European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday May z1.1987 just spy yes to education Reagan urges Chattanooga Tenn president Reagan making his third commencement speech in two weeks urged High school seniors tuesday to help their dropout friends to just say yes to completing school. Addressing 2,700 students from Chattanooga and Hamill on county schools Reagan introduced a variation of Fin lady Nancy Reagan s Ami drugs Gan Jum say  nothing is ma.l1  to open ing up the opportunities of our country Ishing High school he said joint  in the univer sity of Tennessee chm Looga Arena nothing could befriends who Dropp. Back be  could be iter for armm Reuther you have a Friend who did the it or who s a Sophomore or Junior and is thinking of quilling could you do something for me ask them to give in another try. Tell them they can do it if they stick with its Many of you have help _ _ say no Lime Usu Wjk  in Reagan also spoke about a comparative study of schools in Japan and the Stales and said we found thai in Jip Tife when a student did poorly in math Orien Mojir any other subject parents and i ii Lull Nii Illi in the Stu Dent should work  when a student did a. Often As not everyone made excuses said it was because of poverty or Lack of mily or problems in the family. In Japan the message to students was Al ways you re responsible for what you make of your life. In the United states Loo often it was that you Arent Reagan praised Tennessee and other states that he said have begun Reward ing excellence in leaching. With a Ca reer ladder program for teachers the funny thing is that As school have done this test scores have started an the Rise he said. Stark from Page 1 som targets All on the although in Washington Navy officials said that information from the Azacs electronic reconnaissance plane detected Only one exocet missile fired. Visitors to the ship tuesday saw Only one Large Hole on the left Side of the ship near the Bridge. The missile or missiles Belsen hid tuesday night had struck two compartment of berth occupied by the ship s chief Petty officers and other ratings. Mostof the deaths it appeared happened in the first moments of the explosion. Fire then spread upward into the combat information Center he said destroying much of the sophisticated electronic equipment that might have kept record of the encounter. The bodies of 35 victims were recovered and Iran feed to the Gulf Fleet s flagship the Landing ship la Salle and were to be brought o Bahrain by helicopter wednesday and then taken on to West Germany. Two bodies Are still missing. There were surprisingly few injuries among the Crew of 230, two sailors have been flown to West Germany with bums and four others have been treated and re leased Al hospitals in Bahrain. Belsen stressed that there had seemed Little reason to fear that the iraqi fighter plane would fire on the Stark. In the last nine months there have been Over 330 profiles that is missions in which Iraq has fired90 exocet missiles which struck 40 targets c Inin Iai. Side of the Gulf he said. None absolutely none have been directed . Flag vessels either merchant or Navy. We arc not in the Gulf to a shoot Down Friendly aircraft he  was Only toward the very end the Admiral said that it appeared that the iraqi approach was threaten ing. Thai is in he period of less than a minute when it launched the missile or missiles. The . Fleet in the persian Gulf has had an ill denied Mission. Its main purpose has been to Demon Strate toe american commitment to protect the critical Oil shipping Lorn. From iranian attacks on tankers growing out their nearly 7-year-old War. But until recently the number of american warships in the Gulf had been limited to a handful. There Are now seven ships in the Fleet. In the aftermath of the attack on the Stark the number of warships is Likely to  bolster the firepower of the american ships in the Gulf the Pentagon is sending an aircraft Carrier the Constellation into the arabian sea so ils f-14 fighters can Fly protective cover for the  of the concern about Iran there was almost total Surprise that Iraq would attack an american naval vessel Belsen said. A formal naval inquiry into the incident is 10 begin almost immediately with rear adm. Grant Sharp the commander of Cruiser destroyer croup two scheduled to arrive in Bahrain on wednesday to begin the  Stark its american Flag at half Mast Lay Low in the water under a burning Sun tuesday afternoon at Bahrain coast guard Cruiser carrying journalist approached. The left Side of the frigate s Bull just below the Ridge was shattered a huge Hole gaping under the deck. Navy escort vessels clustered protectively and launch from the Stark warned the Bahrain vessel off saying the ship was still in difficulty. Brindel has 22 years of Navy experience including More than two years As Captain of the frigate. Prior to taking command of the Slark. He had More than nine years of sea duly in destroyers and amphibious ships. The ship s Phalanx defense system operates like burglar alarm which when armed and set on fully automatic will Send a tremendous Spray of machine gun fire to disable incoming rockets. The system is not usually used in this Way military sources said because of the danger of Accident and instead is switched on Only in threatening  Phalanx can be activated quickly military sources said in response to threats. It s a matter of pushing buttons Belsen  system includes radar guidance that tracks not Only the larget but the projectiles As Well and corrects the aim As needed. Why the system was not used will presumably be the main Point of he Navy inquiry. Al was the skipper s Call and Well have to see How twill Alt come out ill the Wash Beni ten said. Meanwhile the Reagan administration announce dil was moving ahead with plans to provide naval escorts for 11 kuwaiti Oil tankers operating in the warzone at the Northern end of the Gulf. House panel oks military malpractice lawsuits Yuhin goal Washington the House judicial Lee approved legislation monday to allow Active personnel to sue the government for peacetime ical malpractice at military health care facilities. The Bill now goes to the House floor for a vote according to a committee Stalter. Approval by the House is almost a foregone conclusion she said since a similar measure passed the House last year by a vote Foll 7-90. But the Bill faces rougher going in to Benjames Sasser d-tenn., introduced Ihms in january but the Senate Parli Malarian inadvertently referred the Bill to the Fred services commit tee rather than the . A spokesman feb taker said the Senate armed serv ice  not look favourably on the Bill. But we Hunree cards to play he said. There Are ways to gel them to hold hearings on it. We re going Todo everything we can to make sure this Bill sees the Light of  51 no guarantee the Senate judiciary