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Bank of the West Aims to Stimulate Small Business Growth

Wells Fargo SBA Unit Launches New Product Starting at $5,000

Lessor.com Beta Testing Funding Alert Announcement

Housing Starts Slide 4%, But Healthy Says Fed Housing Department

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California Nuts Briefs----

This Day in American History

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Weekly Bulletin Board Complaint Report

There are three active complaints, but before giving a working synopsis,

Leasing News has received complaints, primarily from funders, where

“brokers” are “bullying” that they are going to Leasing News with a

complaint.

First, all sides of an issues are investigated. There is no “automatic”

posting. The point of these “Weekly Bulletin Board Complaint”

reports is to show the overwhelming majority do not make it

to readers.

Many are settled between the parties, others are not verified,

and some are “disputes” where the issues are not clear. They belong

to either a civil court or a leasing association standards and ethics

committee revue.

Unfortunately, many of the parties do not belong to leasing associations.

Our goal is to act as an ombudsman and resolve the “disagreement.”

Often “advance rentals” and “deposits” are returned. Many times

there are communication “assumptions.”

#1 Major Recreational Vehicle dealer finds us through the internet

with a complaint about a “broker” representing himself as a “funder,”

and not returning a deposit to a customer.

In investigating this, the “broker” is a member of a leasing association,

has completed several leases with the dealer, has two pending, and

the one in question has been turned down several times, which he

states the RV dealer was aware. There also is more to the story.

In reviewing the documents, the “broker” has four to six weeks from

the denial to return the “advance rental.” It is less than a week, and the

broker says he is returning all but $178 for “out-of-pocket” expense

and “costs” as per the agreement with the lessee.

It appears the RV dealer really wants the “deal” put together, and doesn’t

understand the various “turn downs,” requesting us to refer them to

someone “ who can do the deal.” Actually, seeking a source for their

“C” and “D” paper as they have two major sources for the “better deals.”

We suggested they contact us if the “advance rental” is not returned

to their customer, and to utilize the National Association of Equipment

Leasing Broker web site to find a broker who would undertake these

assignments.

#2 Super Broker in Florida

“ They refused to give back the commitment fee on all three deals I had with

them and all of them have sought attorneys to get their money back and the

owner ******* is refusing contact. He approved these deals 2 months

ago and always found reasons not to doc the deals. For the last 30 days, he

has been avoiding the lessees and me.”

We asked for specifics so we could contact the “super broker,” who we

have received complaints about before. To date, the party who started

this has not supplied the information. This is not uncommon, and we

will follow-up when we have the information to learn the “other side.”

#3 Waiting for money to be return by “Super Broker,” who admits

delay in returning money due to economy, but will send money back

soon.

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Bank of the West Aims to Stimulate Small Business Growth in the West; Data Show Small Business Borrowing Momentum -- Bank Pursuing New Relationships

SAN FRANCISCO----Amid encouraging signs of growth in small business borrowing, Bank of the West is launching a small business banking promotion aimed at forging new business relationships and increasing the bank's share of the region's small business lending market.

Conventional small business (BusinessLink) loan applications at Bank of the West were up 14% in the second quarter over the first quarter 2003. Lenders at the $27 billion asset bank are trying to further stimulate small business growth by offering discounted business banking solutions at all of the bank's nearly 300 offices in six Western states.

"We are seeing steady growth in small business borrowing at Bank of the West," said Bob Dalrymple, Senior Vice President of Business Banking. "The West has the most new business startups and the most small businesses in the U.S. As the economy slowly strengthens and the business climate improves, small business customers are showing more interest in capital investment.

"Some small and midsize businesses might also be anticipating future interest rate hikes and are securing credit in today's favorable rate environment," Dalrymple added.

Business loan application activity has also increased in the bank's SBA lending department according to Bryan Borders, Senior Vice President and SBA Department Manager. "We've seen a 16% increase in SBA loan applications in the second quarter over the first," Borders said. "This comes on the heels of our SBA loan portfolio reaching $1 billion in loans outstanding earlier this year."

