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By Jacob Schaad Jr. RIO GRANDE — For the next six years the lifestyles of more than 1,000 Cape May County families will be the subjects of njicroscoplc scrutiny in the interests of

medical science.

Confidential informatiorl will be compiled about their eating, smoking and drinking habits, their use of medication, their personal background and even their em6-

tional experiences.

The study is being conducted nationwide by the American Cancer Society which hopes to identify factors that increase a pereon’s chance of getting cancer, those that carry little or no risk and factors that may actually he(p prevent cancer. IT IS THE second national Cancer

Prevention Study The first, conducted from 1959 to 1972, identified many factoqi« related to the development of cancer and other diseases. The link that was established between smoking and lung cancer, heArt disease and emphysema, led to the

vironment and conclusive evidence is ex- \ peeled to be compiled as to what is carcinogenic and what is safe. "The best method we have to conquer cancer is to find ways to prevent it," said Mrs. Helen Pulaski, executive director of

“The best method we have to conquer cancer is to find ways to prevent it.”

surgeon general’s warning on cigarette

packages and a<jyertismg.

the Cape May Couhty unit of the Cancer Society. "It is estimated thaf 80 per ceht of

The new.siudy is expected to break con- \ all cancer cases may be attributed to fac

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siderably more ground in far more elusive areas of investigation. It will fdspond directly to anxieties about the en

!ors associated with our lifestyles or found

in our environment."

Cape May County has gotten off to a fast

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Firemen Flock^ To Convention In Wildwood

WILDWOOD - More than 15,000 volunteer firemen, their families and friends are expected to descend on this seashore resort on Friday for the two day 105th convention of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Relief Association. A six hour parade, largest ever to be held since the convention’s inception, will take place on Saturday, startiftg at 1 p.m. On display on the boardwalk at Montgomery Avenue will be various equipment plus the latest in fire engines. The displays will be inside four large tents as well as outside and will be open to the public each day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday morning has been set aside for registration and the business portion of the convention will take place that afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m..In the evening a big band dance will take place at Convention Hall, starting at 9 p.m. More business, including the election of a president, will occur on Saturday morning and Gov. Thomas Kean or a designated speaker is expected to address the firemen. The parade will begin at 1 p.m. and will include 500 pieces of equipment, some dating back to the late 1700’s, 35 bands and 15 floats. About 4,000 people are scheduled to take part in the parade. Trophies will be awarded in 29 categories including best overall marching department, best appearing platform, best appearing pumper and best appearing ambulance. The parade will start aj Sweet Briar and New Jersey Avenues and will proceed north on New Jersey to 21st Avenue where it will disband. „

/Photo by Dorh Word) PROMOTIONAL BOOK on New Jersey Is examined at luncheon meeting sponsored by Southern New Jersey Development Council to discuss tourism. From the left are William B. Seward Jr., president of the council; Linda Joseph, executive director; Victoria Schmidt, New Jersey tourism director who was featured speaker, and Victor De Sylvester. Wildwood's PR director. Tourism Chief Pledges Help To Get Elusive Sales Tax Data

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THE WILLIAM S. TOWNSEND HOUSE in Dennisville provides a glimpse back into Cape May County history Page 16

WILDWOOD - A promise to do everything within her power to obtain elusive state information about the amount of sales Hax collected annually from resort communities was made here by New Jersey’s new tourism director. Victoria Schmidt responded to concerns expressed by Rotfcrt Patterson, executive director of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce, and others. Patterson, citing numerous correspondence he said he sent to the state for the past 14 years, complained he has received no positive results. . "It would benefit us if we could see retail sales figures for the third quarter after our summer season," Patterson said, adding

Payroll Fears Allayed in CG

to sustain members and their families until the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. About 40 civilian employees would have been furloughed without pay, he said. In addition to the recruits and permanent party personnel at the Training Center, the Coast Guard has a group facility here, and air station, an electronic center and the ships, the Hornbeam and

the Alert.

