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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1986

Page

12

Voter campaign heats up as Iowa races near election

Linn County officials attend a workshop for election day workers in Cedar Rapids while campaigns in Des Moines target door to door outreach and radio ads. Branstad Jenkins and Grassley Roedrick races drive a statewide turnout push with absentee voting urged in Polk Linn Scott counties. Democrats plan heavy door knocking as they identify nearly 500,000 voters to reach by election day. Odell predicts 763000 turnout, while Democrats aim for one million votes.

Linn Linda Langenberg North Cedar Rapids Langenberg Sue Wold Joe O’hern Jenkins Terry Branstad O’hern Iowa Democratic Party Liz Buck Buck Polk Scott Mary Jane Odell Neely Branstad-Jenkins U.S. Senate Charles Grassley John Roedrick

Illinois hog plant sold to reopen Monmouth facility

Gov. James R. Thompson announced that the closed Wilson Foods Corp. hog butchering plant in Monmouth will be sold to a new corporation that plans to reopen it and eventually hire about 700 workers. The Illinois Pork Corp. must secure financing before the purchase can proceed, said DCCA spokeswoman Jill Fowler.

Wilson Illinois Springfield, Ill Wilson Foods Corp Monmouth Illinois Pork Corp Jill Fowler Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs DCCA

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