European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pag4 the stars and stripes thursday april 9,1987 Michael Walker Unn photo i always wanted to be like him Walker s son says Virginia Beach. A. A the son of convicted soviet spy John a. Walker or. Said tuesday he joined his father in espionage be cause i always wanted to be like  he was a Sailor. I was a Sailor. He was a private investigator and so was i said Michael Walker. 24. And the Bottom line was i turned out to be a spy just like him Walker said in an interview on the Christian broadcasting network s "700 club from the Federal correctional institution in Peters bum where he is serving a 25-year term. Walker was a Seaman aboard the aircraft car Rier Nimitz when his father was arrested Tor espionage on May 19, 1985. The younger Walker was arrested a few Days later and was charged with supplying classified documents from the ship to his father for delivery to the soviets. Both walkers pleaded guilty and the elder Walker is serving a life term at another Federal prison. Arthur j. Walker John Walker s brother and Jerry a. Whitworth John Walker s Navy buddy also Wen convicted of espionage and were Given lengthy prison terms. Michael Walker said his father reassured Lite about spying and declared that the soviet Union already Mew some of the secrets they were Selling. In some cases it s True. They know a Little More than we think they know just like we know a Little bit More about them than they think we know Walker said. Walker said he was ashamed that he let Down his shipmates and his wife Rachel when he was arrested. He said he forgave his father and family members who betrayed the ring once he be came a born again Christian in prison at that Point god opened up to me. That was it. I started learning More and More and just grew stronger in the word every Day he said. Webster says he d resign if Congress not told of Deal Washington Cia director designate William Webster said wednesday he would resign if the Reagan administration decided not to Tell Congo cd of opral Ioni such As the secret arms sales to Iran. Webster now the Fri director told the Senate intelligence committee that withhold ing congressional notification in such cases violates the spirit of the  his comments came at his confirmation hearing to become Cia director. I would have to advise the president or my position on that Webster said in response to a question. If he would not authorize. Informing congress1 would have to leave it s that  Webster s position runs counter to the actions the Reagan administration took in the Iran operation when it decided not to inform congressional Intelli committees of the sales. The administration never did Tell Congress of the arms shipments which were disclosed last november in news reports. The Fri director also disagreed with the approach the administration took in engaging in the Iran arms shipments for live months based on Oral approval from Reagan before having the president sign a writ ten finding authorizing them on Jan. 17,1986. The while House based on Reagan s Oral approval authorized Israel to Transfer Aims to Iran in August 1985 and then replenished israeli arsenals from . An sex Post Facto finding is not what is intended by Federal Law said Webster who added thai the writ ten finding was damage control nothing leu. I Don t happen to think that it meets the spirit of the statute Money Giveaway by Alaska spurs flood of social Security applications Anchorage Alaska up _ the annual Alaska Money Giveaway is causing problems at the social Security office. More than 1,000 applications for social Security numbers Are flooding the office daily instead of the usual 60 or 70, said Renee Mirazo of the social Security administration mainly because this year alaskan children must have social Security numbers to get their checks. This is the busiest we be Ever been in the history of this office Mirazo said tuesday every year Alaska sends checks to All permanent residents including children. Last year the payment were 1556. This year they will probably be $721, which May account for the surge in applications. To be eligible for a Check alaskans must prove they Are full time residents who spent the six month Winter from oct. 1 through March 31 in Alaska and they have to declare their intent to stay in Alaska. The Jam at the social Security office Stem from the requirement that a social Security number it required by the internal Revenue service for anyone with unearned income Over Shioo. Anyone who does not list a social Security number on the Check application automatically will have 20 percent of the Check amount withheld for Federal taut under the Law the state warned on application mailed last week. This notice spurred the sudden run on the social Security office. The so called permanent fund dividend a Becci Are part of the earnings from Alaska