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Show FAIR WEATHER TO BRING GOLD First Onslaught of Frost Is Mild Old Man Winter pulled his punches Monday night, failing to drive temperatures down to the extent ex-tent expected by observers, but he is due to slap a few Utahns cold Tuesdsy night Continued fair conditions, federal observers said, will bring lower temperatures to Salt Lake valley and Utah generally Tuesday night and Wednesday as a continental cold mass spreads out of Canada. Tuesday morning's low of tl degrees de-grees at the airport failed to meet expectations, but temperatures in the valley are expected to drop to 25 or 30 degrees Tuesday night, with IS to 28 degrees over Utah generally and 10 to 30 degrees in the mountains. moun-tains. The mean temperature of 42 degrees de-grees in Salt Lake City was 10 degrees de-grees above normal. Coldest spot on the Utah map was Wendover with 14 degrees, other recordings re-cordings being Modena 32. Delta 24. Duchesne 28. Green Piver 34. Coalville 24 and Milford 30. With no new snow falling on the watershed. Utah's major highways remained open to traffic. Highways along the eastern slope of the Rocky mountsins. however, were "extremely "extreme-ly hazardous" because of ice andj I mountain highways in that area iwere virtually impassabla because i : of heavy' snow. . v |