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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1986
Page
7
Iowa City AP report says George Swearingen Republican from Sigourney was hospitalized in fair condition after a stroke while watching election returns. He, 63, won a fifth two year term defeating Lois Brokken 4047 to 3297.
About 400 demonstrators gathered outside the Swift Independent Packing Co. plant gates in Marshalltown as a strike by replacement workers continued. One man was arrested after allegedly throwing a rock through a car windshield during the Wednesday morning protest before the 7 a.m. shift.
Frustration marked the night as Cedar Rapids lawyer Joan Lipsky waited for results from the 1986 Iowa lieutenant governor race. With 75 percent of votes in she trailed 52 to 48 percent as supporters, including her husband Abbott Lipsky, faced an uncertain outcome at Charlie's-on-the-River. Former Gov. Robert Ray stayed late, urging patience, while reporters failed to tally full results before dawn.
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