One hundred ten years ofeditorialfreedom 1it NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFI ED: 764-0557 Wednesday September 19, 2001 I ------ -- -------77 - 77 02 1T i ch,-n -al i " r AM El t S I Attacks lead to ear o ffl y ,for A mercans By Louie Meizlish Daily Staff Reporter After watching hijackers crash commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week, almost half of Americans are now more hesitant to fly, according to a poll released this week by the Gallup Organization. The poll, conducted last weekend by the Princeton, NJ- based firm, was based on telephone calls to 514 adults nation- wide, 43 percent of whom said they were less willing to fly following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Fifty-six percent said they were not less frightened of air travel, and one percent had no opinion. The poll had a 4 percent margin of error. "There are a lot of people that are worried," said University See FLYING, Page 7 Planes banned over 'M' By Arun Gopal and Jacquelyn Nixon Daily Staff Reporters At the request of the Michigan Athletic Department, the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration will restrict airspace around Michigan Stadium during Saturday's football game against Western Michigan. "The airspace over the stadium ... is the sole responsibility and authority of the FAA, which is a part of the federal Department of Transportation," Athletic Director Bill Mar- tin said. Martin said he hopes to eliminate all air- craft, including planes towing banner adver- tisements, during future games. "I think we all realize in light of the events of this past week that they do represent a potential hazard, a safety concern," he said. The restriction only applies to Saturday's game between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., but Ath- "I think we all realize in light of the events of this past week that they do represent a potential hazard." - Bill Martin Michigan Athletic Director FS stadium um is a positive decision. The absence of air advertising will not tremendously affect sales, he said. "After what happened last week, banner advertising ... is secondary," he said. "There's no reason for anyone to get upset over that type of advertising." David Curtis, manager of the Deja Vu nightclub in Ypsilanti, which uses banner advertising, said the Athletic Department has expressed discomfort in the past about planes flying over the stadium. "I don't blame them for not flying this weekend," he said. "We've still maintained good business since this tragedy." But Curtis said that if air restrictions become permanent, advertisements in the football game program will replace the ban- ner advertisements, which help to bring in out-of-town visitors. "With the response that we do get from the game, it certainly pays for the advertisement,"he said. letic Department officials have been trying to restrict all aircraft over the stadium for some time. The game starts at 12:10 p.m. "I've received a lot of e-mails from our fans asking us to re-energize our efforts to do that, and we're working at the federal, the state and the local levels," Martin said. "I do want to eliminate airplanes flying over Michigan Stadium. ... I'm not only talking about banner airplanes but all airplanes." Sen. Bill Bullard (R-Highland), a season ticket-holder at Michigan Stadium, said the FAA decision is long overdue. "I've been a football season ticket-holder for 40 years now ... and I've always felt there was a chance of an accident;' he said. "Now that we've got terrorist and suicide bombers, I feel it's more urgent." Several Ann Arbor-area merchants who advertise in the skies during football games, will be affected by the restriction. Steve & Barry's University Sportswear General Manager Dan Switzer said anything that improves safety for people in the stadi- Charges filed against 3 men from Detroit WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General John Ashcroft expanded the terrorism investigation yesterday to include U.S. attorneys in every city as authorities filed the first criminal charges after finding three men in a house with false immigrations papers and airport diagrams. The arrests in Michigan occurred when FBI agents raided a residence in Detroit looking for one of the nearly 200 witnesses being sought in the inves- tigation. Instead, they found the. three men and a cache of documents. The three were charged with having false immigration papers. Aided by a federal grand jury in New York, the investigation has detained 75 people for questioning and had at least four people under arrest as material wit- nesses, law enforcement officials said. The government also announced a new policy that gives immigration authorities 48 hours, or longer in emer- gencies, to decide whether to charge an alien with status violations, up from 24 hours. Many of those questioned in the Sept. 11 attacks were being detained on immigration violations. The attorney general vowed to use "every legal means at our disposal to prevent further terrorist activity by tak- ing people into custody who have vio- lated the law and who may pose a threat to America." Ashcroft said publicly for the first time that authorities are probing whether more flights beyond the four that crashed last Tuesday were targeted for hijackings, but noted the possibility had not yet been corroborated. The restructuring of the investigation include the creation of anti-terrorism The search and rescue operations at the World Trade