Show SL Roadmen Battle Snow e Drifts Dr I Block Streets Streets' Lines Down B By Don MacKinnon Salt Lake City county and state road crews battled recurring snowstorms snowstorms snowstorms snow snow- storms and drifting Saturday with two m main a i n highways reported blocked in Wasatch and Cache counties and streets throughout hout the ci city ty in a dangerous and and and- slippery slippery slippery slip slip- pery condition Driving snows lashed intermittently intermittently intermittently intermit intermit- at the Salt Lake area Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning in the wake of an earlier snowfall which clogged streets and highways with some three and a half inches in the short period of four hours pressed Hard-pressed street crews attempting attempting attempting at at- tempting to clear the downtown area for the expected Christmas eve crowds were hampered further further further fur fur- ther by a heavy wind-driven wind snow of about a half halt hours hour's duration at 8 am a.m. Saturday Police patrol cars issued a steady stream of calls during the 8 am a.m. storm for emergency street department crews to clear drifts at intersections Drifting snows blocked U. U S. S highway 40 between Heber Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch county and Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne county as state road commission commission commission com com- mission equipment worked against mounting odds Heavy Blizzard BUzzard A heavy blizzard was raging near the summit of Parleys Parley's canyon canyon canyon can can- yon early Saturday according to the Utah state highway patrol and travel was not advised on U. U S. S highway 40 U. U S. S highway 91 was reported blocked in Sardine canyon between Brigham City and Logan and road crews were called out again Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day morning in their battle to keep U. U S. S 6 50 open over Soldiers Soldier's Sum Sum- mit All AH other main roads in the storm area were open earl early Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- the highway patrol re reI reported re- re I ported Tooele reported blizzard conditions conditions conditions condi condi- at about 9 am a.m. Saturday later slackening off with about two inches of new snow All roads in the vicinity are dangerous The southernmost cities to feel the effects of the storm were Beaver and Panguitch while Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan to the north saw three inches of new snow Saturday morning accompanied by a 20 h wind Wendover to the west rec recorded about one inch in a normally snowless snowless snowless snow- snow less section U U. U S. S 40 to the Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada line was termed icy and treacherous Heavy snow was falling in Ogden and Price Carbon county reported five inches of new snow since 1 i am a.m. Saturday Kenilworth Carbon county recorded an inch 8 fall in the same period Winds and snow ripped through power lines In the Salt Lake region See Page rage 2 Column 1 I Driving Snows log Clog S. S L L. L Area Continued from Page Ono One during the morning with phones at Utah Power and Light Co swamped vamped by emergency calls Lines were reported down near 1320 East y West Vest and South through the Jordan park area Quince st 51 and Center st. st on North Main 2nd East and South and South and East Nine line crews and trucks were attempting to keep up with incoming incoming incoming ing reports Air lines continued to operate on n schedule in Salt Lake City Bus lines however reported their carriers up to an hour late from southern Utah Drivers claim that roads are slippery and icy with heavy drifting from Cold Fork to Beaver Beaver county Salt Lake City Lines buses were stalled for approximately 20 minutes minutes min mm- utes Saturday morning along South and B st. st by the heavy snow and clogged slippery streets according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Glen L. L Stanley vice president in charge of operations Company equipment was called calledo o out t to plow and spread cinders to meet the emergency he said Roads from Salt Lake City to Elko Nev and Pocatello and Burley Burley Burley Bur- Bur ley Idaho are arc covered with drifts and ice but still open despite continuing continuing continuing con con- snow Clouds are expected to break over the Salt Lake area and northern northern north north- em ern Utah Saturday night according according according accord accord- ing to the weather bureau with further snow returning Christmas night There will vill be some snow in the mountains eve however Temperatures In Salt Lake City Cit will range from a degree 17 low Christmas morning to a high hiSh o of 32 during the day For Utah the mercury will vary between lows o of 8 S to 18 Sunday morning Blizzard conditions were reported report report- ed at both Alta and Brighton ski sk resorts Saturday morning with al all roads closed Ten new inches of snow brought brough the total depth at Alta to 60 inches and lifts a are e not expected to oper oper- ate until the road opens Some 56 inches covers the slopes slope at Brighton with seven new Lifts Lift there will also be closed until th the road is opened The rapidly moving storm which struck th the intermountain region early carly Saturday moved in from th the Pacific coast late lat Friday bringing snow to northwestern Utah northeastern northeastern northeastern north north- eastern Nevada southwestern Wy Wy- oming and southeastern Idaho Hourly temperatures recorded a athe at atthe atthe the Salt Lake airport weather station sta sta- tion Saturday are 1 30 am a.m. 38 8 30 am a.m. 2 29 2 30 am a.m. 36 9 30 am a.m. 2 29 am a.m. 32 1030 am a.m. 2 29 am a.m. 32 1130 am a.m. 2 29 am arn 32 1230 pm p.m. 2 29 am a.m. 32 1 30 pm p.m. 3 30 am a.m. 32 pm p.m. 3 30 |