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Fashion report: Quality will be the look for men next fall B12 JUNE 15, 1979 CALL FRIDAY, MORNING METRO B13 B12-14 NOTABLE FAMILY QUOTABLE SECTION THE B10 BREAKFAST CHATTER B11 HILL TO HILL area men reported missing off Bermuda By PEG RHODIN Of The Morning Call The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday alerted ships traveling between Virginia and Bermuda to be on the lookout for a sailing vessel chartered two weeks ago by four Lehigh Valley men. The 36-foot sailboat, The Windlass, set off from the Chesapeake Bay May 31 and was expected in Bermuda last Friday. It was reported missing to the Coast Guard on Monday. But a coast guard spokesman said adverse weather had delaved most boats heading into Bermuda for "three to five days." A merchant ship advised the Coast Guard yesterday morning that it overheard a radio conversation between The Windlass attempting to call a commercial maritime station in Ocean Gate, N.J.

Later. the Coast Guards said that the radio station reported it had not been in direct contact with The Windlass. The boat, a Maria-31 cutter with a 1978 diesel engine, was chartered by Hellertown Atty. Bernard V. O'Hare, former Northampton County District Attorney.

He and his crew. Bethlehem Atty. William F. Moran a county councilman: Northampton County Court stenographer John Marks of Easton, and John Kospiah, owner of Garden Bargains, Whitehall and Alburtis. planned to reach Bermuda during the weekend.

Hare last called his family June 5 to report that they had stopped at Newport News. to take on water and fuel and There were plenty of empty seats during yesterday's commuter train run from Allentown to Philadelphia Photography by GARY FELDER Lack of commuters By JOHN CLARK Of The Morning Call The Allentown Train Station is nestled at the far end of an unpaved parking lot in the 300 block of Union Street. It's just an open air concrete platform. There is no building. Yesterday morning I was among the seven passengers who waited to board Train 368.

a Silver Coach bound for Philadelphia. The train was to arrive at the Allentown station at 8:35 a.m. The warm fresh air felt good as we waited. The morning sun added to the pleasure. The train just two cars arrived two minutes early.

The handful of passengers distributed themselves almost evenly in both coaches. Shortly after 8:35 a.m. the engineer began easing the throttle foward. The train was off. As the speed increased, the train began to sway from side to side, not dangerously SO.

but enough to draw complaints from several of the passengers. "I don't like this motion." said Jackie Sanchez of Nazareth, who boarded the train in Bethlehem. "Otherwise, I like it. She listed several reasons why she prefers taking the train to Philadelphia rather than driving: they included the gas crisis and problems associated with traffic flow. car costs and parking in the inner city.

"I don't use it very often, but I think it's very convenient. I'm glad we have it." she said. Ms. Sanchez's sentiments were shared by most of the other passengers who boarded the train at Allentown or Bethlehem. The fact that Ms.

Sanchez doesn't use the train very often is significant. For it is this weak ridership, especially between Allentown and Bethlehem, that has put the Allentown connection in serious jeopardy. It was revealed earlier this week that unless the ridership and revenues from the Allentown station increase significantly. the service could be terminated by the end of the year. The Allentown service was put into effect about a vear ago with funds provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the federal government.

In a recent letter to the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA), PennDOT warned that the state aid might be stopped if passenger use and revenue fail to increase. "Based on our review of the operating and financial information supplied to date SECOND would enter the Atlantic Ocean shortly. Mrs. Marks said her husband was to fly back to New York last Saturday. She went to When he failed to reach there by Sunday, Mrs.

Marks went back to Easton and mother got in touch with the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said it has broadcast to all ships to maintain a lookout for the vessel and has advised Bermuda to keep an eye out for it as well. A Coast Guard spokesman said the area is heavily traveled, and we usually get good results" by alerting the other ships. The sailboat, equipped with a life raft and a VHF radio with a 50-mile range. belongs to Charles Raper of Annapolis.

and was hired through the Bay Yacht Agency. Its home port is the Severn Inn Marina. Eric Smith, of the charter agency. said O'Hare hired the boat for a weekend and cruised with the owner before starting on the 600-mile trip. Mrs.

O'Hare said she was convinced that the boat turned around after encountering bad winds and was on its way back to Maryland. "They were heading southeast. and had southeast winds." she said. "They had to keep tacking back and forth. Every boat into Bermuda is running three or four days late.

They probably realized they were not going to make it and headed Mrs. Kospiah said their son also was to make the trip. but decided against it at the last minute because "we were too busy at danger signal on this experimental service. we have concluded the costs are running much higher than original estimates and that patronage and revenues are running much lower than original estimates." the letter states. "I don't think enough people know about the service." said Mrs.

Pearl Ellis of Nazareth. "I think it would pay to advertise more. Ms. Sanchez interjected. "I just don't think enough people know the service exists We discovered the Bethlehem station through my brother." Her brother is attending the Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia and routinely travels to and from school by train.

"This is the first time I'm taking the train." said Paul Komensky, Parkland I thought it would be cheaper. After all, there is a big push to conserve energy and they are encouraging people to use public transportation. I Paul Komensky Parkland school teacher School District elementary school teacher. "This is an experimental ride I'll be taking some courses at Temple so I wanted to see if this would meet my needs. Komensky said his biggest problem came after he decided to try the experiment.

"Where is the train station? How do I find out he said he asked himself. "I'm from Ballietsville. I looked Conrail up in the phone book and there's this Enterprise number that said 'For Bethlehem Subscribers Only. "I called the operator and asked to be connected to the Enterprise number and she said I couldn't be connected because I wasn't in Bethlehem. I eventually was able to get the local number from information That's a problem." he said.

