
principal payments are then allocated pro rata among class A and B,
with distributions made sequentially among the class A notes. Upon full
amortization of the class A and B notes, principal will then be distributed
in a sequential manner to the class C and, finally, to the class D notes
until paid in full.
Contact: Brigid E.
Keyes +1-312-606-2361 or John Bella, Jr. +1-312-368-2058, Chicago.
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga +1-212-908-0278, New York.
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De Lage Landen appoints Jeffrey L. Clark as Vice President - New Business Development,
Global
Structured Finance
WAYNE, Pa.,– De Lage
Landen Financial Services, a leading international provider of high-quality
asset-based finance products to manufacturers and distributors of capital
goods, has appointed Jeffrey L. Clark to the newly created position
of Vice President – New Business Development for its Global Structured
Finance Group.
In this capacity, Clark will report directly to Ted Radomile,
Senior Vice President – Global Structured Finance.
Prior to joining De Lage Landen, Clark served for 12 years as
Managing Director, Principal for Kramer Clark & Co., Inc. From 1990
to 1992 he was Managing Director – Debt Placement for Hunter, Keith,
Marshall & Co. Inc.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University
and a Master of Business Administration degree from Western Michigan
University.
De Lage Landen International B.V. is a Netherlands-based international
provider of high-quality asset financing products. With a presence in
more than 20 countries across the globe, the company focuses on the
following industries: Food & Agriculture, Healthcare, Office Equipment,
Telecommunications, Information Technology, Materials Handling &
Construction and Financial Institutions. In its domestic market the
company offers Equipment Leasing, Consumer Finance, Car & Commercial
Vehicle Leasing, ICT Leasing and Trade Finance through local Rabobanks
and direct to market.
De Lage Landen is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dutch Rabobank
Group that is AAA-rated by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. In 2003
De Lage Landen grew its profits to $129.7 million (€114.8 million) and
its balance sheet total to $17.8 billion (€14.1 billion).
For more information,
please visit our Website: www.delagelanden.com
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Sites of Reference:
CONTACT:
Ronald Slaats, Chairman
& Chief Commercial Officer
De Lage Landen Financial
Services
Phone Number: 610
386 5023
Fax Number: 610 386
5840
E-mail: rslaats@leasedirect.com
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Durable-Goods Orders Down Again Last Month
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3597-2004Jun24.html
New home sales soar nearly 15% to break record
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2004-06-24-new-homes_x.htm
Mortgage rates fall but are higher than same period
last year
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/housing/2004-06-24-mortgages_x.htm
A Day For Disappointing Earnings
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3373341
Lockheed Scuttles Plan to Purchase Titan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4281-2004Jun25.html
Tyco's Former Top Lawyer Says He Deserved Big Bonus
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/business/25tyco.html
AOL Bets $425M on Advertising.com
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3372921
Spokane Gets 100 Blocks Internet Wireless
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California Nuts Briefs---
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California in his office.
Schwarzenegger, Confident and Ready for Prime Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/national/24ARNO.final.html?adxnnl=
1&adxnnlx=1088141455-P0swj786/JDDFx7Af9wKZA
( Schwarzenegger
and how he handles the press in Sacramento)
page 12
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“Gimme that Wine”
Panel votes for vine pest funds $42 million to battle
sharpshooter insect, Pierce's disease
(If they can’t eradicate this insect, it may wipe
out vines
the turn of the century, so make plans to visit now,
before
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/business/news/24sharpshoot_e1.html
FRANCE: Wine exports to US slide again
http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=23644
French chief toasts New Zealand wine purchase
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3574403&thesection
=business&thesubsection=adandmark
East Coast Red Wine Wins A Gold Medal in LA Competition
http://www.vino.com/press/press_release.asp?PRID=367
UCD dedicates Mondavi wine and food institute
http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/?id=4925
Maxfield gathers steam to bring Wine Train to Calistoga
http://www.napanews.com/star/templates/index.cfm?template=story_
full&id=AB6085D1-2B8A-484A-AC1A-AE9DC1399EEE
14th Annual Napa Valley Classic to be Held July 24
in Calistoga
http://www.vino.com/press/press_release.asp?PRID=359
In Champagne's Shadow, the Sun Shines---Eric Asimov
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/dining/23WINE.html
This Day in American History
1630—Governor Winthrop introduced the fork to American dining.
