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A6 STATENATION SATURDAY, OCTOBEF 2001 DECATUR, ILLINOIS if terrorist site; U.S. will target Kerns AMERICA- RESPONDS Healing slowed by terror scares Anthrax infection among events adding to anxiety WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday the United States would carry its campaign against al-Qaida terrorism to dozens of other countries as well as moving against "its head, its headquarters in Afghanistan, and its boss, Osama bin Laden." Powell said in an AP broadcast interview that the campaign already is producing results, with several arrests and the freezing of bank accounts linked to the terrorism network. "It is nothing that is anti-Arab, anti-Islam, anti-Muslim," he said. "It's anti-terrorist, anti really those who really have no faith, who use faith for their own evil deeds, people like Osama bin Laden." Officials: Military action will take time WASHINGTON (AP) Administration and European officials are signaling that a major military action may not come anytime soon, even as U.S. troops, warplanes and ships gather in the Gulf region.

There were growing signs that the coalition the United States is assembling for the anti-terrorism campaign is still struggling to decide exactly what to do. Some have even raised the possibility that the campaign can be waged with little or no fighting without the kind of military fireworks that Americans may expect. "It will take time," Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said at a press conference in Turkey. "And we need the cooperation of countries around the globe." Rumsfeld met with Turkish officials in his last stop on a five-nation tour to build support for the campaign in the Middle East and Central Asia.

the president decide that military action is appropriate those forces will be ready," the former Army general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. But, he said, "it would not be appropriate for me to suggest what the president might decide and when he might decide it." "This is the time for people like me to keep our mouth shut," Powell said. Asked if there was disagreement among Bush's senior advisers on how to press the counterterrorism campaign, Powell said, "We have discussions, we have debates, we try to find out what the right answers are." All of Bush's advisers try to give him their best advice and once he makes a decision they fall in line behind him, Powell said. The Associated Press On terrorism, Powell said that while pursuing bin Laden "we recognize that al-Qaida is located in dozens of other countries." He said, "We are going after those locations as well." He declined, however, to say whether the United States would strike back with force against al-Qaida and bin Laden, prime suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks.

"The president has that option and U.S. forces have been deployed in a way that should NYC CHARITIES Proud to Serve 'V i-i i 4 Coast Guard tightens Great Lakes security Officials searches patrols, gun boats CHICAGO (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard is clamping down on normally free-flowing ship traffic on the nation's interior waters, adding gun boats and checkpoints around the Great Lakes region to protect against attacks that could cripple freight routes or strike waterfront cities. The Coast Guard has replaced the spot checks of foreign ships entering the St. Lawrence and Mississippi rivers, two of the nation's freight arteries, with mandatory inspections of every foreign vessel.

In addition, every domestic tanker is being searched and all ships now must notify the Coast Guard and provide a crew list 96 hours before reaching port instead of the old 24-hour requirement. The stepped-up surveillance over the Great Lakes shipping lanes is becoming routine since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a region where port officials usually have nothing to watch for but zebra mussels or other invader species carried in a ship's ballast water. "We actually have armed patrol boats on the Detroit River," said John Jamian, executive director of the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority. "They're flying missions up and down the shoreline, watching traffic flows across our bridge and our waterway." Coast Guard scrutiny has increased on the nation's seaward coasts, too, though officials say searching every ship along the ocean shores is not feasible.

The Coast Guard has called up 700 reservists to help with the effort, and is diverting its ships from rescue to security operations in some areas. On Friday, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, said support is growing in Congress for spending more on port security nationwide. Florida's U.S.

senators are co-sponsors of a proposal to give ports across the country $434 million in grants and $3.3 billion in loans over five years. "Security at the water ports is a major point of vulnerability," Nelson said. "Where a terrorist will strike next we know not." i y. i v. "1 Eatery offers 5, 000 meals a day to WTC relief workers NEW YORK (AP) Quiet candlelight dinners for two at Nino's on Canal Street have given way to bustling, round-the-clock meals for the thousands of rescue workers toiling at the ruins of World Trade Center nearby.

A day after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the Italian eatery closed to regular customers and began feeding the workers for free, serving about 5,000 meals a day in an outpouring made possible by donations, volunteers and some of New York's finest restaurants. "All these firefighters and police officers come in weary, tired, emotionally distraught," said Nino Ven-dome, the owner. A family-run fixture for 30 years, Nino's is at the boundary of the blocked-off area around the Trade Center. The emergency workers crowd around the tables, relaxing and chatting over an array of dishes, including chicken, pasta, salads, meat-loaf, hamburgers and hot dogs.

"If it wasn't for this, who knows where we would go," said police Officer Jason Haynes, sitting at the bar next to trays of fruit and candy in red-white-and-blue wrapping. Some of the food and supplies are donated by supermarkets, bakeries and linen shops, as well as such acclaimed New York restaurants as Cipriani and Tavern on the Green, which sent down its executive chef. Much of the food is cooked on the spot. Apple pies made in Canada were trucked in one day. "It's taken on a life of it's own," Vendome said.