Some recent data appear to bear out this growth in small business lending. In its most recent Beige Book report, the Federal Reserve Board noted improvements in commercial loan originations in the region, particularly among small businesses.

Data from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) -- the nation's largest small business trade group -- support what Bank of the West is experiencing. Results from its May poll show steady reinvestment by small business owners over the previous 12 months. Among the survey's highlights it found that 47% of small-business owners made the largest share of their business investments over the last 12 months for "replacement and maintenance."

Twenty-three percent made their business investments primarily to expand into another business area while 21% made theirs primarily to extend existing products or services. From a lending perspective, a 45% plurality believes borrowing is appropriate only to expand, diversify, or make the business more productive. Some 30% consider it appropriate to borrow for any cost-effective investment including replacement(a).

Bank of the West's business campaign will run through November 7 and will be promoted in various advertising and marketing efforts in all six states where it has a presence. During the campaign the bank is offering business loans at "prime plus zero" and has waived or discounted fees on other business products and services.

About Bank of the West:

With $27 billion in assets, Bank of the West (www.bankofthewest.com) currently operates nearly 300 branches in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico and is the third largest commercial bank headquartered in California. Bank of the West serves 1.5 million retail and commercial customers including national specialty business lines such as equipment leasing, religious institution lending, agribusiness lending and SBA lending.

(a) NFIB, National Small Business Poll, Reinvesting in the Business, Volume 3, Issue 3, 8/14/2003

CONTACT:

Bank of the West

Bob Wolff, 213-972-0521

SOURCE: Bank of the West

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Wells Fargo SBA Unit Launches New Product Starting at $5,000

Wells Fargo announced the availability of the Wells Small Business Advantage Line of Credit, complementing existing Small Business Administration (SBA) loan products and serving the needs of small business customers with credit lines starting at $5,000. Small business customers also benefit through the increased flexibility and faster application process offered by the number one lender to small businesses nationwide and one of the nation's top four SBA lenders.

Additional benefits include flexible purchasing power through a Small Business Advantage MasterCard, access to instant cash through Superchecks and a network of 6,250 Wells Fargo ATMs, and access to Online Business Banking and overdraft protection for Wells Fargo Business Checking customers. The Small Business Advantage Line of Credit provides a three-year term.

"With this new credit line, Wells Fargo is helping meet even more of our small business customers' credit needs," said Jerry Gray, president of Wells Fargo SBA Lending. "By offering a variety of small business products for every stage in the growth of a small business, we are ensuring all of our customers have the financial products and services they need to build their businesses."

Additional features of the Wells Fargo Small Business Advantage Line of Credit include: no annual fee required, available overdraft protection, no collateral required, and a three-year line of credit terms with interest payments monthly.

In addition to customer-focused product additions, Wells Fargo is also engaged in extensive customer outreach efforts during National Small Business Week (September 14 - 20), the Small Business Administration's annual event celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of the more than 20 million small businesses across the country for the last 39 years. To honor NSBW along with the SBA's 50th anniversary, Wells Fargo is honoring small business customers across the country. During the month of September, thousands of Store and Business Bankers will reach out to more than 40,000 existing and prospective small business/ business customers, extending Wells Fargo's appreciation for their hard work and accomplishments - and, most importantly, reinforcing our commitment to their business success.

For more information on Wells Fargo, please visit www.wellsfargo.com.

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Submit your Funding Alert today for distribution in our inaugural broadcast October 1st

On October 1st the Lessors Network will begin BETA testing of Funding Alert Broadcast. During the BETA testing, registered subscribers can send and receive Funding Alert Broadcasts. Upon completion of the BETA testing, Lessor Network membership will be required to send Funding Alert Broadcasts.

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The Funding Alert broadcast system matches commercial (taxable) and municipal (tax exempt) funding opportunities for Lease transactions, portfolios, vendor programs, etc., with prospective Funding Sources via email.

