European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N Coffee drinkers risk heart trouble study says Page 5 q Saberhagen wins by Young award Page 21 q today s Dollar buys 2.60 Marks other rates Page 27 the a feel Pes authorized unofficial publication vol. 44, no. 209 wednesday november 13, 19 " m � a Moon of i a 0 8693 a Arthur Walker gets life sentence retired Navy officer apologizes for his Esi Arthur Walker Norfolk a. A retired Navy t. Cmdr. Arthur j. Walker was sentenced f to life in prison for his seven con e stemming from a fam c also was fined $250,000. "1 can t treat this As a slap Case. The evidence is All to the cent said . District judge j. Carom hike or. Before he imposed the jul Bullum sen tence of three life Tei Jwo years All to run concurrent Beach was con _ 9 of passing classified Doc torn his defense contractor employ use corp. Of Chesapeake to his brother retired Navy communications specialist John a. Walker or. In court tuesday he apologized for his espionage. I d like to take this Opportunity to apologize to All the citizens of this country for what i did. I dishonoured myself he said. Assistant . Attorney Tommy e. Miller called for the maximum sen Lem the government did not Bali closed his full involve cd pc spy ring run by his you corroborated by other filler said. Tier asked for the $250,000 Fine under Yaw that allows for stiff fines when to sell his Story for publication. Arthur  their client played a minor role if there really is no evidence to tended to injure the United states sail defense attorney Samuel Meekins. John Walker who pleaded guilty to espionage oct. 28 and agreed to cooperate with authorities revealed no surprises to Fri agents about his brother s involvement in espionage j. Brian Donnelly one of a thur Walker s attorneys said monday. I think it affirms some of the assumptions we be had All along Donnelly said after talking to agents who questioned John talker saturday about Arthur s involve ment. The Only witness at the hearing tuesday Arthur Walker s wife Rita testified her husband became suicidal while he was involved in espionage and never intended to harm his country. He would t Hurt anybody he said. Mrs. Walker said her husband had night marcs and increased his drinking and smok ing while he was spying in the Early 1980s. One night he came Home looking for a Shotgun to blow his brains out she Testi a intuition by Miller she said her Hub anti to affair with John Walker s wife Barbaram Yanthe late 1960s and Early 1970s. She  told her about the affair two Walker was arrested last May. Barbara Walker arc now divorced. John Walker 48, and his son Navy Seaman Michael l. Walker 22, Are awaiting see Walker on Page 28 government checks of Debuf next month Washington  will receive newly designed checks rtt  next month printed on lighter Mulli Colore. R _ engraved with the statue of Liberty foldable and Toug to counterfeit Treasury Secretary James Baker said i  new paper Check replaces the heavy Lime Green punch card checks that have been issued for social Security Railroad and veterans benefits Federal pensions and salaries tax refunds and other government payments for 40 years the army will begin issuing the new checks in the Spring Usa eur spokesman in Heidelberg said. The air Force Hain t received guidance on issuing the checks i spokeswoman for us. Air forces said. A spokesman for the Navy in Lou checks will be phased in when theratt Milns Are gone or by december 1986,  we re changing the Rrt because the punched card technology is Mcand punched cards Are no  banking practices Baker said at s conference. We also wanted a More secure Check see Check on Page 28 of Tutti stabs i j3065-501 00009 1 0000005lac this is the newly designed is. Treasury Check which millions will receive starting in december. Fans Pitolo Western storm s death toll reaches at least 15 by he associated press a wintry Western storm blamed for at least is deaths dumped More Snow on the Sierra Nevada tuesday after clogging California highways with More than four feet and trapping hundreds of Hunters in the Cascade mountains of Washington. Record Low temperatures were reported from Nevada to Maine. The massive storm stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf coast and into the upper Midwest dumped More than 7 inches of rain on a Texas town and has piled More than 5 feet of Snow around Lake Tahoe since sunday. The heaviest Snow moved into Northern Arizona and Utah tuesday. Ten inches of Snow fell during the night in Northern Utah at the Alia ski resort after up to 14 inches fell in the state s mountains  Day. In Northern Arizona the City of Flag staff at an Elevation of about 7,000 feet got 10 inches Between 2 . And 7 . Tuesday and schools were closed there and in several other cities. East of the Rockies scattered freezing drizzle reached from northeastern Colora do to the upper Mississippi Valley with Light Snow Over Northern Minnesota and upper Michigan. About 500 Elk Hunters remained stranded tuesday by up to 4 feet of Snow in the Cascade mountains of Washington state after National guard Rescue Heli copters airlifted 31 to safety on monday. It s probably going to take All week to get everybody out said Jack Bartley Yakima county search and Rescue coordinator who said from 50 to 75 Hunters had walked to safety by Early tuesday. Jack Hales of the National severe storms forecast Center in Kansas City mo., said Early tuesday that Snow was falling in Yosemite National Park in Cali fornia and would spread through the Southern sierras and the san Francisco peaks then would extend into the mountains of Southern Utah and into Southwest Colorado s san Juan mountains. Re projecting significant win Crl weather across the mountains at fairly Low elevations for this Early in the season and significant Snow should remain Over the mountains for the next 24 hours Hales said. Winnemucca nev., posted a record Low of 8 degrees below Zero tuesday 6 degrees below the former record set in 1955. On monday Reno hit a record Low of 8 . Seattle hit a record 18 degrees for the Date monday As did Olympia Wash. And Burns ore., had a record 10 below Zero. Tuesday s Low of 31 at Eureka calif., erased a record that had stood since 1916, and monday s Low there also 31, topple a record that had stood since 1911.  East Caribou Maine had a re Cord Low tuesday of 6 degrees. Since saturday nine traffic deaths in Wisconsin two in Iowa and one in South Dakota were blamed on the storms As was the death of a Pilot of a Small plane thai crashed in Colorado. Leslie o Neil 27. One of 10 Hunters lost in the mountains of southwestern Montana died monday after surgery in a Butte Hospital officials said. She suffered injuries when she Slid Down an embankment. In the Stormy seas off the California coast the coast guard on monday rescued one Man and recovered a body from the wreckage of a fishing boat that apparently Sank about 2 Miles of san Diego s Point Loma. Interstate 80 Between Sacramento and Reno ncv., closed for More than 42 hours was reopened monday night on the i "25th anniversary of the trans Sierra free-1 Vay where opening ceremonies in i960 delayed by two feet of Snow