The
custom was to eat with your sharp knife or hands.
http://www.johnwinthrop.org/
http://www.caer-galen.outlands.sca.org/fork_1096.html
1749
- A general fast was called on account of drought in Massachusetts.
It was the year of the famous dry spring in which fields and villages
burned.
1788-Virginia
became the 10th state to ratify the Constitution. Jamestown,
was the first permanent English settlement in North America, The state,
also known as Old Dominion, was named after the "Virgin Queen",
Elizabeth I of England. Virginia and its capital, Richmond, have played
major roles in American history. Like West Virginia, it names the cardinal
as the state bird. The official state flower of Virginia is the flowering
dogwood.
1825
-- Capture of Bob Forbes, leader
of the Maroons (blacks resisting slavery) in Virginia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_slavery
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/c8d8425243f3ef76a19afeb4da09e526.html
1844-President
John Tyler married Julia Gardiner, daughter of a New York State Senator,
at the Church of the Ascension, New York City.
He became the first president to be married in the White House.
His first wife, Letita Christian Polk, whom he had married on
March 29,1813, had died on September 10,1842, in the White House.
1862-Earlier
this month, at Fair Oaks, Virginia, Confederate forces under General
Joseph E. Johnston stalled the Union advance toward Richmond in General
George B. McClellan’s Peninsular campaign.
Johnston was wounded at Fair Oaks and Robert E. Lee was then
appointed commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. He
then launched a series of engagements on this date that became known as the Seven Days Campaign.
Battles at Oak Grove, Gaine’s Mill’s, Garnett’s Farm, Golding’s
Farm, Savage’s Station, White Oak Swamp and finally Malvern Hill left more than
36,000 casualties on both sides. Despite
losing the final assault at Malvern Hill, the Confederates under the
leadership of General Lee succeeded in preventing the much larger Union
army from taking Richmond.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/battles/7day.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0625
1862-First
day of the seven-day battle at Oak Grove
http://www.morssweb.com/hookrbde/7days.shtml#oakgrove
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va015.htm
1864-President
Abraham Lincoln signs bill providing schools for Black children
1864-The
Union Army facing mounds of pickets and bunkers decides to dig tunnels under this obstructions
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?cwar:20:./temp/~ammem_
2Rsj::displayType=1:m856sd=cwp:m856sf=4a39867:@@@
1868-Congress
authorized government laborers a workday of eight hours, which was signed
into law by President Andrew Johnson this day, providing, among other
things, that “eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers,
workmen, and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government
of the Untied States.
1876-Lieutenant
Colonel George Armstrong Custer, leading military forces of more than
200 men, attacked an encampment of Sioux Indians led by Chiefs Sitting
Bull and Crazy Horse near Little Bighorn River, MT. Custer and 264 men
of the Seventh Calvary were slaughtered in the brief battle (about two
hours) of Little Bighorn. One horse, named Comanche, is said to have
been the only survivor among Custer’s forces. This brought more repression
by both the US Army and Federal Government to the American Indians in
the next fifty years. It was
common to “ Remember Custer’s Last Stand.”
It was common for military commanders to attack the Indians out-numbered
with firepower and from three directions.
It is said one of his units halted in the three prong attack,
and the other reacted by holding back and not proceeding with the long
proved strategy, allowing the Indians to “divide and conquer.”
He was considered an American hero. It was not until present
time that he was considered an egoist trying to build his reputation
in the military (very common in that day, and perhaps until recent times.) Military historians find no errors in the strategy
of the attack, except for the execution (This is from accounts from interviews with the Indians, including
scouts who were dismissed before the attack and watched the battle,
plus papers and diaries from the soldiers. Other historians believe
he should have waited
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun25.html
1886-
birthday of Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, US general and commander of the Army
Air Force in all theaters throughout WWII, Arnold was born at Gladwyne,
PA. Although no funds were made available, as early as 1938 Arnold was
persuading the US aviation industry to step up manufacturing of airplanes.
