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Arkansas State Press
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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Voters in Pulaski County school district face recall elections on May 25 for Little Rock school board members: segregationists target Ed I. McKinley Jr., Ben D. Rowland Sr., and R. W. Laster for allegedly firing 44 teachers; opponents seek to recall Everett Tucker Jr., Russell Matson, and Ted Lamb for walking out of a meeting.
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McKINLEY
ROWLAND
LASTER
These names in petition for recall—Monday, May 25, voters of the Pulaski county school district will go to the polls to vote on whether they want to keep Ed I. McKinley, jr., Ben D. Rowland, sr. and R. W. Laster on the Little Rock school board. These are three of the six-member board who are
TUCKER
Segregationists name these in petition to be recalled—To keep from being out in the cold, the segregationists of the city joined hands and filed a recall petition seeking the seats of the other three board members, Everett Tucker, jr., Russell Matson and Ted Lamb. These are the members who walked out of the school board meeting when
alleged to have fired 44 school teachers and principals without notice. If you want to discontinue their services on the school board, all you have to do Monday is go to the poll and vote TO RECALL LASTER - McKINLEY
ROWLAND
. LAMB
it became evident that the above three were destined to destroy the educational system of Little Rock. The segregationists want to recall these members off the school board. If you want to keep these men on the school board go to the polls Monday and vote AGAINST
THE
RECALL OF LAMB
MATSON
TUCKER.
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Pulaski County School District, Little Rock
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Monday, May 25
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Two recall petitions target opposing factions on the Little Rock school board: one to remove McKinley, Rowland, and Laster for firing teachers without notice; segregationists seek to recall Tucker, Matson, and Lamb for walking out to prevent destruction of the educational system.