European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Walcer s wife lived in fear for eight years by George Esper Skowhegan Maine a this Mill town of 7,500 along the Kennebec River is where Barbara Walker tried to pull her life together after her divorce from John a. Walker jr., living for eight years with the fear that her former Hus band was a soviet spy. A neighbor said she once asked mrs. Walker to go to communion and quoted her As replying there s a reason Why i can t for my own  the woman a close Friend who spoke on condition she not be identified by name said she assumed mrs. Walker s response had to do with All this  she said mrs. Walker told her she suspected her former husband of being involved in something that was not on the up and up. She Felt  Walker 47, a retired Navy warrant officer has been charged with being the Leader of a spy ring that allegedly included his son Michael a 22-year-old sea Man aboard the nuclear powered air Craft Carrier Nimitz. Mrs. Walker finally talked to the Fri about her sex husband six months ago saying she waited so Long because of what s happening to my family and my  relatives and friends portrayed mrs. Walker As a hard worker beset by family and financial problems after her 1976 divorce from Walker. After the divorce she moved from Norfolk va., to Maine where three Brothers live and lived with her sister Ann Nelson in nearby Anson for seven months. The friends and relatives said she worked More than 40 hours a week at the Dexter shoe co. Factory to make ends meet. She worked faster than two men said another neighbor. She brought Home $250 to $300 a week but she really worked for it. She was so exhausted that All she could do was lie on the Couch and sleep until it was time to go to work the next  my sister worked very hard to sup port her family and maintain a Nice clean Home Nelson said. She had a family to raise and had put that As top priority. My sister was like the rest of us. We keep a lot of things inside. We keep our troubles inside ourselves unless we need each  last summer mrs. Walker moved to West Dennis mass., on Cape cod to live with her daughter Cynthia 26, and her grandson Tommy 8. Cynthia another daughter Laura 25, and son Michael had lived in Skowhegan with mrs. Walker at varying times. Royce Knowles principal of the Skowhegan area Junior High school said Michael had behavioural problems As Barbara Walker s Home in Skowhegan Maine where she lived with her children after divorcing her husband John an eighth Grade student after moving from Virginia and once was suspended for a Brief time. He was different said Knowles. I think he was probably More Streetwise. He did t dress or behave As our kids  Michael was placed in an alternative tutorial program for adults seeking Gen eral equivalency diplomas. What he found in social life else where does t fit into Skowhegan said Marti Stevens who ran the program. He was much More sophisticated and mature than his cohorts. He was Here with his mom without friends. He was very impressed with  he was real bitter about being up Here said Paul Vestal a former youth services worker. He wanted to stay in Virginia with his  he knew he was heading in a direction that would mean trouble said Ste Vens. He was Bright Quick and helpful and non judgmental with the adults very agreeable very personable. The adults liked  Stevens said mrs. Walker told her she could t pay for Michael s tutoring so a barter arrangement was made. Michael fed Stevens 30 cows and cleaned out her barn Matching each hour she tutored him. Stevens said Michael did Well in her class. He stopped me on the Street a year later she said. His hair had been Cut. He looked different. He put his hand out and said Marti you Don t recognize me but i want to thank you. I think i Learnd a photo a photo Laura Walker. Lived with her Mother something. Now my dad is bringing me Back to Virginia and has arranged to pay for me for a military Academy " Michael returned to Norfolk and graduated from a private school there. He enlisted in the Navy in 1982. Stevens recalls his Mother walking up to her one Day and saying " 1 think you should see a picture of him now he Wasin a Cadet uniform. She seemed proud and pleased things a photo Cynthia Walker. In 1978 yearbook photo had come together for the  shall Way a psychic said mrs. Walker a neighbor and close Friend asked her for a Tarot card Reading in january 1984. Way said she took notes after the card Reading that said woman holds secret that is of military import regarding sex husband John. Will reveal  mrs. Walker called the Fri about six months ago. 84 escape injury after let s engine Burns on Takeoff Harrisburg a. A the Pilot of a Jet Airliner aborted Takeoff when one of the plane s engines caught fire and the 84passengers safely evacuated the plane using emergency  of those aboard the trans world airlines Boeing 727 was injured in the Inci Dent shortly after 10 . Sunday at har Risburg International Airport said Davi Venz a Twa spokesman. The Pilot of flight 245 for St. Louis an Salt Lake City stopped the plane shortly after the Takeoff Roll began Venz said. The Pilot then went through a routine engine shutdown procedure but the fire persisted until extinguished about five minutes later he said. Another plane was brought in from Newyork to take the passengers to their Desti nations. Working at Home making $1,300 weekly sex education officials still on payroll Washington a several top ranking education department officials have resigned their posts since William  stepped into the Cabinet Post four months ago. But they Haven t gone far. Three Are still on the department s pay Roll As full time consultants earning More than $1,300 a week. Gary l. Jones the no. 2 official under former Secretary . Bell and a candidate to succeed him resigned in january As soon a president Reagan tapped Bennett for the Job. Jones cleared out his office then but instill being paid to work at Home at the rate of $68,700 a year until the end of june. Jones recently was named to be executive director starting july 1 of the Ronald Reagan presidential foundation which will raise funds for a Reagan Library in California. Larry Tomayko a department spokes Man said Jones is being paid to write a substantial report on his perceptions of the major issues and problems confronting the department of  Manuel Justiz resigned March 31 As director of the National Institute of Educa Tion but will remain As a $32.92-an-hour consultant through August. Justiz is serving As an adviser on reorganization and work ing on a major Competition for contracts to run the Institute s research labs and centers. Donald Senese resigned effective May 1as assistant Secretary for educational re search and improvement. He was schedule to leave the payroll May 31, but his $32.92 an hour consultancy has been extended Forat least a month. Edward Elmendorf the department s Stu Dent Aid chief announced his resignation in late May. He is taking a Post with a private development firm and will not become a department consultant Tomayko said. Thomas Moore a Deputy assistant Secre tary for Public affairs quit in april after protesting the forced resignations of two controversial Bennett aides. He remained on the payroll As a consultant through May As did an assistant Terry Lukach. Moore told education daily that during the past month our Job was to find a new position outside the department. Those were our  some consultants Are on their Way in tothe department not out. Bennett has hired Vanderbilt University education professor Chester finn As a $27.55-an-hour Consul Tant pending his Senate confirmation