Jackson Sun Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Tarmac protest in U.K. raises airport questions By RAPHAEL G. SATTER The Associated Press LONDON Environmental protesters cut through the perimeter fence at Britain's third-largest airport Monday and occupied the tarmac, forcing the cancellation of more than 50 flights and raising questions over the vulnerability of airports. Two waves of protesters arrived at Stansted Airport before dawn. The first group used an old fire truck to provide cover as they sliced through the perimeter fence with bolt cutters.
A second group ran through the gap. The protesters then chained themselves together and erected a barrier around themselves. It took nearly five hours to clear the tarmac. Police arrested 57 people. "If they can do it, I'm sure there would be nothing to stop terrorists," said Terry Purton, 61, a passenger whose flight to Bratislava was delayed.
The action meant to protest a possible second runway at Stansted and escalating carbon emissions caused 56 cancellations and extensive delays. The British government also is considering adding another runway to Heathrow Airport, already Europe's busiest. Stansted authorities said the runway at the airport which is situated on about 2,000 acres (3.12 square miles) north of London was never penetrated by the activists. Security monitors the airport perimeter with cameras and occasional patrols. "We are dealing with a security breach, which has caused the runway to be closed and flights canceled, but at no time were any passengers or planes in danger," said Nick Barton, the BAA commercial director at Stansted, the company that runs the airport.
"We knew they were breaking in as soon as they started cutting the fence." Protesters have staged demonstrations recently at airports in London, Athens and Thailand targets that offer global publicity to highlight an array of grievances. "Airports are visible and vulnerable global trading centers (but) they're more than that: they're symbols of nationality as well," said Philip Butterworth-Hayes, the founding editor of Jane's Airport Review. "There is a lot of drama at airports." Thai protesters occupied Bangkok's two airports in a weeklong siege that ended last week, leaving more than 300,000 travelers stranded and dealing a severe blow to the country's tourism industry. In Greece, Olympic Airlines employees upset over plans to privatize the stateowned airline repeatedly walked onto the runway at Athens International Airport, occasionally disrupting flights. Plane Stupid the group behind the Stansted protest has promised more protests if the third runway at Heathrow is approved.
A Obituaries CHRIS Associated Press Environmental activists, seated, center, protest Monday at Stansted Airport, 40 miles from central London. Dozens of environmental activists broke into a secure area of a London airport Monday, chaining themselves to each other and barricading themselves behind fencing in a protest against air-traffic pollution. decision is expected by next Philip Baum, the editor of armed guards around the year. Aviation Security Internation- perimeter in the airport, it's The group is known for al, said there is little that can difficult to stop." breaching tight security in attention-grabbing stunts. In July, a member tried to glue himself to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an awards ceremony.
In February, activists managed to sneak on to the roof of Britain's Houses of Parliament. Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors To offer kind words of sympathy or remembrance, to to www.jacksonsun.com and click on Obituaries Death Notices Date of Phone Name City, State Age Death Day, Time Place of Service Funeral Home Number Bailey, Steven Thomas Humboldt TN 45 Incomplete Shelton-Hunt 731-784-1414 Baird, Dixie Robinson Dyer TN 84 1 PM Chapel of Karnes Son Karnes Son 731-692-3711 Barnes, James Fig Ripley 62 2:30 PM Foreunner Baptist Chruch, Ripley Currie's, Henning 731-738-2625 Bumpus, Bobby Gene Martin 25 2 PM Chapel of White-Mahon White-Mahon, Troy 731-536-4666 Burleson, Syble Ilene Milan 82 2 PM Ronk Funeral Home Chapel Ronk 731-696-5555 Cook, Mary Atwood TN 52 2 PM Graveside Howse Cemetery Bodkin 731-686-3111 Cox, Christine Johnson Bethel Springs TN 73 11 AM Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Bethel Springs, TN Shackelford 731-645-3481 Curry, Lincoln Kenton 66 Cremation Dilday, Union City 731-885-1033 Gooch, Ebony Humboldt 29 Incomplete Baskerville 731-784-1717 Harber, Ora Alice Fowlkes Friendship TN 2 PM Bethesda Cumberland Presbyterian Church Friendship 731-677-2673 Heller, Steven Union City 57 Incomplete Dilday, Union City 731-885-1033 Houston, Elliot Somerville TN 31 Incomplete Peebles, Fayette County 901-465-3535 Joyner, John Bolivar TN 89 Incomplete Dixie 731-658-3941 Joyner, John Bolivar TN 89 Incomplete Dixie, Bolivar 731-658-3947 Laster, Joe Thomas Bradford TN 73 2 PM Hunt Funeral Home Chapel Hunt 731-742-2261 Lee, Bennie Brownsville 99 12 PM Elam Missionary Baptist Church, Ripley Curries, Henning 731-738-2625 Lovell, Freddie Mae Jackson TN 91 1 PM Chapel of Bledsoe Bledsoe 731-427-1521 Lovell. Freddie Mae Jackson TN 91 1 PM Bledsoe Funeral Home Chapel Bledsoe 731-427-1521 Mallard, Olga Balko Milan TN 66 5 PM Memorial Service at Bodkin Funeral Home Bodkin 731-686-3111 Melton, Jeffery Floyd Camden TN 47 1 PM Stockdale Malin Chapel Stockdale Malin 731-584-8282 Permenter, Paulette Dyersburg TN 63 10 AM Chapel of Johnson -Williams Johnson-Williams 731-627-3236 Pinkelton, Charles Roy Martin TN 63 12 PM Chapel of Murphy Murphy, Martin 731-587-3121 Rose, Barbara Lynn Memphis TN 70 2 PM Graveside service, Bruff Cemetery Bodkin 731-686-3111 Small, William "Bill" Humboldt TN Incomplete George A. Smith Sons 731-427-5555 Tarver, Leslie B.
