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Delta now using facial recognition
DAVID GOLDMAN I Associated Press
A Delta Air Lines jet sits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Oct. 13, 2016, in Atlanta.
BY KELLY YAMANOUCHI
Tribune News Service
International travelers flying
out of Atlanta can now check
in for a Delta flight, go through
security and board a plane using
facial recognition instead of
showing their passports.
On Thursday, Delta Air Lines
unveiled new facial recognition
cameras that the company says
will shorten traveler wait times
at the international terminal at
Hartsfield-Jackson.
Eventually, Delta wants to
implement the technology for
domestic flights, though wide
spread use could be years away.
Still, some privacy advocates
warn there aren’t enough safe
guards in place to protect pas
sengers’ privacy.
The cameras are now in use
at Delta’s international check
in, at the security checkpoint in
the international terminal and
on international Concourse F,
making up what Atlanta-based
Delta calls the first “biometric
terminal” in the United States.
The aim is to make the airport
more convenient and less of a
hassle by eliminating the need
for travelers to pull out pass
ports and boarding passes.
“We know our customers like
it,” said chief operating officer
Gil West. “It saves them time.”
During boarding, the cameras
will use facial recognition tech
nology that will save an aver
age of 2 seconds per passenger,
according to the airline.
West said the airline has
invested “millions, but it’s worth
it.” Still, it’s not yet a seamless
process throughout the interna
tional terminal.
For about 1 to 2 percent of
passengers, the facial scan
can’t be matched with the pass
port photo on file. They still
need to scan a passport if it’s
not already in the system. Not
all international gates have
the cameras yet. And for now,
all fliers still need to show
their boarding pass at the TSA
checkpoint.
Delta has been installing the
cameras in the international
terminal since mid-October,
to get the system fully in place
by Saturday. The Transporta
tion Security Administration
began using facial recognition
at the Atlanta airport inter
national terminal checkpoint
for international travelers on
all airlines last month. TSA,
which has drawn up a road
map for expanding biomet
rics technology, in September
began requiring a photo when
PreCheck members renew or
enroll, and plans to test facial
biometric technology at Pre-
Check lanes.
Delta said about 25,000 cus
tomers travel through the inter
national terminal a week, and
so far less than 2 percent are
opting out of facial recognition.
Next, Delta plans to deploy
facial recognition to all of
its international gates at the
Detroit Metropolitan Airport,
and roll it out throughout other
points in the Detroit terminal
in 2019. Eventually, Delta aims
to expand facial recognition
to its other hubs in the United
States.
Potentially, West said he
would like to see facial recog
nition technology expanded to
domestic travel — but that’s
trickier because facial images
are matched to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection data
bases drawn from passports
and visas, while driver license
data is spread out among states.
Delta first announced its
plans to make the international
terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport into a bio
metric terminal in September.
Over a few years, the airline
has tested facial recognition
during boarding at its hubs in
Atlanta, Detroit and at New
York’s John F. Kennedy Inter
national Airport.
“It’s not surprising with
technology these days that this
is the way we’re going,” said
traveler Dave Campbell,“I just
hope they’ve done the work on
it and it’s secure.”
Delta says it does not store
the images, and only uses
them to compare to the data
base kept by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP).
Report: Number uninsured kids spikes to 3.9M
Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE -
The number of uninsured chil
dren in the U.S. has increased for
the first time in nearly a decade,
placing it at 3.9M in 2017, accord
ing to a report from Georgetown
University’s Center for Children
and Families.
Nationally, the number of
uninsured children increased
by an estimated 276,000 in 2017,
from a historic low of 4.7 percent
in 2016 to 5 percent last year.
Experts say about 75 percent of
the newly uninsured children
are clustered in states that did
not expand Medicaid such as
Florida, Texas and Georgia.
Under President Obama’s
Affordable Care Act, Florida and
other states could take federal
funding to help pay for health
coverage for nearly 900,000 peo
ple, but the Republican-led Legis
lature in Florida voted against it.
The vast majority of states have
already expanded Medicaid and
increased the number of resi
dents eligible for its coverage.
Joan Alker, executive director
for Georgetown’s Center for Chil
dren and Families, has written
the report for the last eight years
and has never seen the rates of
uninsured children go up in all 50
states, which happened last year.
She said that what is perhaps
most concerning is that the
uninsured rate among children
increased despite an improving
economy and low unemploy
ment rate that allowed more
children to get private coverage
through their parents.
The study blamed increases
on the Trump administration’s
repeated attempts to prompt
an overhaul of publicly funded
health care. There were major
efforts to repeal Obama’s Afford
able Care Act and cut Medicaid,
and the children’s CHIP insur
ance funding also ran out and
hung in the balance for months
before Congress extended it.
