For Some, ‘Cats’ Pose Problem

(From Page 1) on behalf of five owners in the 9th St. area. "This is my beach. We have four small children, they can’t swim on our beach; you’ve taken it away'for boating and now you’re telling me that my husband, who has a boat, has to get in his car and go down to 43rd St. to sail his boat, walk all the equipment thru the dunes and come back?" she said. There are definitely people there from Sea and Stone Harbor, there

are at least eight out-of-towners on our beach and they're not even taxpayers. COUNCILMAN JIM BU8HA pointed out that it would be illegal to exclude nontaxpayers. Council also said that an announcement about this had appeared in local and metropolitan newspapers. While sympathizing with the owner’s Unhappiness, council members felt that all that could be done this’year was to write or conQtotthe present owners of permits and appeahto their sense of fair play.

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WITH 145 ENTRIES from as far away as Florida find Indiana, last weekend’s Northeastern Regional Hobie Cat tournament drew plenty of sailors and spectators to Cape May, even if the wind didn't cooperate by being strong enough for good racing.

Social Security Won t Go Broke

(From Paget) definitely facing a "serious" financial bind, Social Security Commissioner John A. Svahn assured beneficiaries here last week that the system won't go bankrupt nor will benefits now being received by the county’s 39,000 senior citizens be cut. The commissioner said at a press conference here June 23 that the system is inVets Exempted WILDWOOD — Ordinances here and in Wildwood'Crest forbidding pushcart vendors from operating within the municipalities can’t apply to vendors who are veterans. A Superior Court ruling last Friday upheld a state law allowing veterans to operate pushcarts even if prohibited by ordinance. The court ruled in favor of vendor Robert Kahan, and issued a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of the local pushcart ordinances. THE COURT, however, placed several restrictions on pushcart operations. They include that all vendors must be veterans validly licensed and registered with the county clerk, and must operate no closer than 10 ft. to the entrance of a bar. restaurant or hotel. Also, the vendors can not operate on private property, block any right of way or leave their carts unattended Asst. Leaving COURT HOUSE - First assistant county prosecutor Peter Hamerslag intends to leave his position to take a job as an assistant prosecutor in Middlesex County. According to reports. Mr. Hamerslag plans to complete some outstanding business here before taking on his new duties in Middlesex sometime in August.

Dorii Ward

JOHN SVAHN, commissioner of the U.S. Social Security System, addressing the news media at the Wildwood district office

last Wednesday.

deed very much out of balance, noting that currently some $3.7 billion more is being paid out to the nation's 36 million beneficiaries than was taken in last year from the 115 million individuals paying into the system. However, he foresees Congress takmg steps after the November election to bring Social Security back into balance — action that will ultimately result in higher payroll taxes, reduced benefits to future beneficiaries, or a combination of both. "THERE ARE SIMPLE solutions," Svahn said. But he added that none are "politically viable." "Everything boils down to paying more now ayroll taxesor receiving less benefits in the future," he explained. According to Svahn, by October the system will be borrowing from its disability and hospitalization trust funds to finance the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Fund (OASI). He emphasized some $11 billion will have to be borrowed by the end of the year, noting that the system now only has a one-month surplus compared to a twelve-month surplus 10 years ago. "This talk has frightened people, and I think they have been needlessly frightened," he said. CONTINUING. THE Commissioner pointed out that 1 the "biggest problem" today is that 70 per cent of younger workers are afraid they will never receive their retirement benefits because the Social Security system is perceived to be going bankrupt. "I can guarantee you Congress and the President are not going to let that happen," he said, stressing that President Reagan is "a practical compromiser and will work within the system" to get it back in balance. Several proposals are on the drawing board as possible remedies — setting a later retirement age to receive full benefits, reducing the cost-of-living adjustment granted retirees, and possible advancement in scheduled tax increases proposed for the next several years. MR. SVAHN DECLINED to reveal which he personally endorses. Proposals arc now being studied by a 15-member bipartisan committee recently appointed by President Beagan and chaired by economist Alan Greenspan. The panel is expected to prteent its findings and recommendations by Dec. 31 Svahn — who is a cousin of Cape May mayor Arthur Blomkvest — was appointed as Social Security Commissioner by President Reagan in 1981 He oversees a department employing some 80,000 workers in more than 1.400 offices across the country Previously Mr Svahn served as director of the California Dept of Social Welfare under Gov Reagan, and was principal ar chitect of the state’s program for welfare reform

If anyone is willing to change his slip the method of reallocation would have to be decided, Councilman Busha noting: "Well,

I’m not Solomon, and probably the fairest way would be to put the names in a hat and draw them out "

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