1964 — Jan 12-14, Snowstorm and coldwave, eastern US, esp. IN, OH, PA, NY –146-167
–146-167 Blanchard tally based on State and locality breakouts below.
— 144 UPI. “Cold Wave Extends to Deep South; Death Toll Mounts…” Coshocton Tribune, OH. 1-15-1964, 1.
— >140 Assoc. Press. “Storm Death Toll Increases to 140.” Salem News, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 137 AP. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, 1.
— 133 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 124 AP. “Snow and Cold on Coast Kill 124…” Oneonta Star, NY, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— >92 AP. “Snowstorm Buries East.” Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, NY. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
— >80 UPI. “Savage Snow Storm Stuns Eastern Cities.” Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH. 1-14-1964, 1
— >71 AP. “71 Dead in Eastern Snow Storm.” Hamilton Daily News Journal, OH. 1-14-1964, 1.
Summary of State Breakout of Snowstorm and Cold Fatalities Below:
Alabama ( 3)
Arkansas ( 1)
Colorado ( 4)
Connecticut ( 1-4)
Illinois ( 5)
Indiana (10-12)
Kentucky ( 1)
Maryland ( 9)
Massachusetts ( 10)
Michigan ( 2)
Missouri ( 5)
New Hampshire ( 1)
New Jersey ( 9)
New York (18-25)
North Carolina ( 6)
Ohio (14-21)
Pennsylvania ( 25)
Rhode Island ( 11)
Tennessee ( 2)
Virginia ( 1)
Washington, DC ( 5)
West Virginia ( 4)
Wisconsin ( 1)
Breakout of Snowstorm and Coldwave Fatalities by State and Locality (where noted):
Alabama ( 3)
–3 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–3 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Arkansas ( 1)
–1 Jan 14. Man’s frozen body found in train cab towed between Booneville and Little Rock.[1]
Colorado ( 4)
–4 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–4 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Connecticut ( 1-4)
–4 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–1 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Illinois ( 5)
–5 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–5 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, 5.
–1 Centralia, Jan 12. Heart attack shoveling snow; Glen E. Perkins, 64,[2]
Indiana (10-12)
–12 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–10 AP. “Temperatures Moderate; Snow Flurries Likely.” Dubois County Daily Herald, IN. 1-15-1964, 1.
— 7 Brazil Daily Times, IN. “County Schools Closed 2nd Day Due to Storm.” 1-14-1964, p. 10.
— 6 AP. “Six Storm Dead as Snowfall Ends.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
Breakout by localities:
–1 Fort Wayne, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snow for neighbor; Charles V. Bender, 72.
–1 Fort Wayne, Jan 13. Heart attack “wading through deep snow…” Robert Freiburger, Sr., 77.
–1 Fort Wayne, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snow at home; Sheffie W. Shaffer, 60.[3]
–1 Hammond, Jan 13. “…car skidded on a patch of ice…smashed into a tree.” Donald L. Janowski, 22.[4]
–1 Fowler, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snow; Donald D. Davis, 49.[5]
–1 Logansport area, Jan 13. CO poisoning; car stuck in snowdrift; Barry Lee Scales, 19.[6]
–1 West Lafayette, Jan 12. Heart attack shoveling snow; Charles C. Litzenberger, 61.[7]
Kentucky ( 1)
–1 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–1 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Maryland ( 9)
–9 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–6 AP. “Six Persons Dead From Snowstorm.” Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD. 1-15-1964, 6.
–1 Anne Arundel Co., Jan 13. Pickup skids into tree on snow-covered road; William Raymond Riori, 33.[8]
–1 Baltimore, Jan 14. Heart attack shoveling snow at home; George J. Duerr, 68.[9]
–1 Baltimore, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snowdrift from porch; Mrs. Charlotte Shaull, 72.[10]
–3 Big Savage Mountain, ~Grantsville, MD, Jan 13. B-52 (with nukes) crash in snowstorm.[11]
–1 Air Force Major Robert Lee Payne
–1 Air Force Major Robert Townley (bombardier)
–1 Air Force Tech Sgt. Melvin F. Wooten (tail gunner)
–2 Essex, Jan 14. House fire from electric hotplate beside bed; Helen Jachelski, 69; & 6-month-old.