"We have marketing directors who have left their jobs to volunteer, an attorney who came to work, serving food, mopping floors. There's compassion here the will to help on the front lines." Vendome said he plans to keep Nino's open to the workers as long as donations keep coming and as long as it takes to clean up the Trade Center debris. 4 4 Greyhound screeches its bus fleet to a halt. A plane explodes over the Black Sea. A Florida man's death from rare disease raises fears of bioter-rorism.

Everywhere, people trying to recover emotionally from the Sept. 11 attacks find new reasons to worry almost daily. In skyscrapers and airports, at stadiums and bus terminals, uneasiness surfaces more quickly than a month ago. A fellow passenger, a package, a small plane on the horizon all might now rouse suspicion. "Normally, most people deal with horrible things a plane crash, an earthquake by rationalizing to themselves, 'It couldn't happen to said Jerilyn Ross, who runs an anxiety-disorder center in Washington.

"But those are one-time events they happen and then they're over. Now, people don't have closure. There's this sense of 'When is the next shoe going to Federal authorities have been sending mixed messages, urging Americans to go about their daily lives while cautioning that more terrorist attacks could occur. The result for some is that fear is compounded by mistrust. Reid Wilson, a psychologist in Chapel Hill, N.C., said some of his patients no longer believe government statements.

"When that trust erodes, individuals are going to have even greater trouble," he said. Wilson, author of a book called "Don't Panic," said a new wariness has affected both him and his patients. He heard a small plane recently, and his first thought was of reports that terrorists might spray toxic chemicals from a crop duster. "The body and mind have now been cranked up to another degree of sensitivity, and our defensive wall has dropped down to our knees," he said. "We have that startled response to so many things." At home and abroad, each jarring news report seems to bring terrorism to mind, even without any concrete link.

Greyhound, for example, pulled more than 2,000 buses off the nation's highways Wednesday after an assailant slashed a bus driver's neck and caused a crash in Tennessee that killed six people. Authorities later determined the attacker was a "single deranged individual." Russian authorities swiftly suggested terrorism after a chartered plane crashed Thursday off the Black Sea coast. The true cause remains murky; U.S. officials said the plane may have been downed accidentally by a Ukrainian missile In France, the environment minister now says a Sept. 21 chemical plant blast that killed 29 people may have been a terrorist attack.

Authorities initially said it was almost certainly an accident. In Florida, a man died from pulmonary anthrax, a highly lethal disease mentioned as a possible biological weapon. Authorities say there is no evidence of a terrorist link, but are investigating all possibilities. Jitters are evident nationwide: at the U.S. Military Academy, as new identity checks are instituted for the first home football game; in Utah, as organizers rethink security for the Winter Olympics; and, at the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago, as new concrete barriers are installed to thwart a car-bombing.

"It's good they put these up to prevent anything that might be planned," said Julie Welch, a health care consultant who works in the tower. "But I don't know if it's going to stop a bad intention. If someone wants to hit it, they'll figure out a way." Dan Hetman, an accountant from Fridley, said he actually feels safer now, thanks to arrests and security measures. But he admitted having suspicions about the Russian plane crash and the -Vj mS ijjf Associated Press photos "4 I miw i i "i j- hp a si jw-fflT. 'fTS': fc 'rymri I I 7r-, LINED UP: A stack of state trooper hats sits on a table near a plate of meatballs and ziti at Nino's Restaurant on Canal St.

in New York. A day after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the Italian eatery closed to regular customers and began feeding rescue workers for free, serving about 5,000 meals a day. RIGHT, Disaster relief workers enjoy a meal at the restaurant near the blocked-off area around the World Trade Center. VI Services for lost workers continue I I 1 flag and brought out from the site.

The body of the 38-year-old Danz, along with the bodies of the other 22 city police officers, remain missing. The total of people missing stayed at 4,986, and the number of confirmed dead was 380. Danz, a 14-year police veteran, left behind a widow and three daughters: Winifred, 8, Emil, 5, and Abigail, 6 months. The work at the site continued around the clock, with crews told to keep an eye out for unusual items in the rubble. The Bank of Nova Scotia said Friday that about $200 million of its gold and silver was buried below the wreckage of 4 World Trade Center.

The metals were inside a vault and, "We have every reason to believe it is safe and intact," said Diane Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Toronto-based bank. Salvage workers were also told to turn over to police any weapons they find. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has yet to locate two evidence vaults from 6 World Trade Center, ATF spokesman Joseph Green said. Body found in wreckage; bank says $200 million in gold, silver under rubble NEW YORK (AP) In the same church where he was married a dozen years ago, a police officer who died at the World Trade Center was remembered Friday by friends and family the first service for the 23 NYPD members killed in the terrorist attack. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among the mourners for Officer Vincent Danz at a Long Island church.

Danz called his wife from the north tower on Sept. 11, leaving a message on their answering machine before the building collapsed "I love you," he said. "I'll talk to you when I get out of here." The Danz memorial was one of 18 funerals and services Friday for uniformed personnel killed in the terrorist attack. The services began shortly after another body was recovered from ground zero, wrapped in an American Associated Press AROUND THE CLOCK: A worker walks out of the smoking wreckage of the north tower section Friday at the World Trade Center disaster site. The work at the site continued nonstop, with crews alerted to keep an eye out for some unusual items in the rubble.

bus attack. His way of coping: "Just get-ting back to normal. You can't just live in fear and stay in.