On this date in 1983, a Thanksgiving-eve snowstorm shut down Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, stranding holiday travelers in Fargo as flights were delayed or diverted throughout the day.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

By ANNE ETZELL

Staff Writer

Holiday travelers waited at Hector Airport Wednesday for delayed Northwest Orient and Republic flights into and out of Minneapolis, hoping to be with their relatives on Thanksgiving.

But accumulating and blowing snow hampered flight schedules and Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport was “closed off and on since noon” Wednesday, said Joe Parmer, executive director at Hector.

People milled about Hector, waited in long lines to telephone relatives, caught up on some reading, worked on knitting p

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