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REDS COVERAGE IN SPORTS, Dl REDS RALLY FOR WIN; TIED WITH CARDINALS Adam Dunn congratulates Reggie Taylor and Russell Branyan. ALL-STAR GAME: DUNN NAMED TO SQUAD i -a a i i i. THE CTOCMMTI ONLINE AT CINCINNATI.COM FINAL NEWSSPORTS MO 50 CENTS MONDAY, JULY 1, 2002 Xecord crowd returns Graham's love Inside Day Four rtwam Commemorative Billy Graham poster page, A5 Online as me Kev. uiiiy uranam preached his sermon Sunday, organizers say a critical next step begins: putting into action the evangelist's message of love and unity. A4 Budget shortfall: Area contributors will cover costs from the mission.

A4 Soil Keyword: Graham mission Details about the mission at Cincinnati.Com. fin. i ville, Ohio. "Look at all the souls he has saved. Look at all the good he has done." The Rev.

Mr. Graham said Saturday he has no plans for another mission after an event in Dallas-Fort Worth in October because of failing health. Organizers estimate 201,600 attended the mission. That is about the same number who attended October's Central Valley crusade in Fresno, Calif. Moment of decision For the Rev.

Mr. Graham, Sunday night was once again By Howard Wilkinson The Cincinnati Enquirer The love Billy Graham has preached to millions over six decades rolled back down on him Sunday night from the highest reaches of Paul Brown Stadium, where 65,600 gathered to say goodbye. "We have had a terrific time here, and the people have been so kind," the 83-year-old evangelist said as he concluded the fourth and final night of his mission before the largest crowd to ever pack the 2-year-old football stadium. "We have heard about some of the troubles they have had here," the Rev. Mr.

Graham said, referring to Cincinnati's racial tension. "But we have all gathered around the throne of God and loved each other." Many in the crowd ignored the hot, steamy weather to thank a simple preacher who has been a spiritual mainstay for many in America since he shared the gospel in a downtown Los Angeles tent revival for nearly nine weeks in 1949. He last mission in Cincinnati was in 1977. About 160,000 came to that 10-day service at Riverfront Stadium. "We owe him so much," said Marilyn Bass of Green The Cincinnati EnquirerCRAIG RUTTLE The Rev.

Billy Graham is helped from the podium by his son, Franklin, at the end of the Rev. Mr. Graham's four-day Cincinnati mission. See MISSION, Page AS tj vubtmiu -c: Security at big airports failing tests XL 1928-200. aysville mourns its Eosie; she'll be home for eternity simulated weapons in 24 percent of the tests.

At three major airports -in Cincinnati, Jacksonville and Las Vegas screeners failed to detect potentially dangerous items in at least half the tests. At a fourth, Los Angeles International Airport, the results weren't much better. The failure rate there was 41 percent. Screeners repeatedly failed to find stainless-steel test pieces that set off metal detectors as guns might. Screeners also had trouble spotting simulated bombs.

"A 41 percent failure rate is just pathetic," says Jack Plaxe, an aviation security consultant. "There has to be problems with the people or their training." Nationwide, screeners often failed to find simulated weapons on agents after metal-detector alarms m'MitU '--nmi Cincinnati among those missing items By Blake Morrison USA Tmlau Checkpoint screeners at 32 of the nation's largest airports including Cincinnati failed to detect fake weapons in almost a quarter of undercover tests by the Transportation Security Administration last month, documents obtained by USA Today show. The tests, the first since the security agency began overseeing checkpoint screening in February, were done by agents who were instructed to do little to try to conceal the items as they passed through screening checkpoints, memos about the tests show. Overall, screeners missed See SECURITY, Page A6 Contract firefighter charged in wildfire Recalled as a star who never forgot home By John Kiesewetter The Cincinnati Enquirer MAYSVILLE Since Rosemary Clooney was hospitalized for lung cancer in January, Blanche Chambers has been praying extra hard for her childhood friend. "I just felt like things were not good for her, being in the hospital," said Ms.

