The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 21

TiNn Local Novs Editorial AUENTOWN, PA. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1968 SECTION y. L.V. Area ACT Accidents Fatal to 4 it Child, Couple, Youth Succumb CV Cv Vjpjfys s-rr is I yS7A rrS fS ly iv Many Midcity Families Still Without Heat By BILL KULP With temperatures dipping down into the 30's, and a reported visit in the area by Jack Frost yesterday morning, over two-thirds of the former customers of the bankrupt Allentown Steam Heating and Power Co. are still without heat.

Allentown Building Inspector Robert H. A. Lauden-slager last night estimated that only 130 of the 390 homes and business properties which formerly depended on the steam heat have at this date converted to some independent source of heat. I "About three or four Installations a day are being -made," Laudenslager said. "Gas installations have beei way ahead of other types, but electric installations are starting to pick up." 5' accidents fatally injured four persons yesterday, three in Berks County and one in New Jersey's Warrear County.

In Berks, a beadon collision killed a Fleetwood couple in Maidencreek Township, about a half hour after a little girl was struck and fatally injured by a car inTopton. The girl's father was involved safflffi rm -p(t Wx xh A xv yM yl'- EPITOME OF THRIVING AREA From a blimp cruising at 1,000 feet, the heavy traffic and filled parking lots in Allentown's 9th and Hamilton Streets' section exemplify the routine bustle throughout the Lehigh Valley that evidences a thriving area. (Call-Chronicle photo by Telford Toulomelis) 'Blimp's Eye7 View in. uie uuuvie laiaiiiy ui lue township, investigators said. The four dead were identified as: Pauline Schmid, 54.

of 231 E. Main Fleetwood, a driver. p.m. at Reading Hospital. Edwin Schmid, 60, her hus- hand He riieri at at Kt Joseph's Hospital, Reading.

He had internal injuries. Three-year-old Dodie Jane Swoyer. daughter of Leon I. and Main Topton. The young pedestrian was part way across Topton'8 Main Street when she was hit by a car.

Cornelius Suyker, 20, of Pe- tersburg Road, Hackettstown, N. driver in a single-car ILlliril I. Ill Il ni IKIll II1W ship, Warren County. Maidencreek Township police said the accident that claimed the Schmids' lives happened on Route 222, three-fourths of a Tnil nnrth nt tha intorcontinn with Route 73, about 4:35 p.m. The Schmids were north-bound.

Police said the other vehicle, operated by Leon of the Topton address, was southbound. The accident happened partly in the northbound lane and on the roadway shoulder, investi-' gators said. The Schmid auto rebounded and struck a stone wall, while the Swoyer auto traveled south and backwards in the northbound lane for some distance. Swoyer was believed to have been driving to Reading Hospital where his daughter, Do- die, had been taken after she was struck by an auto in Top-ton. Reading Hospital admitted the father with jaw fractures, face cuts and a possible head injury.

Tossed 75 Fet Chief Lawrence A. Gaul of Topton police said the Swoyer girl was tossed 75 feet by impact with an auto. child was off the sidewalk and partially in the street when she was hit by the vehicle oper- ated by Janet R. Sanders, 22, of 29 Keller Topton, police -said. vu VI OWV WAA Lehigh Valley Karl Trophies Are Awarded In Lehighton About 100 persons, many from out of state, attended the annual banquet and trophy pre-.

sentation of the Baer Memorial Kart Association last night at Bossard's Hotel, Lehighton. The trophies were presented by Mayor Albert U. Koch of Lehighton for the community's kart racing unit. The dinner program was. opened with remarks by Robert E.