Martin TN 86 2 PM Chapel of Murphy Murphy, Martin 731-587-3121 White, Virginia Milan TN 94 Incompete Baskerville 731-784-1717 Williams, Raymond Paducah KY 70 11 AM Old Republican Cemetery White-Ranson 731-885-1211 Winstead, Charles M. Martin TN 76 12 PM Pisgah United Methodist Muphy, Martin 731-587-3121 Friendship, TN- Services will be held at 2 p.m. on December 10th at Bethesda Cumberland Presbyterian Church, near Friendship, where she was a member, with Rev. Daniel Tillman officiating. Burial will follow in Bethesda Cemetery.
Mrs. Harber died January 8th at her home. She was born May 12, 1924, daughter of Oliver and Myra Fowlkes of Dyersburg. She was preceded in death by brothers. William West Fowlkes, who lost his life in World War and Oliver Fowlkes, Jr.
of Silver Spring, Maryland, and a sister, Iska Smtih of Portgage, Indiana. She married Duane Moody Harber In March 1952 and they enjoyed life as farmers for nearly 50 years. Mr. Harber died in January 2002. Survivors include a daughter, Charlotte Harber Allen; a son, Mike Harper both of Friendship, a sister, Ann Reiser of Sacramento, California; grandchildren, April Thompson Keenon, Kevin and Greg Allen, Laura and Caroline Harber; and cO great grandson, Christopher Michael Keenon, Jr.
The family suggests memorials to Bethesda Cemetery Fund, 1798 Jerald White Road, Friendship, TN 38034 or any charity. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and Wednesday at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. Friendship Funeral Home 731-677-2673 Ora Alice Fowlkes Harber Obituary Policy: The information provided in the Death Notice Section is at no charge.
The text for obituaries can only be provided by the funeral home or by the family of the deceased. For more information, call 731-423- 0300 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. be done to completely secure an airport's perimeter. "That's what you saw last week in Bangkok; they didn't need to cut through any perimeter fence at all," said Baum, with the London-based publication. "The reality is, unless you're going to have Britain's environmentally conscious public and ambitious emissions-cutting goals have often clashed with its desire to build up the country's air infrastructure.
On the Net: www.stanstedairport.com www.planestupid.com K.C. Associated Press A firefighter sprays foam on the wreckage of a fighter jet that crashed Monday into the University City area of San Diego, hitting at least one home and setting it on fire. The pilot is reported to have ejected from the plane safely before it crashed. Military jet crash in San Diego kills 2 on ground Syble Ilene Burleson Milan, TN Funeral services for Syble Ilene Burleson, age 82, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 11, 2008 at Ronk Funeral Home Chapel.
Visitation for Mrs. Burleson will be Tuesday, December 9, 2008, and Wednesday, December 10, 2008, from 5:00 8:00 P.M. at Ronk Funeral Home. Mrs. Burleson died Sunday, December 7, 2008.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin M. Burleson; a son, Ronald Thomas Burleson; stepsons, Doil, Delmar, Bill, Ray, Ben, Orbie Burleson; stepdaughters, Dorothy Burkett, Virdia Haskins, Jewell Pitts, Louise and Wilma Ruth Burleson; four brothers; and one sister. Survivors includes four sons, Joseph Cook and wife Peggy, Richard Burleson and wife Joy, Charlie Burleson, Jessie Burleson and wife Barbara; one daughter, Lucy Bogue and husband Jack; three step-daughters, Dora Followell, Shirley Torres, Sue Plunk; one brother, Jerry Cook; five sisters, Laverne Bell, Patricia Whistle, Jean Burleson, Janet Gilman, Carolyn Miller; numerous grandchildren; many greatgrandchildren; and many greatgreat grandchildren. Ronk Funeral Home 731-696-5555 Rev. William (Bill) Small Ill Rev.
