Levee Patrol -- Earl Gile (left) and LaVergne Aumock patrol a dike in a low section of Onalaska, suburb, where work is in progress building barriers to stem flood waters of the Mississippi River today. The men are members of auxiliary police who patrol dikes on a 24-hour basis during the crisis. by Associated Press

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To Marry Star Pitcher --Alice Clifford Sullivan, 23, is to marry Harold "Hal" Schumacher, New York Giants' pitcher, February 1 at the St. Joseph Church in Dolgeville, N.Y., Where, when they were high school students, their romance began. Miss Sullivan is Dramatic Art Instructor of the St. Bernard Schools here.

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Levee Patrol -- Earl Gile (left) and LaVergne Aumock patrol a dike in a low section of Onalaska, suburb, where work is in progress building barriers to stem flood waters of the Mississippi River today. The men are members of auxiliary police who patrol dikes on a 24-hour basis during the crisis.

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