–1 Salisbury, Jan 13. Car skids on icy US-50; hits tree; passenger, Linwood Wayne Merritt, 54.[12]
Massachusetts ( 10)
–10 UPI. “Severe Weather Extends South; Death Toll High.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 1 Amherst, Jan 14. Heart attack while shoveling snow; Prof. Albert Madeira, 52.[13]
— 1 North Adams, Jan 14. Heart attack clearing snow from car; William Patrick Gannon, 68.[14]
— 1 Pittsfield, Jan 14. Heart attack clearing snow-covered car; Anthony K. Sellnick, 55.[15]
Michigan ( 2)
–2 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–2 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Missouri ( 5)
–5 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–5 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, 5.
New England ( 26)[16]
–26 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–21 Heart attacks “blamed on over-exertion in the knee-deep snows.”[17]
New Hampshire ( 1)
–1 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–1 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
–1 Grantham, Jan 13. Car hits parked snowplow “at the height of the storm.” Dolly Bellinger, 76.[18]
New Jersey ( 9)
–9 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–9 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
–1 Franklin Lakes, Jan 13. Heart attack putting snow chains on car; Sgt. Stacy MacFadden, 43.[19]
–1 Manasquan, Jan 14. Exposure or heart attack; Herman Doctofsky, ~60, found in snowbank.[20]
New York (18-25)
— 25 Kingston Daily Freeman, NY. “Sub-Zero Pocket Holds Mercury at Low Readings.” 1-16-1964, p30
— 18 UPI. “Severe Weather Extends South; Death Toll High.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 15 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 14 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, 5.
— 13 Blanchard tally from locality breakout below.
—>10 AP. “Storm Paralyzes Area; Snow Buries Northeast.” Oneonta Star. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
Breakout of NY storm and cold-related deaths by locality where we have seen reporting:
–1 Birmingham, Jan 14. Heart attack? William H. Woodrow Sr., 63, found covered in snow.[21]
–1 Cooks Falls, Jan 15 (body found). Exposure after leaving burning house, sub-zero temp.[22]
–1 Dannemora. Exposure following fall outside home, sub-zero temp.; William O’Brien, 70.[23]
–8 NY City. AP. “New York Hit Hard. Eight Dead in Big City.” Oneonta Star. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
–1 NYC, Jan 14. Snow-bank tunnel collapse; Scott Rubenstein, 5.[24]
–1 Scriba, Jan 14. Exposure; apparently after slipping on ice in driveway at night, hitting head.[25]
–1 West Oneonta, Jan 14. Cars collide on “hard-packed snow and ice” covered road; D. Schmidt, 41.[26]
North Carolina ( 6)
–1 Granville area, US-158, Jan 12. Car slides on icy road; hits vehicle; Bernard D. Fenn, 66.[27]
–2 Greensboro area, Jan 12. Car and tractor-trailer collide; weather noted as contributing factor.[28]
–1 Raleigh, Jan 14. Sledding accident; Michael N. Summy, 6, sleds into street and under truck.[29]
–1 Taylorsville area, Jan 12. Car skidded on ice; down embankment; Ronnie Spencer Pearson, 42.[30]
–1 Wallace area, Jan 12. Car “slipped on a slick road.” Hosea William Lanier of Magnolia.[31]
Ohio (14-21)
–21 UPI. “Ohio Counts 21 Storm Deaths.” Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH. 1-14-1964, p1.
–14 AP. “Many Cities Declare Emergencies.” Hamilton Daily News Journal, OH. 1-14-1964, 1.
