Gorbachev Named General Secretary Succeeds Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachev, 54, a Politburo member, was unanimously elected general secretary of the Communist Party in a Tass report, marking a swift transition from the Kremlin old guard to a younger generation. Chernenko died at 73 from emphysema with heart and liver complications. The funeral will be held in Red Square with public viewings Tuesday and Wednesday. The White House said it is too early to confirm U.S. delegation leaders for the funeral.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Communist Party
Tass
Mikhail Gorbachev
Central Committee of
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
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Chernenko
Red Square
Kremlin Heights
White House
Reagan
George Bush
U.S
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Soviet Union
Warren Zimmerman
Max Kampelman
Vladimir Alexandrov
Joseph Lehman
Lehman
Victor P. Karpov
Karpov
Yuri Kvitsinsky
Alexei Obukhov
Kampelman
Earth
Max M. Kampelman
Izvestia
Pravda
Good Evening Index Area 3 5 Opinions Classified 14 16
The page features a variety of local opinion pieces and classified listings with editorials and community notes. It covers reader letters, brief commentaries, and a selection of classified ads reflecting neighborhood concerns and services.
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Legacy to serve eight months on District 95 board
James Lagacy appointed to fill a vacant Carbondale Elementary School District 95 seat, serving until November. He backs long term planning and mastery of learning, while facing district financial and educational challenges. He aided a tie breaking selection, replacing Judy Merritt who moved to Columbia.
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Nancy Weil
Southern
District 95
Lincoln Junior High School
Legacy
Too Much Exercise Harms Some Beginners in Fitness
A Northeastern Illinois University expert warns popular programs like Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons can injure beginners unaccustomed to intense workouts. Overexertion causes muscle tears and joint damage, especially to ankles knees and hips, with many back problems reported after two weeks of club routines.
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Chicago
Jane Fonda
Richard Simmons
George Lesmes
Human Performance Laboratory
Northeastern Illinois University
Lesmes
Certification push vows safer aerobics instruction
Washington report notes experts warn of unqualified aerobics teachers as demand grows. Ann Partlow of the American College of Sports Medicine cites shuddering risk and backs standards. Independent agencies begin certification programs to weed out poorly trained teachers while state efforts aim to address book authors lacking formal study of the human body.
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Cox News Service
Washington
Ann Partlow
American College of Sports Medicine
Schools in crossfire over tax controversy
In Cerro Gordo the tax fight over public school funding ended without a clear winner as Lynn Clarkson urged defeat of a property tax ballot question. Across Illinois three-quarters of school tax questions failed in last month’s elections amid calls to shift funding from property taxes to state aid and reform the aid formula for over 1,000 districts.
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Springfield
Lynn Clarkson
Cerro Gordo
Clarkson
Doug Whitley
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Whitley
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