24 - EVENING HERALD. Wed.. Feb. 4. 1981 Freak winter snowstorm paralyzes Midwest states By Untied Press Inlematlonal through thin ice on George Lake. A Chautauqua County community of The worst snowstorm to hit Vermont man died in a fall on ice and Cassadaga report^ "walst-dMp” northwestern Pennsylvania in 25 a New York truck driver was killed snow. ■ years hung onto the Northeast with a in a collisioq during a “ blinding "This is a typical snowbelt storm, iast blast today, foiling efforts to snowstorm.” right along the lake shore,” a clean up nearly 2 feet of snow. Sixteen others died earlier in Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputy Travel advisories were issued ear­ highway fatalities blamed on icy said. He said a “ substantial number" ly today for the eastern Great Lakes. roads, three died in a North Carolina of tractor-trailer trucks pulled off Forecasters said the area could get fire Sunday and a cross-country skier the New York State Thruway in the another 4 Inches of snow before the was killed in an avalanche in Utah. town of Ripley to wait it out. YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER • Since 1881 • Single Copy 25$ •! storm fizzles out. Four brothers trapped overnight on ’The winds whipped snow across Snow squalls buried Erie, Pa., with Presque Isle Bay near Erie, Pa., roads in Buffalo, N.Y., creating blin­ 12 inches' of snow Monday and where they were ice-fishing when the ding “ whlteouts” that triggered another 5 Inches Tuesday. Areas east storm hit, made their way to safety numerous fender-benders, police Office condoB of Erie reported 24 inches. Western Tuesday during a break in the said. ' New York was deluged with more weather. They burned their fishing Top aides than 18 inches of snow. poles during the night to keep warm. Poor visibility forced police to move quickly Up to 5 inches blanketed Connec­ Erie, Pa., Mayor Louis Tullio, close the Skyway and Father Baker ticut. calling the storm the worst since Bridge in Buffalo and Lackawanna, MANCHESTER — The plan to convert the Schools closed, more than 100 .1956, appealed to private contractors N.Y., after 10 people were injured in former House and Hale store on Main Street into travelers abandoned their cars on to help the city clean up the snow. chain-reaction collisslons involving up condominuim offices is off to a fast start with Interstate 90 and Pennsylvania of­ Winds up to 30 mph raked the to 25 vehicles. want hike about 30 percent of the space already sqld. ficials declared a snow emergency. storm along the eastern shore of Snow showers dumped 4Vk inches Sales opened at 10 a.m. Wednesday and by the Firefighters remove one of the victims from through the home killing four residents late Strong winds whipped across the Lake Erie in New York. The of snow across parts of Connecticut. the top floor of Kiefer’s Rest Home in Point Tuesday. Eight others were hospitalized Northern Plains to the Northeast, afternoon the 30 percent figure had bMU reached. with various Injuries. (UPl photo) dropping temperatures to single Those who agre^ to buy offices must qualify for Pleasant Beach, N.J., after a fire swept digits and below zero. The cold front mortgages but a spokesman for the project foresaw no problem with that. in defense crept as far south as Florida, where Jolt reminds us V.’. Tampa had a high of just 50 degrees, John A. DeQuattro of J.D. Real Estate \\ ^ the coldest ever for Feb. 3. Associates. Inc. said a great deal of interest has WASHINGTON (UPI) - As Ronald Red Oak, Iowa, notched a record been expressed. veils Feb. 18. Fire in boarding house Among those who have already made public Reagan shapes his budget pians, Dole, chairman of the Senate 16-below and Shenandoah, Iowa, it’s still winter their intention to buy office space are Allan there are reports that top advisers Finance Committee, said programs plunged to 19 degrees below zero. vvant a more than $30 billion hike in Both readings broke records set in Thomas, an attorney, and Donald Genovesl, an for the poor will not “ change, ” but the By United Press Inlernational the Transportation Department fiscai 1981 and 1982 defense outlays 1956. The temperature at Sault Ste. Insurance broker. budgetcutters are “ going to trim Just when Connecticut residents Storm Center, traffic was moving and that the president is leaning kills 4 elderly residents Marie, Mich., dropped to a record 26 DeQuattro said the financial package offered is some of the fat off the programs.” were getting accustomed to mild and “ things were back to normal and toward a retroactive tax cut. below. an attraction to prospective buyers. The building “ That may amount to as much as temperatures, a sudden winter jolt the highways are