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HeralckfRevie SERVING CENTRAL ILLINOIS SINGE 1873 FRIDAY Last season Citing rising costs, Ananda WAND excited about new talk showTime Out! September 14, 2001 Decatur, Illinois city's premier sports team calling it quitsCl TF.RR0R strikes TOLL STANDS AT 4.888 INSIDE: Giving blood Record numbers of people across the nation and in Decatur are lining up to donate blood. A4 Airport security The security company guarding most of the major airports in the country was fined $1 million last year for hiring people with criminal records. A5 Investigation Investigators comb the country for collaborators who may still be at large. Agents recover one black box and detect the signal from another. A9 Air travel Airlines returned to the skies Thursday with limited service and tight security.

Prolonged military campaign expected Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON The Bush administration is planning a sustained military campaign not mere retaliation against the terrorists behind the attacks on New York and Washington and governments that aid them, the No. 2 man at the Pentagon said Thursday. "It's going to unfold over time," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said. He added that President Bush has "a whole range of options in front of him" as he decides how to wage what he has pledged will be a "war on terrorism" aimed at "eradicating" those who practice it. Experts said the military options broadly include: Launching strikes with cruise missiles or long- MILITARYA9 Businesses plan rally for Sept.

23 Associated Press RECOVERY EFFORT: Firefighters rest outside a destroyed fire station across from the World Trade Center in New York City. Area blooms with flags in show of unity No survivors found; New threats rattle Washington Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI The worst fears are realized: Four thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three people are missing and presumed dead under the ruins of the World Trade Center, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Thursday. The toll at the Pentagon: 190. In Pennsylvania: 45. The apparent total so far stands at 4,998 lives lost in the terrorist atrocity that stunned the nation Tuesday, steered it toward war Thursday and plunges it into an official day of mourning today.

The death toll exceeds that from Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic combined. And new fears erupted Thursday in Washington and New York. Guards hustled Vice President Dick Cheney to Camp David "as a precautionary measure," a spokeswoman said. A bomb scare generated by a suspicious package emptied the U.S. Senate.

As air travel slowly resumed, New York's three major airports opened briefly and then closed again so FBI agents could search for suspects. One man claiming to be a pilot and carrying false identification was arrested, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said. A grim President Bush declared Friday a national day of prayer and remembrance. He asked Americans to spend lunch hour at a place of worship and to ring church bells at noon. Many Americans planned to wear red, white and blue clothing today, and to light candles at 7 p.m.

"We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss," Bush said. "In time, we will find healing and recovery, and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, one nation under God." A somber mood of trepidation spread around the world, but here and there, America's Sports on hold Major League Baseball and the NFL cancel this weekend's games. The University of Illinois postpones its game with Louisville. DECATUR National pride is waving from poles tall and short in communities throughout Central Illinois as residents join the national trend to display Old CI Ulory as a sym At a glance: bol of unity in a time of crisis. People who don't own an 'The strong thing about the American American flag, and even some people is we who do are tear- in0 thp Stars and fuss among Stripes out of Thiir-cHovY- Hot-.

ourselves, but aid Review and Herald Review photosCarlos T. Miranda PATRIOTISM: 'To show patriotism and to show respect for the fallen paramedics and firefighters in New said Sean McQueen, while attaching a flag to his Decatur ambulance. taping 10 windows and doors to show solidarity. People nationwide are using the flag to show support for the federal govern we're united on the serious Myrtie Lickey ment and what- ever response it makes to Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. The U.S.

House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday urging citizens to fly the American flag for 30 days outside their homes and businesses as a response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "You will be sending a strong signal to millions of people here at home and abroad that the red, white and blue represents freedom and democracy, and those ideals will live on," said House Speaker Dennis Hastert R-Yorkville. President Bush vows that America will "lead the world to victory" over terrorism Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says the military campaign against terrorism will 'unfold over time' Stock market officials announce that trading will resume Monday President Bush declares today a national day of prayer and remembrance New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reports 4,763 missing in World Trade Center attacks; Pentagon death toll stands at 190 Vice President Dick Cheney is taken to Camp David while officials widen security buffer around the White House Members of Congress evacuate the Capitol after a bomb threat Corn and soybean prices climb as the Chicago Board of Trade reopens for an abbreviated DECATUR Local business leaders are planning a rally to honor the families of the terrorist attack victims and rescue workers. "This is an opportunity to come together in a visible show of support for our great country," said Chris Olsen, chairman of the board of The Chamber of Commerce for Decatur and Macon County, one of the event's sponsors. The Decatur Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and Illinois Power Co.

also are sponsoring the rally. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Millikin University's Frank M. Lindsay Field.

It will be followed by a candlelight vigil at 7:30 p.m. in Central Park and fireworks at 8 p.m. from atop the Barnes Citizen Building. Other individuals and organizations interested in participating can call the Chamber at 422-2200. Decatur Mayor Terry Howley said he has seen the city pull together since the attacks, and this gathering will help this process to continue.

"I think this event will accelerate this light-years ahead," Howley said. Huey Freeman can be reached at or 421-6985. friends found ways to offer eloquent gestures of sympathy and solidarity. In London, Queen Elizabeth II ordered a break with tradi- T0LLA9 SYMPATHY: 'I display the flag to show that we have feelings for the ones that were said Shirley Reimer, while sitting on her front porch in Decatur. FLAGA9 East Coast terrorism felt at Millikin discussion ByV Staff Writer munications.

She said at times like this, it helps to talk about what's going on. "Discussion is good," she said. "We need more of it." America needs to really look at its international policies, she said, and ask itself why so many other countries have grievances against the United MILLIKINA9 consciousness, he went into cardiac arrest and died. Her sister-in-law is missing. "We're just waiting," said Banks, 20.

"I have to hear from my husband and family in Jamaica. I'm the contact person." Banks grew up in Jamaica and lived in New York for four years. She's a triple major in political science, economics and Spanish with a minor in com me and left me a message to call him," she said on Thursday after a panel discussion on the attacks at Millikin University. "When I called him, he told me about everything that had happened and he was waiting to hear." On Wednesday, her brother-in-law was found at a New York City hospital. Doctors had amputated his legs, and he was unconscious.

When he regained DECATUR The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center weren't just a horrific story on the news for Gloria Banks, a junior at Millikin University. She lost two family members her husband's brother and sister, who worked in the World Trade Center. "(My sister's husband) called INSIDE Ann Landers B4 Movies Out! 50 cents Our 128th year Issue 257 Four sections WEATHER Today: Sunny and cooler. Tonight: Partly cloudy. DetailsB6 HIGH LOW 6848 Obituaries A6 Opinion A8 Puzzles Television B3 Business B1-2 Classifieds D1-6 Comics B5 Life B2-4 "02138 "00001' Outside 421 -6979 421 -6960.