“There was a lot of confusion
among families as to whether
these public coverage sources
were available,” Alker said.
At the same time, the Trump
administration slashed funding
for advertising and enrollment
counselors to help sign people
up for insurance programs. The
country’s enrollment decline was
not just in Medicaid and CHIP,
but also in the federal market
place where parents can pur
chase private health insurance.
The report noted that many
of the children who do not have
health insurance are eligible for
coverage, but just aren’t enrolled.
The report also expressed
concern that strict immigration
policies and enforcement were
making many immigrant fami
lies leery of enrolling, even if
their children are eligible. “We
think it’s really this national
unwelcome mat regarding pub
lic coverage,” Alker said.
SAVANNAH
2 men get life without
parole sentence for
robbery death
Two men have been sentenced to life in
prison without parole for their conviction
last week in a 2013 robbery shooting death.
News outlets reported Chatham Supe
rior Court Judge Louisa Abbot imposed the
sentence on 26-year-old Roderick Parrish
and 26-year-old Jordan Campbell.
Parrish and Campbell were convicted
Friday in the 2013 death of Rebecca Foley.
Abbot noted that prosecutors showed
that Parrish shot Foley and Campbell pro
vided the gun in the robbery.
Defense attorneys had asked for a life
sentence with the possibility of parole.
Foley was shot once in her car while try
ing to leave for her apartment.
MCDONOUGH
Man pleads guilty for death
of King statue sculptor
A man has pleaded guilty to charges
stemming from a crash that killed an artist
selected to sculpt a Martin Luther King Jr.
statue for the Georgia Capitol grounds.
The Henry County district attorney’s
office said in a release Thursday Corey
Sease pleaded guilty Wednesday to vehicu
lar homicide, driving under the influence
and reckless driving in the July 2015 wreck
that killed 56-year-old Andy Davis.
Davis was stopped at a red light when
Sease hit him with his pickup truck. Pros
ecutors say Sease, who was 20 at the time,
had alcohol and marijuana in his system.
Davis had just gotten approval for his
design for the King statue when he died.
The state eventually chose Martin Dawe
to replace Davis, and the sculpture was
unveiled in August 2017.
CANTON
Authorities search for
suspect in gun store theft
Rewards totaling $5,000 are being
offered in connection with an investiga
tion into the theft of guns Wednesday from
a firearms store in Cherokee County.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and
the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
the trade association for the firearms
industry, are looking into the burglary at
Hi-Caliber Firearms on Overlook Circle
in Canton, the ATF said in a news release.
Each agency is offering $2,500 for the
arrest and conviction of those responsible.
“We take this crime very seriously,”
ATF agent Arthur Peralta said. “Fire
arms trafficking is a serious offense which
results in significant federal prison time
for the person or persons responsible.”
The stolen guns pose a “potential dan
ger to citizens, communities, and our over
all quality of life,” Peralta said.
Anyone with information about the inci
dent should contact the ATF gun hotline at
800-ATF-GUNS (283-4867).
Associated Press
OBITUARIES
James A. “Bubba” Ball
March 19, 1922-Nov. 27, 2018
James A. “Bubba” Ball, 96, of Columbus,
Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at his
residence.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Fri
day, Nov. 30, 2018, at Morningside Baptist
Church in Columbus, Ga., with Dr. Kevin
Calhoun officiating. Interment will be held
in Parkhill Cemetery according to McMul
len Funeral Home and Crematory, Colum
bus, GA 31907.
Coach Ball was born March 19,1922, in
Bessemer, AL, son of the late Judge Frank
and May Belle McKinney Ball. He was a
1940 graduate of Bessemer High School
and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving as an
Aviation Machinist Mate First Class during
World War II.
Coach Ball was a graduate of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University)
and later became a teacher, coach and
athletic director. He served at Baker High
School, Gainesville Junior College, Hard
away High and Shaw High Schools. Coach
Ball played professional baseball in Colum
bus, Newnan, Miami, Lake Charles and was
a player agent in Opelika, Andalusia and
Headland. He also played professional bas
ketball for the Birmingham Vulcans.
Coach Ball was a former member of
First Baptist Church in Bessemer, AL,
Edgewood Baptist Church, Hilton Terrace
Baptist Church and was a current member
of Morningside Baptist Church. He served
as a deacon, Sunday school teacher, R.A.
Leader and various other committees
throughout the church.