drying up.” Two Republican congressmen in­ POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. Three other residents were listed female residents of the home began The storms that brought winter was bought by Heritage Savings and Loan $20 (billion) to $40 biilion in fiscal put the weather back into seasonal Interstate 86 was closed from East dicated today that Reagan, who has (UPI) — A smoky blaze at an ocean- in "very critical” condition at St. banging at his door, telling him back to most of the nation this week Association for conversion and resale as oftied’s. year 1982,” he said. perspective. Hartford to Vernon Circle following not yet announced an effective date side boarding house killed four elder­ Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, a about the fire. were blamed for at least 30 deaths. It offers financing of up to 75 percent to qualified Unexpected snow showers dumped numerous accidents, including a 10- for his promised tax cut, is leaning ly residents in the third fatal fire at spokeswoman said. She said alt three “ The only way she could have Five members of a Milltown, Ind., buyers at a rate not to exceed 12 and three 4V5 Inches of snow across parts of vehicle accident, and Interstate 91 toward making it retroactive to Jan. New Jersey facilities for the aged suffered severe burns in the fire. gotten out was to run though the family — including four youngsters— quarters percent for up to 40 years. Connecticut Tuesday, forcing state was closed at Exit 33 north of Hart­ 1. and handicapped in recent months. Five other residents were reported in flames at the front door,” Arlauckas died 'Tuesday when a fire apparently Money talk police to shut down sections of two ford near the scene of an accident in­ Depending on how the partitions are arranged “ He indicated in the meeting Authorities said the fire at Keifer's guarded condition at Point Pleasant said. “ Her hair was singed.” kindled by a wood-burning stove slippery interstate highways in the to suit buyers, the plans, drawn by Lawrence Quarters Hotel Tuesday night injured Hospital. volving three trucks and four cars. yesterday that he was looking in that Arlauckas called police and ran swept their two-story frame house on Hartford area. Associates, Manchester architects, call for about eight other residents of the wood- Seven tenants of the resident boar­ ’The Storm Center said 4 Mi inches of direction,” Rep. Richard Cheney, R- to be basic with his brother-in-law to the boar­ one of the coldest nights of the year. 27 offices on the three floors of the building. frame boarding house. One woman, ding house escaped injury, police Police said portions of Interstate 86 snow were recorded in the Winsted Wyo., said on NBC’s “ Today” show. ding house, where flames were com­ Three people drowned in Under the plan, the old Circle Theater will be her hair sing^ from the flames, said. and Interstate 91 were closed for area, 1-2 inches in the Colchester Reagan met with congressional WASHINGTON (UPI) - President ing out around the front door. He said Minnesota — a man when his car tom down to provide more parking space. The raced to a neighbor’s house to report Edstman said the 3Mi-story, wood- several hours during the morning area and 1 inch at Hartford.. leaders Wednesday. Reagan, having consulted special in­ he was able to save two residents plunged through the ice of the south entrance which gives access to the parking the blaze. frame structure was occupied by 21 because of multiple-vehicle ac­ Some southern sections of the state And Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., said terests, Congress and his Cabinet, from the second floor, and one from Mississippi River and two teen-age lot will be revamped to that it leads to a lobby This Is a proposed entrance to the of­ provides access from parking to It was the third fire since last July people, although two of the tenants cidents involving minor Injuries. had no snow, the National Weather on CBS’ “ Morning” news program, will deliver a basic “ Economics I” the third floor. boys when their snowmobiles went which is also accessible through a corridor from involving facilities that house elder were not in the home at the time of By sundown, said a spokesman at Service said. fice condominium complex to be a lobby with elevators. The lobby will “ I think it will be effective Jan. 1 of lecture to the nation tonight seeking the present Main Street entrance. The complex ly or handicapped residents. Less the fire. “ No one seemed panicked,” he build in the former House and Hale be accessible also through a corridor this year for'business, and may be to buiid a consensus for the tough has been given the name One Heritage Place.