Search continues near Ste. Genevieve for missing men

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) -- The search continues for two boaters who went missing after their 16-foot john boat capsized in the Mississippi River near Ste. Genevieve.

The Missouri Water Patrol says the 16-foot aluminum fishing boat capsized Wednesday, about a half mile downstream from a ferry crossing in Ste. Genevieve.

Authorities said the boat was just too small for the current conditions on the river. They found it empty Thursday morning.

Fifty-one-year-old Harold Smith and 46-year old Art Barton are missing. It was Smith's first fishing trip in his new boat.

Relatives say the two called them to alert them to the trouble.

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