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Herald & Lantem 21 March '84

News Digest (Fr ° m P a s e i» ~i for passenger cars, from Jl.20-52 for fouraxle trucks and from 5l.50-S2.50 for fiveaxle trucks. Tolls for bicycles jump from 10 to 40 cents, along with those for mobile homes, motorcycles and mopeds. School and mjjii bus tolls increase from 40 50 cents. ‘

Lure the Canadians # COURT HOUSE - Cape May Comity officials and some businessmen on a bus package arranged by the county Chamber of Commerce will travel to Montreal April 9-10 for a grand opening of the count’s new Canadian tourism office. Among the things they’ll be celebrating: the state will kick in 55,500 ♦toward the 514,400 annual rent .Louis A. Rodia Jr., assistant director of public affairs, said the county will be making a ‘much stronger effort to lure the Canadians."

Endorsements Pending COURT ROUSE - GOP candidates for county, state and national offices are expected to present their credentials to the county Republican Executive Committee tonight at 8 in the old court house on Main Street, according to party chariman Philip A. Matalucci. So far, two candidate^ are seeking GOP backing in the county sheriff’s race and five candidates want support for two seats on the county Board of Chosen Freeholders. Half-Penny Drop COURT HOUSE - County freeholders adopted a 535.7-million 1984 budget last week that includes a 53.2 million surplus. The budget represents an 8.3 percent over 1983’s budget that carried a 52.4 million surplus. Despite the hike, this year's budget calls for an adjusted county tax decrease of a half cent — mainly because tax ratables rose 6.3 percent (56 billion), offsetting the five

percent (51.2 million) hike in the amount to be raised by taxes this year (525 million).

Pleads Innocent

COURT HOUSE - Wildwood Realtor Roman Osadchuk pleaded innocent to charges that he lied under oath before

^the State Commission of Investigation about his negotiation of the’county Municipal Utilities Authority purchase of a 93-acre sewage treatment plant site here. Osadchuk, former MUA consultant, was indicted Feb. 9 for perjury. Superior Court Judge Philip Gruccio released him on his own recognizance Friday.

SHARPSHOOTERS — U. Louis Taylor, left, and Ptl. Wilttam Coughlin of Avalon Police Department display f heir awards for 1983 pistol competition presents ted at banquet of Local 59, Police Benevolent Association, -reently held at Diamond Beach.

School Plans Book Fair CAPE MAY - A book fair will be held March 26-29 at the city Elementary School. iSe fair has been arranged through School Book Fairs Inc. and will feature over 250 paperback books for sale in color-keyed portable bookcases. Book and posters for youngsters, from pre-school to adolescent, as well as familytested cookbooks for parents and teachers will be included. Proceeds will be used to purchase new library materials. The book fair will be open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. Co-chairpersons of the springtime book fair are Deborah Morrell, librarian/media instructor; Carolyn Taylor, second game teacher; and Libby Forrest Moore, school board member.

Narc Bust Nets 5 Local Men

(From Page 1) Saad, 29, 209 Camden Avenue, Voorhees Also charged is Frank Korkus, 23, of 302 West Freedley Street, Norristown, Pa., a fugitive. According to the second complaint, “these defendants agreed ... to distribute cocaine in Cape May, Ocean County and elsewhere in southern New Jersey ... from October, 1983 through March 15,1984. •Most of our raids were handled by our office, the (Federal Drug Enforcement) Task Force of course, and the Wildwood Crest, Middle Township, Lower Township and Cape May municipal police departments," Matthews explained. Also participating were special agents of the FBI, reported W. Hunt Dumont, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. "We assisted with it," said Lower Township Police Chief Robert M. Denny.

w e helped supply the manpower." Of the township force, Detective Robert Martin, tf Jack Trombetta and Detective Sgt. Robert : Douglas worked on the case, Denny said. 4 M Cocaine defendants were released on 550,000 personal recognizance bonds. Spatola was imprisoned in Buffalo, N.Y., earlier this month for illegally entering the country. Judge Cowan set bail for Erasmo and Rosario Gambino at 510 million each, at 55 million for Antonio Gambino and at 51 million for Mario Gambino. by the late Carlo Gambino, the reputed Boss of Bosses. Brothers Mario and Antonio Gambino are distant relatives of the dead Don. The brothers’ automobiles, a late model Cadillac Seville and a newer Chevrolet Corvette, were confiscated Friday by authorities, along with property owned by other defendants, because of their

suspected use in drug deals, confirmed William B. Matthews Sr., chief of the county detectives. Besides the home? of all the arrested suspects, police searched La Palma ItaUan-American restaurant, Baysbore Road, Villas, and the Figaro's pizza parlors on Baysbore Road in Miami Beach, and in the Acme Plaza shopping center, between Lafayette and Washington streets, Cape May. The three businesses are operated by Mario’s and Antonio’s brother, Andre Gambino, who is not a suspect in the case, Matthews noted. ARRAIGNED FOR COCAINE distribution in a second federal complaint were: Anthony Oreo, 21, of 1027 Seashore Road, Cold Spring, son of GOP committeewoman and Lower Township council candidate Phyllis Genovese of the same address; Scott Fairfield, 20, of 948 Sewell Avenue. Cape May; Anthony Esgro, 19, of 303 North Lehigh Road, Glassboro; and Richard

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