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State Page 8 THE BATTALION Friday, September H,' DFW Airport prepares to opa Friday^' GRAPEVINE (AP) — Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport officials were prepar ing Wednesday to allow air flights to resume, conducting intensive sweeps of the terminals and outlining heightened security measures passengers will encounter. Airport officials waited for word on whether an American Airlines flight of stranded passengers in Canada might be allowed to complete its trip to Dallas late Wednesday. Most of the nation’s airplanes remained grounded, and federal transportation offi cials said they will not allow the planes to take off until they can ensure the safety of the passengers. Federal officials said divert ed flights could continue under tightened security. “Passengers at DFW will notice height ened security at every turn when they return to the airport,” said Jim Crites, DFW air port’s executive vice president of operations and security. “With uniform security and canine units patrolling the terminals, no garbage can, no ashtray, will go unmoni tored.” The FAA grounded all air traffic Tuesday after two jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center, bringing down the twin 110- story towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon. A fourth jetliner crashed in Pennsylvania. Two of the jetliners belonged to Fort Worth-based American Airlines. Southwest Airlines announced it would not fly planes until Thursday. Both American and Delta airlines indicated they had intended to resume flights Wednesday. Spokesman Rashaan Johnson said Houston-based Continental Airlines had suspended all regularly scheduled flights for Thursday. Continental will try to complete some of the diverted flights Thursday and may add flights for stranded customers if the government allows. Johnson said he did not know how many of the thousands stranded by 2,000 grounded Continental planes would get in the air. Johnson said Continental is now in compliance with the new FAA security procedures. Officials at the state’s airports were combing their terminals for security breaches and readying for tough new safe ty measures. Ernie DeSoto, spokesman for Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airpons in Houston, said both facilities were secured Is Passengers at DFW will notice heightened security at every turn when they return to the airport. — Jim Crites DFW's executive vice president of operations and security Wednesday after explosive-sniffing dogs and special law enforcement teams swept “every inch” of the facilities overnight. Similar sweeps at DFW turned up noth ing out of the ordinary. At San Antonio International Airport, stem-faced security guards nearly outnum bered would-be passengers. One of them taped up signs banning “knives, pointed objects or blades of any kind” from carry-on bags. Spokeswoman Lisa Burkhardt-Worley said barricades had been installed around the control tower and certain parking areas as a precaution. She also said the airport had stepped up its patrols and other survti though she would not specify how. “Through these security measur: some seen, some unseen — we'rttiy:| ytl ng fi >m happening," XtipoM ottwials outlined a numai changes passengers should expect: Uniformed officers and dogs* 1 patrolling the terminals —Ticketless travel, curbside check-in and one-hour parking# J f ( / / prohibited —Only passengers with tickets» ^ s n ie alloued .it the e.tles joo 1 Also, passengers are advised toar^i^^Worl least two hours before their sebf^hare will departure time; to limit their cr n0 | he fori items; to be prepared to show photo :2 s tch y of L> fication; and to expect to undergoextf j Almon questioning. lefl-hand^ Displaying a tiny pocketknife. the Bronze warned that even the smallest knife,re Pai lino /N. cutting instrument in a carry-on big • no-hitter, be seized. first perfe “Patience is the order of the day, h. the four gi ly is priority one,” said Kevin Cox.r Almonte' : DFW airport executive vice president for the re< At the El Paso International A - officials it spokeswoman Liz Bellegarde now Team woi_a the new security measures also wili: their vietc people assisting the elderly andbtlation — capped. age on hi: “For those persons who need ass^- to qualify they will need a pass for the person *' e Unfort going to help them get through the*., across the checkpoints,” she said. Bgressiv< When asked how passengers ' widcsprei respond to the security measures, wfe.' friendly a stay in place indefinitely. Cox Natd:".: competiti the traveling public is a fairly well-edj- ations has public and I believe they'll undersu: a code of situation that we're in.” sportsmat DeSoto, of the Houston Av. allowed t< Department, agreed. tiems do t should he Travelers stranded in Texas SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Andrew Dockal was supposed to be at work Wednesday, but the para medic from Jackson, S.C., was still hundreds of miles away from his job. Air traffic around the country was grounded for a second day following an attack by terrorists that hijacked and crashed three commercial jets into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington. Dockal decided to rent a car in San Antonio to return home after visiting relatives in rural Mason. He said he had been watching the television coverage of the attack aftermath with particular interest. The collapse of the twin World Trade Center towers dropped tons of steel and concrete on rescue workers on the ground below. Dozens of them remain missing. “When you see brother paramedics or firefight ers,” he said, “you feel for them because it could be you.” The uncertainty about when air travel would resume has prompted many people in Texas and elsewhere to find other ways to reach their desti nations. Carol Baronet of San Antonio wanted to fly to Orlando on Wednesday to see her daughter, who works at Walt Disney World. She changed her plans and caught a Greyhound bus to Houston, where her husband was on a business trip. “I don’t know what I’m doing — I’ve never done a bus ride before,” Baronet said to a friend while dragging an overnight bag through the downtown San Antonio terminal. Rene Fernandez, manager of the Greyhound terminal in El Paso, said he saw a smattering of people Wednesday. Among them was Keith Gage, heading hack to his Ozark, Ark., home after a four-year stint in the Marines. His original plan was to fly out of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. “I should be home by now,” Gage said. “I got my leave papers yesterday morning and I’ve been on a bus ever since.” High-tech consultant Sergio Mannarino of Miami was headed to San Francisco on Tuesday when his flight was diverted to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Instead of continuing on to California, Mannarino said he now plans to return to Miami whenever flights are resumed. “I want to be with my family,” he said Wednesday as he stood in the lobby of the Sheraton hotel downtown. Murderer escape from Texas prise BEAUMONT (AP) -Aca: murderer assigned to adr trative segregation becais 1 * his combative M** escaped from a state frs and is believed to havestes a pickup truck that conta'* a rifle and 500 rounds t ammunition. Harold Laird. 26. esca;* Wednesday from the pns: near Beaumont. 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