Missouri to join protesters in Hands Across The Sand movement

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | 4:40 p.m. CDT; updated 4:53 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, June 9, 2010

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In a grass-roots movement inspired by the 1980s' Hands Across America human chain effort, beachgoers in 30 states, including Missouri, and nearly a dozen countries plan to join hands this month to form symbolic barriers to protect the shoreline from oil spills.

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