Breakout of Ohio weather-related fatalities by locality, where we have seen reporting:
–1 Columbus, Jan 13. Apparent heart attack walking through snow; Charles M. Waters, 60.[32]
–1 Gilboa, Jan 13. Heart attack while shoveling snow; Harold A. Wineman, 54.[33]
–1 Lima, Jan 14. Heart attack shoveling snow; Charles Bryant Post, 75.[34]
–1 Mansfield, no date. “…over-exposure while working 16 hours with a snow removal crew.”[35]
–1 McArthur, Jan 12. Heart attack shoveling snow; James Edgar Rosser, 68.[36]
–1 Toledo, Jan 12. Heart attack after cleaning snow from car; Arnold Lorenzen, 59.[37]
–1 Youngstown, Jan 13. Heart attack while shoveling snow; Harry Kanouff, 46.[38]
–1 Youngstown, Jan 13. Stroke after shoveling snow; John Senda, 48.[39]
Pennsylvania ( 25)
–25-33 Blanchard tally from “locality” breakouts below.[40]
—>24 UPI. “24 Deaths in State from Cold.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–15 Heart attacks; all men.
— 22 UPI. “Severe Weather Extends South; Death Toll High.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
—>21 UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, 1.
— 14 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p.5.
Breakout of fatalities by locality where we have seen reporting:
–1 Amity, RD1, Jan 14. Carbon monoxide poisoning; defective heater; Mrs. Nancy Burgess, 23.[41]
–1 Blakely borough, no date. Heart attack shoveling snow; George Adzeman, 53.[42]
–1 Bloomingdale ~Wilkes-Barre. Heart attack after working for Hwy. Dept. clearing snowdrifts.[43]
–3 Eastern PA (other than Philadelphia). Heart attacks shoveling snow.[44]
–1 Ephrata, Jan 12-13. CO poisoning or heart attack; man found dead in car stalled in snow.[45]
–1 Jenkins Township, Luzerne Co. Heart attack after shoveling snow; Joseph Solbos, 64.[46]
–1 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., no date. Heart attack shoveling snow; Henry A. Lutz, 67.[47]
–1 Meshoppen, Wyoming Co. (noted as recent). Heart attack shoveling snow; Arthur Hampsey, 49.[48]
–1 Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., no date. Heart attack delivering milk in snowy conditions; Joseph E. Sobolewski.[49]
–3 Philadelphia, Jan 13. Heart attacks shoveling snow.[50]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 14. Heart attack after walking away from stalled car; Robert Cook, 55.[51]
–1 Pittsburgh, Jan 12-13; Carbon monoxide poisoning warming car; Henry Roznowski, 16.[52]
–1 Seelyville, Wayne Co., Jan 15. Heart attack removing snow at home; Henry Hardler, 73.[53]
–1 Shamokin, no date. Heart attack after 12-hrs running snowplow; Michael Klutz, 51.[54]
–1 Shavertown, Lucerne Co. No date. Heart attack in stalled car; Harry Ell Jr., 52.[55]
–1 Shickshinny, Luzerne Co. No date. Heart attack after helping stuck truck moving; Eugene V. Gill, 47.[56]
–4 Washington County, Jan 12. Home fire; “fire-trucks bogged down in snow.” Children.[57]
–1 West Brownsville, Wash. Co., Jan 14. Heart attack after shoveling snow; Mrs. Maddie Shrove.[58]
–5 Western PA, Jan 12-13. Heart attacks shoveling snow.[59]
–1 Western PA. Vehicle crash after skidding on snowy/icy road.[60]
–1 Wilkes-Barre, no date. Heat attack after shoveling snow; James C. Wintersteen, 72.[61]
–1 Wilmore, Cambria Co. (west PA). Slipped on ice; fell under grader plowing snow; Russell P. Hess, 56.[62]
Rhode Island ( 11)
–11 UPI. “Severe Weather Extends South; Death Toll High.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
— 4 Lowell Sun, MA. “Area Skips Brunt of Storm.” 1-14-1964, p. 1.
