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Show Ice Covers Streets and Highways As Mercury Dives After Snowfall State highways and Salt Lake City street Saturday remained in a dangerously slippery condition In ths wake of a freak combination of anowfall and temperature shift. While attaches of the state highway high-way department reported that no roads had been closed, they warned that all were slippery snd that in ths canyons even moderate speeds msde driving hazardous. Chains wars recommended for sll kinds of motor travel. Highway crews and city force placed sand and salt on particularly slippery sections. Weather bureau officials pointed out that the unusual Iciness resulted re-sulted from snow melting Into slush ss It began falling at above-freesing temperatures, then turning into Ice under Impact of trafflo and a drop to below-freesing temperatures Salt Lake City motorists, however, how-ever, recognised the dsnger and operated their vehicles with a caution cau-tion that resulted in only ona minor trafflo accident being reported. The storm brought jOS Inch of precipitation, making a total sines October 1 of 8 47, compared with 4 8 a year ago and a normal ef 4.7. Partly cloudy conditions are forecast fore-cast for the Salt Lake valley Saturday Satur-day night and Sunday, with little change In temperature. Saturday morning' minimum temperature was 30 degrees, the same as Friday's mean, which was (COBllnuie on raso lane) -(Column your) No Need to Take Chance I DRIVERS WARNED OF ICEJAZARDS (Ceatlauta Tnm re Om) on dgre abovo normal. Friday's maximum was M degrees. Greenriver again waa Utah's cold-eat cold-eat spot, reporting a minimum of 13 below aero Saturday morning. Chief Traffic Sergeant Harvey C. Peirc warned that tire chains alone will not atop automobiles. Cut your driving apecd to a minimum; enter intersections carefully care-fully and keep th car In gear at all times while driving on Icy streets and highways," hs cautioned. "Don't rely on tire chalna to atop akldding and keep eut of rata and street car tracks." Two trucks and a taxlcab were Involved In-volved in aa accident lata Friday afternoon at Third South and Second Sec-ond East streets. One truck driver, who suffered head cuts, was arretted arrett-ed for allegedly falling to yield the right of way. Arrested and Injured waa Oliver Edwards, 12, of Heber City, reported by Traffic Investigator La Rogers to have been making a left turn when his truck skidded and crashed into another truck driven by W. Gordon Howard, 23, of 24 East Fourth South street, which in turn skidded into a taxlcab operated by William Wilson, II, of 3S3 Wssmsr court. Five Suffer Injuries In Tumbles Here Five persona had been treated at local hospitals Saturday for Injuries suffered in falls on icy streets and sidewalks. Charles W. Bullen, 20, of S7 Bee- ICY STREETS DEMAND PRECAUTIONS -Peggy Yeates Joins the "Chain Gang" uiiu enuun, ivu nMim uiv iruiu door of his home, auffsrlng abrasions abra-sions on the right hand, while George A postal, 37, of 235 Second East street, suffered a fractured right wrist In a fall on an icy street James J. Vincent, 78, of 331 Vincent Vin-cent court, fell and fractured his left arm, while Irene Tanner, 1, daughter of Mr. and Mra. LeVince Tanner of 1013 East Eighth South street, fell while ice sksting and suffered a cut under the chin, and Harold H. Smith, 137 G street, suffered suf-fered a dislocated left ahoulder when he slipped while pushing a car. Snow, Sleds and Kids Worry S L Police Top police worry Saturday revolved re-volved around snow, sleds and kids. Inspector Odes B. Record and Chief Traffic Sergeant Harvey C. Dai ( easail itrkeane At sves 1 1 aar a e-ss pouring Into police headquarters from worried citisens as ths city's youth took to streets and highways instead of proper coasting lanes. . Mis Jessis Schofisld, city recreation recre-ation director, could not be reached for comment, but clerks at her office of-fice reported they were uninformed aa to W P A guards on official lanes. The recreation department took over the jurisdiction of ths lanee last fsll and the police department announced it would no longer be concerned with skating and sleighing sleigh-ing activities. Inspector Record said sleds would be confiscated to prevent children from endangering their own lives and ths lives of motorists who might crash while trying to dodge whis-sing whis-sing sleds. |