The Congressional Race

Democratic Incumbent Runs on His Record

GOP Challenger Blames Economy on Liberals

Now completing his fourth term. Congressman William HugTW^gl^rformer first assistant prosecutor inchpe May County. The Ocean City resident is chairman of the House of Representatives' sub-committee on crime and serves on the sub-committees /or. (heCoast Guard and navigation, for fisheries, wildlife, and conservation, for oceanography and for human services. He is a graduate of Rutgers and its law school and in 10 years as first assistant prosecutor, Congressman Hughes was never reversed on appeal. Born in 1932. he is married to the former Nancy Gibson and they have three daughters and a son. - By Bob Shitft Congressman William Hughes believes Cape May could become a major port as a result of the recent move by local commercial fishermen to ex-

pand their overseas markets. % 1^. In a recent interview, the Congressman of the second district said the shipping of "unutilized species," such as squid, from local ports may serve as a tremendous boost to the .Cape May County economy. He indicated'that the utilitzation of species previously ignored by the local fishing industry has the "distinct possibility of becoming a major new contributor to the economy

An educator in the Vineland school system. John J. Mahoney holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master's degrees and 32 post graduate doctorial credits Besides teaching English in Vineland, he has been an adjunct professor of English at Cumberland College and ■humanities chairman at Saint Augustine Prep. In government, he has served as an elected school hoard member, ap

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in tty; area." Last month, in what is believed to be the first time a large amount of squid has been shipped overseas from Cape May, some 300 tons of the Mediterranean delicacy left the docks of Lund’s Fishenes on Ocean Drive, adjacent to (Page 35 Please)

pointed member of the Buena Vista planning board and on the advisory board of the New Jersey Federation of Planning. Southern Division. He resides in Milmay in the heart of the Se cond District. His wife, Joanne, also is a school teacher and they have a son and a daughter. t

By Bob Shill's Republicans are needled in Congress because they're financial'y conservative. according to G()P congressional hopeful John J. Mahoney. In a recent interview, the candidate charged that the financial problems our nation is facing today are the result of some 30 years of Democratic rule on Capitol Hill. "All funding and spending, the en tire cconotny .. stems from the JJouse of Representatives, Mahoney asserted.* "That's why you need Republican con- • gressm-en. They’re fiscally conservative." i While discussjng financial matters, the candidate stressed that he strongly supports the idea of a constitutional amendment that would mandate a balanced federal budget He contends such a requirement will! lower interest (Page 35 Please)

NeWSv-~^ • t Week’s DlgeSt Top Stories

, Doris Ward KXHORTING IIKK tram to hold the llni 1 Is Wildwood cheerleader Lisa Ronsoni. Unfortunately for her, Wildwood High dropped a 31-fi game to powerful Middle Township Saturday. (For details, see today's sports pages.)

Paris to Erma?

ERMA — Things are looking up at the Cape May County Airport — or down, depending upon your perspective. The airport has received a $640,000 federal grant to help finance the paving of its north-south runway. The county has . agreed to pay its $71,111 share of the fkoject cost. In the offing are landings and ^ departures of planes as large as the 150-pussenger DC-8. After that, the Concords?

Plunges to Death OCEAN CITY - John Gillian. 19-year-old son of former Freeholder Roy Gillian, plunged to his death last Friday when he slipped from an apartment roof in Philadelphia where he was a student at Temple University. Police said the death was accidental.

New Breakwater Life STONE HARBOR - The project to rebuild the 12th Street bulkhead and add a new breakwater has been given-nCw^ life. The Stat^Department of Environmental Protection has gone back to - its original decision to go ahead with the job after deciding earlier to abandon it. The project will include an area of synthetic seaweed that state and local officials hope will trap sand and help save the eroding Stone Harbor Point area. Blowing in the Wind CAPE MAY — Entrepreneur Louis Lambert is a happy man today. He's (Page 19 Please)

Unemployment a Yo- Yo

By Jacob Schaad Jr. WILDWOOD — The national economy notwithstanding, almost as sure as the tide ebbs and flows, as the bikinis disappear in December and the seagulls flap their wings, it’s a pretty safe bet that unemployment in Cape May County will go up in the winter and subside appreciably in the summer. A man who should know is Arthur McGuire, office manager of the local Unemployment Insurance Office of the Department of Labor. He has seen the pattern develop for the past eight years. “You can write the same scenario each year," he says. "It gets no better or no worse." Off-season unemployment here hits about 18 to 20 per cent while it plummets to about four to five per cent when the county awakens about the Easter weekend. Nationally, the unemployment rate is hovering around 10 per cent on an average .and in some areas of the nation it is considerably higher. Economists are trying to figure out where it will go, but if the pattern is a precedent here, it doesn’t take a Wall Street analyzer to predict the lepgth of the unemployment lines in the Wildwood office. THE UNEMPLOYMENT situation in Cape May welcome unemployment, as a matter of fact, because it means after the busy months of summer, while “others are basking on the beaches and they are perspiring at their jobs, they now become entitled to benefits covering a period of 10 to 26 weeks plus possibly another 10 weeks under extended federal benefits. Thatf could be enough to supplement a trip w Florida during those cold weeks of January and February. Some people are known to have collected benefits under the season plan for 30 years. Most of it is legal, of course, since that is the nature of the seashore animal. McGuire who says the effect of the national economy is minimal on this county’s unemployment, believes that the present unemployment compensation program in Cape May County has a minimum of waste, too. In its strange way, unemployment compensation also helps the off season economy in Cape May County. If the bellhops, the chambermaids, the bartenders, the waitresses and all the others who are seasonally retired do not have the benefit of unemployment compensation, then who would help stimulate

the economy of the food markets, the clothing stores, the gas stations and the other merchants who stay open? Tfie procedure for obtaining consider a tion is fairly simple and the action reasonably quick. Once a claim is filed at the office at 3810 New Jersey Avenue, Wildwood, it is verified through the dppli cant’s, former employer that the employee’s services were terminated (he or she may not quit to be eligible) and the first check will come in about two weeks. The employee must show that he is active ly looking for work during that period, but since the labor pool is small during the lengthy off season it isn't very difficult for the applicant to show fruitless attempts The Cape May County jobless benefit picture does place a burden on the rest of the unemployment compensation pool throughout the state. Out of his salary an employee is required to pay one per cent in unemployment and disability insurance up to $8,100. Employers must pay gross payroll taxes to finance the rest of the < benefits. The problem is that when the employees leave their jobs, many businesses here close down and they are not required to make their contributions. Other businesses in the state then have to contribute the difference through their payroll (Page 19 Please)

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1^^ —i . M ^ unria worn UNEMPLOYMENT LINES in ? ap«* May County vacillate depending upon the seasons.