Moyer of Lehighton, president of the association, and Pat Harkins and Carmen BeLeone, both of Philadelphia, who were instrumental in getting kart racing started in Lehighton. i Also speaking were Carlos Baer of Lehighton, who donated the kart racing land to the Lehighton Borough, now called Baer Memorial Park, and Walter Kacicek of Palmerton who. served as the Red Cross first aid attendant at the a i events this slimmer. Receiving trophies were Robert Ward of Bayonne, N. first, and Keith Neff of Walnut-port R.l, second, junior stock racing; George Shoenberger of Allentown, first, and Joseph Tullo of Middlesex, N.

second, junior modified; John Hoff of Hackettstown, N.J., first, and William Balliet of Berwick, second, senior stock. Thomas Sauers of Roselle Park, N.J., first, and Hoff, second, senior modified; Ronald Shook of Woodbridge, N.J., first, and John Smith of Piscat-away, N.J., second, B-singles. Recipients of special trophies were Hoff, a sportsmanship trophy, and Dean Fisher of Lehighton, a hard-luck He expressed surprise at the fact that some property owners are "dickering" over installa- tion prices with cold weather so near. "I can't understand why people would keep trying to shop around for a better contract price now they'll be lucky to get someone to do the work for them at all." He also said there are instances where heavier capacities of service will be required of gas and electric companies. "he city of Allentown itself will have to put in heavier lines at the Comfort Station." The city, he added, has done all it can in the situation, but continues to get contractors and property owners together when help is requested.

People Will Be "Chilly" Vian Silliman operating manager for Lehigh Division of UGI, said last night "I would certainly expect some people to be chilly tonight. "We're doing everything we can. It's now a question of individual contractors putting in the heating units themselves." Another spokesman at UGI remarked that crews are working six days a week and putting in overtime to put in gas lines required by new installations. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Power St Light Co. stated recently that the com- pany could handle any increased power demand resulting from electric heating installations.

Jobs "Hanging Fire" Many heating contracts are "hanging fire" currently according to contractors making installations. In these cases, most of the work is completed but the jobs await the installa-tion of a boiler, or the building of a chimney or the running of a gas main--, Michael Kuschak, who oper-. ates 1 Modern Plumbing and Heating Co. in Allentown, said Continued on Page B-3, Cof. i Contest in Berks Man Jailed After 2 Tries At Escape An Allentown man was remanded to Lehigh County Prison yesterday after his two attempts at escape ended in fail- Ure.

Howard M. Loveless, 23, of 708 Turner was arraigned before. Whitehall Justice of: the Peace Edward R. Ernst on charges of violation of the mo- tor vehicle code and resisting arrest. He was committed to 'Lehigh County Prison in, default of $1,000 bail.

Loveless had been arrested about 4:30 a.m. yesterday by Whitehall police following a brief chase which ended when the car he was driving struck a stop sign in North Whitehall Township. Following arraignment before Ernst, Loveless was escorted to Lehigh County Prison by Constable Charles F. Eber-hart When Eberhart pulled his car up to the door of the prison, the prisoner jumped from the car and ran toward Linden Street with the constable in pursuit Eberhart was joined in the chase by two Allentown patrolmen. When the trio reached the suspect's apartment house, Loveless was found hiding in the elevator on the third floor.

The future of the 1 proposed East Penn Police Force is given a thorough examination in a three-part series of. articles beginning tomorrow in the foittthtrj Qllprmttd Trailer, Radio Listed Stolen In Allentown A four-wheel trailer and a transistor radio are listed as missing in reports made yes- -terday to Allentown police. Arnold Copeland of 2753 Emaus Allentown, report-ed the trailer, a 15-foot model with no sides, was taken between Sept. 28 and yesterday -from 3020 Emaus Ave. Dorothy Schleicher- of 328 Walnut St.

Catasauqua, claimed a transistor radio val- ued at $15 was taken from her -unlocked auto while it was parked on a lot at 2456 Mitchell Ave. Tape recorder equipment was stolen from two cars parked in Allentown's West End early yesterday, according, to reports submitted to police. Carl Kishel, of 2545 Tilghman reported a tape recorder, stereo tape, and wallet a stolen. A Recovery Headquarters also will be established near the field hospital where records will be maintained of simulated casualties flown into A.B.E. Airport by Wing pilots.

