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By Jacob Schaad Jr. COURT HOUSE — A year after he was elected state senator, James R. Hurley is much like the architect waiting tor the Empire State Building to go up. 1 Off Hurley's drawing bos»d are legislative plans for a super tolmiighway from Philadelphia to Cape May County, a matching fund proposal to help tourism promotion in this county, a bond referendum that would pave the way for reducing a community’s financial participation in preservation of the shoreline, a requirement for the licensing and control of mopeds, another requirement for the •labeling of kerosene heaters, and a litter control bill. Still in the planning stat^ is a conu prehensive study by the senator and the staff to enact tougher penalties for drunken driving. THE ARCHITECT of this proposed legislation, like the man who drew the plans for the Empire State Building, must now wait for this dreams to come true. In the legislative process, where he is a Republican in a Democratic majority, he must fight for his blueprints to come to life. Some will come sooner than others. Fighting for legislation is nothing new to Hurley. For 14 years, before becoming a

state senator, he battled for legislation as an assemblyman. Before that he was a freeholder for one year. Hurley has a constituency of some 189,000 residents, about 82,000 of them in Cape May County. The rest comp from Cumberland where he represents the six largest communities of the 14 in that County. Hurley considers his biggest challenge the enactment of legislation that would pave the way for an expressway from Philadelphia to the area of the Avalon Boulevard. Two we£ks ago he introduced a bill that would cfeate the South Jersey Thruway Authority that would govern this highway. * KEY TO the highway is the completion of Route 55 that now stretches 16 miles from Malaga on Route 40 td Port Elizabeth at the intersection of Route 47. It would have to be expanded from the North-South Freeway ®t Turnersville to the Garden State Parkway, making a 70 milqtoll road that would bring more tourists to the county and help its multi-million dollar vacation business. The big problem right now is the economy. Legislators are not spending money as they used to, in most cases, and (PageiaFlease)

New Life Due Old Town Jail

By Jacob Schaad Jr. • CAPE MAY POINT - Alcatraz it is not, but the building that once housed the Cape May Point jail will soon be getting some recognition although in another community. The ramshackle structure, ignominiously hidden behind this tiny community’s firehouse, is being moved this week to the Cold Spring Village where next summer it will be seen and voluntarily entered by thousands of visitors. A man who knows the jailhouse best (as a historian, not a tenant) is retired na^el officer John Orr who today celebrates ms (Page 18 Please)

NOTICE

Because the Thanksgiving week issue will be distributed a day earlier, on Tuesday. Nov. 23, deadlines will be moved up one day also; the news deadline being next Wednesday, Nov. 17; advertising Thursday a week, Nov. 18.

Do'rin Ward MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Public Safety Director Michael Voll testifies in departmental hearing of 18 charges against police Captain Raymond Saunders, seated, while crossexamined by defense attorney Kenneth MiTtkler. Vineland Municipal Judge Samuel J. Serata found Saunders guilty of two charges ^nd dismissed 16 others.

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THERE'S NO question that Middle Township’s Rich Rhinesmith scored a touchdown as four sets of hands, three from officials and another from Panthers’ player, go up into the air. Middle defeated Hammonton, 24-0, and went into undisputed possession of first place in Cape Atlantic League. Story on sports page.

Saunders Case: Police Lesson

Bv Jacob Schaad Jr. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - The convictioff of Police Captain Raymohd Saunders on two departmental charges Jiere last week provided a text book lesson for policemen. ; In the words of Vineland and Municipal Judge Samuel J. Serata, who found Saunders guilty after tossing out 16 other charges, a policeman "has a greater resjwnsibility to the public to set an example and to conduct himself beyond reproach." Becuase Saunders was' in the wrong

place at the wrong; time, the 40-year-old policeman found himself in some kettle of fish during the past three months. With a friend, Saunders walked into Swifty’s Sea Food Market in Wildwood last August 14 to buy a fish sandwich. Before he had a chance to make up his mind what kind pf fish he wanted, State Police and ABC agents swooped down upon the place and arrested the owner, Samuel Swift, for selling liquor illegally. Swift has since pleaded guilty. (Page 18 Please)

Vietnam Vets to be Honored with Others

By Jacob Schaad Jr. COURT HOUSE - The Vietnam veteran, often forgotten and maligned in the controversy of the Asian conflict, will receive long needed recognition in Cape May County and the rest of the nation on Thursday, Veterans Day, and the ensuing weekend. While the veteran of Vietnam will be honored in local ceremonies, a national

salute to him and her also will be takirtg place with religious services. Mrs. Myrtle Hevenei 1 . Cape May County service officer and superintendent of veterans interment, is asking the county’s churches and synagogue to ring church bells, say special prayers and devote sermons to Ahiericans who served in Vietnam "WE HAVE come to a point in time (Page 36 Please)

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PALERMO-— Joseph J. Pizzi, 21. of Sea Isle City, lost hiij life when the car he was driving crashed into a utility pole on Route 9 here. A passenger, 29-year-old Georgb Duncan of Margate,.was injured. Police said the accident occurred when Pizzi attempted to pass a car and then swerved when he attempted to avoid an oncoming vehicle, j Street Shooting WILDWOOD — Robert Stringer was shot a block from police headquarters here and walked from the scene to the local fire department where he collapsed. The gunshot w*und was in the right side of the chest. Police are seeking Nathaniel "Nick" Thomas, 38, of Wildwood. Boat Stolen AVALON — A stolen boat rammed int6 the 21st Street bridge here resulting in the arrest of Daniel J Logan of Narbcth, Pa. and a 17-year-old youth whose name was withheld. Police said the two ap^ parently hail been drinking and had a problem navigating the boat, valued around $9,000 and stolen from a local family.