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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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A massive blizzard struck the eastern U.S., dumping up to 29 inches of snow, causing drifts, subzero temperatures, and at least 15 deaths across Pennsylvania, New York, and Indiana. It disrupted travel, closed schools and factories, and complicated preparations for President Kennedy's inauguration in Washington, where snow was cleared from parade routes.
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A huge blizzard staggered much of the snowbound East today, blocking roads, closing hundreds of schools and factories and trapping grounded planes.
The snow ranged up to 29 inches and, in some areas, blustering winds blew up drifts that were hip-high.
Temperatures plunged as low as 20 below zero in Caribou, Maine.
Pennsylvania counted nine weather deaths, New York four and Indiana two.
The inauguration of President Kennedy shared attention in Washington with emergency action to get the big show on the road. Eight inches of snow, blown by winds with gusts up to 32 miles an hour brought out thousands of workmen and a fleet of trucks.
Hundreds of snowplows labored through the night and cleared 1 1/2-miles of Pennsylvania Avenue of nearly all ice and snow for the Inaugural Parade between the Capitol and the White House.
But the national capital fared well compared with some cities that were virtually paralyzed.
New York City was clobbered by snow that averaged 10 inches. The blizzard swept into the city in the midst of a strike that already had halted ferryboat and rail service for 70,000 commuters.
Middletown, N. Y., reported a 29-inch fall.
"This looks like a winter you'll long remember," commented the Weather Bureau at Harrisburg, Pa. The city was buried under 20 inches of snow, the heaviest in 16 years.
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Eastern United States
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pennsylvania counted nine weather deaths, new york four and indiana two. roads blocked, hundreds of schools and factories closed, planes grounded, cities paralyzed including new york with 10 inches snow amid commuter strike.
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A huge blizzard staggered much of the snowbound East, with snow up to 29 inches in areas like Middletown, N.Y., hip-high drifts from blustering winds, temperatures to 20 below zero in Caribou, Maine. In Washington, 8 inches of snow and 32 mph gusts required emergency clearing of Pennsylvania Avenue for Kennedy's inaugural parade using thousands of workmen, snowplows, and trucks. Harrisburg, Pa., buried under 20 inches, heaviest in 16 years.