News (Newspaper) - September 17, 2001, Frederick, Maryland IMAGINE HL In Today's paper on Randall LLC No 283 September 2001 Maryland 21705 2 Sections America gets back to business Intensifies threats toward Taliban WASHINGTON President Bush greeted White House workers as they returned to their jobs Monday and sought to reassure Americans elsewhere that they can safely go back to their routines best way to fight terrorism is to not let terrorism intimidate he said Americans were getting back to business and cheered on by leaders who pledged a swift back against the terrorists they are vowing to crush going to stick our thumb in the eye of the Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said from the New York Stock Exchange as markets readied for work In the heart of Afghanistan's Taliban istani officials pressed their demanding the turnover of Osama bin prime suspect in the attacks on the United States Taliban leaders said er they would not surrender him U S officials are threatening to unleash America's full wrath if bin Laden is not given up Mr Bush was going to the Pentagon later Monday to discuss the activation of reservists and preparations for military strikes against terrorists The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one- half point to 3 to try to spark the eco- nomic engines Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld said the United States was getting support from all across the for its battle against terrorism only conceivable way that the United States can be protected against terrorist acts of this type is if we attack the problem of terrorism at its roots and go after the people who are doing he said on ABC's Morning As an expression of Mr Bush's declaration that everyone in uniform must get commanders of elite airborne and assault troops sent out orders on Page Pakistan calls of bin Laden Pakistan A delegation of Pakistani officials trying to head off a U S attack on Afghanistan arrived in the heart of Taliban territory Monday to push for the extradition of Osama bin Laden to the United States The delegation was expected to meet with reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed who has declared himself neen or Leader of the Muslims Diplomatic sources said Omar has agreed to see the delegation led by Maj -Gen Faiz Gilam deputy chief of the the Pakistani agency believed to have played a part in the Taliban's original creation The first was with Taliban Foreign Minister Wafal Ahmed said a Taliban official in southern Kandahar Their message was ward Hand over bin Laden to the United States or be certain to be hit by a punishing retaliatory strike from a U S international tion Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States would make its own overture to Taliban officials in the next few days to expel bin Laden s network There was no indication of a deadline being given to the but a Pakistan military official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Taliban will be told that a strike could occur as early as the coming weekend The shut down Afghanistan's airspace on an international diplomat said on condition of anonymity An estimated 110 flights that cross the Afghan airspace every day would now have to sidestep the central Asian an expensive sure for the airlines Afghanistan had already been moving in this warning on Page New Yorkers return to work Associated Press Photo Work continues at the Pentagon this worker recovery crews continue to the remains of more victims from the nibble at the Pentagon So the remains of 95 victims have been recovered Mount Airy man among those missing By SEAN BARRY Staff MOUNT AERY Friends and loved ones of Ruth are bering him The Mount Airy a U S Army officer and commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars is among those missing in the tagon rubble following Tuesday's terrorist attack there was probably one of the nicest people you would ever said Tern the daughter of Mr Ruth's Darlene Claypoole was a said a trustee at VFW Post 10076 was the kind of guy who would go out of his way to do thing for Terrorists hijacked four planes on Tuesday morning Two planes crashed into the World Trade ter in New one went down hi rural Pennsylvania and the other crashed into the Pentagon Terri Claypoole said Sunday she believes Mr Ruth is no longer alive Based on her talk with a she said he survived the initial impact know for a fact he survived the she said According to Ms the survivor said he saw Mr Ruth and another victim crawling through the rubble the survivor back and they weren't there she said there was anybody they're not An Ohio Mr served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm He had two one of whom died in a car accident He joined the local VFW post in 1993 He had served as both junior and senior vice commander before he was elected to head the member group in June Mr Ruth taught social studies at Baker Middle School in Damascus was an excellent said Mr man an administrator in the school system Mr Hauptman believes that Mr Ruth would have done everything he could to help others if that was possible there was any way he could have helped someone down pulling someone out or whatever he would Mr Hauptman said NEW YORK Six days after the apocalypse came to lower much of the hood opened for business even as thick smoke drifted from the pile of rubble the World Trade Center once stood But it was far from business as Wall foot soldiers some carrying American some wearing masks to ward off the smoke were greeted by police checking identification National guardsmen in flage stood silently on some street gripping semiautomatic rifles The missing haunted the streets Homemade posters with smiling faces stared from telephone poles and restaurant windows Blocks the rescuers con- the desperate work of sifting the wreckage of the Trade hoping to find survivors among missing souls Around 300 of the missing are firefighters After a two-minute silence and a chorus of Bless a group New York's rescue workers rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange was such a people covered ia ash people people not knowing what was going on said Shannon on her way to work Monday at JPMorgan Chase haven't been back to work and I'm not sure what to Harvey a state ance Department emerged from a subway station in lower Manhattan and had to show two forms of identification to walk on the streets I went through a second checkpoint which is OK with he said can stop me a half a dozen times if they want to It's for my The confirmed death toll from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers hit 190 On rescuers reached a train platform 80 feet below the remains but found no on Page In the a sympathetic reappraisal of uncaring New York By REX W HUPPKE Associated Press Writer From the vast miles of America that lie beyond the Hudson the view of New York City is not always complimentary It's an unfriendly place A I'm place A place of callous a city without a heart But since the day terrorists demolished the World Trade Americans have seen something different from the Big heartbreak And tears Tears falling down the faces of crusty New Yorkers just shows that the stereotypes aren't said Gail loading ceries into her car Sunday in Bloomington 700 miles and a lifetime removed from Manhattan see movies where they show you that New Yorkers are cold and distant Now you know it's not true People from the Carolines to California and all points in between have lined up over the past week and opened their veins to give opened their pocketbooks to give money and opened their hearts to the pain being felt on the East Coast Signs out- side restaurants no longer advertise just the day's special they Bless America and United We Stand And with the unity that brings comes a change in attitude for some Danny Flowers of Molino Fla said he's never been to New York and he's never associated with anyone from there But that doesn't matter He now sees New Yorkers as people like everybody else just like most everybody he Tm sad and hurt by if Cotton fanner Buster Thornton of said watching New York's response to the how the city but strived to move has given him a different perspective opinion of people in New York City before this was that they were crazy and didn't have no feelings for their fellow Mr Thornton said I think ple in New York have come together and pulled together My attitude toward them is different I feel sorry for them Back in Kathleen Plucker sat by a swing set enjoying a beautiful while her husband rocked their old baby She's lived on the East Coast but now resides in a small college town in mid- dle America never really felt like people in New York fit the she said whole incident has reminded people that New York City just a microcosm of our entire Thanks to rival professional basketball teams Indiana and New York often been at odds When the New York Knicks played the Indiana Pacers in the NBA play offs in recent a New York tabloid announced the series as vs But on a basketball court in on a day not far removed from one of the worst tragedies in American people were seeing far beyond the name calling and taunts or a trivial sports rivalry They were seeing something they'd seen from the rowdy fans Square Garden didn't think people there said Lindsay taking a break from a with her family But a lot of those people care a lot more than I thought they did index Classified Editorials Family Obituaries TV Listings erf The POST are eai i DOS TIs rw also is 95497 21 702 8 6 Two cars pound it out in a of the Demolition Derby Sunday night at the Great Frederick fair Demolition Derby a fair tradition TARA E BUCK Staff If you hurt here tonight you d better have insurance Those were the parting words of Nationwide Demolition Derby man ager Mike Rutter in tne drivers just before 50 or so of them jumped in their vehicles in front of a at the Great Frederick Fair on Sunday night A rowdy fair drivers compete to be in the last car stil running and able to hit other cars But at first you might not think any of them could run at on Page