Center glow at sunset yesterday in New York. One week after terrorists brought down the twin towers, which used to reach skyward above the apartment building at left, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said there was virtually no hope left of finding any of the 5,400 missing people alive. At C itizens of nations task forces by every U.S. attorney office in the country. "These task forces will be a part of a national network that will coordinate the dissemination of information and the development of a strategy to disrupt, dismantle and punish terrorist organiza- tions throughout the country," he said. The effort was being aided by a grand jury in White Plains, N.Y., and officials said other grand juries would likely be used around the country to issue sub- poenas and gather evidence. The three Detroit men were arrested on charges of identity fraud and misuse of visas. During a search of the men's resi- dence, FBI agents observed a day plan- ner containing notations on the "American base in Turkey" the "Ameri- can foreign minister" and "Alia Air- port," Jordan, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case. "The day planner also contained handwritten sketches of what appeared to be a diagram of an airport flight line, See PROBE, Page 7 Los Angeles Times NEW YORK - The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was targeted at the United States, but it also is likely to have killed citizens from more than 60 nations. U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan said yesterday that 62 countries have reported their citizens missing since the twin towers collapsed one week ago. He cited the number during his first visit to the disaster scene, where Annan described the carnage as "much worse than I thought." New York police said yesterday that 5,422 people have been reported missing. The number increased by more than 400 this week as foreign embassies and con- sulates began listing their citizens with the city's emer- gency center, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said. "So it was not just an attack on New York or the United States," Annan told reporters, wearing a paper mask to ward off dust and grit. "It's on the world.... No one can remain indifferent." New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, in his most explicit statement yet to families of the victims, said chances of finding survivors were "very, very small." He added: "This is still a rescue effort, but we don't have any substantial hope that we can offer anybody." Rescue workers said they were bracing themselves for finding corpses and body parts rather than sur- vivors. "Nobody's really talking about it, but it's not a happy scene in there," said John Caccavale, a firefight- er from Newark, N.J. No one has been rescued since five people, includ- ing three police officers, were pulled out alive the day after the attack. The confirmed death toll climbed to 218 yesterday, with 152 of the victims identified. Officials at the United Nations and the U.S. State Department declined to provide details regarding miss- See SEARCH, Page 7 Panelists discuss global terrorism By Keay Trahan events and underscored the glo Daily Staff Reporter impact of a terrorist act of this m MSA calls on'U' to stop donations to United Way obal nag- University President Lee Bollinger last night joined Vice Provost for International Affairs Michael Kennedy and Business School Dean Robert Dolan on a 10-person panel discussing the global implications of last Tuesday's terrorist attack. The symposium, held at Hill Auditorium and titled "Terrorism and Globalization: International Per- spectives," was sponsored by the International Institute and moderat- ed by Kennedy, who also serves as the director of the International nitude. "We have not appreciated the ter- rorists' global reach," Kennedy said. "This event was deeply connected to globalization and we must under- stand how it will play out against people and institutions across the nation." Bollinger questioned whether the nation could sustain its right of free speech in a time of national crisis. "There is a different level of free speech during times of war," he said. Political science Prof. Kenneth Lieberthal, former special assistant to 4-e . rcr-nt .,niam nr irr.tnr I Organization supports the Boy Scouts of America, which discriminates against gays By Kara Wenzel Daily Staff Reporter At last night's meeting, the Michigan Student Assembly debated and passed an amended resolution condemning the Uni- versity's connection to an organization that supports the Boy Scouts of America. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Ken Stewart of Public Health and Jessica Curtin of Rackham, is specifically' aimed at encouraging the University to replace its ties with United Way. which is a maior America. The Boy Scouts openly discriminate against homosexuals and atheists, a posi- tion that is in direct conflict with the Uni- versity's policy on anti-discrimination. When donations are given to the United Way, a portion of the money is sent to a general fund that appropriates funds to every charity they support, including the Boy Scouts, after the cost of running the program is covered. "This is incredibly important for us to take on because divisiveness and exclusiv- ity is something we should not be comfort- able with. We need to call out to the University and ask why it is going back on its own policy," said MSA Vice President Jessica Cash. Al URIF RR PCIL/Dly, i