Army Corps tamps down barge worries on Mississippi
Friday, January 4, 2013
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that the industry fears is imminent, Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard officials said Friday.
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