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Frwn Fij OhWORKMANand the English were very co* operative, alter he oreienled letters of introduction from Gov, Meldrim A* Thomson Jr., Portsmouth Mayor Bruce Graves and lite director of the state historical library.Although Workman is a repre sentative of the New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association, he said lie himself paid tor the trip and time spent in London, where he searched record! in the British Aa mi rally, British Museum and Public Records Office.He aaid materia) he found backs up other document! and evidence he has presented from New Hampshire, evidence he feels hasn’t been taken Into full account by boundary official! and lawyer Upton,Workman said pov, Thomson has been “very cooperative” and helped “expedite my pass* port,” He said, “The governor has gone all out to help.”Now, Workman said, l,I feelquite confident we can reverse the decision.”The whole thing started back in January IS73 when lobster-man Edward Heaphy of Dover was arrested in the disputed f waters by Maint wardens and charged with illegal lobstering.The two itatea finally negotiated a settlement which his been reported to retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, who ii a special master in the etie.Roughly, it is the New Hamp-shire fishermen's contention that a 1743 royal edict set the boundary as a straight line from Portsmouth Harbor to the Isles of Shoals.But, Maine brought in federal maps and an 18th century law and claimed the border was a line curving southward.It was lawyer Uptons contention, as he told a meeting i of fishermen in Portsmouth some time ago, that New Hamp-| shir* got as good a deal byi the settlement as it could.He told them that taking it further to the Supreme Court and litigation could well result In a loss for the New Hampshire side.From PageOIL FIRMSant, Alan Pease, “and they suggested it might be « route totake.”The governor said the Math-ejnatica report was only a sug-Sestion to study what had been one and what still needs to be accomplished on the comprehensive land use plan, which LURC is required to complete by next January.There was no payment of state funds made to Mathematics for the land use study proposal, Curtis said. ,In other matters, Curtis said: -The Maine State Lottery is “doing fairly well** and its decreasing sale of tickets wiU perk up once the matter of bank participation is clearedup;-He has several possible nominees in mind to succeed Superior Court Justice Alton Lessard, but that he has sot yet made a decision;-Despite the national economic picture, Maine’s toiuirt industry will not suffer any great overall losses this sum* mer;
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Mon, Aug 05, 1974
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