In ten days, the city of Chicago would get more than 20 inches of snow during the blizzard of 1979. The year 1978 ended much as it had begun — under a blanket of white. A New Year’s Eve ...

Chicago has enough manpower and resources to get the problem cleared up.” This letter appeared in the Tribune on Friday morning, Jan. 12, 1979. That’s the morning before the Blizzard of 1979.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Starting nearly 50 years ago ... Mayor Michael Bilandic took the blame for the city's inadequate response to the 1979 blizzard, and he lost his bid for re-election six weeks ...

In 1979, Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic was voted out of office amid public outrage at his handling of a massive blizzard. Host Michel Martin speaks with Bilandic's successor, former Chicago Mayor ...

After the 1979 snowstorm, the fourth biggest in ... Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds ...

Some observers believe Bilandic caused his own defeat with his handling of the Chicago blizzard of January 1979. He authorized more than $300,000 in consulting fees to a former deputy mayor ...

The family of a man who was convicted of stealing $240,000 from Chicago taxpayers during the blizzard of 1979 is among those who hold a contract to rent the city heavy equipment such as cranes and ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- On the afternoon of Feb ... which brought 21.6 inches. Even the blizzard of Jan. 13-14, 1979, which led to the ouster of Mayor Michael Bilandic, was significantly smaller, dumping ...

Michael Bilandic (1976 - 1979) Appointed by the Chicago City Council after the death of Daley. His popularity nose-dived after he was blamed for the city's handling of the Blizzard of '79.

The “Groundhog Day Blizzard,” also nicknamed ... the roadway as the snow accumulated. The year 1979 brought one of the worst blizzards in Chicago’s history, which ultimately led to the ...