The Nation - News from Jan. 30, 1987
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A blinding storm en route to the East powered through the upper Midwest with snow, freezing rain and hurricane-force winds. The storm moved across the Plains and onto the Great Lakes with winds of more than 90 m.p.h., blasting out plate glass windows, smashing gravel into windshields, downing power lines and billboards and closing major highways overnight along Colorado’s mountain slopes from south of Denver to near the Wyoming border. Swirling snow cut visibility in Chicago, where up to three inches were reported.
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