Winter Storms Across Nation Bring Freezing Temps and Havoc
Across the eastern half of the nation, snow squalls in the Great Lakes and New York State, flooding, and hurricane force winds battered coasts from Cape Cod to New Bedford. In Ohio and Illinois cold, wind chills and subzero temps caused fatalities and car crashes while Georgia and Florida faced plunging temps and outages. California tides rose briefly as Montana saw snow and freezing rain. Affected areas included Massachusetts New Jersey Connecticut Ohio Illinois Minnesota and Virginia with trains delayed and alarms triggered.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
R.I
Stamford
Conn
Connecticut
Amtrak
Waterbury
Hartford
Massachusetts
John Gorman
Medford
Mass
New York State
Ohio
National Weather Service
Humbolt
Ill
Mattoon
Illinois
Coles County
Richard Lynch
Deneice Herschberger
Appalachia
Prestonsburg
Virginia
mid-Atlantic
Maine
Knox County
Citizens Band Radio
Minnesota
Rochester
Twin Cities
Georgia
Atlanta
Florida
Indiana Braces For Subzero Lows As Arctic Front Grips State
An arctic air mass kept Indiana temperatures near zero with overnight lows forecast to drop further. Highs range 5 to 10 degrees, with predicted snow limited to northwestern Indiana. Roads closed in LaPorte County and I-94 closures stranded motorists at the Indiana Michigan line, as South Bend reported sixteen inches of snow and widespread closures.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
NWS
Ed Terrell
Indianapolis
Terrell
LaPorte County
Indiana 2
U.S
LaPorte
South Bend
Indiana
St. Joseph
Michiana
United Air Lines
Michigan
Indiana-Michigan
Street projects advance in Anderson plans
Anderson Board of Public Works approved over 65000 for four street projects totaling more than 650000. Brown Delaware throughway completion and West Eighth Street widening, 14th Street Conrail crossing upgrades, and Columbus to Cincinnati avenues link across Ohio Avenue. The board's 10000 stake funds right of way, appraisals, and design work, with most costly Brown Delaware final leg projected around 400000 and right of way needs about 40000 from the matching fund.
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Rob Prillaman
Herald
Anderson Board of Public Works
West Eighth Street
Raible Avenue
14Th Street
Conrail
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio Avenue
Board of Works
Lloyd Line
Brown-Delaware
Jackson Street
Sixth Street
Works Board
Line
Sixth
Jackson
Columbus and
Cincinnati Avenue
Inside Today's Index Highlights Sections by Page
The page list outlines Police blotter on Page 2 Obituaries funerals and new arrivals on Page 3 Editorials and commentary on Page 4 People on Page 6 Young people on Page 7 Sports highlights and scoreboard on Pages 10 11 Comics and daily features on Pages 12 13 Classified ads on Pages 14 17 Stock market quotations on Page 18.
Outside Weather Forecast Summary Card
Mostly sunny and cold today with highs five to ten degrees higher. Clear and very cold tonight with lows zero to five below. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Wednesday with highs in the low twenties. Monday’s high two below zero and low minus two.
Preservation panel sworn in for Anderson historic commission
Six of seven members of Anderson Historic Preservation Commission were sworn in by City Clerk Marie Riggs as the group held its second informal session. Chair Dick Donnelly said the workshop reviewed guidelines and responsibilities ahead of a formal rules adoption and officer election at the Feb. 13 meeting.
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Anderson
Historic Preservation Commission
Marie Riggs
City Planning
Dick Donnelly
Donnelly
Historic and Cultural Preservation Commission
City Plan Commission
Jim Freeman
Commission
Martha Carmichael
John Delaplane
George Doherty
Clarence Staley
Stan Guilkey
Wayne Huffman
Thomas Newman Jr
Indiana lawmakers kick off 100th General Assembly session
Indiana legislators began the short session with heavy workload as House and Senate rush through hundreds of measures. The Senate set noon filing cutoffs and the House 2 p.m. deadlines while committees plan to intensify sessions. A delay in a funeral and Gov. Bowen’s State of the State address shape the week’s schedule.
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Nancye Hawes
Indianapolis
Indiana
100Th
General Assembly
House
Senate
Senators
Robert J. Fair
Princeton
Anderson Uaw
Frank Teague
Thomas J. Teague
Anderson
Fair
Kermit Burrous
Peru
Burrows
Otis R. Bowen
Legislative Council
Congress
Decision on Kriss pondered
New Castle Henry Circuit Judge Wesley Ratliff Jr has the Kriss case under advisement after evidence was presented. Richard J Rick Kriss challenges his suspension from Highland High School basketball amid IHSAA findings of undue influence. Kriss, a 6 3 senior averaging 13.9 points, remains with Highland under a temporary restraining order.
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New Castle — Henry
Wesley Ratliff Jr
Richard J
Rick” Kriss
Highland High
Ratliff
The
Herald
Indiana High School Athletic Association
IHSAA
Kriss
North Judson
Highland
Madison
William Clifford
Adrian Ritchie
Anderson
Guardian
Doyle Lehman
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Radcliff, Ky
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Kentucky
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