| Show Food Shortage Faces Utah J. J Isolated Spots A shortage of food and milk Tuesday threat threatened ned snowbound communities in the Uintah Vintah Basin Basinas as crews of the St Ro Road d Commission Com Come Commission mission battled zero sub-zero temperatures temperatures temper temper- to open U. U S. S highway 40 An estimated 1000 travelers being accommodated in Vernal Vern l Duchesne and Roosevelt were taxing food supplies to the limit and residents reported a shortage shortage shortage short short- age of bread mil milk and coal Meanwhile temperatures fures felt lt to new lows throughout th the state Lowest mercury reading in the area was 27 below zero at Yer Vernal Ver- Ver nal where all tourist accommodations o k 0 were taken 16 Below Reading A reading of 16 below was reported reported reported re re- re- re ported at Roosevelt and five above at S Salt Lake City Roads were still hazardous throughout the state and the highway patrol warned motorists motorists motorists motor motor- to postponed travel unless absolutely necessary U. U S. S 40 closed most of the time since Saturday was opened for a time Monday night and a caravan led by a passenger bus came through Residents reported report report- ed 72 cars in the group The road was closed again immediately The State Highway Patrol reported reported reported re re- re- re ported U. U S. S 6 closed west of Delta and way one-way traffic only on U. U S. S 6 50 east of Price U. U S. S 30 through Wyoming is open but reported extremely dangerous Shortage of Bread At Duchesne where a shortage shortage short short- age of bread is reported cars of travelers were stranded during during dur dur- ing lug the height of the storm Residents Res were expecting food Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day from Heber Sheriff Arzy Mitchell 1 said he spent all of Monday warning motorists mo mo- motorists not to try the road to Heber A fe few who took a aSee aSee aSee See Page 2 Column 1 Snowed Snowed-in UI ahns Face Food Shortage Crisis Continued from Page One chance were stranded Monday night in the canyon l I Milk k deliveries were not made Monday Y and as Tuesday dawned bright and cold the town was without milk At Roosevelt tourist accommodations accommodations accommodations were ere filled to capacity p but a shortage of coal food milk and bread was reported NeIghbors Neighbors Neigh NeIgh- bors hors were trading coal among themselves and no hardships ps were reported Stranded Without Food Isolated instances of farmers snowed in were reported and four men a standby crew on the Castle Peak oil well were stranded strand strand- ed 30 hours without food They walked nine miles to get potatoes and coffee the thc only food they had A grocery truck broke through the Roose Heber-Roose- velt road Sunday morning with the only food the residents have received since the thc storm began It t. t took the huge trailer semi 18 hours to make the mile trip State highway crews began early Tuesday to break through the drifted roads to Alta AHa and Brighton where an estimated holiday skiers were strand strand- stranded ed when the storm hit lilt late Sun Sun- day i r. r No Hardship Ranger stations at both resorts resorts resorts re re- re- re sorts reported no fences Je ices All guests were ere quartered quartered quartered in regular accommodations and no shortage of food was re re- ported Transportation was gradually getting back to normal Bus lines reported operations from the west arriving about 45 minutes late and other runs about on schedule except for operations on U. U S. S 40 which have been canceled since the began Airlines traffic was running late but all regular flights were running Temperatures near zero were forecast for Salt Lake City and for Wednesday on the heels of one of the winters winter's worst storms At Monticello and Price some telephones were still out of order following Sunday nights night's storm Between Monticello and Dove Creek Colo phone men mel melre reported reported reported re re- ported half of the telephone poles down and the thc wires broken in man many p places Hourly temperatures in Salt Lake City and vicinity Tuesday were vere 1230 am a.m. 9 am a.m. 5 am a.m. 7 am a.m. G 6 am a.m. 10 am a.m. 6 am a.m. 9 am a.m. 7 am a.m. 6 am a.m. 7 j |
