Show I I Pacific States Herd Hard Hil HH by fierce I PORTLAND 01 Ore Jan 11 14 UP tUP UPA A A subzero arctic cold wave struck the tho Pacific northwest Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- in the wake of an intense blizzard which left at least 10 persons dead and five more missing missing miss missing miss miss- ing in snowy wastes One of the worst storms in 50 I years gave a c way to lo a blast of cold air that sent the mercury plunging I below zero in some sonic sections of Washington and Idaho and turned deep snow drifts into treacherous banks of ice Oregon Washington British Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia northern California and western Nevada took the full impact impact impact im im- pact of raging snowstorms 70 mile-an-hour mile winds and bone- bone chilling cold Sheriff Jack Franey of I Klamath lamath county Oregon said five persons were missing since Friday in the southern Oregon blizzard They arc are William Villiam Hammond Merrill Ore and his son James two brothers identified as L. L A A. A and F. F Hard and Sherman John Wal- Wal drip Portland Seattle Tacoma Reno Spokane ane and other western cities hard hit by wind-driven wind snows virtually virtually vir virtually vir- vir were isolated from the outside outside outside out out- side world Whole gale winds ran ranging inh from 50 GO to 70 miles an nn hour whipped against the coastline of Washington British Columbia Oregon and northern California All highways from California to Oregon were closed Hundreds of travelers were stranded communications were disrupted roads were clogged clog and the thc temperature went as low as 19 below zero at Yal Yakima lma Wash |