The so-called 'casualties' will be checked not only for theoretical injuries but also for simulated nuclear contamination. Recovery operations will be commanded by Lt. Col Finn Venditto of Allentown. Pilots flying search or courier missions will be assigned at the field by Lt. Col.

Michael Hancarik of Allentown, working with Lt; Col. John Rackus of Continued on Page B-3, Col. 1 Search, Rescue Practice Is Megalopolis By JOHN T. CATHERS You've heard it said that Allentown, Bethlehem, Eas-ton and smaller communities in the Lehigh Valley are part of a vast megalopolis. It's a true statement.

We saw ample evidence of this during a blimp trip yesterday, 1 Here, there, everywhere it seems there is industrial, commercial and residential construction sensibly laid out and fitting properly into the burgeoning acres It appeared to the writer as if, suddenly, the" Lehigh Valley ALxv has come "alive and its growth VVcQTner, is general rather than isolated. The coolness in the air may People flying in and out of well conjure up visions of hay- the area in single engine planes rides and renditions of "Shine as well as the throaty jet liners On, Harvest Moon." are very much aware of this. Harvest Moon the full moon Leisurely Aerial Tour of fall took place this morn-" But, to' really appreciate the ing. It was accompanied by a magnitude of the development total eclipse visible throughout at our doorsteps one has to take North America, an aerial tour at a proverbial The lunar eclipse began at snail's pace. ,5:55 a.m..

The total eclipse, Say like on Mayflower ill Wflen tne m00I is in earth's one of two lighter-than-air craft shadow, began at 7:10 a.m. in the world operating on a Today's forecast is for most-year-round basis. ly sunny and continued cool to- Mayflower III is in the lay- dav' fair and not as cool to- man's word a blimp. night. Increasing cloudiness It is part of Goodyear Tire' and milder are expected on Rubber Company's more than Monday.

$4 million expansion and im- provement program that will Tem DerOtU TeS see a third Mmp added to the company's airship operations. High Low Flew From Akron Allentown 59 37 Mayflower III 160 feet long, 1 Atlanta 68 43 58 feet high and 51 feet wide Boston 59 46 cruised from Akron to Queen Buffalo 51 38 City Airport, Allentown, on Fri- Chrl'stn S.C. 69 55 day and, yesterday she made Chicago 59 44 her first flight with passengers. Columbus 0 57 31 The sausage shape is main- Houston 84 64 tained by 147,300 cubic feet of Indianapolis 61 31 helium inside the neoprene- Kansas City 52 48 coated Dacron envelope. Los Angeles 74 58 She floated over the valley Miami Beach 83 71 Friday night fulled lighted New Orleans 79 61 and yesterday it was decided New York 63 50 by James Newcombe, Goodyear Phoenix 87 58 public relations official, to take San Francisco 59 55 three guests on the first flight Seattle 59 46 St.

Louis 62 38 Continued on Page B-3, Col. 2 Washington 64- 43 Wilson H.S. Senior CAP Schedules Big Operation New Junior Miss it r- asps More than 1,000 people saw Phyllis Nonnemacher capture the Youth Fitness and Creative and Performing Arts awards to become Berks County Junior Miss for 1969 at Hamburg High School auditorium, Hamburg, last night. Miss Nonnemacher, a senior at Wilson High School of West Lawn, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Nonnemacher, 28 South Hull Sinking Spring. She won the Creative and Performing Arts award by pre- senting a baton twirling exhibition to the tune of "March of the Wooden Soldiers." She is twirling corps captain of the award winning Wilson High School Band. Her activities include National Honor Society, Student Council, Debate Club, fashion representative to Pomeroy's, and the Senior Historians' Club. She plans to- enter Bucknell University to study education. Other Awards Along with her Junior Miss title.

