European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Winter in . Wednesday january 19,1994 the face of John Kerzie of Chisholm Minn., is an icy mask As he clears a Walkway monday while in Clark Mills n.y., Tammy Hillage finds Snow no Barrier to phoning. S grip of Central Eastern . By Aaron Watson the associated press Arctic air with wind chills up to 74 below Zero swept across the Central and Eastern United states on tuesday in the Wake of a blizzard that dumped up to 2 /2 feet of Snow and paralysed much of the Ohio Valley. Kentucky and Ohio were especially hard hit by Snow and ice monday that shut Down highways closed businesses and knocked out Power. National guard members were called out in Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia to Clear roads and help people dig out. I can t get used to this really cold stuff. I have on a pair of Long underwear two sweaters a heavy coat and i still feel cold. It goes right through you said Jim Johnson a parking lot attendant in Toledo Ohio. Tuesday s numbing blast was the latest in a series of brutal fronts from Canada that have tormented the East in the. Past week. At least 18 deaths have been blamed on Snow ice and cold in the past four Days. Also a 14-year-old boy was killed monday when a Snow covered roof col lapsed on him As he tried to climb out of a swimming Pool at an apartment com plex in Middlefield Ohio. The weather was blamed for three deaths in Georgia two each in Kentucky new Jersey Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and Oklahoma and one each in new Hampshire Tennessee and Iowa. Some died in car wrecks on icy roads. Others had heart attacks shovelling Snow or froze in unheated Homes. The temperature dropped to 36 below in parts of Minnesota Early tuesday and into the single digits across  the Ohio Valley. Wind chills of minus 74 were reported in Rochester Minn. The front was expected to reach the Northeast by tuesday afternoon. Subzero temperatures were expected from the Plains to the Northeast and As far South As the Gulf coast. Schools closed in several states be cause of the cold and ice. When it gets this cold it is just too dangerous said Robert Hanson school superintendent in Rhinelander wis. If a Driver from California name not yet released died monday after losing control of this Rig on a Slick Highway near Portage Mich. In this weather one of the buses goes Down you Don t have much time to get those 60 to 70 kids somewhere with  the Snow tapered off across most of the East Early tuesday turning into freezing rain in places. Near Portland Maine 40 Miles of interstate Highway were closed because of ice. Icy snowy roads gave motorists trouble monday from Indiana to Maryland. Numerous accidents were reported including 55 in Maine and 80 in Georgia. Business is great but we can t do any thing said Ken Barger owner of a wrecker service in Lexington by. We re getting stuck with tire chains on. It s just  the Louisville ky., area got a record 19 inches of Snow and up to 20,000 peo ple lost Power. People without electricity were urged to go to shelters As the dangerous cold moved in. Traffic was at a standstill throughout most of the area and even some Snow plows got stuck. National guard Mem Bers used four wheel drive vehicles to Rescue stranded motorists. Phyllis Colwell a travelling nurse barely completed her rounds in the Dayton Ohio area. I be been stuck four times she said. I was almost in a wreck when my car did a 360 on 1-75, and my feet Are