William (Bill) Small, Ill died Sunday evening in Humboldt, TN. Arrangments are incomplete with, George A. Smith and Sons North Chapel 427-5555 Dignity Joe Thomas Laster Bradford TN. Funeral services for Mr. Joe Thomas Laster, age 73, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 in the chapel of Hunt Funeral Home with Charles Southernland and Kerry Zeiss officiating. Burial will follow in the Poplar Springs Cemetery. Mr. Laster died December 7, 2008, at Milan General Hospital in Milan, TN. He was a member of the Poplar Springs Baptist Church and was a Truck Driver for Venture Express.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Laster of Bradford two daughters; Crystal Jay' Ricky McCormick, Lesa Henson, Bradford a son, Gary (Kelia) Laster, Dyer four sisters; Reba (Buster) Pratt, Gann, Helan Carroll and Faye (Arrow) Culver, Bradford, Betty (Billy) Rust, Milan a bother; Benny Laster, Bradford, four grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Marvin Laster. Hunt Funeral Home 731-742-2261 Happy Birthday Michael T. Glenn 12-9-77 08-6-98 No more grief or sorrow, no more suffering or pain, Now there is everlasting peace because ten years ago the angels came. Love Always, The Glenn Davis Families Doris (Goodwin) -Simmons Palm Bay, FL.
Age 93, (Died Palm Bay, Florida) Doris Goodwin was the daughter of Elver (E.J.) Goodwin and Dovie Morgan Goodwin of the Moore's Chapel community. She was a member of the final class to receive highschool level instruction before that responsibility was passed on to larger communities. Doris continued her education through many hours of after-work and nighttime classes to further her career in retailing. After seven successful years at J. C.
Penney, Doris moved on to Detroit's Crowley Milner department store where she managed the Better Jewelry department for 30 years before her retirement in 1977. In that year, she and her husband, Cecil Simmons, moved to Palm Bay, Florida. Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil, a brother, Cecil Goodwin of Huntington, TN and a sister, Ella Jean Cole of Westland, MI. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara and husband Jim Musson of Palm Bay; 3 sisters; Rachel Dodson, Utica, MI, Ruby Irene Oliphant, Lexington, and Margie Williams, Batesville, four brothers; Virgle Dalton of Lobelville, TN, Travis of Milan, Gerald of Mansfield, TX and Prentice of Antioch, 4 grandchildren; Michael Nelson, Palm Bay, FL, Nancy Squires, Ventura, CA, Susan Antoine, Troy, MI, Sandra Yang, Orlando, FL, and by 11 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Bodkin Funeral Home Burial White, Rose Cemetery Miss a day.
Miss a lot. Get the stories that matter to you. Subscribe to The Jackson Sun. Call 800-244-3225 or visit us online at jacksonsun.com The Associated Press SAN DIEGO A military fighter jet preparing to land at a Marine base crashed in a densely populated San Diego neighborhood Monday, killing two people on the ground and destroying three houses. The pilot of the Hornet jet ejected safely, according to a statement from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
Mayor Jerry Sanders said two people on the ground were killed. Fire officials said the deaths were at a home where two children, a mother and a grandmother were believed to be inside. Officials did not immediately know who died. Three homes were destroyed, Fire Department spokesman Maurice Luque said. Firefighters were hosing down a pile of rubble Rioters rampage for 3rd day in Greek cities ATHENS, Greece Gangs of youths smashed their way through central Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities Monday, torching stores, buildings and cars in the third day of mayhem after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.
In the country's worst rioting in decades, dozens of shops, banks and even luxury hotels had their windows smashed and burned as youths fought running battles with riot police. Black smoke rose above the city center, mingling with clouds of tear gas. Broken glass littered the streets. Police said early Tuesday that 89 people had been arrested in Athens for attacking police officers, vandalism and looting, and 79 more were being questioned about possible involvement in the rioting. The fire service said it responded to more than 200 blazes in central Athens on Monday.
Dog-rescuing hound a new hero in Chile SANTIAGO, Chile Chileans have a new hero: an apparently homeless dog that pulled the body of another dog through traffic off a busy highway. A surveillance camera on a Santiago freeway) captured hours after the crash with smoke still rising from it. About 20 homes were evacuated, and it was unclear when residents would be allowed to return, Sanders said. The plane crashed near Interstate 805 shortly before noon Monday about two miles from the base, said Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. The pilot was in stable condition at a naval hospital in San Diego, said Miramar spokeswoman 1st Lt.
Katheryn Putnam. The crash occurred as the pilot was returning from training on the carrier USS Lincoln, off the San Diego coast. Putnam had no details on a possible cause. Investigators will review information from a flight data recorder, and there was no indication the pilot was using alcohol or drugs, she said. images of a dog trotting past speeding cars to pull the lifeless body of the other canine, which had been run over by a vehicle, away from traffic and onto the median strip.
The scene was broadcast by Chilean television stations and then posted on Web sites such YouTube.com, and hundreds of thousands of people had viewed versions of it by Monday. Confessions further complicate trials GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Monday he will confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, throwing his deathpenalty trial into disarray and shocking victims' relatives who watched from behind a glass partition. Four other men also abandoned their defenses, in effect daring the Pentagon to grant their wish for martyrdom. The judge ordered lawyers to advise him by Jan.
4 whether the Pentagon can apply the death penalty which military prosecutors are seeking without a jury trial. Even if trials are held, it is unlikely any would be completed before Obama takes office on Jan. 20. Still, the U.S. military is pressing forward with the case until it receives orders to the contrary.
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