Members of the Lessors Network seeking to identify Funding Sources in the primary and/or secondary markets, broadcast a Funding Alert with a brief description of the funding opportunity. Members may remain anonymous during the broadcasting process.

Funding Alerts are first delivered to other Members requesting email receipt of Funding Alerts.

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When a Funding Source receives a Funding Alert they wish to pursue, they simply return the Funding Alert with their contact data for the Lessors Network Member's use in direct follow up.

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Housing Starts Slide 4%, But Healthy Says Fed Housing Department

August starts pulled back about 4%, in line with expectations, but permit activity was up almost 5%, indicating that near term, housing will remain strong. The more volatile multi family (MF) sector also fell about 3%. Regionally, starts were down in all areas except the West which increased 1%.

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Analysis and outlook: Housing starts remained at healthy levels despite the modest pullback this month. We continue to have strong demand for housing supported by attractive mortgage rates and consumer spending. Yes, long term mortgage rates are up to about 6.5%, but this is still low by historical standards. And, the reason rates are up is that the economy looks much better so the bond market is adjusting accordingly. According to Irwin Kellner (How Are We Growing?), the economy is expanding by just about every measure you want to count – consumer spending is holding up; business investment is starting to turn around(slowly); retail sales are steady; housing remains very strong; productivity growth is exceptionally strong; GDP is improving – some expect 5% or more growth in the 3^rd QTR; ….

There are still nagging problems however – business investment remains relatively weak; manufacturing capacity utilization remains below 75%; and the employment picture remains relatively bleak. Job creation has been non existent for the past 30 months. During the past 20 months (when the recession officially ended), payrolls have actually shrunk by 1%. One of the culprits is the remarkable rise in productivity – we can produce more with fewer workers. In addition, the global competitiveness of our manufacturing sector has been eroding for some time now, as globalization forces are making life difficult for many of our high cost (global standards) industries. For example, our domestic furniture industry has lost almost 50% market share to imports in the past 12 years.

The latest housing outlook from NAHB is calling for 1.726 million starts this year, 15,000 above last year’s level, and a slight pullback in 2004 to 1.676 million. Almost all of the pullback (about 50,000 units) next year will be in the single family sector as rising fixed rate mortgages – 6.4% next year vs 5.9% this year - make housing unaffordable for some 1^st time buyers. There is always a tug of war between an improving economy and rising rates, and the net Impact on housing affordability. Most analysts feel that housing should stay relatively healthy for the foreseeable future. Some are still concerned about a “bubble”, but apart from a few overheated metro markets, a national bubble, and potential collapse is highly unlikely. The only thing that could derail this housing market is an economy that stumbles back into recession, and that appears unlikely at this time.

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News Briefs---

North Carolina Radar—The Latest

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Virginia Radar

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Republic Leasing of South Carolina Radar

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Track the Storm---latest sites for Information

http://www.ajc.com/weather/content/shared/weather/storm/

NYSE Ousts Grasso as Chairman/He Resigns

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26875-2003Sep17.html

House bans taxes on Internet access

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6795501.htm

Sun Will Trim 1,000 Jobs

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/technology/18SUN.html

South Africa's Wines Come of Age

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/business/worldbusiness/18wine.html

Holiday shoppers ready to spend, retail group says

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20030917-9999_1b17xmas.html

Monterey Jazz Festival This Weekend

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/music/6794725.htm

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Sports Briefs

Giants win N.L. west http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/baseball/mlb/san_francisco_giants/6799180.htm

Oracle, Alinghi split first two at regatta

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/16/SPGS51NRUD1.DTL

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California Nuts Briefs---

California asks court to keep Oct. 7 election

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20030917-1750-ca-davisrecall.html

Four prominent candidates clash at California recall debate

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/
northern_california/6796912.htm

Foreign lawyers giggling at recall International bar group meeting in S.F

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This Day in American History

1634-The first religious leader in the American colonies who was a woman was Anne Hutchinson, born Anne Marbury in England. She and her family arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony this day. She organized groups of women who met at her house and led them in the discussion of secular and theological questions. She taught that each person could attain understanding in matters of faith and therefore owed no obedience to church law. Her influence became so great that in November, 1687, she was brought to trial in Cambridge for undermining the authority of the colony’s Puritan ministers. Banished from the colony, she was given a safe haven in Roger William’s settlement ( the future Providence, RI() along with 70 followers. In 1642, she moved to the wilderness near what is now Pelham Bay, NY, where she and her family were killed by Native Americans.