Miss Nonnemacher also won a $375 Chevrolet Scholarship, a senatorial scholarship, a trophy, tiara, roses, gift certificates, and sportswear outfits. First runnerup was Judi SteinwedeL Gov. Mifflin High School; second runnerup was Wendy Jay, Wyomissing High School; and third runnerup was Heather Zerbe, of Holy Name High School Melanie Mack of Conrad Weiser High School won the Miss Personality award. Susan Korpalski of Central Catholic High School, Reading, won the evening gown award, while Mary Beth Altenderfer, Muhlenberg High School, won the Scholastic Achievement award. The purpose of the Berks County Junior Miss Contest is to seek the county's truly outr standing senior high school girl who best exemplifies her classmates throughout the county, and to have her represent the county in the Pennsylvania Junior Miss Contest.

Contestants were requested By TOM DAVIS ine largest searcn ana rescue maneuvers scheduled this year in eastern United States will be conducted next weekend by Civil Air Patrol pilots, cadets and ground personnel with the main base of the statewide operation being Allentown- Bethlehem-Easton Airport-Operations will get under way at 8 a.m. Friday and continue through Sunday afternoon. The maneuvers will revolve around aerial search and rescue problems to be given to Pennsylvania Wing pilots and land rescue teams by regular Air Force officers. The latter will be headed 1y Lt. CoL William ceez, liaison oiiicer assigned to the Pennsylvania Wing at A.B.E.

Airport. v'The incoming Air Force of. ficers will make up an evaluation team that will visit or inspect Civil Air Patrol bases established in various parts of the state. This team will be made up of Col. Richard C.

Bender, Lt. Col. Harry A. White -and Maj. William S.

Hall. These officers-are stationed at -t the Northeast Region CAP- USAF offices in New York. are expected to arrive in Allentown on Thursday, Field Hospital Planned Pennsylvania Wing operations will be commanded by Lt. Col. James Geiger of Fullerton, deputy Wing commander.

A complete field hospital will be set up on the north side of the field staffed by doctors and nurses commanded by Capt. Daniel Richardi, Allentown Osteopathic Hospital administrator. State-wide medical operations will be directed by Lt. Col. Charles Sell of Allentown, Wing medical officer.

Rider Injured A 16-year-old Fullerton girl was injured after she fell off a horse Friday. Mary Ann Laury of 426 Francis Circle re-' ceived treatment for abdominal pain at Allentown Hospital yesr PHYLLIS NONNEMACHER from each Berks County high school. As a result, more than 60 Berks County high school girls were involved in preliminary competition. Separate Categories Each of the contestants were judged in five separate categories. They were Scholastic Achievement, Poise and Appearance, Youth Fitness, Creative and Performing Arts, and Mental Alertness.

The judges for the contest were Mrs. Mary L. Thome, of the J. flichard Thome Studio of Photography, Easton; Mrs. Mig.

non Roscher Gardner, a professional artist with studios in Breinigsville, Boyertown, and Palm Beach, Grover C. Couker, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributing, Richard Kline, chairman of the music department of the Hempfield Union School District, Lancaster and Dr. Mark J. Piacine, the emcee for the Pottstown Glee Club. Competing with Miss Nonnemacher in the Pennsylvania Junior Miss Contest at Shilling-ton in November will be Karen Olsen, Northampton County Junior Miss, and Tekla Inglese, Lehigh County Junior Miss.

the project. The volunteers managed, in addition to removing tires and other debris from the stream, to fill two large potholes which had presented a safety hazard to children playing in the area! David Novosat and Michael Realo were co-chairmen of the project. JAYCEE CLEANUP Yesterday was clean-up day for the Allentown Jaycees as the organization labored to beautify Trout Creek in Allentown. About 20 members of the civic-minded organization were assisted by the Department of Streets and" Department of Parks, both of which supplied equipment and men to A' i.