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PAGE 10 — SECTION TWO THE SENTINEL-LEDGER, OCEAN CITY, N,J. TUESDAY. AUGUST 19,1980
Over lab animal tests
Mystery surrounding cancer causes dissent
By DAVID F.MOORE
EMCUtlvt DiMetor
N§w Jersey
Conservation Foundation
Does your root beer toite
different lately? The answer
li undoubtedly yes, If you're
any kind of judge of root bear,
Hie rinorii which I Just
teamed, is that Uie Hjnehonored
flavor of root beer
stems from the sassafras
plant, which with its ap.
pealing odor and disttnctlvi
mitten-flhaped leavw grows
most places in this state we're
in,
The quest for a good mbstlhite
for sagsafras loes^flo
in the root beer indwfry and,
as you've probably guessed
by now, is necessitated by the
discovery that sassafras
causes cancer; in small
laboratory animals, at leait.
And science has reason to
support the idea that rats,
guinea pigs, mice and their ilk
are valid indicators of what
an happen to humans.
Arguments rage about the
validity of animal testa, with
those having dollar interests
in products found thus to be
carcinogenic leading the
opposition, I tend to go along
with the experts without axes
to grind.
Polluters of our air and
water, confronted with
costly measures to clean up
ttieir reapeoUve acts, delight
in finding out that a natural,
ubiquitous thing like
sassafras can came cancer.
If only in concentrated doses.
They can yell, "See, you
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of cancer.
shouldn't pick on our Pursuing the same idea
smokestacks and effluent from the opposite direction,
pipes and toxic waste dumps it's quite clear that cancer
when even something like statistics have sprung upward
good old sassafras an cause in tune with the proliferation
cancer,"
of carcinogens which do not
They did the same routine occur in nature, but which are
several yean ago when some byproducts of the everburgeoning
growth of
expert determined that
volatile oils exuded by pine chemical technology, and
forests as atmospheric haze which are building up in our
can also cause cancer. I'm air and water and even our
waiting for the first hired food.
expert to Come up with the Cancer is actually a whole
rationale that particulate set of similar physical growth
pollution from the volcano malfunctions which are
Mount St. Helens, should grouped together by science
somehow excuse particulate broadly, although the
polluters in general, suspicion ii growing that
Cancer is something that there probably is no single,
the more science learns about basis cause for all of them.
it, the more unknowns swim
into focus. I've got a gut
feeling about cancer which
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some scientists share.
It's this; There must be
some kind of natural
niutraliier or other kind of
limiting factor built into our
genes, so that commonplace
natural substances with
which humans have come into
contact throughout the long
process of evolution have not
triggered inordinate amounts
Here in New Jersey, with its
much-publicized legacy of
chemical pollution and its
frightening cancer statistics,
researchers are zeroing in to
seek circumstantial evidence
Iof relationships between
lifestyles, ethnic tendencies,
diet and home and
workplace proximity to
known and suspected carcinogenic
substances.
Circumstantial evidence is
by no means definitive, but it
can point to new avenues of
research which might pay off.
Thanks to this statistical
research under way at die
Department of Environmental
Protection, ours
is probably ahead of any otter
state in attempting to
unlocking some of cancer's
secrets.
Because it can take 10,20 or
"30 years to develop cancer, a
growingly mobile population
which changes residences
more often makes such a
study more difficult;
As long as then'i so much
dark mystery surrounding
caneei-, it's easy for an interested
layman like me to
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indulge my gut feelings. But
I've yet to read anything to
dissuade me from * the
suspicion that it's the newer,
artificial compounds, plus
cigarette smoke and alcohol
in large doses — all of which
are alien to our bodies — that
are responsible for.the upsurge
in cancer, rather man
sassafras, pine forests and
volcanoes.
1980 SUMMER JITNEY SCHEDULE
Effective June 28 through August 30
JITNEY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
Jiuiey departs tall bridge at 7:46 a.m. southbound to
59th St., via Wesley Rd. to Battersea to Asbury, south on
Asbury to 8th St., east on 8th St. to Central, south on
Central to 9th St. and east on 9th St. to the bus terminal,
depart the bus terminal soudibound to 59th St. west on Mi
St. to Central then south on Central to18th St., west on 16th
St. to the Palmer Center, south on Simpson to 18th St.,
returning then to Central Av, and south on Central Av. to
24th St. toWesley Manor, (airport on call) returning to
Central Av. and south on Central to34th St., west on 34th
St. toMerlon Park, returning to Cental Av. via 35th St.
then south to59th St. via Ocean City Homes at 54th and
Bay. Jitney returns northbound by same route.
A.M,
7:45
8:30
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10:00
10:20
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11:30
11:50
P.M,
13:18
1:20
A.M.
8:45
10:15
11:45
NORTIfflOUND
PJW.
2:00
2:45
3:30
4:18
5.00
8:45
6:30
8:00
8:45
9:30
10:15
11:00
A,M.
