Midwest States Face Daunting Cleanup Task ; Soggy, Contaminated Sandbags Must Be Tossed

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CLARKSVILLE, Mo When Mayor Jo Anne Smiley looks down Washington Street at the soggy fortress of sandbags protecting her town, she knows it's a view she will have to get used to.

The sandbags are ugly. They clutter the streets in the picturesque town of 500, blocking access to the century-old brick storefronts housing antiques stores and arts shops. Some of the bags soaked with God-knows-what from the flooded Mississippi River stink.

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Midwest States Face Daunting Cleanup Task ; Soggy, Contaminated Sandbags Must Be Tossed

But they're staying put.

"Certainly it will be the end of July before we even think about taking down the san...

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