1769-The first harpsichord piano was made by john Harris. It was called a spinet and was described in the Boston Gazette this day. I that only three or four octaves. Each jack was provided with a little spur of goose-quill that plucked the thin wire to cause vibration. It became very popular in many

New England homes and churches.

1790-The first loan taken out by the US was negotiated and secured by Alexander Hamilton.. After beginning negotiations with the Bank of New York and the Bank of North America on Sept 18, 1789, Hamilton obtained the sum of $191,608.81 from the two banks in what became known as the Temporary Loan of 1789. The loan was obtained without authority of law and was used to pay the salaries of the president, senators, representatives and officers of the first Congress. Repayment was completed on June 8,1790. He leased his office furniture and gas Dictaphone ( this was before

electricity) from Charlie Lester.

1793- President George Washington laid the Capitol cornerstone at Washington, DC, in a Masonic ceremony. That event was the first and last recorded occasion at which the stone with its engraved silver plate was seen. In 1958, during the extension of the east front of the Capitol, an unsuccessful effort was made to find it.

1830- In a widely celebrated race, the first locomotive build in America, the Tom Thumb, lost to a horse in a famous race. Mechanical difficulties plagued the steam engine over the nine-mile course between Riley's Tavern and Baltimore, Maryland, and a boiler leak prevented the locomotive from finishing the race. In the early days of trains, engines were nicknamed "Iron Horse." People in the

19^th century were opposed to change, and inventions took thirty to forty years before they

were put in place, even though labor saving devices. Industries were also intertwined with

company owned stores, houses, other retail businesses. The attitude at the time of this race

was steam locomotive would never replace the horse, which was faster, more mobile, and " user friendly." Why do we need a “rail road?”

1850- After long debates and failure to pass the omnibus bill, Congress passed Fugitive Slave Law as part of the compromise of 1850 in separate bills. It was supposed to cool down the growing differences between those opposing slavery and those that owned slaves, but according to historians, the bill was instrumental in dividing the sides as but did not as the law had slave catchers were only paid for slaves they caught: Northerners did not enforce their part of the Fugitive Slave Law; They did not catch or return any run-away slaves; This angered the South. Reason the North turned against Slavery: They saw slaves captured - (men, women, and children);They were chained and marched through the streets this angered northerners and turned them against slavery; People in the north did not like immigrants; They said that they lost jobs to these foreigners. They even started political parties against immigrants. People in the north did not want slaves or immigrants in their part of the country as it cost them jobs.

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813116.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

1851 - "The New York Times" began publishing “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” The "Times" now owns other media, such radio, TV, cable and the Internet. Their edition on September 11, 2002, was one of the best ever. Perhaps the most well written newspaper in the United States.

1863- Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat

http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ga004.htm

http://ngeorgia.com/history/chickam.html

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/AcivilwarPages/acwL42.htm

1889-Hull House Opens. This settlement house was founded in Chicago by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. It soon became the heart of one of the country’s most influential social reform movements, offering a mix of cultural and education programs to new immigrants.

1891- “White Woman” Harriet Maxwell Converse was made a chief of the Six Nations Tribe at the Tonawanda Reservation, NY. She was given the name Ga-is-wa-noh, which means “The Watcher.” She had been adopted as a member of the Seneca tribe in 1884 in appreciation of her efforts on behalf of the tribe.

1895- Booker T. Washington delivered his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia. Washington, the founder and president of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, was the first African-American man ever to address a racially-mixed Southern audience. He used the occasion to advocate a moderate approach to race relations in the New South.

