Storms Close Roads, Kill 4 in Arkansas

The fifth blizzard of the season socked North Dakota with fierce wind and blinding snow, while snow and ice storms in the Midwest shut down highways and sent thousands of students home early. Icy conditions in Arkansas led to four deaths, including that of an 80-year-old man who fell while getting the newspaper and three killed in car accidents, and persuaded Ku Klux Klan members to postpone a rally this weekend. “I can’t even get out of my driveway,” national klan director Thomas Robb said from his home in Harrison, Ark. The group had been granted a permit to march in Salina, Kan.