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Show 8non, uint clog froouays Stranded motorists filled Beaver City motels and snow plows and Highway Patrol were sent to Cove Fort to rescue a man suffering of a heart attack and a woman in labor. Both were taken to the Beaver Hospital by the Beaver ambulance and EMT's. At one time 28 cars were stranded between Cove Fort and Beaver. When motels filled up, local residents in Beaver opened their homes to stranded motorists. Beaver County finally got some badly needed moisture the past week. After about three days of warm rain, it finally turned to snow Monday morning and dropped about six inches on Milford. Of course the mountains and eastern end of the county coun-ty got much more snow and less rain. But is sure helped help-ed the snow pack that is necessary nec-essary to fill reservoirs, and carry farmers through the summer months. Winds, starting late Monday Mon-day morning whipped up drifts that forced closing of 1-15 from Cove Fort to Cedar City and U-130betweenMin-ersville and Cedar City. |