The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 7

FOURTH WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 1983 THE MORNING CALL SECTION c'njl cq1 ojl zf ri. Gv1 MO 'if' iSi wM dl Solly pop Cloudy water cure may take a year point its cause. The problem became especially bad last month when yellow, rusty, and brown water began turning up in faucets throughout the borough. "It's kind of like a case where you smoke cigarettes for 50 years and you don't have a problem and then, all of a sudden, you get lung cancer," Christine commented. "I can't tell you how bad the system is but it's a problem that has been here for a long time and it won't go away quickly.

In my opinion, the mains have become corroded very badly because of years of the system not being treated properly." Some residents who have tapped very dark, murky samples of water in their homes have switched to bottled water for drinking. Some residents have complained of stomach aches and diarrhea after drinking dark samples of the water. On this, Christine said 8-10 samples per Please See WATER Page B3 By DAVID M. ERDMAN Of The Morning Call Hellertown this week is beginning an intensive program of coating the inside of borough water mains to attack the dirty water problem that has affected residents for more than a year. But no quick cure is expected because of the severe deterioration of the pipes which developed from a lack of proper treatment over many years, according to the consultant hired to investigate the problem.

While some improvement may be seen shortly, total clearing of the water should not be expected for six months or a year, according to Ernest Christine of Allentown Fluoridation Service, who discussed yesterday recent progress on the tainted water problem. Christine was hired as a consultant when the problem began reaching large proportions and borough water officials could not pin Morning Call photo Don Uhnch Bridge checkup Personnel from A.G. Lichtenstein Associates of Langhorne look Bethlehem also was checked this week. A Pennsylvania Depart- for possible design flaws in the bridge that carries Route 22 over ment of Transportation spokesman said those two bridges are Route 191 The company has part of a statewide contract to in- 'the only ones even close' in the area to the design of the bridge spect bridges similar in construction to one that collapsed in that collapsed, resulting in three deaths. The inspections are being Greenwich, in June.

The Fahy Bridge on New Street in done only as a precaution, the spokesman emphasized. GcDSOS City engineer resigns post L-V, flU spur no In aitlfo a By DAN HARTZELL Of The Morning Call sexual or bisexual males, intravenous drug users, Haitians, persons with hemophilia and those having intimate contact with members of those groups, according to statistics updated weekly by the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It appears to be spread by sexual contact, contaminated needles and blood transfusions, not casual contact. No other area hospital contacted by The Morning Call yesterday said it has had a confirmed case. St.

Luke's diagnosed its cases of the mysterious, fatal disease during the past six months. Included is a Bethlehem AIDS patient reported in The Call in February. Jahre would give no further details of the patients in an effort to protect their identity. He said all three were stable, but would not re-Please See AIDS Page B3 By ANN WLAZELEK A Ana rAUL Win I Of The Morning Call office, although he noted Borek "had been living out of town" contrary to the city's residency law. Borek, 44, said he has a home in Bath but had maintained an apartment in Bethlehem as well.

Other factors were attributed to the popular engineer's rumored departure, including his reluctance to succumb to the realities of politics in dealing with the press and public. Borek was known for speaking his mind, regardless of the "political fallout." But the only official word Bethlehem City Engineer Theodore T. Borek resigned yesterday, effective Oct 7. He served in the post since December 1981. Borek's boss, Public Works Director Wendell Sherman, declined to comment on rumors that Borek is leaving as a result of pressure from the administration.

worry. These people don't represent a health hazard and there is no endemic focus in the valley," said Dr. Jeffrey A. Jahre, in charge of infectious disease control at St. Luke's.

"For all practical purposes, the disease is confined to certain risk groups. It is not a disease that affects the general population at large and specifically not the general population of the Lehigh Valley," Jahre continued. Those at greatest risk are homo With the report that three AIDS patients are being treated at St. Luke's Hospital comes advice from state and local health officials that there's no need for public alarm. "We have good reason to believe all three patients acquired the disease outside the Lehigh Valley.