— 1 Cranston, Jan 14. Exposure; Barny Botvin, 75; stepped outside and couldn’t get back in.[63]
— 1 Warwick, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snow; Sara E. Gendreau, 50.[64]
Tennessee ( 2)
–2 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–2 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Virginia ( 1)
–1 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Washington, DC ( 5)
–5 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
West Virginia ( 4)
–1 Bolivar, Jan 13. Heart attack shoveling snow.[65]
–2 Clarksburg, no date. Heart attacks while shoveling snow; males; no names.[66]
–1 New Cumberland, Jan 13. Heart attack/over-exertion, walking “through heavily drifted snow.”[67]
Wisconsin ( 1)
–1 UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
–1 UPI. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5.
Narrative Information
Jan 13: “A massive snowstorm, described by the Weather Bureau as the winter’s worst, snarled across the eastern United States today. Numerous highways were covered and communities isolated as gale-force winds piled the snow into drifts as much as 10 feet deep.
“From two to five inches of snow has fallen on greater New York and up to six inches were expected before the storm blows out to sea this afternoon.
“The Weather Bureau in Washington issued a heavy snow warning for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and all but the northern part of New England.
“Western Pennsylvania received from 5 to 10 inches of snow which began falling Sunday afternoon [Jan 12] and was still coming down Monday morning.
“Huge snow drifts were piled up by 50-mile-an hour winds in central Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
“….In Illinois, some 500 motorists became overnight guests of the 1,200 citizens of Neoga, a farm community which opened the local American Legion hall and Masonic Temple to accommodate stranded travelers….Springfield, the capital of Illinois, was virtually isolated with only one main highway into the city open. A few miles south of Springfield, 25 Boy Scouts on a weekend camping trip awaited rescue today at their snowbound camp site….
“In Indiana and Ohio, other hundreds of motorists abandoned autos on snow clogged highways and sought shelter at service stations, road houses and farms.
“Schools were closed in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. while in the nation’s capital, stringent snow plans which forbid motorists to block traffic or park on main streets being plowed were put into effect.
“Hundreds of schools in the Midwest, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania were closed.
“The gigantic storm system — which began as two separate storms, one from the Midwest moving East and the other moving northeast along the Atlantic states — generated high tides and gale force winds along the Atlantic coastal regions.
“The snow and ice dipped into the South, Light snow and freezing rain were reported in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia….” (Associated Press. “Crippling Snowstorm Rocks Eastern Sections of U.S.” Circleville Herald, OH, 1-13-1964, p. 1.)
Jan 14 overview: “One of the worst winter storms in years stunned New York and other of the nation’s largest cities today. The death toll rose over 80 in the storm which raged from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. The weather bureau reported encouragingly the near blizzard conditions would abate during the day as the deep storm moved off into the North Atlantic.
“Two storms collided over New York and gales reaching 60 miles an hour lashed the streets Monday during the worst of the fury. Hundreds of flights were diverted. There was chaos in the movement of commuters….In New York’s Central Park, nine inches of snow fell by mid-afternoon Monday, breaking a 25-year record. Twice that much was forecast for the metropolitan area. More than 200 flights were diverted from New York’s Kennedy International Airport when poor visibility almost caused snowplow collisions on the runways. Sanitation Commissioner Frank Lucia issued a call for citizens to report for night work to assist the city’s crew of 2,300 men in plow trucks and shovel brigades. Riders to New Jersey experienced delays of up to two hours. Lanes in the Lincoln Tunnel were closed. The Transit Authority sent two buses to a remote section of a Brooklyn Parkway to pick up 300 motorists who were stranded….