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1905-Birthday of Agnes DeMille, dancer, choreographer for ballet and Broadway shows such as Oklahoma, born at New York, NY. DeMille died at New York, NY. Oct 7, 1993.

http://kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history/honoree/demille.html

1905- Greta Garbo birthday, Swedish-American actor of the almost perfect face, and one of the great stars of cinema. She made 24 films in Hollywood and was nominated for Academy Awards four times. She was finally awarded a special Academy award in 1954 "for her unforgettable screen performances." Although she retired in 1941 to live in seclusion in New York, the papparzi continued to chase her and the gossip newspapers printed photos of her when she was in her 70s and 80s - even while swimming. She hated making movies and condemned their superficialities as well as the burden of being portrayed a beautiful thing rather than a human being. Greta Gustafsson left school at 14 to work after her father died. A film director saw her, admired her beauty and gave her a small part in a movie. She then studied at the Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm for two years where she met Mauritz Stiller, the foremost Swedish film director of his time who renamed her Garbo. When he went to the United States to work for MGM, he took her along. Garbo's fame soon eclipsed his. One of the few stars who were able to move from silent films to talkies, she made The Torrent (1926), Flesh and the Devil (1927), Love (1927), A Woman of Affairs (1929), and Wild Orchids (1929). Garbo starred in "talkies" for the next 14 years before walking away from movies, some say because her box office draw was dwindling, others because she was aging and didn't want the world to watch the process. Others noted her hatred of the Hollywood superficiality. The Hollywood publicists blared "Garbo Talks!" as she starred in her first talkie, Anna Christie (1930), followed by Mata Hari (1932), Grand Hotel (1932), Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936), and Ninotchka (1939). She died in New York City on April 15, 1990. Yes, she was a lesbian rather than a bi-sexual. Ironically, Marlene Dietrich who was brought to the U.S. as a rival to Garbo was a bi-sexual who, in private life, also played the rival to several of Garbo's women lovers. "I said I wanted to be left alone, not I want to be alone. There is a great difference," Garbo explained about the misquote that is universally attributed to her.

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1910- birthday of Samuel “Sam” Bankhead, baseball player and manager born at Empire, AL. Bankhead starred for several teams in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1950., In 1951, he became organized baseball’s first black manager handling the Farnham team in the Provincial League. Died at Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1976.

1914- Mrs. Frank Leslie, aka Baroness de Bazus, aka Miriam Florence Folline Leslie, died and her amazing will changes the course of history in the U.S. She bequeathed $2 million to Carrie Chapman Catt personally to get woman's suffrage approved in the U.S.! After legal battles that seemed to go on forever and caused Catt to remark that the money seemed to be more of a curse than a boon, Catt received about $900,000 - the rest eaten up by legal fees by family members trying to break the will.Catt put it all - every cent - into the Leslie publicity bureau which sent suffrage material to newspapers, magazines, and activists in a snow of information that turned a stalled movement into an avalanche of pressure. Would U.S. women gotten the vote without Leslie's money? Eventually, but history (read correctly) showed that even with the tremendous amount of pressure exerted by women, the results came down to ONE VOTE in the Tennessee legislature. Had that one vote not been cast for suffrage, the entire movement would have been stopped because a number of states were poised to rescind their favorable vote. One must remember that lifting any restrictions on women's freedom breaks one of the oldest of all prejudices reinforced by almost every religion, that of men have the right and duty to keep women, by force if necessary, as subservient slaves. Most sources simply state the donation by a Mrs. Frank Leslie and one is left to surmise that it was the will of pampered wife who didn't even lay claim to her own name and used HIS money for HER causes. But nothing could be further from the truth. Miriam changed her name to Frank legally after she was left a widow with bankrupt businesses. Through shrewd business dealings, she rebuilt what was left of her husband's publishing empire into the fortune.