"I think that's one of the reasons more people don't take the train. Also, I thought it would be cheaper. After all. there is a big push to conserve energy and they are encouraging people to use public transportation. I just thought the price would be cheaper," he said.

The fare is $4.60 at peak periods and $3.85 OHARE CHESAPEAKE BAY MORAN BERMUDA ATLANTIC OCEAN CUBA Bold line locates cutter's route; light line traces 'Bermuda Triangle' the garden centers. She said her husband. like O' Hare and the other crew members. was an experienced sailor. O'Hare has in the past cruised up the coast from Florida.

for route all other times. There are four trains each day that originate in Allentown and end at the 12th and Market streets station in Philadelphia. It takes about two hours. The same trip by bus from Allentown costs $4.45 one way. Generally.

the passengers riding the train said they would be disappointed if any portion of the service was curtailed. What can be asked Eric Bodner of Philadelphia. who was returning to Allentown to visit his parents. "I guess it wouldn't help to write your Congressman. I guess you have to write to the railroad company." he said.

Though no one seem to know exactly why the ridership is low. here are some possibilities: -The lack of adequate publicity about the rail service. -The perceived unreliability of trains. They're sporadic." declared Michael Kasper of Chadds Ford. Delaware County.

who commutes regularly from his hometown to Philadelphia by train. "They're economical, but they are unreliable. They are notorious for being late." he said. while citing examples. "The other problem is having to make connecting trains.

Take this train for example, we have to change in Lansdale. If we are late we could miss that train and would have to wait hours for another one. And, sometimes they don't show up at all." he said. The lack of local telephone listing in the Allentown telephone directory. (For passenger information.

call 1-800-462-0928). -The lack of a strong employment tie between Philadelphia and Allentown. -The apparent lack of security in the area of the existing platform. "I was concerned about leaving my car there. It looks dangerous." said Komensky.

"but at least it's a parking lot. -The numerous stops between Allentown and Philadelphia. Train Engineer Henry Baugh of Macungie, summed up the situation this way: "I don't think enough people know where the station is at and there's the lack of shelter when you have inclement weather. Baugh said he and the other trainmen don't have any objections to continuing the connection. "because in the summertime the ridership generally increases." One can only hope that Baugh's optimism is realized since ridership now averages three people per train.

Fire chief saves deaf-mute mother from burning home By PHIL BOYLE an's blouse was still smoldering and he Of The Morning Call removed it. Fountain Hill Fire Chief James Bobal Bethlehem Asst. Fire Chief William was credited with rescuing a deaf-mute Kehley said there were heavy smoke and Bethlehem mother from her home flames inside the building when fire burning afternoon. fighters arrived. He said the fire was yesterday Mrs.

Virginia Carrillo. 51, of 1027 "really going. Crawford was admitted to St. Luke's Fire fighters used booster and hydrant Hospital in critical condition with burns of lines to extinguish the blaze, and used the face, neck. arms.

legs. chest and ab- breathing packs to enter the home. domen, and later transferred to the Crozier- Kehley reported the living room, dining Chester Medical Center. room and a pantry area were completely Bobal, a Maytag serviceman, said he gutted. He said the rest of the home.

had been working on an appliance next door as a one-story modular structure. described to the Carrillo home and was walking to his received extensive heat and smoke damtruck to get a part when children across the age. street yelled that the house was on fire. The woman's husband. Anthony.

and The volunteer fire chief said he broke three teen sons reportedly were not at the front door after he saw smoke home when the blaze broke out. Police open pouring from the front of the home. He said reported that Mrs. Carrillo's husband is dove onto the living room floor and also a deaf-mute. he the woman sitting on a sofa with her Kehley said the cause of the blaze is spotted hands up in the air, totally in flames.

under investigation. Bobal said he grabbed the woman from behind in a "full nelson hold" and dragged her out the front door onto the grass. where he rolled her over several times to put out the flames. He then covered her with a blanket provided by a neighbor. The woman was treated at the scene by the Bethlehem City Ambulance crew and taken to St.

Luke's. A Crozier-Chester Medical Center helicopter staffed by the center's burn unit personnel later transferred Mrs. Carrillo to the Chester County facility. The Bethlehem Township paramedic unit transferred her from the hospital to the Fountain Hill playground ballfield for the helicopter pickup. Bobal was treated at the scene for a minor burn of the left hand.

Bethlehem Patrolman Michael Jacobs reported was patrolling several blocks away on Stefko Boulevard when he noticed Photography by PHIL BOYLE black smoke in the Crawford Street area. When he got to the scene Bobal already had Fire Capt. Eugene Sankovsky (left) the woman outside. Jacobs said the wom- and Fire Chief James Bobal 5 Weekend Gas Line OPEN OUT OF OPEN AFTER OPEN ONE GRADE 24 HRS. 6 P.M.

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Most stations along turnpikes and thruways in the Northeast will be open 24 hours a day. Many have limits on the amount of fuel that may be bought. Photography by GARY FELDER Landing gear collapsed on plane's impact A single-engine Mooney 21 crashed on Plane makes landing yesterday at Allentown's Queen City Airport, but both the pilot and a crash landing The passenger pilot walked was away identified unhurt. as Larry Case of St. Simons Island, Ga.

His passenger was at Queen City not Tom identified. Beamer, general manager of Reading Aviation Service at the airport, said the Allentown Fire Department was called as a precautionary measure. There was no fire. but firemen hosed gasoline off the runway. The right main landing gear was broken off, and the nosewheel collapsed.

The propeller tips also were bent. According to Beamer, the plane touched down just short of the end of runway 25 across Lehigh Street from the Ponderosa Steak House. It then bounced onto the surface of the runway..