“Boston was virtually paralyzed. A state of emergency was declared in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The first snow fell in Pensacola, Fla., in five years. Schools were closed by the hundreds in more than a dozen states. Highways were either closed or extremely hazardous in nearly all parts of the East. The American Medical Association issued warnings against frostbite and shoveling snow.
“The gales piled up six foot drifts in many areas. Gale warnings were posted along the Atlantic from Maine to New Jersey and from Virginia to North Carolina….” (AP. “Crippling Snowstorm Rocks Eastern Sections of U.S.” Circleville Herald, OH, 1-13-1964, p. 1.)
Jan 14, OH: “Ohio’s paralyzing blizzard that dumped from five to 16 inches of drifting snow on the ground was all over today except for the digging out, but the state was hit by another blow in the form of sub-zero temperatures.
“The blizzard abated over most of Ohio by Monday night, although snow flurries lingered in the eastern sections of th state. Ohio counted a total of 21 deaths attributed either directly or indirectly to the king-sized snow storm, most of them from heart attacks while shoveling snow from driveways and sidewalks.
“The combination of arctic air and clear skies over the snow cover dropped the mercury to well below the zero mark in many cities. The weather bureau at Columbus reported a frigid 14 below, shattering a 71-year-old record of three below for the date. Cincinnati was even colder at 15 below, while Marietta apparently was the warmest of the reporting stations with 10 above.
“Most schools and at least three universities closed their doors during Monday’s barrage from the skies. However, most schools were scheduled to reopen today as snowplows and graders cleared snowbound highways for traffic.
“Northern Ohio, especially around Lake Erie, bore the brunt of the heavy snowstorm, where Ashtabula reported 17 inches and drifts several feet high, Painesville received 12 inches, Seneca County 10 to 12 inches, 10 inches in Geauga County and from six to eight inches elsewhere over the state….” (UPI. “Ohio Counts 21 Storm Deaths.” Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH. 1-14-1964, p. 1.)
Jan 15: “Bitter cold added woe to misery today as the eastern half of the nation continued to dig out of its worst snowstorm of the winter. Thousands of motorists and others were stranded and more than 140 deaths were blamed on the blizzard-like onslaught.
“New York City sanitation men, 8,000 strong, were bolstered by 3,000 extras hired at $2 an hour to shovel snow from streets, the city’s biggest accumulation in three years. Manhattan’s Great White Way was just that….Temperatures also plummeted elsewhere — to 11 below zero early today in Albany, N.Y. Biting winds made it seem even colder….
“In the South, Florida citrus growers readied heaters for the lowest temperatures — 23 in Jacksonville and 42 in Miami Beach — since the crop-killing freeze 13 months ago….
“Elsewhere in the East and Midwest: Scores died from overexertion or exposure as they shoveled known, tried to dig out stuck autos or trudged through deep expanses of white….Among thousands marooned by the storm were hundreds of motorists in Indiana, Illinois and on New York City’s Belt Parkway….
“Youngstown, Ohio, got 16 inches of snow, heaviest in six years; Albany, N.Y., 15 inches, heaviest 24-hour fall for any January on record; Washington, D.C., 9 inches, heaviest in more than five years.” (Associated Press. “Bitter Cold Adds to Weather Misery.” Daily Reporter, Dover, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 11.)
2014 on B-52 Crash in MD: “Grantsville, Md. …[There was a] storm-driven crash of a nuclear bomber in western Maryland in 1964…on Big Savage Mountain…. The accident on Jan. 13, 1964, is memorialized by stone markers in tiny Grantsville, about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and at the spots where three of the five crew members died. Payne succumbed to exposure in the Savage River State Forest after ejecting from the crippled B-52. Bombardier Maj. Robert Townley’s remains were found in the wreckage on adjacent private land. The tail gunner, Tech Sgt. Melvin F. Wooten, bailed out and died from exposure and injuries near Salisbury, Pa., nearly 15 miles north of the crash site. The pilot, Maj. Thomas W. McCormick, and co-pilot Capt. Parker C. ‘Mack’ Peedin ejected and survived. Neither in still living….