There's no reason for anyone to Mayor Paul Marcincin officially said there was no pressure from his Please See RESIGN Page B3 Theodore T. Borek 1 -coyraty iraoc royondls up at fit 7 oini dlinuig chairges vt Vj By STAN SCHAFFER Of The Morning Call 1 WKMlUt' and Carbon County suspects before District Justice Harry Heydt in Jim Thorpe. Yesterday's roundup of suspects in Lehigh County was coordinated from Slatington Police Department headquarters; Northampton and Carbon County suspects were arraigned in Lehigh Township police headquarters. Arraigned before Hartman on charges of possession with intent to deliver or de- This was not a drug ring. They were various and sundry dealers.

Robert R. Gentzel attorney general's spokesman Good crowds drawn to Allentown event By DEBORAH GARLICKI Of The Morning Call The faces in the crowds at preview day at the Allentown Fair were a combination of young and old, renowned and locally known. The world championship wrestlers, fair queen contestants, exhibitors of produce and animals, and women mud wrestlers all added their own touches to the day, drawing spectators who were shoulder to shoulder on the midways. Edward Charles, chairman of the executive committee that runs the fair, could not give a definite figure but said this year's preview day attendance surpassed last year's. He attributed the success to the free attractions trapeze act and mud wrestling and a bigger publicity effort.

He said the number of exhibits and concession stands also tops that of last year. Charles said 250,000 tickets were distributed to Laneco stores, McDonald's restaurants and Exxon stations for fairgoers who wanted to buy their tickets in advance. About 20,000 to 25,000 tickets, selling for $1.50 before the fair's opening, were bought by people with advance show tickets. For fairgoers, looking in any direction, it was impossible not to see some type of show. Bruce Anderson, who says he's over 40," packed the stands at the east end of the fairgrounds for his sway-pole trapeze act.

What spectators watching his balancing routines atop a 100-foot pole didn't know was that Anderson honed his skill by running away to a circus after he met an acrobat in the Marine Corps. Please See FAIR Page B5 State narcotics agents and area law enforcement agencies yesterday arrested 25 persons in a three-county drug raid aimed at disrupting the flow of street level dealing. Most of the defendants were charged with possession with intent to deliver and delivery a controlled substance. The individual cases are based on sales, generally of methamphetamine or cocaine, to undercover agents in amounts ranging from $40 to nearly $300. Some LSD was involved and one of the men picked up faces an escape charge.

The arrests were the result of a seven-month investigation by State Atty. Gen. LeRoy S. Zimmerman's Region 1 Narcotics Strike Force in Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties. Agents purchased $10,000 worth of drugs during the investigation.

The buys were made in cars, at individuals' residences and businesses. "The strike force was aimed at street level dealers," said Robert R. Gentzel, a spokesman for Zimmerman in Harrisburg. "Many of the suspects no doubt did not know each other. The focus was on street level dealing and drugs.

We hope to disrupt the flow of drugs in the three counties. This was not a drug ring. They were various and sundry dealers." Gentzel said. In Lehigh County, suspects were arraigned before District Justice Edward E. Hartman of Slatington.

Northampton County suspects appeared before District Justice Harold R. Weaver in Danielsville livery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine or cocaine, and committed to Lehigh County Prison were: Michael D. Fisher, 23. of 231 Main St, Slatington, in lieu of $7,500 bail, preliminary hearing set for 9:30 a.m. Sept.

Brent Schantz. 31, of 222 S. 15th Allentown, $5,000 bail, preliminary hearing at 3:30 p.m. Sept. Dale Keller, 23, Colmer Court.

Glencrest Trailer Park, Slatington R.l. $10,000 bail, preliminary hearing at 11:45 a.m. Sept. Denise Wanamaker, 22, Lil Wolfe Village, Orefield R.l, $5,000 bail, preliminary hearing at 1:45 p.m. Sept 8.

Keith Neff. 26. Slatington R.2. $10,000 bail, hearing at 3:45 p.m. Sept Kenneth Please See DRUGS Page B4 Morning Call photo Confiscated guns, money and drugs in Lehigh Twp.

police quarters.