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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . . in the week's neivs FLOOD: The Mississippi river, hitting flood stage over a 1,544-mile course from "-Iowa to the Gulf, caused concern to Army engineers, who plugged gaps in the last line of flood defense at New Orleans. The engineers stood ready to operate the 100-mile Morganza floodway, hitherto hither-to unused, to divert 640,000 cubic feet of water a second from the lower river into the Gulf. i OBJECTORS: Seven conscientious-objectors who were accused of deserting from the civilian public service camp at Germfask, Mich., drew sentences of three years and six months in prison from Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond of Grand Rapids. The camp is operated by the selective service administration for objectors not affiliated with religious re-ligious groups. |