“A heavily redacted Air Force report on the accident attributes the crash to a bulkhead structural failure that caused the vertical fin to separate from the plane during weather-related turbulence. But Wooten’s widow…called it the result of a ‘stupid’ Strategic Air Command decision to fly the plane that night. She was left with three young children, including a newborn. ‘Mel was supposed to be n leave because of the baby,’ she said. ‘They insisted…that he go on this, and…he wouldn’t say no. It was just going to be an overnight thing…
“All the crew members were from Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Ga., the plane’s home base. They were flown on Jan. 12 to Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts to bring the B-52 and its two bombs back to Georgia. Foul weather had forced the plane to land at Westover during its return from Europe, where it had had an engine failure….
“The Maryland accident…underscored the folly of trying to keep nuclear bombers aloft at all times, regardless of the weather…’It was probably the worst crash with nuclear weapons on American soil, and it was truly an accident — a weather-caused aircraft accident,’[68]….” (Associated Press. “Nuke bomber crashed 50 years ago in Western Maryland.” 1-11-2014.)
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Associated Press. “Temperatures Moderate; Snow Flurries Likely.” Dubois County Daily Herald, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/jasper-dubois-county-daily-herald-jan-15-1964-p-1/
Associated Press. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/findlay-republican-courier-jan-15-1964-p-1/
Brazil Daily Times, IN. “County Schools Closed 2nd Day Due to Storm.” 1-14-1964, pp. 1 and 10. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brazil-daily-times-jan-14-1964-p-1/
Citizen-Times, Honesdale, PA. “Snow, Heart Claim Henry Hardler, S’ly’vl.” 1-16-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/honesdale-citizen-times-jan-16-1964-p-1/
Frederick Post, MD. “More than Foot on Snow Clogs Most County Roads.” 1-14-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/frederick-news-post-jan-14-1964-p-1/
Kingston Daily Freeman, NY. “Sub-Zero Pocket Holds Mercury at Low Readings.” 1-16-1964, p. 30. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-daily-freeman-jan-16-1964-p-59/
Lima News, OH. “Snow-Caused Heart Attack Fatal to Man.” 1-14-1964, p. 2. Accessed 11-18-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-jan-14-1964-p-2/
Lima News, OH. “Snow Shoveling Leads to Fatal Heart Attack.” 1-15-1964, p. 2. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-jan-15-1964-p-2/
Lowell Sun, MA. “Area Skips Brunt of Storm.” 1-14-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-jan-14-1964-p-1/
North Adams Transcript, MA. “William P. Gannon Dies as he Clears Snow From His Car.” 1-14-1964, p. 5. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/north-adams-transcript-jan-14-1964-p-10/
Oneonta Star, NY “West Oneontan Killed in Crash.” 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/oneonta-star-jan-15-1964-p-1/
Palladium-Times, Oswego, NY. “Find Body of Scriba Man in Driveway near Home. Death from Exposure Indicated.” 1-14-1964, p. 4. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/oswego-palladium-times-jan-14-1964-p-4/
Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY. “Hurt in Plunge, Man Freezes.” 1-15-1964, p. 6. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-post-standard-jan-15-1964-p-53/
Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH. “Snowstorm Stalls Ohio Motorists” (from p.1), 1-14-1964, p. 8. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/findlay-republican-courier-jan-14-1964-p-8/
The Progress, Clearfield, PA. “Bitter Cold,” 1-15-1964, p. 10. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/clearfield-progress-jan-15-1964-p-10/
United Press International. “24 Deaths in State from Cold.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/connellsville-daily-courier-jan-15-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Cold Wave Extends to Deep South; Death Toll Mounts to 144.” Coshocton Tribune, OH. 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/coshocton-tribune-jan-15-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingsport-news-jan-15-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Deaths Elsewhere.” Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, NY. 1-15-1964, p. 3. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/auburn-citizen-advertiser-jan-15-1964-p-3/
United Press International. “Nation’s Storm Deaths Mount to at Least 80.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 5. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brazil-daily-times-jan-14-1964-p-10/
