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Show MERCURY TAKES I DROP IN OK i Temperature ocs Down to 17 Degrees: !ce Forms Oil Ponds All previous" Reason reeords wrre Shattered lasi nisht when the meroory swooped down to it degrees, four de- jgrees lower than the former mirk r-nehed this fall. The previous coldest nights ver' November 2S and 2!i when i the thermometer registered 21 de- r k roes. With the rapid falling f the mer-1 eury to a point where everything be-1 enmes frozen tight at nlicht. aufomo-l billets today rushed to fret their radiators radia-tors filled with non-freeslng solutions to prevent cracked water Jackets and; bulged radiators. An Indication that snie motorists had leen caught un-, a wares by the eol.i wave wns had this morning when steam puffed high from in.'inv rnHljitnrw mi Lr I amiaiiaM u f 1 ic- had formed in the water pumps i and radiators. j All open water spaces were frozen over this morning and skating will j soon become' Ihe popular outdoor sport with a few such snappy nights 'in the future. SkaUng ponds about Jthe city are aald to be covered with about two inches of ice. Yesterday's maximum temperature! I was but 33 degrees, which also set al new season record. Th' coldest day previous to yesterday was 26 degrees. I on November 29. Last nights' temp' i j.lture was 7 degrees helow tb' ,i igt (for this date, which Is 25 degrees. Fair weather and warmer tempera-lures tempera-lures are predicted for tonight and tomorrow to-morrow unsettled and bringing possi-, possi-, ble rain or snow. ooo |