Production grew from 6,000 to 262,000 per year from 1940—44. He supervised
pilot training and by 1944 Air Force personnel strength had grown to
two million from a prewar high of 21,000. Made a full general in 1944,
he became the US Air Force’s first five-star general when the Air Force
was made a separate military branch equal to the Army and Navy. Arnold
died Jan 15, 1950, at Sonoma, CA.
1874-birthday
of Rose O’Neill, born at Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Her career included work as an illustrator, author and doll designer,
the later gaining her commercial success with the Kewpie Doll. In 1910,
“
The Ladies Homes Journal” devoted a full page to her Kewpie Doll designs,
which were a marketing phenomenon for three decades.
Died at Springfield,
MO, April 6, 1944.
1881-Birthday
of Crystal Eastman –said to be one of the most influential and
“radical”
U.S. women of her day. She was an attorney, feminist, labor reformer,
peace advocate, birth control advocate, suffragist, and worker for women's
financial equality in both the U.S. and England. She was active in the
Political Equality League, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Women's
Peace Party, the Feminist Congress, and a member of the famed Heterodoxy
Club of New York.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWeastman.htm
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/ceastman.html
http://archive.aclu.org/library/eastman.html
1908-birthday
of African-American Beatrice Murphy, editor and author. http://www.addall.com/Browse/Detail/0836960335.html
1910-
The Mann Act was passed by the US Congress. It prohibited the transportation
of females across state or internationally lines for immoral purposes.
It was said to be an attempt to curb the huge "white slave"
and prostitution business in the U.S. and the world.
At the time it was estimated that there were more than 600 recognized
houses of prostitution in Chicago alone. New Orleans was "closed"
to naval personnel because of the number of brothels. But the situation
was nothing new With the change from rural to city living caused by the industrial
revolution, more and more women were on their own without family to
help support them. It was said that women were “imported” for prostitution,
however, the custom had been going on since France brought in French
prostitutes
in the 17th century to marry French soldiers and settlers
in Louisiana.
The
most famous prosecutions under the law were those of Charlie Chaplin
in 1944 and Chuck Berry in 1962, who took unmarried women across state
lines for "immoral purposes." Chaplin was acquitted but left
the country under FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's threats. Berry was
convicted and spent two years in the prime of his musical career in
jail. After Berry's conviction, the Mann Act was enforced only sparingly
and was finally removed from the books in 1986.
1918-Birthday
of Marion Alice Orr, member of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame. MAO
was one of the most noted pilots for the RCAF in England during World
War II. She ferried military planes - some terribly shot up and dangerous
to fly - from landing strips to repair locations and back. Her flights
always subject to German fighter interception as well as the dangers
from the planes disintegrating in air. The women also flew planes that
had made their regular night sorties over Germany from air fields close
to the channel to safer locations to the west of England and then returned
them to the eastern air bases that evening. A number of women who ferried
the planes died. In Canada, she was the first woman to fly and instruct
helicopters. For further information on this remarkable woman and other
Canadian flyers, see
http://
www.schoolnet.ca/collections/aviation/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/high_flyers/orr.htm
http://www.canadian99s.org/articles/profile_Marion_Orr.htm
http://www.cahf.ca/members/O_members.htm
1925
- The mercury hit 101 degrees at Portland, OR, their earliest 100 degree
reading of record.
1928-birthday
of Bill Russo, jazz composer, arranger and trombonist, best known perhaps
for playing with Stan Kenton, born Chicago, Il. While I was going to
Julliard School of Music, I studied privately with him in New York.
He was teaching me fundamentals of big band arranging, starting
with six and seven chord harmonies.