United Press International. “Ohio Counts 21 Storm Deaths.” Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH. 1-14-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-18-2018: https://newspaperarchive.com/cambridge-daily-jeffersonian-jan-14-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Savage Snow Storm Stuns Eastern Cities.” Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH. 1-14-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-18-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/cambridge-daily-jeffersonian-jan-14-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Severe Weather Extends South; Death Toll High.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-15-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-21-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brazil-daily-times-jan-15-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Snow Blankets City, County, Entire State.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-13-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-20-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brazil-daily-times-jan-13-1964-p-2/
UPI. “Woman Dies From Carbon Monoxide; Heater Defective.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-15-1964, 1. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/connellsville-daily-courier-jan-15-1964-p-1/
United Press International. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1. Accessed 11-22-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/connellsville-daily-courier-jan-14-1964-p-1/
[1] Associated Press. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[2] Associated Press. “Snowstorm Blankets Downstate Counties.” Freeport Journal Standard, IL, 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[3] Associated Press. “Six Storm Dead as Snowfall Ends.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[4] Brazil Daily Times, IN. “County Schools Closed 2nd Day Due to Storm.” 1-14-1964, pp. 1 and 10.
[5] Associated Press. “2,000 are Stranded in State.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[6] Associated Press. “2,000 are Stranded in State.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[7] UPI. “Snow Blankets City, County, Entire State.” Brazil Daily Times, IN. 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[8] Associated Press. “Maryland Gets up to 15 Inches of Snow.” Salisbury Times, MD. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[9] Associated Press. “Six Storm Dead as Snowfall Ends.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[10] Associated Press. “Six Storm Dead as Snowfall Ends.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[11] Associated Press. “Nuke bomber crashed 50 years ago in Western Maryland.” 1-11-2014.
[12] Associated Press. “Maryland Gets up to 15 Inches of Snow.” Salisbury Times, MD. 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[13] United Press International. “Deaths Elsewhere.” Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, NY. 1-15-1964, p. 3.
[14] North Adams Transcript, MA. “William P. Gannon Dies as he Clears Snow From His Car.” 1-14-1964, p. 5.
[15] North Adams Transcript, MA. “A. K. Sellnick, Adams Native, Collapses, Dies.” 1-14-1964, p. 5.
[16] Highlighting in yellow to denote we do not use in our tally, preferring to use individual state breakouts (22).
[17] UPI. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[18] Lowell Sun, MA. “Area Skips Brunt of Storm.” 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[19] Associated Press. “Snow Hits Most of Eastern U.S.” Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD. 1-14-1964, p. 18.
[20] Had been returning home from store in wind-driven snow. Body found in snowbank. (Associated Press. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.)
[21] Was found dead beside his car in a parking lot. (Associated Press. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.)
[22] Victim identified as Frank Sankner, about 70. (Kingston Daily Freeman, NY. “Sub-Zero Pocket Holds Mercury at Low Readings.” 1-16-1964, p. 30.)
[23] Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY. “Hurt in Plunge, Man Freezes.” 1-15-1964, p. 6.
[24] Associated Press. “Storm Death Toll Increases to 140.” Salem News, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[25] An autopsy was performed to derive exposure finding. There was ice on the driveway near the body. Palladium-Times, Oswego, NY. “Find Body of Scriba Man in Driveway near Home. Death from Exposure Indicated.” 1-14-1964, p. 4. Temperature reached 6 below zero before morning. Scriba is in Oswego County.
