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Show Crews, Trucks Clear Ice From Streets Packed Snow Hampers S. L, Traffic, but Accidents Are Few Zee-rutted intersection and glaciated gla-ciated windrows of snow left by graders still hampered pedestrian and vehicular traffic Monday following fol-lowing the second major snowstorm snow-storm of the winter, but. street crews promised to have the bulk of the snow removed from the business district by Monday night Five trucks had been out since 8:30 a.m.. Monday sanding: intersections inter-sections and slick hills on main arteries leading to the business district. I Street . Commissioner John B, Matheson said the frozen condition condi-tion of remaining snow piles would make removal easier, since the loading equipment does not become clogged as it does in wet snow, but parked cars straddling some of the piles would complicate the problem. Week-end traffic accidents were few, police reported, with only one injury requiring hospitalisation. W. Logan Field Jr., -24, 1045 K. 33rd South, was In "good" .condition .condi-tion at Salt Lake, general hospital Monday, recovering from head injuries in-juries suffered at 2:18 a.m. Sunday Sun-day when his car collided with another an-other driven by - Woodrow . A. Banks, 32, 558 Emerson ave, at 1387 13th East . , . Damage totaling 32000 was reported re-ported in traffic accidents Saturday Satur-day and Sunday and police estimated esti-mated that many additional minor collisions were not reported. There were no reports of injuries to pedestrians. ... Children who joyously greeted the vacation snowfall as an opportunity oppor-tunity to try out new sleds, skis and skates, found most of the designated des-ignated coasting lanes In good condition. A warning was Issued by police that coasting will not be tolerated on streets not specifically spe-cifically designated for that purpose. |