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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, March 7, 1986
Gorbachev appoints first woman in 25 years to high party position
United Press International
MOSCOW — Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday introduced the first woman in 25 years to be appointed to a high leadership post in the Communist Party at the end of the 27th Communist Party Congress.
Gorbachev removed two octogenarians from the ruling Politburo and promoted several of his followers, including Anatoly Dobrynin, longtime ambassador to Washington, to strengthen his position one year after assuming power.
In a closing speech to the Congress, which meets every five years, the 55-year-old leader also renewed a call for economic reform and launched a fresh attack on the United States.
United States "Someone simply fears the existing opportunity" for improving U.S.-Soviet relations, Gorbachev said, blaming Washington for world tensions.
washington for world tensions.
Before delivering his speech, Gorbachev read the new
appointments, including his own re-election as general secretary, and all were given the routine unanimous approval. The exact nature of their duties was not announced.
The highest promotion went to Lev Zaukov, who had been overseeing the defense industry for the Communist Party. He went straight to full membership in the ruling 2-man Politburo.
Five new Central Committee secretaries were named, including Dobrynin, who will return to Moscow after 24 years as ambassador to the United States and probably will oversee the international relations department.
The Central Committee carries on the work of the party between congresses and guides the work of central Soviet and public organizations. The Politburo directs the work of the Central Committee.
His replacement in Washington was not announced but his most likely successor was thought to be Yuli Voronstov, Soviet ambassador to France.
NASA may have clues to disaster
United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Rogers commission reviewed data about Challenger's fatal flight yesterday before a public hearing today amid new reports that ice in a key rocket joint may have triggered the shuttle's explosion.
In Washington, President Reagan asked former National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief James Fletcher to reassume control of the space agency. Fletcher, who served as NASA administrator when the shuttle program was initiated, could not be reached for comment.
At the Kennedy Space Center, commission chairman William Rogers saw the shuttle's wreckage for the first time yesterday. Commission members converged on the shuttleport from Washington and from NASA field centers where panels conducted inspections earlier in the week.
In an ABC News interview, astronaut Sally Ride, a panel member, said she was not ready to fly again. She said she thought there were very few astronauts who
"I think we all believe that it's important to NASA to understand the problem and dedicate themselves to fixing it, and also to just assess other areas of the program and within NASA to make sure that there aren't other accidents lurking in the background."
A statement the commission released said that the hearing today would focus on salvage operations, possible failure scenarios and pre-launch assembly of Challenger's rocket boosters.
Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reports in next week's edition that commission members have evidence of a white puff of smoke from the suspect joint about two-tenths of a second after ignition.
The magazine reported that engineers suspect the puff was steam from water and ice in the joint and said the theory was being analyzed by the commission.
The magazine said freezing before liftoff and wind swirling around the ship's external tank could have frozen water in the joint and interfered with the O-ring seals.
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