As Labor Day 1959 marked the unofficial end to the summer season at the Jersey Shore, nobody suspected that within a few days Southern Ocean County would be featured in headlines around the world, triggering a near panic in New Jersey.
The summer had begun normally. Eisenhower was in the White House, and construction was progressing on the new LBI Causeway. Few people took notice of an article in the June 4 Daily Journal of Vineland.
“The presence of a large concentration of malaria-bearing mosquitoes in the Cumberland County area was disclosed by Dr.
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