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On Today's Date: Blizzard Conditions, Heaviest Snowstorm On Record Shuts Down Chicago
A Midwest blizzard that delivered Chicago's heaviest snowstorm on record ... Chicago in 1999 (21.6 inches), 2011 (21.2 inches) and 1979 (20.3 inches). Worsening the conditions were wind gusts ...
The Indianapolis Star22d
Blizzard of '78 hit Indiana with snowdrifts, strandings, and babies. See the photos
then-Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic, who was drummed out of office in 1979 because of voter dissatisfaction over how he responded to the blizzard in the Windy City. Strong winds built snow drifts ...
67 deaths in American Airlines crash with chopper is carrier’s worst disaster in decades
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch29d
Unplowed streets stranded disabled people. We won't forget. (Letter)
I need reliable transportation; I need my streets plowed. Beware Mayor Tishaura Jones: The blizzard of 1979 cost former Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic his re-election that year.
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67 deaths in American Airlines crash with chopper is carrier’s worst disaster in decades
The Star-Telegram on May 26, 1979, reporting on the American Airlines Flight 191 crash the day before in Chicago ... a Boeing 737 taking off during a blizzard. Ice build-up on the plane caused ...