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Item # 725606
May 08, 1959
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1959 

* Dodger great "Roy Campanella Night"
* Dodgers vs. Yankees exhibition game
* Benefit for his medical expenses 
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The top of page 30 has a banner heading: "Record 93,103 See Dodgers Bow to Yanks After Halting Giants in Afternoon" with subheads and related photo. (see images) 
Complete with all 56 pages, some light damp staining, otherwise nice.

background: The night of May 7, 1959, served as a poignant bridge between the Brooklyn "Boys of Summer" and the Dodgers' new era in Los Angeles, as a world-record crowd of 93,103 fans filled the Memorial Coliseum to honor Roy Campanella. Just a year after a tragic car accident left the three-time MVP paralyzed and unable to make the move West with his teammates, the exhibition game against the New York Yankees became a symbol of collective healing and financial support for his mounting medical costs. The evening's most indelible image occurred when the stadium lights were extinguished, leaving the massive arena illuminated only by the flicker of thousands of matches held aloft by fans, while Pee Wee Reese pushed "Campy" in his wheelchair toward home plate. It was a rare, hushed moment of reverence in sports history, proving that although Campanella never played an official inning in a Los Angeles uniform, his legacy as a defensive powerhouse and a pioneer of the game remained the soul of the franchise.