Show Icy Cold Snap Sweeps Through Nation By ASSOCIATED PRESS Winter spread a blanket of frigid cold air across a wide portion of the nation from Texas eastward Tuesday and gripped New England in the iciest weather of the TEMPERATURES well below zero were common throughout New England and along the northern tier of states from North Dakota to upper Maine started its second consecutive day with Limestone and Caribou each a record 20 below International welcomed the dawn with a and by noon the mercury had risen only to In New a 28 be-and by noon the mercury had low was posted at Connecticut Winds up to 45 miles an hour whistled across Michigan whipping up 10 inches of new IN NORTHERN New England several inches of new snow packed the state's northern ski |