News—-^ Digest Stories Resort Shapes Up WILDWOOD - Weight Watchers. Smokenders, the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society will be among scores of exhibitors at Convention Hall this summer during Health Expo '83, an eight-week fitness presentation on Mondays. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, beginning July 5. ' —

Where Else? OCEAN CITY — Fearing bad credit ratings, three municipal unions.' representing more than 200 city employes, have filed suit against the city and its former health insurer to have some $50,000 in 1982 medical bills paid as called for in city labor contracts with union police, firemen and other municipal workers.

Fowl Excuse WILDWOOD — Lame-duck city commissioners ducked action on an ordinance last week which would have established salaries for city officials under the new form of government. The commissioners decided to let new councilmen vote on what they should be paid and if the mayor should have a confidential aide earning up to $20,000 a year.

Southbound Bucks TRENTON — Three Cape May County organizations have received state money to continue or expand their programs. The state Department of Community Affairs awarded $145,603 to Atlantic Resources for anti-poverty programs in Cape May and Atlantic counties. The Wildwood Housing Authority received an $8,122 DCA grant and Middle Township got a $23,500 loan to design, assemble and find locations for 10 passive solar homes.

Restitution Ordered COURT HOUSE - Pleading guilty to bilking the county Welfare Board out of more than $27,000 in welfare and food stamps, Eugene McGough of Wildwood Crest was ordered to serve five years probation and to pay back the money at $200 a month by Superior Court. (Page 41 Please)

1920 wool bathing suit, and Mrs. Dorothy Milazzo of Erma, right, and Barbara Morgan, 15, crnter, wcrr shopping in Cape May’s, shows the kind of outfit that shocked decent people and got bathers Washington Street Mall. Laurie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. arrested in 1907. They appeared at the Cape May County Museum's Frederick B. Olsen; Barbara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. fashion show Saturday, at about the same time Laurie Olsen, 17, William Morgan, all of Cape May.

Crime — Youths: Alternative Strike Force to Fight To Incarceration Seasonal Increase?

Cape May County is requesting funds for a program to provide an alternative to incarceration for repeat offenders 16 to 18 years old. The Adolescent Day Treatment (ADT) Program, geared toward rehabilitation, would emphasize job training and aftercare, according to Ernie H. Campbell, director of the county's JINS (Juveniles In Need of Supervision) Shelter. The State Law Enforcement Planning Agency (SLEPA) is being asked for a $43,548 grant. The balance of the $189,000 program is supposed to come in cash or inkind services from several community agencies including Cape Human Services Inc., the Division of Youth and Family Services, Cape May County school districts, and the New Jersey Marine Consortium in Seaville.. THE PROGRAM is aimedbt youths who have committed a series of non-violent crimes such as breaking and entering, Campbell said, not at those who have committed violent crimes and would probably be sentenced to the state correctional facility at Yardville. The program also is not meant for juveniles currently at JINS, he said, which primftrilay houses first offenders of victimless crimes, or runaways. "This is for the more serious cases

destined for state correctional facilities," Campbell said. He said the county currently sends about 100 youths a year to out-of-county detention centers, most girls to Camden County, most boys to Cumberland County, but also to Gloucester, Ocean, Burlington, and Atlantic counties when the others are full. THE ADT PROGRAM would handle 10 persons at a time for four-to-six months or a total of about 25 years, he said. The program will include education at the county vocational school in the morning plus on-the-job training in building or culinary arts at the Marine Consortium in the afternoon. The 12-hour day also will include group counseling sessions to deal with the youths' adjustment problems, Campbell said. "Here's a chance for them to get education and employment skills and turn things around," he said. The juveniles will continue to live at home and be paid for work performed at the consortium. Although assigned to it by court order, they will have the option of dropping out in favor of incarceration, he added. AFTER COMPLETING the course, youths will be counseled by after-care workers. (Page 41 Please)

By JOE ZELNIK The Cape May County Prosecutor's office hopes to reactivate a defunct strike force to fight a seasonal boom in crime and illegal narcotics heightened by the adjacent casino industry. Prosecutor John Corino, marking the first anniversary of his second term in the position, gathered most of the county’s top law enforcement and/or government of ficials in a super hush-hush session with county Freeholders last Thursday afternoon. The 90-minute closed meeting was so secret that even Clerk Kathryn A. Willis was asked to leave, the second time, she said, in about seven years on the job. CORINO SAID he summoned the officials to "a general discussion" based largely on conclusions and recommendations in his 1982 annual report, which was just prepared. In it, he cited "increased criminal activity in summer months’,” especially as a result of Atlantic City’s casino industry Corino said the National Center for State Courts has projected that indictable complaints iq the county will increase from 20 to 50 percent by 1985. "THE INCREASED criminal activity in summer months, due to the tremendous in-

flux of tourists and increase in population in the seashore communities and campgrounds. continues to have a severe impact on our criminal caseload,” Corino wrote. "Narcotics ^nd drug offenses are a con tinuing problem." he added. "The most noticeable emerging criminal activity is organized crime." The county's narcotics laboratory tested 1,007 narcotics cases last year, Corino’s report said. THE COUNTY'S year-round residents number 82,000, but this grows to 606*,000 to 800,000 in the summer and gives the county a criminal caseload "comparable to a county with a year-round stable population of approximately 250,000 residents." he said. Corino, who was prosecutor from 1972-1977, returned to the post last June following the five-year term of Donald R. Charles Jr. Corino's re'port cited a number of changes he’s made in the last 12 months, including "regaining the support, coopera tion and input of the county chiefs of police and other law enforcement agencies " Thursday's meeting reportedly was aim ed at increasing that cooperation as well as informing the police of Corino's plans "to meet the continuing and emerging (Page 41 Please)