NATURE WINTER & MRS . WOOD FROM TOKYO TO TENNESSEE, FROM THE 
BALTIC TO THE BOSPORUS, A KILLER WINTER RAGED ACROSS MANY PARTS 
OF THE WORLD LAST WEEK . BLIZZARDS AND SAVAGE WINDS TOOK 
300 LIVES IN EUROPE, AND ANOTHER 150 IN THE U.S . 
A SLASHING GALE CAPSIZED A FERRY IN THE KOREA STRAIT, CAUSING 
137 DEATHS, AND AN AVALANCHE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL 
JAPAN ENTOMBED 19 PERSONS . THE THERMOMETER WAS PLAYING TRICKS . 
WHILE MOSCOW'S TEMPERATURE WAS 11O, THE MERCURY PLUMMETED TO FANTASTIC DEPTHS 
IN A BROAD SWATH ACROSS THE U.S . : -19O IN 
CLEVELAND, -30O IN PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE . THE U.S 
. WEATHER BUREAU BLAMED AMERICA'S FREEZE ON A " MEANDERING STRONG 
WIND CURRENT " FLOWING SOUTH FROM CANADA, OFFERED WHAT COMFORT IT 
COULD BY ANNOUNCING, " AS COLD AS IT IS, IT IS 
NOT AS SEVERE AS THE GREAT COLD WAVE OF 1899 . 
. E RECORD COLD SO THREATENED THE SURVIVAL OF SOUTHERN EUROPE'S 
MIGRATORY BIRDS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL HUNTING COUNCIL ASKED EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO 
BAN ALL HUNTING UNTIL THE SPRING THAW ; IN ITALY AND 
GERMANY, FISH HATCHERIES REPORTED WIDESPREAD LOSSES AS ICE CUT OFF THE 
OXYGEN SUPPLY OF BREEDING FISH . DYNAMITED DANUBE . IN THE 
BITTER COLD, MANY NATIONS SUFFERED ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGES . IN THE 
U.S., THE MAYOR OF HUNTSVILLE, ALA . DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE 
OF RAPIDLY VANISHING NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES . THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED 
A 4,000-TRUCK COAL CONVOY TO BRING FUEL INTO FREEZING COMMUNITIES, AND 
THE NATION'S SERIOUS UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM WORSENED AS FARMS AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS 
LAID OFF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS BECAUSE OF THE COLD 
. IN PARIS, THE FRENCH CABINET ORDERED THAT PRIORITY ON COAL 
DELIVERIES BE GIVEN TO THE AGED . AS YUGOSLAVIAN FACTORIES BEGAN 
TO SHUT DOWN FOR LACK OF HEAT, COAL MINERS WENT BACK 
INTO THE MINES ON SUNDAY . ROME'S CITY WATER AUTHORITY TOLD 
CONSUMERS TO LEAVE THEIR TAPS ON AT NIGHT TO PREVENT THEM 
FROM FREEZING ; IN LONDON, 1,600 FROZEN WATER MAINS BURST . 
MATERNITY NURSES IN A LONDON HOSPITAL HIT BY A POWER FAILURE 
KEPT INCUBATORS WARM BY POURING BOILING WATER INTO CONTAINERS AROUND THEM 
. TRANSPORTATION CAME TO A VIRTUAL STANDSTILL IN SOME HARD-HIT COUNTRIES 
. RECORD SNOWFALLS CANCELED NEARLY 2,000 TRAINS IN JAPAN, AND THE 
ORIENT EXPRESS WAS SNOWBOUND IN GREECE FOR 48 HOURS . TURKISH 
BORDER POSTS COULD ONLY BE SUPPLIED BY ARMY TANKS, AND NEARLY 
300 SNOWBOUND COMMUNITIES IN THE ITALIAN APENNINES WERE CUT OFF FROM 
THEIR SUPPLIES . THREE FEET OF SNOW COVERED BULGARIA, AND IN 
GREECE ARMY UNITS ROAMED THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH HAY FOR STARVING LIVESTOCK 
. ICE CLOGGED BOTH THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE CANALS OF VENICE 
; A BLIZZARD SNAPPED A POWER CABLE IN THE BOSPORUS, HALTING 
ALL SHIPPING BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA . ALONG 
THE FROZEN DANUBE, YUGOSLAV DYNAMITE CREWS BLASTED LANES FOR BOATS AND 
BARGES . SPECTACULAR OUTFIT. EVERY SORT OF BLIZZARD GEAR WAS WORN, 
BUT THE MOST SPECTACULAR OUTFIT WAS SPORTED BY DIANA WOOD, 35, 
PRETTY WIFE OF BRITAIN'S MINISTER OF POWER RICHARD WOOD . WHEN 
AN OUTBREAK OF POWER FAILURES BROUGHT A STORM OF COMPLAINTS TO 
THE POWER MINISTRY, MRS . WOOD HELPED RAISE AT LEAST SOME 
TEMPERATURES BY POSING FOR THE DAILY MAIL IN HER COLDWEATHER COSTUME 
: A TURTLENECK SWEATER, FISH-NET STOCKINGS, AND SKINTIGHT, BLACK WOOLEN KNEE-LENGTH 
PANTIES . 