He died January, 2003, Chicago, Il.
http://centerstage.net/chicago/music/whoswho/WilliamRusso.html
http://www.suntimes.com/output/obituaries/cst-nws-xruss13.html
http://www.vosbein.com/russo.htm
http://www.colum.edu/oralhistory/Russo.PDF
http://www.jazzhope.com/obit_2003_01_11_William_Russo_Tribune.htm
http://www.bookcost.com/title/composing-music-a-new-approach
1925-birthday
of accordion player Clifton Chewier, King of Zydeco, Opelousas,LA.
Zydeco is the party music of the black Cajuns of Louisiana, and is a
mixture of blues, French folk songs, country, R'n'B and rock 'n' roll.
Chenier usually played an accordion and sang in a mixture of French
and English. He often wore a jeweled crown on stage, and appeared at
blues festivals and rock clubs all over North America. He was largely
responsible for the popularity of zydeco outside his native Louisiana.
Chenier, who was severely diabetic, died on December 12th, 1987, at
the age of 62.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B485gtq0ztu43~C
http://www.coldbacon.com/music/clifton.html
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/chenierclifton-squeezebox.html
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bxt1uakjk5m3z~C
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/bill_russo.htm
http://www.vosbein.com/russo.htm
1935-birthday of vocalist Eddie Floyd, Montgomery, Al
http://www.jsent.com/artists/eddiefloyd.html
http://www.history-of-rock.com/eddie_floyd.htm
http://covers.wiw.org/artist/Eddie+Floyd
1941-Glenn
Miller records Adios on Bluebird.
1941-Fair
Employment practices Commission established.
1941
- Joe DiMaggio ran his hitting streak to 45 straight games, with a home
run off Boston’s Heber Newsome. The ‘Yankee Clipper’ broke the record
set by Wee Willie Keeler in 1897.
1942--
Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of U.S. forces
in Europe. Although Eisenhower had never seen combat during his 27 years
as an army officer, his knowledge of military strategy and talent for
organization were such that Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall
chose him over nearly 400 senior officers to lead U.S. forces in the
war against Germany. After proving himself on the battlefields of North
Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943, Eisenhower was appointed supreme
commander of Operation Overlord--the Allied invasion of northwestern
Europe
1944---Top
Hits
I’ll
Be Seeing You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Frank Sinatra)
I’ll
Get By - The Harry James Orchestra (vocal: Dick Haymes)
Swinging
on a Star/Going My Way - Bing Crosby
Straighten
Up and Fly Right - King Cole Trio
1945-
singer Carly Simon was born in New York City, the daughter of publishing
magnate Richard Simon of Simon and Schuster. She began singing with
her sister Lucy when the two were in college. Simon began her solo career
in 1969, and hit the top 10 two years later with "That's the Way
I've Always Heard It Should Be." In 1972, her recording of "You're
So Vain," featuring a guest appearance by Mick Jagger, hit number
one. That year she married James Taylor, and the two combined in 1974
for the hit single "Mockingbird," a remake of a '60s R'n'B
success by Inez and Charlie Foxx. Carly Simon suffers from stage fright
and rarely appears in concert. In 1981, she filed for divorce from Taylor.
1945-
Robert Charlebois, one of Quebec's most influential pop singers, was
born in Montreal. His first LP, in 1965, received a jury award for debut
recordings at the Festival du Disque in France. In 1968, Charlebois
represented Quebec at the Fifth International Festival of French Song,
winning the grand prize with his composition, "Lindberg."
A tour of France in 1969 was curtailed after a riotous performance at
the Paris Olympia. Charlebois
began a two-year sabbatical in 1974 after participating in a concert
on the Plains of Abraham with Gilles Vigneault and Felix Leclerc. The
historic gathering of the three men who shaped the tradition of the
popular song in Quebec was televised by the CBC French network, and
later broadcast in France. In the late '70s, Robert Charlebois began
performing in a more relaxed style that had critics comparing him with
Frank Sinatra and Yves Montand. It was a sharp change from the raucous
image of his heyday.
1948-Boxer
Joe Louis defended his heavyweight championship by knocking out Jersey
Joe Walcott in the 11th round of a fight at Yankee Stadium.
