The Nation - News from Dec. 5, 1985
Bitter cold temperatures in the teens spread across the East, forcing thousands of homeless people to seek haven in shelters in New York and other big cities as far south as Atlanta. Shelters in New York, Atlanta, Washington, Chicago and Minneapolis were near capacity. A record number of homeless jammed New York City shelters for the third straight night. A mass of arctic air over the mid-Atlantic coast brought the below-normal temperatures to most of the East. Early morning lows dipped to the freezing mark as far south as McComb, Miss., and Crestview, Fla.
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