Chambers as she clutched her prized possession: a 1953 photograph of her with Ms. Clooney taken when the star returned home for the premiere of her film debut, The Stars are Singing. On Sunday, fans and family members in her hometown about 60 miles up river from Cincinnati awoke to tne sad news the city's most famous daughter died of cancer late Saturday in her Beverly Hills home. She was 74. At St.

Patrick's Catholic Church on Third Street, one block east of the Russell Theatre where she received a hero's welcome home 49 years ago, the Rev. William Hinds announced her death during 8 and 11 a.m. Masses. "I told them that Rosemary died, and asked them to pray for her, for her children, and her family," the Rev. Hinds said.

The Kenwood native, who had officiated at Ms. Clooney's 1997 wedding to longtime companion Dante DiPaolo, will celebrate the Mass of Christian burial for Ms. Clooney at St. Patrick's later this week, iLJ MM. iVm nii'i'il iiiiifiti i Photos by GREG RUFFINGThe Cincinnati Enquirer Blanche Chambers of Maysville holds a picture of herself with Rosemary Clooney in 1953, when Ms.

Clooney returned home for the debut of her first movie, The Stars Are Singing. the Fort Apache Indian Reservation town of Cibe-que. One fire was put out, but the other exploded up steep terrain Gregg and quickly spread, threaten IN TEMPO Four pages of tribute to Rosemary Clooney: An appreciation of Ms. Clooney's career and life, CI A look at her best recordings, her film career and a timeline, C4 A full page of photos, C5 flte Assnritittd Press SHOW LOW, Ariz. A massive wildfire that has destroyed more than 400 homes in the mountains of eastern Arizona was sparked in part by a contract firefighter who hoped to make money fighting the flames, prosecutors said Sunday.

Leonard Gregg, 29, worked part-time as a firefighter for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and was one of the first people called to fight the blaze. According to a statement filed in federal court by a BIA investigator, Mr. Gregg said he set the fire so he could get work on a fire crew. "This fire was started with a profit motive behind it," U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton said Sunday.

Mr. Gregg was arrested Saturday in connection with two fires set June 18 near 16 BIGGEST HITS fe-! ing the town of Show Low and overrunning two smaller communities just to the west. The wildfire merged with another, started by a lost hiker signaling a helicopter, and became the largest in Arizona history. By Sunday, the combined blaze had destroyed at least 423 homes. It was about 35 percent contained by fire lines near Show Low but continued to burn out of control to the west.

If convicted, Mr. Gregg could face 10 years in prison and be fined $500,000. pi mti rv VII On the doorstep of Ms. Clooney's home in Augusta, flowers and notes were left in memory of a star who never changed because of fame. See ROSIE, Page A6 WEATHER INDEX High 92" Low 70 Hazy sunshine.

Four sections, 162nd year, No. 83 Abb C6 Lotteries B2 Comics C8 Obituaries B4 Editorials B14 TV C6 Kids' Comer Sports Dl Classifieds D7-14 FITNESS Stay active when pregnant The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has avommended that "in the absence of either medical or obstetric complications," pregnant women should exercise 30 minutes or more each day. One way to do that is a program called Fit to Deliver. C9 BUSINESS Deception grows in job market With millions of unemployed Americans in the tightest labor market in years, job applicants are facing fierce competition. And some of them are turning to deception from fibs to out-and-out whoppers to gain an advantage.

B5 SPORTS Ronaldo and Brazil capture World Cup After scoring both goals against Germany in the championship game for Brazil's fifth world title, the star forward decrees: "This will prove Brazil's soccer is alive." Dl Brazil's Ronaldo celebrates one of his goals. METRO Ohio opens new budget era As smokers get ready to pay an average 40 cents more for a pack of cigarettes today in Ohio and lawmakers prepare their fall election campaigns, the state's lonjj-term fiscal future still looks bleak. Ill I Rxtomo) today's fnqufer MmpinMlon ncyded pp Complete forecast, B16 Online Updates at Cincinnati.Com. Keyword: Enquirer Copyright, 2002, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

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