This was Louis’s last title defense after which he retired.
1949
- Entertainer Fred Allen closed out his amazing radio career. Allen
was making the transition to TV. His final radio guest was his old pal,
Jack Benny. order. Benny went on to become a television legend Allen’s
caustic wit didn’t play well on TV and he found himself out of the medium
in short time.
1950-The
Korean War (1950-1953) began when North Korean forces launched an invasion
across the 38th parallel into South Korea.
The UN ordered an immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of invading
forces. . US ground forces entered the conflict June
30. An armistice was signed
at Panmunjom July 27,1953, formally dividing the country into two---North
Korea and South Korea.
1951-CBS
broadcast the first color television program on June 25, 1951. The program
was strictly experimental, as no viewers had color televisions at the
time: The four- hour program could only be viewed on the forty color
television sets at CBS. The first all-color station, WNBQ-TV in Chicago,
began showing color programs on November 3, 1955, and switched to color
entirely, even for local programs, by April 15, 1956.
1952---Top
Hits
Kiss
of Fire - Georgia Gibbs
I’m
Yours - Don Cornell
Be
Anything - Eddy Howard
The
Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson
1953
- The temperature at Anchorage soared to 86 degrees, their hottest reading
of record.
1956
-- Beatster Jack Kerouac begins job training as a mountain firewatcher
in Washington State. From July-September he's alone on Desolation Peak
in the Cascade Mountains watching for fires. In September, after 60+
days of solitude Kerouac comes down from the mountain & travels
to Seattle. From here he heads to Mexico City, rents a one-room apartment
above Bill Garver on Orizaba Street, during September-November, where
he completes Tristessa & begins writing Desolation Angels.
1959
- CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed his 500th -- and final
-- guest on "Person to Person": actress Lee Remick. Just hours
before this final broadcast, Murrow had presented his last news broadcast
on the CBS radio network. CBS-TV had reportedly made $20 million from
Murrow’s "Person to Person" series.
1960---Top
Hits
Cathy’s
Clown - The Everly Brothers
Everybody’s
Somebody’s Fool - Connie Francis
Swingin’
School - Bobby Rydell
Please
Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Locklin
1961
- Pat Boone spent this day at number one for one last time with "Moody
River". Boone, a teen heart-throb in the 1950s, had previously
walked his way up the music charts, wearing white buck shoes, of course,
with these other hits: "Ain’t That a Shame", "I Almost
Lost My Mind", "Don’t Forbid Me", "Love Letters
in the Sand" and "April Love
1962-
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a prayer read aloud in public schools
violated the 1st Amendment’s separation of church and state.
The court again struck down a law pertaining to the First Amendment
when it disallowed an Alabama law that permitted a daily one-minute
period of silent mediation or prayer in public schools in 1985. This
decision has been seen by each new Supreme court and is considered a
quite a controversy to this day.
1964
- "A Hard Day’s Night" was released by United Artists Records.
The album featured all original material by The Beatles and became the
top album in the country by July 25, 1964.
1965
- "Mr. Tambourine Man", by The Byrds, reached the number one
spot on the pop music charts. The song was considered by many to be
the first folk-rock hit. The tune was written by Bob Dylan, as were
two other hits for the group: "All I Really Want to Do" and
"My Back Pages". The group of James Roger McGinn, David Crosby,
Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke charted seven hits. The Byrds
were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
1996-
American Airlines announced its Internet ticket purchasing system was
ready for prime time. The airline also said it would introduce ticketless
travel in September, “freeing its customers from worry about losing
their airline tickets.” Eventually
ticket
agents would lose their minor commission, too, as the airlines learned
they
could oversell airplane seats easier via the computer.
1967-the
first worldwide live television program was “our World,” shown in 26
countries via four satellites. The two-hour production involved 10,000
technicians and 300 cameras in 14 countries on five continents.