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1927- the Columbia Broadcasting System was launched in the United States. Many of the radio network's programs originated at station WOR in New York. My late father Lawrence Menkin the late 1940’s was station manager of WOR radio, and then worked for WOR-TV in the 1949 and early 1950’s introducing “Harlem Detective,” “Hands of Murder,” and “One Man Theater.” He then went to work for DuMont TV, introducing these shows there, plus a new one, he is best known for, “Captain Video and the Space Rangers.” By the way, NBC was the first network. “The Tiffany Network,” as CBS was called, broadcast an opera, "The King’s Henchman", as its first program. William S. Paley put the network together, purchasing a chain of 16 failing radio stations. The controlling interest cost between $250,000 and $450,000. The following year, the 27-year-old Paley became President of CBS. It only took one more year for him to profit 2.35 million dollars as the network grew to over 70 stations.

1938-Birthday of drummer Walter “Popee” Lastie, New Orleans, LA. Best known for playing drums with Fats Domino, but his family well-known in musical circles in New Orleans. Walter "Popee" Lastie died in New Orleans, LA. at the age of 42.

http://publications.neworleans.com/no_magazine/34.12.34-MusicRhthym.html

http://www.wandarouzan.com/html/the_band.html

1939-Birthday of former teen idol-singer-actor Frankie Avalon (Venus),

Philadelphia, PA.

1939-Saxophonist Steve Marcus Birthday

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1940- Will Bradley records “Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat,” ( sequel to Beat Me, Daddy recorded four months earlier.

1944-Birthday of singer and songwriter Michael Franks, born in La Jolla, California. His pop-jazz tunes have been recorded by such artists as the Carpenters, Melissa Manchester and Manhattan Transfer. Franks's own albums have been moderately popular, and usually feature well-known backing musicians. For instance, he was aided on his 1976 LP "The Art of Tea" by the Crusaders. In the late 1960's, Franks spent some time at the University of Montreal, where he obtained a master's degree in contemporary culture. While in Canada, he opened shows for Gordon Lightfoot and played with the groups Carnival and Lighthouse.

1947- the US Air Force was officially established. Although its heritage dates back to 1907 when the Army first established military aviation, the US Air Force became a separate military service on this date. Responsible for providing an Air Force that is capable, in conjunction with the other armed forces, of preserving the peace and security of the US, the department is separately organized under the Secretary of the Air Force and operates under the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of Defense.

1948 - "The Original Amateur Hour" returned to radio on ABC, two years after the passing of the program’s originator and host, Major Bowes. Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years. Ted Mack, the new host, had also started a TV run with "The Original Amateur Hour" on the DuMont network in January of 1948.

1949- Montreal-born jazz pianist Oscar Peterson made a sensational debut at Carnegie Hall as a surprise guest at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. The producer of Jazz at the Philharmonic, Norman Granz, had planted Peterson in the audience and had him come on stage midway through the event. Granz became Peterson's manager, an association that was to last 30 years.

!950- “The Speidel Show” premiered, and became one of my favorite television

shows. Ventriloquist Paul Winchell was featured with his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith,, on this NBC comedy-variety series which ran for four years. Dorothy Claire, Hilda Vaughn and Jimmy Blame also made appearances on the show, which included the quiz segment “What’s My Name?” Winchell later hosted a variety of programs such as “Circus Time,” “The Paul Winchell Show,” “CartoOnieS,” “Winchell and Mahoney Time” and “Runaround.” The Jerry Mahoney puppet was very popular and I had one, actually appearing in school shows with a comedy routine when I was

eight and nine years old.

1952---Top Hits

Wish You Were Here - Eddie Fisher

Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn

Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney

Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams

1955 - What had been "The Toast of the Town" on CBS Television (since 1948) became "The Ed Sullivan Show". This “rilly big shew” remained a mainstay of Sunday night television until June 6,

1971- Sullivan was a newspaper columnist/critic before and during the early years of this pioneering TV show. It was one of the most popular, introducing many stars including Elvis Presley, the

Beatles, and the home town boy of Port Chester, New York was not only famous, but

powerful, as if you appeared on his show, your career was sure to take off.

