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ye eames. By CARROLL COPELIN reported drifting snow in that 21 degrees with a 19-mile-on- Wichitans were breaking out area shortly before noon. hour northwesterly wind blowing additional clothing and blankets The Weather Bureau was pre-the powdery snow as it hit the Wednesday as the worst storm of driting one to three inches of.p~- ? the season whipped across the snow for the Dallas-Fort Worth’ area, bringing snow and sub-area by nightfall. i freezing temperatures, Tuesday's overnight low of 18. Although snowfall was expected degrees here was the lowest ever ; to stop sometime Wednesday recorded for that date. The pre- night, weather observers were vious low, of 19, was set in 1947. predicting an overnight low of official temperature at noon was about 15 degrees, to be followed by a high Thursday of around 30. Chilly, northwesterly winds of around 20 miles an hour added a razor sharpness to cold air spill ing down from the Canadian border. The entire upper four-fifths of the state was whipped by the chilling norther as it lashed across the central part of the ation. Snow began falling in Wichita Lee SNOW. Page 2A City policemen counted 22 ac cidents, three of which involved injuries, between 7 a.m. and noon Wednesday as city motorists fought to control their sliding cars. One officer, on his way to the scene of an accident, counted five more en route which were never reported to police dis patchers. Roads Icy Roads throughout Oklahoma and as far south as Austin were considered hazardous as drifting snow and freezing sleet covered traffic routes. Ken Faulkner, manager for Red Ball Motor Freight Lines here, said his company's trucks were operating on schedule al though a dispatcher at Amarillo
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Wichita Falls Times
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Wed, Feb 24, 1960
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