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Mississippi flood toll rises as sandbags dwindle
United Press International reports the Mississippi flood worsens from Dubuque to Reserve with levee breaks and 6 deaths. Millions in damage, tens of thousands displaced, and crests forecast at 43.5 feet in St. Louis. Sandbag shortages bite Missouri and Illinois as authorities rush aid and airlifts proceed. Also notes Census Bureau finding a 5.3 million undercount in 1970 and implications for federal funding.
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United Press International
Middle West
Mississippi
Dubuque
Iowa
Reserve
Burlington
Winfield
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Nixon
St. Louis
Missouri
Minois
Army Corps of Engineers
Lincoln County
St. Charles
Tom Baxter
Quincy
Ill
National Weather Service
Mississippi Valley
Morgan City
Atchafalaya
Beirut
UPI
Re Suleiman Franjieh
Amin Hafer
Lebanon
Hafez
Saeb Salam