Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-03
Storm Deaths
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BY the Associated Press

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March storms hurled high
winds and staggering loads of
snow on the northeastern quar-
ter Of the Nation today.
A wind-whipped snow closed
schools and roads in the East
and Midwest. Ice slowed travel
| in the South.
All in all, it was the most
widespread outbreak of wild
weather of the winter.
Deaths mounted to "a. In
cluded were 6 in Texas, s in
Colorado, 3 in Kansas, 2 in
Tennessee, l each in Missis-
sippi. Iowa. North Carolina,
Maryland, Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri.
Damage to timber and power
lines ran into the millions.
Snow fell in places as far
apart as Portland, Greg, and
New York. 1t ranged up to
8 inches in Southern Illinois,
to 10 in Missouri, to IL in
| the North Carolina mountains
and 20 in the mountainous
areas Of West Virginia.
The worst Snowstorm of the
season shut some high ways
and most schools in Indiana.
Drifts up to 6 feet clogged
highways in the west central
section of the State.
Highways Blocked
Some highways were blocked
in West Virginia, where the
snow scaled up to more than
20 inches in the mountains.
All schools were closed n
Philadelphia and it's suburbs as
snow piled up in 4-foot drifts
in suburban localities.
! In New Jersey, scores OF
schools Cancelled classes. An At
lantic County court session also
was called off. High tides along
the coast caused some flooding
The speed limit on the New
Jersey turnpike and Garden
State parkway was reduced
from so to 80 miles per hour.
Gale warnings were posted in
New York, where 6 to 8 inches
snow was expected.
Sixty-four fights were can
celed at Idlewild Airport.
Broken power lines left thou
sands Of homes without cleo
tricity.
Strong winds famed the
snowstorm into Eastern Sec
tons, from the Upper and Mid
Mississippi Valley southeast
ward to the Appalachians and
eastward through West Vir-
ginia and Virginia to the At
lantic coast. There was much
blowing and drifting snow in
the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio
Valleys.
Belt of Rain and DriZZle
A belt of rain and drizzle ex-
tended from Western West
Virginia southwark into South
eastern Tennessee. Sleet and
freezing rain pelted areas east
of the Appalachians from the
Carolinas to Northeastern Ala
bama. Rain fell along the coast
from Northern Florida north
ward to North Carolina.
A sheath of ice and a blanket
of snow covered southern areas
from Virginia to Arkansas and
East Texas, Foot-high snow
hit some mountain areas.
The worst ice storm in Is
years pounded Northeast Ala
bama and Northern Georgia
Sleet and snow glazed Arkansas
highways and streets and snow
falls measured up to a hall
foot in Tennessee and Ken
lucky.
Damage to pine forest ir
South Arkansas was estimated
at several million dollars
Forestry officials placed damage
to woodlands in Louisiana
alone at 81 million.
Guardsmen Called Out
National guardsmen were
called for emergency duty ir
Calhoun, a city of about 1000
in Northwest Georgia, which
was without power or telephone
service.
A state of emergency wal
declared in a residential ares
of Huntsville, Ala, where the
Mayor said it was impossible
to maintain utility service.
Nearly 1000 residents of out.
lying sections of Gadsden, Ala.
were forced to leave theil
homes after ice storms broke
, power lines supplying theil
. houses.
Florida was out Of the stormy
! weather picture, with cleaI
skies and temperatures in thu
! SOTO plus degree range.
- Marshall, Tex, a city of 49,,