European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 d the stars and stripes closes schools. Blocks highways near blizzard slams Central . By United press International a storm approaching blizzard proportions thursday churned out of the Southwest whore i closed schools and highways into the Midwest. Snow fell from the Southern Plains to Illinois. The storm Starling its Cross country trek on the first Day of Spring piled up a foot of snowing new Mexico wednesday and thursday up to nine inches incest Texas and six inches in Oklahoma City. An eight Inch snowfall a Lubbock tex., was the City s heaviest 24-hour total in More than seven years. On the fringes of the storm heavy Rains raised flood threats and destruction by thunderstorms and at least one Tornado. Hazardous driving hazardous driving warning were in effect from Southeast Kansas and Northwest Arkansas across Missouri to northeastern Illinois. Snow accumulations of four or More inches were forecast for portions of Centra Missouri and Central and Northeast Illinois. Flooding continued in Massachusetts where a water escaping weak dam forced 200 families from Homes at Taun ton. The Charles River was rising in the suburbs of Bosto nand the Concord River Over flowed its Banks from Concord to Lowell. Mass sandbagging was under Way. Massachusetts director Allan wednesday the Mains  winds did a million damage during period in parts of new civil defens Zenowitz said situation re High water and estimated $50a 30-hour  1,000 families were evacuated from Homes along Massachusetts South Shore and Eastern sections. Winter weary new Mexico was hit by a foot of Snow in the Manzano and Sandia  up to 30 Miles and hour whipped the Snow into Drift across the new Mexico and Texas Flat  least 22 Tex a s school districts cancelled classes an do ens More sent children Home Early. Three Albuquerque n.m.,schools were closed when a Power failure shut Down fur Naces. Stalled trucks blocked a Highway near Morton  in the i me Star state was reduced to a Quarter of a mile in certain sections. Along the Southern Edge of the Snow Belt highways in Arkansas and Missouri were glazed by freezing rain. Locally heavy showers and Thunder storms developed in a warm air current from the mid Gulf coast to the Ohio Valley triggering a Tornado thai damaged a House and a Utility building North of Clarksdale miss. 5 4 Lii i .11. It �