It opened with glimpses of births in Mexico, Canada, Denmark,
and Japan. The rest of the program featured clips of Leonard Bernstein
and Van Cliburn rehearsing a Rachmaninoff concerto at New York City’s
Lincoln Center, the Beatles recording a song in London, a rehearsal
of Lohengrin in Bayreuth, Germany, the making of a movie in Italy, and
other presentations. The American
outlet was the National Education Television network. The program cost
about $5 million.
1968---Top
Hits
This
Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert
MacArthur
Park - Richard Harris
The
Look of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66
Honey
- Bobby Goldsboro
1968
-- The Doors, Lonnie Mack, Elvin Bishop Group at the Cow Palace.
1968---San
Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds ( not Barry ) hits a grand slam in his firstmajor
league game
1969-Pancho
Gonzalez and Charlie Pasarell played the longest match in Wimbledon
history. After 112 games and 5 hours, 12 minutes, Gonzales emerged triumphant.
1976---Top
Hits
Silly
Love Songs - Wings
Get
Up and Boogie (That’s Right) - Silver Convention
Misty
Blue - Dorthy Moore
El
Paso City - Marty Robbins
1976
- The CN Tower opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At 1,815 feet, 5
inches high, the tower is the world's tallest building and the tallest
freestanding structure.
1978- In response to the passage of an
anti-gay ordinance in Miami, 240,000 people march in San Francisco in
the first large-scale version of that city's annual Gay Freedom Day
Parade.
1979
- Muhammad Ali announced that he was retiring as world heavyweight boxing
champion. The 37-year-old fighter said, “Everything gets old, and you
can’t go on like years ago.” The “float like a butterfly, sting like
a bee” act was no more.
1984---Top
Hits
The
Reflex - Duran Duran
Dancing
in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Self
Control - Laura Branigan
When
We Make Love – Alabama
1987
- “Just the facts, ma’am. Thank you.” "Dragnet", starring
Dan Aykroyd in the Jack Webb role of Sgt. Joe Friday; and Tom Hanks
in the Harry Morgan role of detective Stribeck, opened around the U.S.
The movie became the first Hollywood film to feature a "condom-conscious"
bedroom scene ... just right for the social mores of the 1980s. "Dragnet"
was a smash theatrical hit, as it had been on radio and TV in the 1940s
and 1950s. “This is the city...”
1987
- Afternoon highs of 97 degrees at Miami, FL, 107 degrees at Medford,
OR, and 111 degrees at Redding CA were new records for the date. It
was the third of six straight days of record heat for Miami. Thunderstorms
produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Austin, and gusts to 75 mph at Tulsa
OK.
1988---Top
Hits
Dirty
Diana- Michael Jackson
Foolish
Beat- Debbie Gibson
The
Flame- Cheap Trick
Make
It Real- The Jets
1988
- Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date. Highs of 100 degrees at Erie, PA, and 104
degrees at Cleveland OH established all- time records for those two
locations. Highs of 101 degrees at Flint, MI, 105 degrees at Chicago,
IL, and 106 degrees at Fort Wayne, IN, equalled all-time records. Thunderstorms
in Idaho produced wind gusts to 100 mph west of Bliss and north of Crouch,
injuring 29 persons.
1990
- "The Arizona Republic" reported it was 122 degrees in Phoenix,
hot enough to cancel some flights at the airport.
1990-In
the case of Cruzan v Missouri, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld
the constitutional right of a person whose wishes are clearly known
to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment.
1992-
Twenty-five years after leaving high school, Billy Joel gets his diploma.
In 1967, the piano man had overslept and missed his English and Gym
finals.
1993-
Bruce Springsteen was a surprise guest on David Letterman's final show
as host of NBC's "Late Night." Letterman, after more than
11 years at NBC, began a similar show on CBS two months later. David
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1947. From an early
age, he aspired to host his own talk show. He became a stand-up comic
and a wacky weatherman on a local TV station. After years on the stand-up
comedy circuit, he made his first appearance on The Tonight Show in
1978 and served as the program's guest host 50 times. In 1980, Letterman
had a short-lived morning variety show, The David Letterman Show, which
won two Emmys.He launched his popular late-night TV show in 1982. His
offbeat humor and goofy stunts spoofed traditional talk shows. Antics
like wearing a Velcro suit and throwing himself at a wall or tossing
eggs into a giant electric fan, Letterman gained a large following,
especially among college students. Regular features included his "Top
Ten List," "Stupid Pet Tricks," and tours of the neighborhood.
