European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amp jes the stabs and stripes a wednesday Way 2,1990 no additional comment when asked about her age while waiting for a has in Des Moines Iowa Mary bums said that the Bench s sign is a just about right Quot the and on the Bench is for a Des Moines Auto Dealership. Hundreds of Federal agents sue it me by uie neck once Saia. One Wou Iai government Tor overtime pay Mercedes of America recalling 1,584 cars stateside Pilot passenger killed in crash of stunt plane new Haven. Mich. Apr a homemade stunt plane failed to come out of a spin and crashed killing its owner Pilot and a member of the polish air Force authorities said. Gordon Moore. 45, of Sterling Heights mid and Andrzey t. Rakoczyk 50. Died instantly when Moore a single engine plane crashed near the new Haven Macomb county Airport the county sheriffs department said. Moore and Rakoczyk had been performing Maneu vers for about 30 minutes when the engine apparently began malfunctioning said William Kelley a flight instructor who witnessed the crash. A the plane went into a stall then into a Flat inverted spin and it never recovered from that spin Quot Kelley said adding that Moore had owned the plane several years and was an experienced Pilot. The polish consulate in Chicago had no immediate information about Rakoczyk a rank or Why he was in the United  taker attacked bitten by another woman Alton 111. Apr a census counter was attacked and bitten on the shoulder by a woman who apparently mistook her for a fund Raiser authorities said. Sandra Reed 32, of Alton was charged with two counts of Battery after the incident and could also face Federal charges officials said. Census worker Debra Price said she sought medical attention immediately after the attack. Because her skin was broken when she was bitten she was tested for ads. Quot i did no to even get to ask her any questions and i identified myself As a . Census Bureau person a said Price 31, of Godfrey 111. Quot she thought i was a solicitor and she told me to get out of her face. I  because she grabbed hold of me by the neck a Price said. Quot she  let  by the Washington Post Washington a several Hundred secret service agents and other Federal Law enforcement officers have filed suns against the government for overtime pay for hours they say they be been required to work without proper compensation during the past seven years. Some agents said they have lost As much As $5,000 to $6,000 a year because of the governments Cost conscious definition of who is entitled to certain kinds of overtime. The Justice department has denied the allegations. The amount of Money at stake is unknown because the government is Only Quot beginning to tally the number of hours and people involved. But the overtime Case is an example of an obscure regulatory interpretation potentially involving millions of dollars. Filed in february the Case is attracting More plaintiffs every Day and is causing consternation in agencies that could be facing Large settlements without funds to pay them. More than 1,300 secret service agents 300 customs service agents 137 internal Revenue service agents 13 Bureau of alcohol. Tobacco and firearms agents and 162 drug enforcement administration officers have filed 13 related suits in the . Court of claims in Washington asking for Back overtime pay and benefits since 1983, according to attorney Jules Bernstein who is handling the cases. He said hundreds of other plaintiffs have asked to be included in the suits and their names will be submitted to the court soon. The agents said that journeymen Law enforcement officers have been classified As executive professional or administrative employees who Are exempt from coverage of the fair labor standards act. That act requires that Many a but not All a hourly workers must be paid overtime for hours worked beyond 40 per week according to the labor department. Quot Federal Law enforcement officers have been exempt from the fair labor standards act we feel improperly a said Thomas Doyle executive vice president of the Federal Law enforcement officers association. Doyle said officers do not fit the definition of an administrative executive or professional employee under the Law and have been denied full overtime payments even though some of them work 15 or 20 hours a week overtime. The agents said they Are upset about what they Call Quot administratively uncontrollable overtime a for example overtime caused by providing surveillance on a suspect s House that can t be scheduled in Advance. The agents also said they routinely work hundreds of hours a year of this Type of overtime. To their pay for this is limited to 25 percent of the annual salary of a gs-10 or $6,565 a year. Most journeymen Law enforcement agents Are paid at the rate of a gs-12. Law enforcement officials claim that agents frequently Are required to work overtime As a condition of employment for less than their Normal hourly rate. The fair labor standards act requires that employees be paid at a rate of 1 i times the rate of regular pay after 40 hours. The labor department oversees overtime under the fair labor standards act for employees working in business and state and local government. The office of personnel management oversees it for Federal employees. Pm issued regulations 15 years ago governing coverage leaving it to agencies to determine How the regulations fit individual positions. Secret service officials for example have decided that agents paid at the rate of gs-9 and above Are exempt from the fair labor standards act. Tie labor department has filed a related Case against new York state for exempting its police criminal investigators from the act and against the City for its handling of overtime pay for transit police. Montvale . Apr Mercedes Benz of North America has announced that it is recalling 1,584 of its 300-class medium sized cars to replace a part for an auxiliary engine Cooling fan the automaker said. The company said that when the auxiliary fan is working at a Low Speed heat from the pre resistor could cause its protective plastic cover to melt and possibly bum. Three incidents of the plastic cover melting have been reported but none has involved injury the company said. Dealers will replace the pre resistor with one that has a Metal cover at no charge according to the company which has its North american base in Montvale the cars being recalled Are some 1990-Model 300e 2.6, 300es and 300e 4matic sedans 300te and 300te 4matic station wagons and 300ce  to require students to do Community service Bethlehem a. Apr Bethlehem has become the latest City to require High school students to perform Community service in order to graduate. The school Board voted 6-3 monday to require the class of 1994 to perform 60 hours of Community service after school on weekends and in the summer. At the meeting school Board president Joseph Mccarthy said the proposal was a poorly thought  but Board member Robert Thompson said the measure would encourage students to have an Quot Active concerns for the Community. In approving the requirement Bethlehem followed the Lead of a growing number of cities that have adopted some form of Community service Standard in the past several years. B-2 resumes test flights after 5-month Lay up  1api _ d 1___1__ _ _ _ 1 Washington apr the b-2 stealth bomber has resumed flight testing after a five month respite the Pentagon announced monday. The radar evading aircraft took off from Edwards fab calif., Friday morning and reached an airspeed of 325 knots and an Altitude of 35,000 feet before touching Down later in the afternoon an announcement said. Quot in be very pleased with the flight tests results a air Force maj. Gen. Richard Scofield the director of the b-2 program said in a statement. Scofield called the six hour five minute flight a an especially remarkable achievement Quot in Light of the five month Lay up for the plane. During that time the aircraft was virtually pulled apart by technicians checking it after its initial test flights. Changes were made in the software for the planets nose wheel steering environmental control system and Pilot displays the statement said. The Pentagon said the aircraft is expected to make five to seven More flights before going into a second planned Lay up and preparation for the final tests of its stealth capabilities. A second b-2 is scheduled to make its first Fligr later this year the statement said. Bowing to congressional budget pressure and the reduced soviet threat defense Secretary Dick Chene announced last week that the Pentagon intends t sharply reduce the proposed Purchase of bombers Fror 132 to 75. That smaller Purchase is expected to drive up the Cost of the plane from $530 million to $815 Misilio each because of higher production costs