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Friday,
September 14, 2001 News |
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Victim
compensation next focus of airlines |
Glimmers
of hope NEW
YORK — The light of a new day brought small comfort to a city
in shock, as rescue crews pulled five firefighters alive from the
smoking ruins of the World Trade Center in a hunt Thursday for nearly
5,000 missing people. |
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Congress
expected to allot $20 billion in anti-terrorism bill
WASHINGTON
— In an extraordinary show of bipartisan unity, congressional
leaders said they intended to begin pushing an emergency anti-terrorism
package through Congress as early as Thursday with a price tag that
could exceed $20 billion. |
TCU
alum to sign novel on campus Saturday Much has changed
since Dan Jenkins graduated from TCU in 1953, the most notable difference
being that Worth Hills is no longer an 18-hole golf course. |
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Graduate
housing home to undergraduates There are 24
undergraduate women living in the graduate student apartments due
to a lack of interest from graduate students, said Roger Fisher,
director or residential services. He said they will only live there
for this school year. |
Hijackings
have implanted fear of flying into some students Christina Hager,
a junior English and vocal performance major, was expecting to have
her parents visit for Family Weekend Sept. 23. Now she is not sure
if they will make the 550 mile trip from Leawood, Kan. |
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Powell
points to bin Laden as prime suspect WASHINGTON
— Secretary of State Colin Powell identified Osama bin Laden
as a prime suspect in the terror attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon and was promised by the president of Pakistan information
on bin Laden’s operations. |
Report
dated a day before attacks says bin Laden represents a global threat
to U.S. WASHINGTON
— The terrorist organization headed by Saudi exile Osama bin
Laden has cells identified or suspected in 34 countries or territories,
and represents “a global threat” to the United States,
a congressional report says. |
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Mental
health assistance Mental health
of American Red Cross volunteers responding to the terrorists attacks
on America will be a top priority in the coming months, said an
official from the North Texas chapter. |
TCU
festival ensemble members unable to return from Germany Three students
and one alumna visiting Berlin are uncertain when they will be able
to return to the United States due to the cancellation of international
flights, but all are accommodated. |
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Student
handwrites signs to release ‘pain for humanity’ “We must
live together as brothers or perish together as fools,” Martin
Luther King Jr. said years ago. |
Star-spangled
banner sales hit stores across nation
As
Americans struggle to grasp the reality of Tuesday’s attacks,
they reach for a tangible symbol of patriotic pride. |
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