Gorbachev overhauls Soviet leadership amid high turnover
The 12 member Politburo undergoes sweeping changes as Mikhail Solomontsev retires and Gromyko steps down. Vladimir Dolgikh Pyotr Demichev also leave, narrowing pro Gorbachev control to Vorotnikov and Shcherbitsky. Chebrikov named Central Committee secretary as Kremlin reshuffle plans unfold.
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Mikhail Solomontsev
Gorbachev
Medvedev
Central Committee
Gromyko
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Vladimir Dolgikh
Pyotr Demichev
Dolgikh
Solomentsev
Demichev
Politburo
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Russian
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Ukraine
Plenum
KGB
Viktor Chebrikov
Shuttle wake-up song as Discovery crew conducts space science
The Discovery crew uses a Robin Williams style wake-up song and performs a televised science lesson on weightlessness with Hilmers and Nelson. They photograph Earth phenomena including Pacific storms and Gilbert erosion, while a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite reaches orbit. The mission aims to land at Edwards AFB at 11:33 a.m. CDT Monday.
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Robin Williams
Discovery
Green Acres
Orbit
Earth
Hauck
Houston
Mexico
Gilbert
J. Milton Heflin
Space
Nelson
Hilmers
Ethiopia
Yucatan Peninsula
Mission Control
Ed Bangsund
Boeing
TDRS
NASA
Desert
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Jaeger rejects Hinzman reinstatement at brief hearing
Jaeger refused questions as he reiterates Hinzman must not be rehired as chief of police. He will direct Civil Service to search for a new chief while noting funds beyond the police budget support the chief's pay. Hinzman thanks supporters and hints the matter will go to Linn District Court.
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Hinzman
Jaeger
Mr. Hinzman
Public Safety
Police Department
Mercy Hospital
the Gazette
Civil Service Commission
Kramer
Bob
Council
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Nuclear plant safety lapses raise radiation exposure fears
A Senate House hearing disclosed internal Energy Department memos alleging serious accidents at Savannah River and Hanford, highlighting managerial flaws at the aging plants that supply plutonium and tritium for weapons. Du Pont inspectors catalogued 30 major incidents from 1957 to 1985, prompting calls for urgent upgrades and greater safety oversight.
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Energy Department
Hanford
Wash
Tors
National Academy of Sciences
Savannah River
Aiken
S.C
Senate Committee On Governmental Affairs
House
Government Operations Subcommittee
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Ridgely
du Pont
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