1957 - "The Big Record", hosted by ‘the singing rage’, Miss Patti Page, debuted on CBS-TV. "The Big Record" was a live musical showcase featuring established artists singing their big songs. "The Big Record" lasted one big season.

1957-“Wagon Train,” premiered on television. My father Lawrence Menkin wrote many of the

epos ides, plus contributed stories and “treatments” on the growth of the characters. This was a popular Western on both NBC and ABC, airing for eight years with its last telecast September 5, 1965. The series was about a journey along the wagon trial from Missouri to California. Each Week the travelers encountered new surroundings and interacted with different guest stars. Ward Bond played wagon master Major Seth Adams until his death in 1960. He was replaced by John McIntire as Chris Hale. and other regulars were Robert Horton as scout Flint McCullough, Frank McGrath as cook, Charlie Wooster, Terry Will as Bill Hawks, Danny(Scott) Miller as scout Luke Shannon, Michael Burns as Baraby West, a teen passenger and Robert Fuller as scout Cooper.

1960---Top Hits

It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley

The Twist - Chubby Checker

My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis

Alabam - Cowboy Copas

1963- "The Outer Limits" premiers on TV. You may be getting tired of this inclusion, however,

my father Lawrence Menkin wrote several of the episodes and provided story lines for others.

http://www.theouterlimits.com/noflash/episode.html. He came to Hollywood right after the

War, didn’t like it, did some movie work for Barbara Streisand, didn’t like it, went back

to New York City, where he was very well known locally, left for Hollywood TV in 1955

and stayed very active for ten years, the basically retired and taught at San Francisco State

College and had his own actors/comedy workshop, while he worked on books (that were

never published ).

1964- “The Addams Family” premiered on TV. Charles Addams’ quirky New Yorker cartoon creations were brought to life in this ABC sitcom about a family full of oddballs. John Astin played lawyer Gomez Addams, with Carolyn Jones as his morbid wife Morticia, Ken Weatherwax as son Pugsley, Lisa Loring as daughter Wednesday, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Ted Cassidy as both Lurch, the butler, and Thing, a disembodied hand, Blossom Rock as Grandmama and Felix Silla as Cousin Itt. Although the last episode aired Sept 2,1966, The Addams Family movie was released in 1991, starring Anjelica Huston as Morticia, Raul Julia as Gomez, Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester, Jimmy Workman as Pugsley and Christina Ricci as Wednesday.

1965-Priemer of TV Show “ Get Smart,” a spay-thriller spoof appearing on both NBC (1965-69) and CBS (1969-70.) Don Adams starred ass bumbling CONTROL Agent 86, Maxwell Smart. His mission was thwart the evildoings of the KAOS organization. Agent Smart was usually successful with the held of his friends, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 ( whom Smart eventually married), Edward Platt as the Chief, Robert Karvelas as Agent Larrabee, Dick Gautier as Hymie the Robot and David Ketchum as Agent 13. Gimmicks included agents in garbage cans that you did not see, the “Cone of Silence”

so no one could wire tape the conversations, a telephone in the sole of a shoe ( way before wireless

the size of a cigarette pack) and no one was shot or killed ( remember, it was a comedy ).

1965 - Larry Hagman (Captain Tony Nelson) and Barbara Eden (Jeannie) starred in the first episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" on NBC-TV. Capt. Nelson had been forced to make a parachute landing on a desert island. He happened upon an old bottle that had washed up on the shore. He popped the top and - bingo! Out popped Jeannie, a 2000-year-old, very pretty genie. Jeannie took to Tony and started making weekly magic that lasted until September 1, 1970.

1966 - Herb Alpert’s European tour culminated in a performance before Princess Grace and the royal family in Monaco. From Washington to the Riviera, it seemed that no place was out of place for Alpert’s ‘Ameriachi’ sound.

1967- the popular soap opera “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” premiered. It was created by veteran writer lrna Phillips, airing on CBS for five years. It was based on the 1955 film starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones. line Phillips left the show after the network nixed interracial romance in favor of political storylines. David Birney, Leslie Charleson, Bibi Besch and Donna Mills have all appeared on the show.

1968---Top Hits

People Got to Be Free - The Rascals

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.

Mama Tried - Merle Haggard

1969- Tiny Tim announced his engagement to Vicki Budinger at the New Jersey State Fair. The falsetto-voiced singer said he was so moved, he shed a tear and put it into an envelope that he kept in his ukulele. The wedding took place live on Johnny Carson's "Tonight" show.

1970- Jimi Hendrix, rock music's most innovative guitarist in the late 1960's, was found dead in a London apartment at the age of 27. He had left the message "I need help bad, man" on his manager Chas Chandler's answering machine. The coroner said Hendrix choked on his own vomit after barbiturate intoxication. A month earlier, Hendrix had performed his last concert at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival. Hendrix, born in Seattle, Washington, had first gained fame in Britain in early 1967 when "Hey Joe" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience reached number six on the British chart. He did not perform in the US until June that year, at the Monterrey Pop Festival. He ended his appearance by burning his guitar. Hendrix's guitar heroics and flamboyant stage antics soon made him a superstar. But Hendrix, who considered himself more a musician than a showman, began ridding himself of his stage theatrics in 1968, concentrating on his music. He also appeared and did an album with the Canadian born great jazz composer/arranger Gil Evans. The Hendrix Experience fell apart in 1969, and Hendrix followed that group with Band of Gypsies, which stayed together for only a few months. His "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady" became anthems for a generation at war in Vietnam.
1971- Pink Floyd became the first rock group to play at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. They performed "Atom Heart Mother," which had been released as an album the previous year.

1971-Birthday of Lance Armstrong, cyclist, national and world champion, two time Olympic champion, five time winner of the Tour de France, born Piano, TX.

1975 - Publishing heiress Patricia Hearst was rescued/captured by the FBI in San Francisco, CA. She had been kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army on Feb 4, 1974, but had apparently fallen in with her captors and had participated in a bank holdup. Hearst was convicted of bank robbery on Mar 20, 1976. On Feb 1, 1979, her sentence was commuted to time served by President Jimmy Carter, but her conviction stood. On Jan 20, 2001, outgoing President Bill Clinton granted Patricia Hearst a full pardon.

1976---Top Hits

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

I’d Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley

A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band

I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You - Jim Ed Brown/Helen Cornelius

1977 - The Voyager I spacecraft (launched on Sep 5, 1977 from cape Canaveral, FL) snapped the first photograph showing the earth and moon together. (As of Feb 17, 1998, Voyager I is further away from Earth than any other man-made object.)

1984---Top Hits

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

Missing You - John Waite

She Bop - Cyndi Lauper

You’re Getting to Me Again - Jim Glaser

1993 - Garth Brooks’ "In Pieces" debuted at #1 in the U.S. on both the "Billboard" "Hot 200" and Country LP charts. The album has sold over 8 million copies.

1995- Shania (sha-NYE'-ah) Twain won in five of the seven categories in which she was nominated at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Hamilton. The Timmins, Ontario, singer took the honors for female vocalist of the year, as well as best single and video for "Any Man of Mine" and album of the year for "The Woman in Me." Twain and her producer-husband Mutt Lange won for song of the year - "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under."

1996- Tupac Shakur's video "I Ain't Mad," which depicts the rapper being shot as he leaves a nightclub, premiered on MTV five days after he died of gunshot wounds in a Las Vegas hospital. The video was made about a month before Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas strip.

1996- Pitcher Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox tied his own record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game when he struck out 20 Detroit Tigers in a 4-0 Red Sox victory. Clemens set the record on April 29, 1986, against the Seattle Mariners.

1997-The Rolling Stones played a small Chicago club as a prelude to their "Bridges to Babylon" world tour. Those who were lucky enough to get into the Double Door paid just $7.
1999 -Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers twice. The Cub outfielder hits his milestone round-tripper off of Brewer hurler Jason Bere.

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