Word: snow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York's LaGuardia Field lay dreary and grey under a pelt of snow. In mid-afternoon 95 chattering, winter-clad passengers deposited themselves impatiently aboard Northeast Airlines' 2:45 p.m. flight to Miami, strapped themselves in their seats and settled back to contemplate the prospects of frolicking in the 80° warmth of Miami Beach-just four airline hours away, they thought...
...minutes on the ground stretched into hours, for LaGuardia was hemmed in by fog and snow to within three-quarters of a mile's visibility, and the unrelenting snow had piled up on the big wings of Northeast's DC-6A. Flight 823's Captain Alva Marsh, 48, a 19-year transport veteran, stood by waiting for clearance. Finally Pilot Marsh checked the weather again, decided to go. It was 6:01 p.m. when the plane lumbered down the runway into the darkness, lifted heavily off the ground and, slowly gaining altitude, went into an inexplicable left...
...winds whipped the dry snow into waist-high drifts around the little police station at the Austrian border town of Rechnitz. Inside, a policeman huddled close to a well-tended fire. Suddenly there was a knock, and the door slammed open to admit a wintry blast of air and a man with a baby in his arms. "Please," he muttered. "Out there. My wife. More women and children. More people." Then he fainted. The policeman cranked his old-fashioned telephone, muttered a few words. A siren wailed and within minutes the able-bodied men and women of Rechnitz were mobilized...
...Carnival centers around the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association meet. Fraternities and houses will stage "snow statue" contests and hold parties and dances. An Ice show "Outdoor Evening", is planned for Friday night, when a Carnival Queen will be chosen from among 45 selected girls...
...Intercollegiate meet will not take place entirely in Hanover because high temperatures have rendered the new $125,000 Dartmouth ski slope useless for some events. Enough snow is present for jumping Saturday afternoon and the cross country race, but the slalom race Friday morning and the down hill race Saturday morning will be held on Suicide Six, in Woodstock, Vermont...