European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 historian says treaty puts Liberty in Jersey River up a newly discovered document reveals the statue of Liberty the Symbol of Hope and Promise in America is actually in new Jersey and not new a new Jersey state historian said there can be no argument anymore whose jurisdiction Liberty stands said Kevin historian for the new Jersey division of Parks and for and curator of the Steuben House museum in River he said he has uncovered an official treaty Between new York and new Jer sey signed in 1889 that proves definitively that Liberty stands squarely with in new Jersey and rightfully belongs to the Garden Long running dispute Wrights assertion sunday was the latest in a Long running dispute be tween the two states Over the Bronze statue on Liberty Yards off the coast of new Jersey and about 2 Miles off new new York Basing their Legal arguments on an 1834 have Long claimed Liberty Island As their Newyork also lays claim to nearby Ellis once an Entrance to America for millions of immigrants from around the the statue has a new York postal is protected by new York to and pays her state and local taxes from tourism funds to new her Symbol adorns new York official documents and Wright said he found the tattered document in the state archives in Trenton last he said he came Forward to recover the French gift to the United states for new jerseys 1986 Centennial the current Legal dispute con stantly quotes an 1834 document an anachronistic he joint Boundary commission the 1889 treaty and accompanying map were the work of a joint Boundary commission and stated the Boundary controversy was finally and conclusively he the treaty was signed three years after the statue of Liberty dedication on and three years before Ellis Island became the nations Premier immigration processing new York mayor Edward Koch re fused to discuss the find say ing please dont entreaty me to com ment on a treaty i Haven the territory dispute has even gone into Federal where 10 new Jer a photo longtime Symbol of new sey residents filed suit last november asking a judge to declare the 1834 document they ask the right to collect sales and income taxes on lib erty Island for new the lawsuit is obviously not Wright what we need is to initiate procedures to establish state authority for new i would love to see the state Flag Fly there at the Centennial dedication in plan would allow some students to regain Federal Aid Washington up the Reagan administration Hopes to have a voucher plan ready this fall to get around a supreme court ruling that halted some Federal Aid to religious school education Secre tary William Bennett said Bennett said the plan would give parents chits that could be used to buy special educational services that have been provided to economically disadvantaged pupils under the Federal title i the supreme court earlier this year struck Down As unconstitutional programs in new York and Michigan that sent Public school teachers into parochial schools to give special supplemental instruction to poor Bennett has been critical of that ruling and other misguided decisions involving schools and but stressed his Decla ration last week that he hoped to find a Way around the decision did not mean he would defy the High he said in an appearance on abcs meet the he is not obliged to agree with the courts saying it is important that title i services be provided to needy students in both Public and private Bennett the court find another this wont so Well try to find another among the approaches being he is a voucher that to give parents of All schoolchildren in this title 1 program a chit which they can redeem at the school of their we think this May pass constitutional were not trying to defy the Deci but we Are trying to find a Way to get these services to these asked when that plan might be Bennett said officials Are looking for this wily Wally the Gator outsmart game wardens Texas a game wardens Are starting to draw laughter in and a wily Alligator that has evaded or simply chewed up their traps for weeks is becom ing something of a local i have developed a great Deal of respect for Hes game Warden Gary Tarpley weve been keeping the scores seven to nothing in his the latest failure came saturday when the six foot known variously As Wally or swallowed a Chicken used As bait and snapped off the 240poundtest fishing line that was meant to reel the reptile the Hunt began after Chris and Fred Brenner discovered the Alligator in a Stock Pond near their new country Home near West of fort that was six weeks since two to four game wardens have been setting makeshift traps in the Oneacre Pond week after week and Are be coming More and More embarrassed at their they we go into town and people want to know if we got the Alligator Tarpley said when we say they despite All the attempts to catch the Alli the Brenners dont seem to mind him too the kids think George is really Hes sort of a Brenner we met All our everyone has driven by to visit the Aledo alligators eat ducks and even game wardens but the Brenners say George is partial to hot dog buns and District supervisor for the Texas Parks and wildlife department in fort and the other game wardens believe the Alligator migrated from the nearby Clear Fork of the Trinity they Are not common compared to the Tarpley so when peo ple see they go kind of a suburb Dweller from up state new York before she moved to thought she might encounter strange Crea Tures in Rural snakes and scorpions i but not an she Tarpley said the Waco zoo has agreed to take the Alligator if it can be we Hope to have him by the Middle of next if All goes he said opt fish invasion kills Maine lobsters in holding pens South Maine a fishermen hauled out 12to 14pound bluefish while crabs scrambled out of oxygen depleted water during an invasion of panicked Batfish that killed More than lobsters in holding pens in the the place was right boiling with them even the old timers around Here never seen anything like said Albert manager of the South Bristol fishermen which lost about 900 lobsters totalling More than oxygen Levels in the gut Between Rutherford Island and the Mainland dropped to on third of Normal during the 24hour or Marine pathologist Stuart Sherburne the Low oxygen Levels killed the lobsters and nine types of he Green crabs climbed up the fish drove them selves up onto the shores in quest of Farrin fishermen reported that thousands of menhaden oily fish that can weigh up to two pounds and Are used for lobster fertilizer and cat food flooded the Harbor of this town just Northwest of Portland late Friday the menhaden were chased in from the open sea by marauding which Are prize by commercial and sports fishermen landed 12to 14pound blues in the Harbor during the said although at times their lures even go to the Bottom through the they were so the lobsters had been stored in floating crates about 18 inches beneath the said workers at the Coop and Farris which lost More than 600 pounds of saved some of the crustaceans by mov ing them outside the Harbor into the Damariscotta i grabbed my stuff and ran with it like the House was said Dennis owner of Farris theres been Pogie kills along the but this is the first time anyone heard of it killing he More than bluefish and at least menhaden have died in the past month in the Kennebec about 20 Miles apparently because of oxygen said and beginning 9 last about ponies and 500 along with several died in the but lobsters Are not held in pens in the fish kill areas of the Sherburne and no lobster fatalities have been reported the South Bristol kill marked the first time that lobsters and so Many species of fish including Young Tom cod and one baby flounder were said the decomposing fish further deplete oxygen lev Els and could cause More problems in the South Bristol although few dead ponies were found in the quite a few have been discovered in nearby Johns As have schools of live Sherburne dissolved oxygen Levels in the area of the lobster kill Between the Damariscotta River and Johns Bay about 30 Miles Northwest of Portland had returned by sunday afternoon to the Normal for Good sea six parts per he Well just keep our fingers crossed that the ponies dont come he Sherburne said experts Are not sure Why menhaden appear to be markets for the fish have declined and some fishermen say the Price is too Low to bother fishing for he and they May have had a Good year class with High survival rates for Young he