7:48
1:30
9:15
9:35
10:00
11:05
11:30
SOUTfflOUND
PM.
12:35
i:«
8:00
2:48
3:30
4:15
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
1:30
10:18
11:00
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Same route as week days.
NQRTIOOUND
SOUTHBOUND
PJW. A.M.
F.M.
2:00 8:00
1:15
3:30 9:30
2:45
5:00 11:00
4:15
6:30
5:48
8:45
8:00
10:15
9:30
11:00
1980 SUMMER BUS SCHEDULE
Effective June 28 through August JO
Patrons may be picked up and discharge at all intersections
with the following exceptions:
1. No pickup ordischarge onijHh St. and 34th St.;
2. Jitneys and bus will use Central Av. between 59th St.
and bus terminal (9th St.).
Bus departs 59th St. northbound to bus terminal,
starting at 8 p.m. Using Central Av. to9th St. east on 9th
St. to the bus terminal. Proceeding north on Atlantic to 6th
St. then returning south on Atlantic to bus terminal west
on 9th St. to Central, then south on Central to 59th St.
NORTHBOUND
SOUTinQUND
P.M,
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
8:00
10:00
11:00
P.M.
5:30
6:30
7:30
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Photo by charln Andrew
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Pier here nAV9 the ciear
Plastic which rvparted^«tves
the rider a more intense thrill
of being shot through! the
water. The other slides «r*
made only of fiberglass.
"We thought it was safe
from tbe start," said Jim
• Gillian, whose family has
owned and operated the
amusement pier at 6th Street
and me Boardwalk since im,
Gillian explained mat after
the Pun Pier accident metal
supporters were added to me
outside «the clear plastic at
the slide.
"We did everything we
could to make it 100 percent
arfe," Gillian said.
Hie following day inspectors
approved the adfastments
and allowed the
ncUty to reopen. However,
Gillian reported that (here
was about a 50 percent
decrease in buslnea* on the
popular attraction.
Business was increasing
each day until Wedaeedsy,
August 13 when the state
notified Gillian that the
plastic was unsafe.
"We're not blaming the
state," he said, adding that at
this time the clear ptfatlc,
which is used in about 70 ftet
of the slide, la being taken out
and replaced with flberglajsj.
"AU we want to do is to get
open." he said, explakitag
£at If me state gives the
0m Ugbtafter in«pactionhft
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Puppeteers perform in south end
"No time for riddles
mw:.,I'm late."
March Han from
AlioeUiVfondtrUmd
ByMARCUEBOWEN
A new traditional special
event may have been born
this weekend as many
discovered that the south end
of Ocean City is a wonderland
for every Tweedb Dum and
the Mad Hatter Puppet
Company, to bring* little of
Iweedle Dee, young and old. Alice's Wonderland to 34th
Since most of this city Street In Ocean aty.
promotional events fromthe "HUB show is basically for
Baby Parade to fredtleandchildren," said Mtebael, "but
tanning contests take place on it is always the adults who
or near the boardwalk, Vlto come up after the show and
Flnbdo of Vito'p Plniria on ask the most questions."
Mth Street and 'Asburjr , A captive crowd of moms
Avenue felt, as many south and dads who even brought
islanders do, that they were along their children stood,
being ignored by the rest of sat, squatted,' leaned and
the island.
watched Alice, the Mad
"We feel teft out down here, Hatter and the Queen of
FUdstosaid, "bqt J-mgoing toHearts in the guise of
make it apototthat wefenot marionettes come to life.
left out anymore, because ''Every where we perform
we're going to be bare a long this show, people are amaxed
tune."
at bow (he puppets seem to
With a little help fromhtscome alive," the veteran
friends and tbe nela^iboring
business of Aquaport Arcade
and Mac's Donuts, FinisJo
contracted a kog-time friend,
FYed Michael, tbe director of
puppeteer said.
•1MB whole show (• for the
kids and tosnow appreciation
fir the great year that we've
had," FinlHo said, adding
fliaU puppet snow is a unique
M wen as "ideal entertainment"
for a family
"Ocean City needs
children's entertainment
other than rides," he said,
noting that thei show Is frteof
charge and will only be here
until Sunday when a special
performance will be held at
6:30 pjn.
Michael's assistant,
PameU Walder, is new to
puppets but not to theatre.
With a bachelor of fine arts
degree in dance (ram Point
Park College in Pittsburgh,
Pa., she has been studying
ballet since the age of 8 as
well has being a professional
dancer since she was It with
such companies as the Pittsburgh
Ballet Theatre and
Stars of the American Ballet
"Like dance, puppetry Is all
based on movement," she
said. "Since puppets are not
real, you must express all
emotions and charactoriwitlonj)
through the actions
of the puppets. It is the
time as dance."