[26] Oneonta Star, NY “West Oneontan Killed in Crash.” 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[27] AP. “20 Persons Die Violently [in NC]. Highway Mishaps Kill 13; Weather Cited as a Factor.” Wilson Daily Times, NC, 1-13-1964, p. 3.
[28] AP. “20 Persons Die…Highway Mishaps Kill 13; Weather Cited…” Wilson Daily Times, NC, 1-13-1964, p. 3. Victims (in car), identified as Anita Temple Lewis, 20, of New Bern and Elizabeth Faye Brinson, 22, of Arapahoe.
[29] Associated Press. “Storm Death Toll Increases to 140.” Salem News, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[30] AP. “20 Persons Die…Highway Mishaps Kill 13; Weather Cited…” Wilson Daily Times, NC, 1-13-1964, p. 3.
[31] AP. “20 Persons Die…Highway Mishaps Kill 13; Weather Cited…” Wilson Daily Times, NC, 1-13-1964, p. 3.
[32] Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH. “Snowstorm Stalls Ohio Motorists” (from p.1), 1-14-1964, p. 8.
[33] Lima News, OH. “Snow-Caused Heart Attack Fatal to Man.” 1-14-1964, p. 2.
[34] Lima News, OH. “Snow Shoveling Leads to Fatal Heart Attack.” 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[35] United Press International. “Death Toll Mounts in Wake of Storm.” Kingsport News, TN. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[36] Associated Press. “Blizzard Leaves Ohioans Reeling.” Circleville Herald, OH. 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[37] Associated Press. “Blizzard Leaves Ohioans Reeling.” Circleville Herald, OH. 1-13-1964, p. 1.
[38] Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH. “Snowstorm Stalls Ohio Motorists” (from p.1), 1-14-1964, p. 8.
[39] Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH. “Snowstorm Stalls Ohio Motorists” (from p.1), 1-14-1964, p. 8.
[40] Twenty five is the number we derive counting locality breakouts. Thirty-three is derived if including deaths reported as “Eastern” or “Western” PA. We suspect that several of the deaths we have noted by locality are part of this breakout. Thus, we choose to use the United Press International report of twenty-four PA deaths on Jan 15.
[41] UPI. “Woman Dies From Carbon Monoxide; Heater Defective.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-15-1964, 1.
[42] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[43] Victim identified as Paul H. Franklin, 42. Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[44] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1. We highlight in yellow to denote not including in tally in that we assume these deaths are included in locality breakouts.
[45] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1. Ephrata is a borough in Lancaster County, central PA.
[46] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[47] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[48] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[49] The Progress, Clearfield, PA. “Bitter Cold,” 1-15-1964, p. 10.
[50] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[51] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[52] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1; Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[53] Citizen-Times, Honesdale, PA. “Snow, Heart Claim Henry Hardler, S’ly’vl.” 1-16-1964, p. 1.
[54] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[55] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[56] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[57] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[58] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[59] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1. Yellow highlight denotes that we do not include in tally in that we assume these deaths included in locality breakouts.
[60] UPI. “Worst Winter Snowfall Eases, Mercury Drops.” Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[61] The Progress, Clearfield, PA. “Bitter Cold,” 1-15-1964, p. 10.
[62] Associated Press. “State Begins to Dig Out of Snow.” Somerset Daily American, PA. 1-15-1964, p. 2.
[63] Associated Press. “Winter’s Storm Goes Out to Sea.” Republican-Courier, Findlay, OH, 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[64] Associated Press. “Snow Hits Most of Eastern U.S.” Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD. 1-14-1964, p. 18.
[65] Frederick Post, MD. “More than Foot on Snow Clogs Most County Roads.” 1-14-1964, p. 1.
[66] Associated Press. “Cold Spell in State Breaking.” Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV. 1-15-1964, p. 1.
[67] Victim was Ralph Morrison. (AP. “State Hit by Heaviest Snow.” Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV. 1-14-1964, p. 1)
[68] Rebecca Grant, independent researcher and author who has worked for the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff.