26 May 1959
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1959
Page
1
Pitchers Sturdivant and Kucks are sent to New York along with an infielder in a specified trade. The move involves a swap of pitchers and a positional player to bolster the Yankees roster.
The Kansas City Athletics acquired Jerry Lumpe and pitchers Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks plus a player to be named next spring from the New York Yankees for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry. Team president Arnold Johnson and Yankee GM George Weiss finalized the deal in New York. Johnson said the move aims to speed a return to the top and improve pitching and infield defense. Lopez is expected to move to the outfield, while Lumpe will learn second base.
He asks Alice if they should end their steady three year relationship. Alice responds with expectation as the moment of breakup approaches.
The National Office of Vital Statistics reports 1,034,000 registered live births in the first three months of the year, the highest total for any first quarter on record, reflecting a nationwide birth surge.
After a light rain in the area a cool day is ahead with a 63 degree low and upper 70s afternoon high. Winds light, skies partly cloudy. Missouri and Kansas stations logged overnight rain while Iowa saw heavier totals causing Chariton river runoff near Novinger by tonight.
The final section of the Berkshire throughway in New York opened today at Castleton on Hudson. The 509 mile toll superhighway now connects Boston to the Pennsylvania line, completing the long north south route.
Louisville May 26 AP Kentuckians flocked to the polls to select a Democratic gubernatorial nominee between Lt. Gov. Harry Lee Waterfield and Judge Bert T. Combs. A Waterfield win could boost Governor A. B. Chandlers presidential ambitions if he defeats Republican John Robsion in November.
The city will prohibit left turns at the Thirty-Ninth Street and Warwick Boulevard intersection starting tomorrow. City traffic director Jack Falin said the ban aims to improve pedestrian safety at the crossing.
The body of John Foster Dulles arrived to lie in state in a vaulted chapel at Washington National Cathedral. Servicemen carried the flag draped casket as diplomats and officials gathered, with family and honorary pallbearers present. The chapel opens to the public for 24 hours as wreaths and flags memorialize the late secretary.
A sharp moderate earthquake or two simultaneous shocks rattled a 100 mile Central California coast region. Sausalito reported two quakes while Hollister saw shelves topple. Santa Cruz and other coast towns also felt the temblor. No injuries or serious damage reported.
Tests on throat cultures from Mayor H Roe Bartle found no diphtheria bacteria. Hospital officials said the swelling in his throat has receded and he remains in good spirits. Further tests are planned, with release anticipated within a few days.
At Midway airport a staged kiss between a woman and a man led to the arrest of Rudolph Burkhalther. Detectives uncovered a prearranged reunion plot tied to an embezzlement scheme of $20,940 from his Tucson wife nine months earlier.
Life magazine reports Truman and Speaker Rayburn have decided that either Lyndon Johnson or Stuart Symington should be the Democratic presidential nominee. Truman backs Symington, Rayburn backs Johnson, with both holding Truman-Rayburn approval. The choice was made May 5 after a dinner at Senator Monroney's Washington home.
The Missouri Senate unanimously approved a measure to create a joint licensing and examining board for medical doctors and osteopaths, with five physicians and two osteopaths. The bill includes authority to issue licenses and regulate both professions, and will automatically license Dr. Waldo Isom upon governor action.
An inmate told the jury about abuse and beating by fellow prisoners during circuit court proceedings. Page 2 notes the testimony on the Inside Pages.
Two men entered an armored truck in Lakewood west of Denver with a key and stole 164450 after money was checked out of Jefferson County bank. An abandoned green and white car, described by witnesses as similar to the getaway vehicle, was found in a nearby parking lot.
New publication from Barrie L. Beere will go on sale within two weeks. The first issue includes five 5 minute recordings designed to be read and then played on a turntable. May 26 New York AP report.
A military appeals tribunal in Holguin Oriente province commuted four death sentences to prison terms of 20 to 30 years. Executions have slowed. Fidel Castro said civil courts would soon replace military tribunals but gave no date. A Newcomer’s Memorial may be financed on budget terms.
Caril Fugate 15 pleads via telegram to President Eisenhower to stay execution of Charles Starkweather. Merril Reller says the White House replied the case is a state matter with no presidential jurisdiction. Starkweather had a death sentence. his father won a 2 week stay for federal appeal.
Unofficial forecast notes cooler air after rain with a low of 63 and a high in the upper 70s. Humidity readings at 6 am 80 percent, 1 pm 65 percent. Barometer rising from 29.79 to 29.84 inches. River at 9.6 feet, down 1.4. Lake of the Ozarks 6.9 feet below full reservoir. Trace precipitation in 24 hours ending 6 am.
At a Victory Party in Little Rock supporters described the vote as a great awakening. The gathering framed the shift toward moderates as a pivotal change in local politics and policy direction.
In Little Rock on May 26 AP reports a decisive recall election shift toward moderates Everett Tucker Jr Ted Lamb and Russell Matson Jr who retained seats as segregationist foes Ed McKinley Jr Ben Rowland and M L Moser Jr were defeated Laster commented the public favors integrated schools and Faubus faced a major setback with no early returns yet.
A Missouri Senate subcommittee killed a House bill to raise the gasoline tax by 2 cents to fund rural roads. The panel backed study of rural and city road needs and a defined distribution formula. Gov Blair’s 1-cent counterproposal faces House resistance with possible special session timing for the November 1960 ballot.
The Swedish American liner Kungsholm arrived near New York after deviating over 265 miles off course to skirt icebergs south of Newfoundland's Grand Banks causing a day’s delay.
Chicago says Memorial Day weekend could see 260 deaths and 10,000 injuries as more than 40 million cars hit roads. Weekend period starts 6 p.m. Friday and ends midnight Sunday. If 260 deaths occur, it would be a record, surpassing 241 in 1953.
Rep. Gardner Withrow of Wisconsin was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital today for surgery tomorrow morning. He will undergo the procedure as planned and is expected to recover in the coming weeks.
The United Presbyterians, a 3 million member church, voted to stop raising money through bazaars and selling goods. They urged congregations to desist from discount sales, citing erosion of spiritual tone and stewardship principles in church support. The move broadens beyond a local proposal to halt church advertising.
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