Show I t Blizzard Roars Down Into Int Utah BI Blocks Roads Maroons 1000 1 J. J Trains Fall Behind Schedule V Bus Travel Near Standstill 2 J I r r JoK By J Craig Temple S 0 p I IA A warm sun beamed ironically on workers Sat rd afternoon Saturday Saturday- y after after- t noon as they battled to clear roads choked up by a blizzard that tore into the state from southwestern Idaho Friday night and pushed on southward after blocking nearly all areg highways arteria f hilva v s I with drifted snow and marooning more more than 1000 persons t 4 Train schedules were greatly de delayed delayed de- de and bus travel was brought virtually to a standstill as winds up to 60 miles miles miles-an an hour in Utah whipped up the already heavy layer of snow v and clogged north south and west highways leading into west central Utah The storm pacing southward through the state stat brought fresh peril to about sheep in snowbound sections Snow flurries were to continue Saturday afternoon and night in Houri Hourly temperatures Saturday Satur- Satur Saturday day at Salt Lake airport weather station were 1 1230 30 am a.m. 26 am a.m. 17 am a.m. 26 am a.m. 18 an ant 22 1080 1030 am 17 azu am 21 1130 am a.m. 17 am 21 1230 pm p.m. 24 an am 19 pm p.m. 24 6 30 ani am 19 2 30 pm p.m. 24 arn am 18 I the northern part of Utah where the winds died about dawn according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the wea weather bureau at Salt Lake airport Weather Veather experts experts ex ex- perth predicted clear cicar to partly cloudy skies Sunda Sunday with lower tempera temperatures tures Snow to Continue Continuo The snowfall was expected to continue in southern Utah Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day afternoon accompanied by winds and drifting snow Low temperatures Sunday will ill vary from 5 above to 10 below and near 18 in Dixie Highs will vary from 15 to 25 degrees throughout the state Snow began falling at 2 am a.m. Saturday in Salt Lake City By am a.m. it had reached central Utah Hundreds of motorists were trapped by the drifting snow caused by high winds Probably the hardest hit was Salt Lake county where county road crews cd all night nig-ht in a aSee I See Seo Page Pago 2 2 Column 7 Blizzard Batters Utah Blocking Highways j j I Continued from Page One losing osing battle with the wind I I Nearly all west cast-west roads in the county were reported blocked by snow Saturday morning All AU county snow removal equipment including one rotary plow 12 truck-mounted truck plows two plows V-plows three caterpillar tractors and several several sev seve eral graders were thrown into the fight light Farmers Stranded The Salt Lake City street department de de- de sal said roads running north and south were mostly clear but all aU roads leading lending to Redwood Redwood Red Red- wood road were closed Among ArnonE those stranded in Utah Friday night were about farmers who went to Logan for a farm demonstration and were for forced ed to spend the night with friends or in hotel lobbies Several school buses were halted by drifts In the county A bus load of Murray high school students spent part of the night In Tooele where they had gone to attend a Murray Tooele basketball game About 70 persons including 65 Bingham high school students from Lark stranded Friday night in Bingham as drifting snow blocked Utah highway 48 Into Salt Lake were reached Saturday about 2 pm p.m. as county snow equipment bucked its way through heavy drifts At Hunter ward Church of Jesus Chr Christ st of ot Latter-day Latter Saints West Vest and South some children were stranded for 2 hours when drifts closed the roads Eleven of ot the children were I forced to stay with residents of ot the area Rail men Burled All roads were blocked leading to several furniture warehouses at Kearns approximately 6 miles west of Taylorsville in Salt Lake county marooning approximately 50 persons N Near ear Logan three members of railroad track crews were buried beneath tons of snow which thundered thundered thundered thun thun- dered down the steep wall of ot Bear river canyon The missing men were presumed dead but fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low workers grimly dug through the snow in search of ot them Another small slide occurred In Provo canyon above Deer creek dam Friday night but all was cleared away later with no injuries Injuries in injuries in- in juries reported Children were reported safe who were stranded in two Utah school buses one at Newton and the other at Mendon A snowplow rescued 12 children and the driver from their bus near Blackfoot Ida and farmers used horse drawn sleighs to save 30 children marooned on another bus busin busin busin in the same area The storm approached blizzard proportions In Idaho and Nevada where snow began falling Friday evening Winds blew from the south most of Friday but shifted to the northwest north with arrival of the storm front Bus travel in and out of Salt Lake City was virtually brought to a halt Friday night but most companies expected to resume reg reg- schedules Saturday as soon as road conditions would permit Union Pacific Railroad Co re reported reported reported re- re ported one train westbound out of Salt Lake City Friday night was snowbound at Milford Beaver snowbound for a short time at Milford Beaver county Seven westbound U. U P. P trains into Ogden were held up in Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- I ming after midnight when high I winds drifted snow now roU tt Trains however were again slowly Saturday z or Railroad officials 1 said land U. U P. P Chicago San Chicago the F. F j passenger train due clue In iii 1 18 am a.m. Saturday Would u rive nyc until 5 pm p.m. The p POT press due in Ogden at 6 e s was scheduled to arrive pm p.m. Other trains We a tt 2 across Wyoming were to arrive after 5 pm p.m. them more than 12 hou hours houri x Tracks west of ot Ogden lien ported open Denver and Rio Grande W WM Railroad Co reported one hS from Denver via the ROYal n c. c due In Salt Lake City a am a.m. was about three houn houri I Air lines were t reported L by l. l the he storm and aM an r T on Minimum temperatures j jem fa In ern em Utah and Nevada S morning ranged from U 14 to It grees above zero but were zero In eastern Utah the extreme southeast Most fost weather veather bureau sou southern thern Idaho reported ale 10 above The wind and snowstorm hit feu il Lake City on one of ot Wann warrant t of this year A high of ot 27 Wi recorded at pm p.m. Fri I downtown n Salt 7 Lake City a 17 low noted at the airport Friday was the highest mI 1 of the year Resorts Bottled jJ J j Roads to both Brighton Alta AHa ski resorts near Salt SaIt U City were reported clo closed 8 day 4 1 Because plows were U diverted other Salt Lake county r roa said the n would be closed indefinitely 5 added the Alta road opened Sunday Because of oC the closed lO ros daIs said the grand o Alpine Rose lodge at B scheduled for Saturday ha hu postponed probably until unU week end Skiing was reported ex at both resorts with new over a packed base |