s neat egg savings account the permanent fund which now than oat j8.3 billion and growing a portion of the Money Alaska earns for letting Oil companies pump Petroleum from stale lands goes into the fund. The fund s principal is invested and half the earnings Are used to pay dividends. Beer proving hot Issue for firefighters Creve Coeur 111. A firefighters in this Peoria suburb like a cold brew after a not fire says chief Jake Richards who defended a station House soda machine that dispenses Beer we Don t just grab a can of Beer and go out on a fire Call Richards said tuesday of his 29-member Volunteer department. But after a grass fire you come Back to the station and you re hot. And maybe somebody la have a Beer. What s wrong with that Richards asked. Plenty said mayor Curtis Martin who has ordered a police investigation of the practice. He said the prac Tice May violate Village liquor ordinances. On saturday night Martin showed up unexpectedly at the outhouse and unplugged the machine after he said an Anonymous tipster told nun about the Button labelled out of order that dispensed a can of Beer for 50 cents. Martin said he found two empty 12-ounce cans of Beer in the garbage and empty boxes for three cases of Beer next to the vending machine. Full Beer cans were lined up inside a machine compartment. Martin said he was concerned that alcohol could impair firefighters or Rescue squad Crews if they had to make an emergency Call after drinking. To Zewedu county slate s attorney Erik Blanc said he would investigate the machine if i thought there was criminal conduct out that Doest appear tote the  Richards said Beer has been available at the fire House at least As Long As he has been with the All Volunteer fire department 23 years. We used to have it in an ice Chest then we bought the soda machine and we carried it in there Aid Richards. Two or three cases of Beer would probably last us anywhere from three to five Mont they firefighter dont drink that much. Weve got a lot of Guys that Don t even drink he said adding that any profits from the Beer sales go toward the Vil Lage s general Treasury. Nobleman s Hunt for american has bizarre end Raleigh . A a British Nobleman s sentimental search for an american Soldier who spent part of world War ii at his country estate has ended with the discovery that the Ameri can is in prison for killing four of his children. The marquess of Hertford launched a Hunt for the Soldier who carved the initials  and the words "u.s. Army 1944" on a tree on the estate. The tree is to be Cut Down and the marquess wanted to Send the american the piece of bark. The Trail led to Robert Johnson 63, a native of new Hanover county. Johnson is now serving 120 years in the Moore county prison unit at car Thage. He pleaded guilty to second de Gree murder in the 1971 beating deaths of four of his live children in a Forest near their Wilmington Home. In an interview from prison with the London daily mail Johnson said he did t feel be could accept the tree bark. But i really appreciate the gesture and in other circumstances i would have flown Over there to accept it he said. The marquess Home Ragley Hall in Warwickshire Southern England was used As an emergency Hospital during world War ii the tree which will be Cut Down because it is diseased ii on the 6,000-acre estate. I Don t normally approve of people carving their initials on my Trees the marquess said. But this one seemed rather special because it had a link with  after the marquess publicized his search for the Soldier Margareute cooler of Portsmouth England called to say she had been helped by the Soldier 42 years ago. She had kept in touch with Johnson Over the years. Johnson who had been sent to Ragley Hall after being wounded told the news and observer of Raleigh How he wan dered around the grounds in the afternoons and one Day came upon the Beech tree. "1 carved my initials in about six Inch idlers he said. It was just a Momen tary thing you d do you know leaving your  he rejoined his regiment in France shortly afterwards. The daily mail quoted the marquess As saying we worked awfully hard to discover who this Soldier might be. I m sorry he s in prison. I shall still Send him the Section of the tree with his carving on it even if it has to be delivered in jail. After All the great thing is this Chap was on our Side during the  Johnson said he prefers that the me mento be Given to cooler. Cooler has been corresponding with Johnson Ever since he picked her up off the Street of a ruined Berlin took her to the British sector and had her adopted by a British family. Johnson who landed in Normandy several weeks after the initial invasion recalled she was just roaming around. At that Lime people were bombed out just wandering around with baggage and packs. It was a terrible thing. Myself and a couple of other Guys we saw her and befriended her