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Reagan, in a speech to graduating high school seniors from the Chattanooga, Tenn., area said "this tragedy must never happen again," and Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger acknowledged that "we don't know why" the USS Stark did not return fire on the Iraqi warplane that attacked it in the Persian Gulf...
...secretary said the Stark carried a crew of 222. The Pentagon said the death toll had reached 37, and Weinberger said the 185 others "are fine." But he did not elaborate...
Rear Adm. Harold J. Bernsen, speaking to reporters in Bahrain, said the Stark had about a minute's warning that an Iraqi warplane had turned on its weapons radar and had locked in on the frigate. But based on preliminary reports, the admiral said, there was "no indication" to the crew that a missile had actually been launched...
...State Department said it was willing to join with Iraq in conducting a joint investigation into the attack on the Stark...
...Weinberger, testifying before a Senate committee, said the Stark should have had enough warning time to engage its defenses. "They were not used. We don't know...