European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Pape 7u.s. May need to sweeten Early retirement by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a those Belt tightening government agencies that want to retain new employees by encouraging older workers to retire Early May have to sweeten the pot or be forced to go through costly and disruptive reductions in Force. Many officials believe that Uncle Sam must adopt the kind of innovative Early retirement offers being made to state government and private sector employees. Federal agencies can offer Early retirement Only when agencies Are cutting Back and Only if it is approved by the office of personnel management or Congress. Early Federal retirees take a 2 percent pension Cut for each year they Are under age 55. Many say that penalty is the reason they done to take Early retirement. Some private firms and local governments have become More creative one Washington firm offered senior workers up to two years pay plus lifetime health coverage for Early retirement. The Federal office of Thrift supervision gave Early retirees a six month pay Bonus. About 42 percent of the office s workers took the offer in agencies with no such incentive Only 5 percent take Early retirements. The american federation of state county and municipal employees Union has been tracking Early retirement offers in state governments. The following is a rundown of some recent or ongoing Early retirement programs complied by of some and the Washington Post a extra credit for service age or both Quot was the most popular common incentive in private plans during 1989,�?� according to of some officials. Rep. Barbara Boxer d-calif., has proposed giving Federal workers an extra four years of age and service credit if they would retire Early. A new York state last year gave employees extra service credit equal to one twelfth of each employees total service to a maximum of three years for employees with up to 36 years. Workers had to be at least age 50. With 10 years service to qualify. A Ohio allows school districts to give extra service credit equal to one fifth of an employees total service to a maximum of five years of extra service for employees with 25 years service. Workers must meet minimum age and service requirements to qualify. A Minnesota in 1987 eliminated its Early retirement penalty for workers 55 and older if their combined age and service equated 85 years. Michigan did the same thing for employees 50 and older Olio May retire without penalty if their age and service equals 80 years. Quot a some states and companies offer a social Security Quot Bridges with supplemental pensions until age 62. Michigan in 1989 authorized payments of from $2-10 to $360 per month for Early retirees. They continued to get the payments until eligible for minimum social Security benefits. Quot . Agencies can make no changes without congressional approval. Quot his ticket is fighting Washington traffic citations Washington a Michael Dorsey says when it comes to traffic tickets if you can to fight City Hall let him do it for you. Dorsey 45, makes a living representing other people disputing the citations they receive for such sins As speeding making prohibited left turns and remaining parked at meters too Long. For $20 a ticket Dorsey will bring the knowledge he has gained studying District of Columbia traffic Laws to Bear on the Bureau of traffic adjudications hearing examiners who have the Power to dismiss tickets or reduce their penalties. A the average person May take off from work argue their Case and still not win anything a Dorsey said. A a in a not bringing in a Large amount of dough doing this but its supporting me to some  the 2 million tickets Washington authorities wrote last year brought the City $45.3 million a Little More than 1 percent of the City a $3.86 billion budget. Few citations Are dismissed but Dorsey wins clients reductions in fines or keeps Points off their driving records More often than not frequently by citing technicalities most people miss. Tickets must be written properly for instance Dorsey said. A a Young lady brought me a ticket where the officer did not Check off a violation. He just wrote Down the Fine a $50,�?� he said. A i done to expect to have any problem with this one. They done to have a Case if they done to have a violation checked  most people done to know that in Washington a ticket can be ruled invalid if an officer fails to write a badge number on it he said. Tickets missing the make of the vehicle also can be dismissed even if they carry a License number. Then there Are the cases Dorsey did not win. Last summer the City towed and auctioned the car of a homeless Man who had been living it in after he failed to pay three parking fines in time. The car was sold for $10, Dorsey said. A a senior citizens car was sold for $30 around the same time a he said. A it was just too late for them. The City had already sold them and there Wasny to anything that i could  Dorsey who is not an attorney started his business in 1988, after serving six months As a temporary assistant to the chief hearing examiner. A then i became unemployed and i did no to have much of a Choice. One thing led to another and Little by Little it grew a he said. Today he runs the business from his own office in Northeast Washington. He is listed in the yellow pages under a traffic amp parking  Dorsey said he has no idea How Many tickets he handles in a year but the number can run up to 20 in one Day. A if there a a big crowd in the hearing room ill just come Back Here and take care of paperwork and other things a he said. A i done to spend 9 to 5 there but its certainly a full time Job. Sometimes its a Little bit less than 40 hours. Sometimes its  City officials have no problem with Dorsey a work City spokeswoman Scha amnesty group plans to continue la. Probe los Angeles apr amnesty International workers ended a one week visit to investigate brutality complaints against the los Angeles police and sheriffs departments. A three member team from the International human rights group determined there is enough evidence to warrant additional investigation by amnesty a London Headquarters a spokeswoman said. A it does need further investigation a said Anita Tiessen a spokeswoman for the team. Quot we be had very very conflicting  the organization will use documents mailed by civil rights lawyers to investigate whether a pattern of brutality exists within the police and sheriffs departments Tiessen said. The team interviewed 40 people including police chief Daryl f. Gates sheriff Sherman Block and mayor Tom Bradley. National attention was focused on the police department following the videotaped beating of a Black Motorist by a group of officers March 3. Four of the officers face assault charges. The sheriffs department is the subject of Federal and local investigations because of four fatal shootings by officers within a months time. In addition a class action lawsuit accuses deputies of a pattern of racial abuse. Amnesty is an Independent organization that investigates human rights violations and works to outlaw the death penalty. Michael Dorsey holds some of the traffic tickets he is being paid to Challenge. Olcia Barnes said. A a he a running a legitimate business like everyone else is a she said. A it serves a practical purpose for a lot of people who done to have the time that a required to go through the adjudication  Dorsey eventually wants to hire at least one employee ideally an attorney who will argue cases. A i done to want to be fighting in the hearing room for the rest of my life a Dorsey said. A a in be made  Quayle family takes in thrill of White water rafting trip Summersville . A vice president Dan Quayle led his family Down a White water River saturday along with a rafting party of mostly secret service agents. A i like the Challenge of it the thrill of it. Its great family adventure a Quayle said. The Quayle family took its second raft trip Down the Gauley River where dam releases Over a 20-Day period each fall create wild rapids. Last year the Quayle and their three children a sons Tucker 17, and Ben 14, and daughter Corinne 12 a rafted Down the Gauley and Colorado Rivers. Quayle a wife Marilyn was pulled from the Colorado after falling overboard when the raft hit a rough spot. For a 1989 trip Down West Virginia a new River the army corps of engineers adjusted dams upstream to reduce the flow. On saturday dam releases were not altered to give the Quayle a Kinder gentler ride according to Summersville Lake resource manager Paul Clemens. The Quayle were accompanied by a four raft party of secret service agents National Park service rangers and commercial rafting guides. They entered the River below Summersville dam about 200 Miles Southwest of Washington in the Allegheny mountains. A they be got a helicopter they be got kayaker rangers. Head be in More danger on route 10 than he is on the Gauley today a said Lloyd Lewis a National Park service Ranger. The Quayle paid $101 per person for the ride