Fears were allayed, however, when Coq-^ The local center recently became the on

CAPE MAY — There were some anxious moments among the more than 1,000 United States Coast Guardsmen and some of the civilian personnel here last week. As Congress and President Reagan were .ocked in a budgetary battle, serious concern was expressed locally as well as nationally that military and civilian personnel would not be paid today or on the 30th of this month ^

gress overrode the president’s veto. A A Coast Guard spokesman said that if / the veto had been upheld, the military per-/ sonnel would have been paid only enougly

ly Coast Guard Training Center in the nation,' the other facility in California was closed down and all recruits are now being

trained here.

that the Division of Tourism would find the figures an asset as it attempts to establish overall programs for promoting state attraction. , Some 50 officials and businessmen from Cape May, Atlantic and Salem Counties heard Schmidt’s address at a session of the Southern New Jersey Development Council which is expanding its role in industrial and residential development to tourism. The. luncheon, was held at Urle’s* Restaurant. The session devoted considerable time to how to promote tourism in Cape May County. Guy F Muziani, who doubles as Wildwood mayor and state assemblyman, criticized the council and the state fof allegedly Ignoring the tourism concerns of the county. He contended the Council has concentrated on projects that benefit only Atlantic City. « "Southern New Jersey doesn't stop at Atlantic City," he emphasized. Muziani'expressed concern about the effects a proposed Disneyland-type park in Pomona would have on the Cape May County economy, contending that such a park would "bury us." Referring to casino's, he said; "We-have enough to contend with in the present without having to worry about the future." "The state doesn’t understand tourism," Muziani challenged, noting that the legislature this year again faired to sup port efforts to promote tourism by cutting (Page 19 Please)

start for the study' which is headed by chairwoman Sara Woodruff of Sea isle City who is under radiation treatment for cancer. Working with her are 10 group chairpersons, each of whom has obtained 10. researchers. Each researcher is required to enlist the volunteer support of at least 10 families, bring the total of Study) subjects to 1,000 or more. IN THE STATE of N«*W Jersey, some 50,000 families will be tracked and one million nationwide Participants-will.be asked to complete a confidential questionnaire which deals with such various subjects as reproductive history, source of water supply, type of occupation. brand of mouthwash, upsetting (Page 19 Please)

Newsv-~L^ r’V* « Week's UlgeSt Top Stories Wells in Danger

SWAINTON -r A state Department -of Environmental protection report indicates a considerable number of wells here are, in danger of becoming contaminated within the next few years if cor rective action isn’t taken to clean up an illegal chemical dump off Siegtown Rtf The state has determined through testing that groundwater contaminated by the dumping of toxic chemicals on property owned by Theodore Williams has moved past Siegtown Rd. and is heading nor theast at about a foot a day The state doesn’t know, however, whether the toxic chemicals have yet. seeped into the Cohansey aquifer or what outer limits the toxic plume has reached the site, where some 200 chemical drums were illegally stored and.leaked toxic industrial solvents onto the ground and into grouodwater. heads the DEP’s list of cleanup projects that will be funded from a SlOO-million • state bond issue approved last November No Kidding! CAPE MAY — This city’s firemen were summoned to put out a fog on Monday A concerned resident of Maryland Avenue turned in an alarm when the owner thought there was smoke in the house. When the fireman arrived, the owner didn’t have the foggiest notion where the fire was. That’s because the smoke turned out fb^e fog. Beach Fee Vote WILDWOOD CREST -| The beach fee question here will once again be put before local voters in November Last week signatures on petitions requesting the referendum that will decide if the comrrtunity shqpld initiate beach fees were verified by the borough clerk About 30 of mode than 400 signatures were re jectedjOnly 271 signatures were needed to have the question appear on the November general election ballot. At a special election here in May. voters rejected establishing fees for those asing local, beaches

Cop Suspended MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A local police officer who was in an alleged Wildwood speakeasy Aug. 14 when it was raided by state and county law enforcement officers, was suspended without ptfy last week until ) (Rage 19 Please) -^Pigskin Preview—

What are the prospects for Cape May County’s four high school football teams? Today, the Cape May County Herald and the Lantern begins a series of outlook stories in preparation for the kickoff of the 1982 gridiron season. Two arch rivals, Ixjwer Cape May Regidhal and Middle Township High Schools are previewed today; and next week the chances of Wildwood and Ocean Cityd* teams will be assessed. It’s all part of expanded coverage of the high school football season, appearing weekly in the Herald and the Lantern-