Snow Spreads From Plains to Maryland
From Times Wire Reports
Travelers were stranded in Iowa and Illinois as plows struggled to keep up with a storm that blew heavy snow from the Plains to Maryland.
The deepest snowfall was in Omaha and Des Moines, each with 9 inches.
But the heaviest potential accumulations -- 18 to 30 inches by this evening -- were forecast in the central Appalachians, the National Weather Service said.
Sports events were canceled and an Omaha antiwar protest was postponed.
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