European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 o Hare neighbors hark for music not efs Chicago a if the millions of Holiday travellers who will go through o Hare International Airport Fly be Forenoon the neighbors of the nation s bus Iest Airport May be Able for once to hear Christmas live carols. The Roar of arriving and departing air liners has grated on the residents nerves for years hut a Federal court decision last week permitting them to sue the City of Chicago which operates o Hare for damages May help. The noise problem is especially in tense at Christmas time the busiest travel period of Fth year at o Hare. From Friday through Jan. 2, 2.6 Mil lion people arc expected to Fly through o Hare said Cynthia Val Jones a spokeswoman for the Chicago depart ment of aviation. Departing jets passing overhead disrupt conversations televisions and radios and generally Force everyday life to Stop momentarily residents say. It s called the Bensenville pause everything comes to a halt said Glenn Hahn who has lived for five years in Hansen Villa. A Northwest Chicago suburb located under an o Hare Takeoff pattern. The decision by the 7th . Circuit court of appeals returned a lawsuit Over o Hare noise and air pollution to do Page county circuit court where in May be consolidated with similar cases said Joseph Karaganis attorney for plaintiff Lawrence c. Bin can. The court ruling is another one of the issues that has made o Hare a Symbol of troubles in the nation s crowded skies. After a startling Iso percent increase in the number of errors by air traffic controllers this year the Federal aviation administration in october ordered the Airport to Cut the number of arrivals from 96 per hour to 80 during Peak travel times 4 45 . To 9 15 . Just after thanksgiving the restriction was cased to 85 arrivals an hour said Fred Farrar. A spokesman for the Agency in Washington. The Faa limitations were imposed after the number of controller error reached 30, including four in one week. There were 12 errors in All of 1987 and to Date there have been 35 in 1988, said Donald Zochert an Faa spokesman in Chicago. If you re flying in the morning there probably won t be much trouble but people should expect delays Farra said. If you get a snowy Day it s going to be worse. If it s a Good weather Day i might not be As  the Faa restrictions should mean 15 minute to 30-minute delays Over the Christmas weekend said Yam stack spokesman for american airlines Sec Ond largest Carrier at o Hare. We re projecting handling 218.500 people through o Hare on the Friday be fore Christmas and on the monday afterwards in gets ugly again with 215.600," Jones said. Normally. 120,000 people go through the Airport on a daily basis she said. O flare handled 203,494 people dec.23. 1987. And 152.292 fliers the Dav after Christmas last year she said. On Jan. 2. 1988. 147,574 travelled through the air port. The three dates arc the heaviest travel dates of the year at o flare she said. We re not operating any More flights than we normally do. We re just putting More people on each plane said Charles Novak a spokesman for United airlines the largest Carrier at o Harc. Judy Olloff Inkamp. Who is co chairwoman of the Bensenville environmental Protection coalition a grass roots organization battling noise from o Hare. Urged Holiday travellers to Fly in the morning. If they do that and the Airport cuts the number of evening flights i might Heable to hear Christmas carols and even be Able to watch the news on to and hear in she said. Miami cocaine bust valued at $50 million Miami a More than 6.700 pounds of cocaine with a sired value of $50 million w As seized aboard two arriving freighters that . Customs agents said were intended to Supply Christmas custom ers. We had a Lille Christmas  customs spokes Man Michael Shechan said of the five Day operation that resulted in one of the largest cocaine busts in . History. The latest seizure came tuesday after . Custom agents spent the weekend staking out the panamanian registered freighter Santo Domingo express. Agents acting on a tip watched the ship arrive from the North Ern coast of Colombia and Dock at the Miami River Shechan said. On monday after no one came to unload the co Caine and the Captain tried to leave port agents boarded and Sci de the vessel Shechan said. After a 30-hour search agents Cut through a secret compartment in a ballast Lank and found the Christmas cocaine 4.792 pounds of it numbered marked and stuffed into Duffel bags. This shipment was designed to be brought in Dur ing the Holiday season Woodrow Kirk a customs agent told nut news. Only the Captain was on the ship at the Lime of Fth Sei ure. Sheehan said and he was arrested on smug gling charges. He was not immediately identified. Last thursday customs agents making a similar surveillance on the Miami River boarded a haitian freighter and discovered 1.941 pounds of cocaine concealed inside a fuel Lank also stuffed inside Duffel bags. Tunnel vision an Engineer inspects a Generator being built by Sie mens corp. For the Texas utilities electric Power station at Glen Rose. Two generators being installed will Supply Power to 500,000 Humes. Protesters want judge to resign Dallas a carrying signs Reading bigot resign 500 protesters backed by several elected officials ral lied tuesday against a state judge who said he gave a lighter punishment to a killer because the victims were Homo sexual. Dallas bears the shame for every Day that he sits there and the world is  William Waybourn presi Dent of the Dallas Gay Alliance told the protesters. Dallas cannot afford the image of Hale for As Long As he sits on the  brandishing signs that said straights demand Justice for All the crowd periodically broke out into chums demanding that District judge Jack Hampton step Down from the Bench As statements were read from . Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d mass., state treasurer Ann Richards and . Rep. John a Ryan a Texas. Tonight judge i d like to offer you a fashion lip from one homosexual your Hood does t match your Sheet Waybourn said to the cheers of the More than 500 people at a Dallas City i fall rally. Hampton told the Dallas times Herald in an interview published last week that he sentenced Richard Lee Bodnarski. 18, to 30 years in prison instead of a maximum life sentence on nov. 28 in part because the two men Bodnarski was convicted of killing were  these two Guys thai got killed would t have been killed if they had t been cruising inc so reels picking up Leen age boys Hampton said. I Don t Tiuch care for queers cruising the streets picking up Len age boys. I be got a teen age  speakers leading the proc so included Norma Minnis a spokeswoman for i Ryan who sent the crowd into a loud Roar by Reading the congressman s statement this manifestation of hatred in the midst of the Christmas season cannot be met with silence. It must be Mel with  Richards considered a Likely Texas gubernatorial candidate in 1990. Said in her statement the Constitution guarantees that when we come before our courts seeking Justice our lives will not be Given less or More value than inc lives of  a statement from Kennedy said the recent actions of the stale judge in Dallas county violate the Funda mental principal that everyone stands equal before the Law. The suggestion that those who kill homosexuals de serve Shorter sentences is bigotry Al its  Hampton s statement has Mobili de the Dallas Gay Community More than anything in  said be fore the rally. The Texas human Kishis foundation and the Dallas Gay Alliance have filed complaints with the state com Mission on judicial conduct seeking Hampton s removal. Four children killed in fire Jacksonville Fla. A a Short circuit in Christmas tree ornaments apparently sparked a fire tuesday that destroyed a single Story Home killing four Young children and critically Burn ing two other people. The dead children ranged in age from i to 5 years old. A 4-year-old boy and his i year old sister were dead at the scene. Two Brothers Ages 5 and i died at University Hospital authorities said. Firefighters found the single Story Home almost completely engulfed in flames when they arrived. The dead youngsters were identified As Dedrick Ealy. 4. And his sister Tarnecia Ealy i. And Brothers Corey Oliver. 5, and Codrick Oliver i. The boys older sister la Keisha Oliver 15, was in critical condition at University Hospital. Their Mother Sheryl Oliver 32, was in critical condition. The Elys Mother Belinda Ealy 26, suffered minor Burns