"You have to feel the
character. It's the same u
acting eicept you must
project through the strings,"
add Michael, who in addition
to being the director of the
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Cattirw gaitker at Mth Street •otfAtfctt.y Avrtut towatch the puppet show being put on there
>• by thrteMvtli Ocean Cltyjbnsiwetfw, .
s«t a section made of fiberglass into place at the Wonderland^ vratiersHde to^lace the
wliiCh gave way at a similar facility in WildwoodearliefafsmonUii \ >
McCarthy dismayed fay head count
"Not satUflM,' 1 was City
Administrator Mul T. Mc-
Carthy's appriftaj of the
lii «U dat«.;
thby
predictions
accurate in Ocean
McCarthy concedes, he said,
"the normal population extrapolations
would not 6e safe
to make in the city."
Tbe: planning board
estimated the year round
popolationto be 12,768 in 1B8».
up over 2,200 from the 1970
census of 10,675 based on the
county's Water Quality
Management Plan.
McCarthy told The Sentinel
Ledger that private
population analysis studies
have pegged the city's
population at about 14,700
Witt 10-year predictions
(1990) amounting to nearly
20,000 to'35,000 while the
predictions for that year,
according to county's tally
sheet is 15,754.
tnuujedftbe anticipated Jump
'- ^wund residents who
•the casino industry^
explained that
data might have
" before a "J"
vast (a line on a
goes up
and (a shaped
r
totter), "
While a census error of 1
percent in a city like
talented cast to present
Philadelphia would mean,
another night of entertainment,
this time built
millions of dollars in federal
aid. It would not affect Mean
around feetheme "Love Is In
Qty because of the Ugh per
Ihe Air,"
capita income and other
related factors, McCarthy Each of feeyoung women
•id. However, a substantial will be judged by an impartial
error might mean legs panel from outside tin eLf?
revenue sharing dollars from met on fee Miss America
the state.
"During the past two
yeara," he said, "I saw the
dty undergoing'a noticeable
increase in tbe permanent
population."
McCarthy feels that while
seasonal residents were not
counted, many should have
been.
The "quasi" resident, as he
called them, la a person who
lives in the dty during the
winter months, but can't
afford the Increased rente
durlhg fee summer months
and novel off-shore.
The administrator also said
feat many senior dtiieng who
maintain a summer residence
hen and winter in Florida
might be reluctant to mention
an Ocean dty residency
because Florida, unlitas New
Jersey, has no inheritance
McCarthy said that It was
"reasonable to believe" that
many senior cltitens believed
erronlously that the census
bureau might cross-reference
census data with tax records.
Tbe census might have been
taken "too early," the administrator
believed, as many
Ocean City residents might
not have been counted
because they were in Florida
and the data might have
p Y y
studlesthat concluded the city
has already started to ei?
perlence an increase in
population that is eipected to
grow larger in the next
decade.
• McCarthy felt that tbe
private studies were probably
mow accurate than census
preliminary findings because
of the reported problems
hindering the letter's
prasress, me "techology of
racket Madies li
a6curBt»,"besaid.
by the, Ocean Cuy school
which, has ex-
25-
Another problem the
mtaiatntordtedwasi
counting • "seasonal _
might cause anamrai
of these homes are
pretty converted ta.ja*r round
would
Tthe calctdattom
test
count!
sto*fitp
mars ago was In a decline ,
snnilar to other systems. BoweverVtlM administrator.
McCarthy alao said that the .explained while accortM
use of "traditional new oounte an important to bU
bousing starts" to measure' cifies becitttft of federal
increases in population were funds, South Jersey is not
"meaningless because Ocean going to lose a congnsftnan
aty Is 99 percent developed." because of undercoonttag.
Fourteen women expected
to vie for pageant title
Fourteen young women win
compete Saturday night on
fee Music Pier for the right to
succeed Sheila Handley and
become fee12th Miss Ocean
City.
The contestants will Join a
system, They will be interviewed
during the afternoon
and will compete on
stage in evening gown, talent
and swim suit.
More than 12,000 In
scholarship awards and other
gifts will be available to fee
young women. Awards are
given to Muu Ocean City and
her four nmners-up.
The competition begins at 8
p.m.
Seeking the title are Mary
Wargo, who will ring fee
Theme from Ice Castles;
Pfggi Johnson, who will offer
• mime routine; Donna
Flukey, a jts dancer who win
perform to Red Light;
Metafile Fogllo, who will sing
You Can't Oft A Mm Wfc* A
Omi Melissa Matt, who will
dance to a medley of songs
and Susan Snodgrass, who
will twirl batons.
Also competing will be
Jennifer Burton, who will play
Hungarian Rhapoody on fee
piano; Melissa Rle», who will
sing / Can't Say No; Sandy
DeForest, who will dance to
Pats Me By\ Leanne
Adelmann, who will sing Time
In A Battle and Lisa Adams,
who will tapdance to That's A
Plenty.
The final three competitors
will be Nancy Lowden, who
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Sheila Handley
MM Ooecn aty
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