Other than his parents, Coach Ball was
preceded in death by his daughters, May-
belle Ball Teeters, Jane Ellen Ball Cahoon
and brothers, William Franklin Ball, Sr.,
Benjamin Ball and Foy Colquitt Ball.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years,
Deborah Cheek Ball of Columbus, GA,
daughter, Kathy Bolles (John) of Pine
Mountain, GA, sons, Dusty Perdue (Jen
nifer) of Phenix City, AL, James Augustus
“Austin” Ball Jr. (Emily) of Norcross, GA,
and Alex Ball of Columbus, GA, 10 grand
children and 7 great grandchildren, and
two very special nieces, Linda Pierce and
Nancy Stevens.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
contributions be made to Morningside
Baptist Church Youth Ministry Fund, 6065
Morningside Drive Columbus, GA 31909 in
memory of James A. “Bubba” Ball.
Those who wish may sign the on-line
guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneral-
home.com.
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The Times, Gainesville, Ga.
Nov. 30, 2018
H. Jack Brock
Died Nov. 25, 2018
Funeral Services will be held Sunday
Dec. 2, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Lakewood Baptist
Church for H. Jack Brock, 86, of Johns Creek,
formerly of Gainesville. Burial will be in
Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery. Dr. Tom
Smiley and Dr. Jerry Gill will officiate. The
family will receive friends Sunday from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. at the church.
Mr. Brock passed away Nov. 25, 2018. Mr.
Brock was the son of the late Major Glenn
Brock Sr. and Estelle Boleman Brock.
He served 36 years active & reserve in the
Armed Forces and upon graduating from the
Army Command and General Staff College he
was promoted to Lt. Col. After serving three
short tours at the Pentagon he retired. After
retirement he volunteered each summer
teaching aviation ground school to U.S. Naval
sea cadets in the United States and overseas.
His passion was gardening, growing veg
etables to share with friends and family. He
was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church
for 45 years. Mr. Brock was preceded in death
by four brothers and three sisters.
Those wishing may make memorial gifts
to Lakewood Baptist Church, 2235 Thompson
Bridge Road, Gainesville, Ga., 30501.
Survivors include, son and daughter-in-law,
Jack and Sylvia Brock Jr.; daughter and son-
in-law, Angela and Howard Giles; partner,
Janeen Baker; grandchildren, Patrick Brock
(Maria), Katherine Brock, Chris Giles (Kay-
Leigh), Kevin Giles (Heather), Patricia Giles
Custenborder (Nick); six great grandchildren;
sister, Charlotte Grogan; sister & brother-in-
law, Lynda and Dan Allison.
Online condolences may be sent to
wardsfh.com
Ward’s Funeral Home, Gainesville
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Nov. 30, 2018
DEATH NOTICES
Willard R. Arnold
Died Nov. 28, 2018
Willard R. Arnold, 93, of John’s Creek died
Wednesday. McDonald and Son Funeral
Home, Cumming.
Hugh Anthony Brown
Died Nov. 28, 2018
Hugh Anthony Brown, 63, of Gainesville
died Wednesday. Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville.
Betty Louise Butcher
Died Nov. 22, 2018
Betty Louise Butcher, 80, of Clayton died
Thursday, Nov. 22. Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery Branch.
Edward Janies Fuhrmann
Died Nov. 28, 2018
Edward James Fuhrmann, 95, of Cum
ming died Wednesday. McDonald and Son
Funeral Home, Cumming.
Paul Newton Garner
March 26, 1928-Nov. 29, 2018
Paul Newton Garner, 90, of Alto died
Thursday. Funeral service, 11 a.m. Satur
day, Dec. 1, funeral home chapel. McGahee-
Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.
Leonard Thomas Herring Jr.
Died Nov. 29, 2018
Leonard Thomas Herring Jr., 84, of Oak-
wood died Thursday. Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery Branch.
Marilyn Levene Johnson
May 4, 1929-Nov. 28, 2018
Marilyn Levene Johnson, 89, of Buford
died Wednesday. Flanigan Funeral Home,
Buford.
Nicole Parker
Aug. 17, 1978-Nov. 29, 2018
Nicole Parker, 40, of Cleveland died
Thursday. Barrett Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Shirley Higham Patten
May 5, 1939-Nov. 28, 2018
Shirley Higham Patten, 79, of Demorest
died Wednesday. Memorial service, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4, funeral home chapel. Fla
nigan Funeral Home, Buford.
Audrey L. Rosenthal
March 13, 1934-Nov. 28, 2018
Audrey L. Rosenthal, 84, of Waterford,
Wis. died Wednesday. Funeral service, 3
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, Buford First United
Methodist Church. Flanigan Funeral Home,
Buford.
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