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[ Obituaries J EDITH M. BARBER, 86, of' the Homestead, Ocean City died Friday in the health care unit at Wesley

Manor.

ALFRED SHEETS, 80, of Rt 9 and Wooson Avenue, Erma, died Saturday at home. He was a retired carpenter for the Cape Marina, Cape May. WILLIAM CERNY, 68, of 8400 Second Ave, Stone Harbor. Member of the Stone Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Realty Owners Assn, of Stone Harbor. He died Saturday,

Aug. 11.

CORAL IE S. HOWELL, 44, of 737 Reeved Avenue, Cold Spring died suddenly Thursday, Aug. 9. JAMES E. WILSON, 79. of 643 Ocean Ave. Ocean City, died Saturday in the Atlantic City Medical Center. Retired businessman, having been associated with the American Stores Co. E.B. NORTON. 89, of Shore Rd, Mayville, died Saturday Aug. 11. EDWARD DESMOND. 75, of 11 W. 7th St. North Wildwood. Was a retired purchasing agent for the Counties Contractors Construction Co. of Phila. Died Sunday, Aug. 12. DONALD F. RHILE, 45. of 101 Bayside Rd, Cape may Court House died Sunday, Aug. 12. He was a right-of-way agent in real estate for the Atlantic City Electric Co. PHILIP KAIGAN, 68. of 9902 Second Avenue, Stohe Harbor died Sunday in Germantown Hosp. Phila. Retired - bartender at Hahn’s Restaurant here and the Lobster House in Cape May. IVA M JOHNSON, 81, of Old Shore Rd, Erma, died Monday in Crest Haven

Nursing Home, Cape May

Court House.

JACQUELIN E. HARPER, 35, died Monday Aug 13 in the Einstein Medical Center of Philadelphia. ISABEL SANDER, 97, formerly of Ocean City, died Wednesday at Crest Haven, Cape May Court

House.

MARY M. GREGORIA, 91. of 405 W 17th Avenue, North Wildwood, died Wednesday In her home MARGARET JACKSON, 79, of 5 Mount Vernon Ave. Cape may. Died Wednesday at her home here. GENEVA CROUCH, 89, of 320 First Ave West Cape may . Died Aug . 9 Backs Bill WILDWOOD - Senator James S^ Cafiero (R-Cape May-Cumberland) reported today that the Senate Judiciary Committee has released for a floor vote, a bill he introduced to remedy a glaring inequity in the comparative negligence law of New Jersey. CaRero’s bill, S-1507, provides that a plaintiff in a negligence action may recover damages in any case where he is less negligent than the defendant or defendants. According to Cafiero, the comparative negligence law has been interpreted to prevent an injured party from recovering where the percentage of his negligence is more than the percentage of the negligence of any one more co-defendants. Under the proposed amendment the plaintiff’s negligence would be compared to the total negligence of all defendants. The bill further provides that each defendant is responsible for his pro rata share of the recovery.

Circle August 28 on your calendar

To remind yourself to register for ACC fall semester courses * Make a date to register tor one or for assistance and complete Informore of Atlantic Community Col- motion about all ot ACC’s tall lege’s tall semester courses on Tues- semester opportunities, call 625-1111 day. August 28. Registrations will be or 6454950, Ext. 261.

accepted from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. In Walter Edge Hall on the Mays Landing campus. You can choose from more thanr 275 college credit courses In 41 subjectsTCIasses begin

Tuesday, September 4.

Out-ot-county residents must present a chargeback form when registering, so thdfthey can arrange to have part ot their tuition paid by the county. Forms are available from the county treasurer's ottlce.

oAtlantic Tomnmnity

(allege

Mays Landing: N.J. 08330 Tel. 625-1111 or 646-4950

Your Energy Adjustment is going to increose HYiVo more thon it hos to.

You probably thought you’d never hear on electric utility make a statement like the one above. But it needs saying. Atlantic Electric will hove to increose its Energy Adjustment to pay for $75 million or more in fuel costs largely because of massive increases in the price of the oil we bum to generate your electricity. But we will actually hove to col leer $65 million in your bills because of windfall Gross Receipts ond Franchise Taxes that will go to the State of New Jersey ond your local municipality. We think that this tax bononzo is unfair, unearned, ond unnecessary. Gross Receipts ond Franchise Taxes ore. supposed to fray for the impact of our facilities or operations on local communities. When fuel costs ore stable and the taxes ore related to our customers’ actual usage, the taxes ore usually fair.

But when o foreign oil producer raises the price of oil. these taxes are automatically tacked on to the price increase. There is no additional community impact to pay for. No additional community services are required. But a 1216% tax bonanza results anyway. It doesn't hove to be this way. We believe a cap should be put on any increases in the Gross Receipts and Franchise Taxes that stem from increases in our fuel cosrs or rate’s. Ariontic Electric hasralreody undertaken projects that will save our customers millions in additional fuel costs. But without o reasonable approach ro raxing our revenue, o good deal of these savings can be wiped out. We think our customers shouldn't pay a penny mote for their electricity than they hove to. Legislation to put a cap on Gross Receipts and Franchise Taxes con moke this goal o reality.

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