He also frequently wandered with his camera into other NBC shows in
progress. Over more than 11 years, the show won five Emmys and 35 nominations.
When Carson announced his retirement in 1992, Letterman and rival comic
Jay Leno engaged in a heated battle for the coveted host slot. When
Letterman was passed over, he left NBC for CBS, where his new program,
Late Show, outperformed Leno's show almost every week in its first year.
However, Leno pulled ahead the following year and maintained a strong
lead. Letterman underwent emergency heart surgery in 2000 and was off
the show for five weeks. He is back on, funny than
ever,
and that’s where we get “Will it Float or Will it Sink?”
1993—Top
Hits
That
s The Way Love Goes, Janet Jackson
Weak-
SWV
Knockin
Da Boots- H-Town
Freak
Me- Silk
1993-
John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee, perhaps
the turn in the hearings as “Deep Throat” begins to talk to two reporters
at the Washington Post.
1995-
Andres Galarraga becomes the fourth player in big league history to
hit a home run in three consecutive innings. The Rockies' first baseman
accomplishment helps Colorado to beat the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium,
11-3.
1996--
In Oakland, A's first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 300th career
home
run off of Tiger hurler pitcher Omar Olivares.
1996-A
truck bomb exploded near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 American
military personnel and wounding more than 300 people. Bombed was an
apartment complex that housed about 2500 Americans. The CIA stated there
were no solid clues about the identity of the perpetrators.
1997-The
National Hockey League announced that it had granted expansion franchises
to four cities: Nashville(to begin play in 1998-99), Atlanta(1999-2000),
Minneapollis-St. Paul and Columbus(both 2000-2001).
The Nashville team chose the nickname Predators. Atlanta, the
Thrashers, the Twin Cities as the Minnesota Wild and Columbus as the
Blue Jackets. At the same time, the league’s Board of Governors approved the move
of the Hartford Whalers to North Carolina where they became known as
the Hurricanes.
1998—Top
Hits
The
Boy Is Mine- Brandy
You
re Still The One- Shania Twain
Too
Close- Next
My
All- Mariah Carey
1998
- Windows 98 was released. Microsoft used the slogan, “Works better.
Plays better.” The company said the new operating system would bring
an “increased computer experience by providing a rich feature set for
a wider variety of users than ever before.”
1998--
Cub Sammy Sosa breaks the major league record for homers in a month,
hitting his 19th dinger in June passing the mark set by Tiger Rudy York
in August of 1937.
1999
- The San Antonio Spurs earned their first NBA (National Basketball
Association) title in their 26-year history by beating the New York
Knicks 78-to-77. That gave the Spurs the series 4 games to 1.
2002—Top
Hits
Hot
In Herre-Nelly
Without
Me,-Eminem
Foolish-
Ashanti
I
Need A Girl (Part One)- P. Diddy Featuring Usher & Loon
Baseball
Poems
by Dan Zamudio
Bat boy
Steady
breeze rustles his
oversized uniform
as he kneels outside our home team
dugout
and waits
patiently for
the moment when both hands
will hold smooth pine still trembling from
a hit.
Confucius says
Only two things can last forever —
an old baseball mitt
with softened leather
and a double-header
delayed by
stormy weather.
Baseball Riddle
A ll professional
L eagues forbid its
U se.
M ade to be
I ndestructible.
N ever cracks.
U nfilled inside the
M iddle.
B aseball's
A ttempt to save
T rees.
Dan Zamudio is a Chicago writer and lifelong Cub fan who recently
forced his tired girlfriend to take three rolls of action photos while
he played catch with
Baseball Bonus
The
original radio show of Abbott and Costello’s, “Who’s on First Base.”
http://www.abbottandcostello.net/clips/who1st2.wav
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