European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. December 9. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 panel considering combining military s elite Washington a a mouse sub considering  to unify the nation s Ibcal Navy seals and other elite military units under a simile civilian command according to rep. Dan Daniel a a the unified command called the defense special operations Agency would be patterned after the National Security Agency which deploys teams around the world in electronic eavesdropping efforts. It funds its activities irom the budgets of the military services the Washington Post reported in sunday s editions. Daniel told the Post that a proposal to establish a unified command for special military units will be introduced Early next year if it clears the closed hearing of his readiness subcommittee of the mouse armed services committee. The big problem has been command and  he said referring to bungled military efforts in the 1980 Iran hostage Rescue Mission Mil the i a invasion of . The operations suf feted from fractured command Struc Tures because the Peng in allowed each service to control a portion of the operations he sol in "rren.id.i. He said the services could not  because the had Dif Ferent kinds of radios. Under a plan being worked Mil. The defense special operations Agency would  Oer control of some 10.000 personnel in Llie and circe berets and Delta Force. Rangers. No seals and Arnn and air Force frosty freeway workers in Kansas City mo., escort a Winter Holiday Home in � Midtown 20-foot-Lall frosty the snowman to his Kansas City Park. Special aviation units. The teams however would retain their individual service identities the Post said. The new Agency would finance special forces keep teams within striking distance of Likely trouble spots and conduct training exercises for special operations the news paper said. A group of military officers who have participated in special operations around the world Are to attend a hearing wednesday to Tell the subcommittee their needs the Post said. Daniel said the special forces often lose out in funding because the military spends most of its budget preparing for big wars. Texan tried to kill family for insurance says Fri 1 As Nicias. Nev a a Man accused of Tang in blow up a jetliner Arry ing his wife three daughters and 1 50 others to collect More than is million in insurance benefits has been arrested b the Mil. Albert i cd  of Austin. Texas a charged \ Ida with planting a Home made bomb in his wife s baggage aboard an american airlines flight on i from Austin to Dallas Ort Worth agents said Thielman wanted to kill his Flamik to collect life insurance benefits to Pav off debts from gambling drug1 and an a  i r with a woman described in the affidavit attached to a Federal arrest warrant As i nude Model "  Lold the Fri he needed about 56.000 a month to stay  and was considering filing for bankruptcy the affidavit said. It was a steady downward spiral that Speaks for itself. It s kind of a last resort Type  Fri agent Bvron Sage said saturday in Austin. The bomb exploded in the plane s bag Gage compartment at Dallas Tori Worth International Airport As handlers prepared to unload the plane. None of the 147 Pas sengers and so in Crew members on Board was injured. Thielman was arrested without incident As he approached t ticket counter at me c Arran International Airport on saturday said John Dalseg. He Fri genl in charge of the san Antonio office. The arrest resulted from a lip generated by news of the arrest warrant issued Friday Sage said. Thielman was taken to the i Lark county detention Center pending an Appe. Acc before a Federal magistrate. Mrs Thielman filed a missing person re Purl on her husband on nov. 22. The Federal charge of placing a desirus tie device on an aircraft carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $250.000 Fine. Thielman who worked for an Austin pre fabricated Home Dealership told investigators he had had a Lousy year acknowledging si2.000 in credit card debts in addition to mortgage payments Bank Loans and car notes said Dalseg. An Fri informant said Thilman had gambled heavily on sports during 1984, bet Ting in to 52.000 a week the affidavit said. An informant listed Only As a nude Model said Thielman spent $500 per month on her the affidavit said.  family member was covered by $250.000 in flight insurance on a policy written through american express with Thielman listed As the beneficiary Dalseg said. Stale i Arm insurance had issued $150,000 life insurance policies on Thiel Man and his wife according to the Fri. The three children Are All under 7, dal Seg said but he did not know their names or exact Ages. The investigation showed the bomb was found in an ammunition can in a Vinyl bag belonging to mrs. Thielman. Fri exports Are still trying to gauge the bomb s potential. I think it s Safe to say that had it gone off while the aircraft was in flight. It would have been quite serious Sage said. House panel spares Congress pensions from tax bite Washington a the House ways and Means committee voted to tighten taxation of pensions paid to Federal workers but included a provision to exempt lawmakers and their staffs congressional aides report. The exemption Drew fire from unions representing government workers and two House members have said they will try to restore a pension tax deferral now enjoyed by All i to the panel s tax Reform Bill would require most Federal employees to pay taxes on pension benefits for the first three years after they retire but under the proposal the 535 members of Congress and their staffs wow continue to enjoy the tax Benefit now riven Federal workers whose pensions Are not taxed until a exceed the amount the workers paid into re re  was not mentioned in a ways and Means committee news release on the tax Reform Bill nor by committee members who briefed reporters a spokeswoman for the american federation of Jov Ernie no employees said saturday her Organ Alion would not be Able to support the Bill in Light of the treatment of Federal employees who arc about to  Federal employees should be afforded the same deferred compensation As members of Congress who arc trying to exempt themselves said the spokeswoman Lorelta Uccelli. Blair Childs executive director of the senior  association said he would be Ama de if congressmen deferred taxation of their pensions it would be very self serving said Childs. Whose association represents lop government workers reps. Stony Hoyrd my. And vie i a to. D-calif., arc to appear before he rules committee on tuesday to seek to restore the tax deferral for All newly retired government workers said John mag jr., Hoyer s legislative aide. Mug said a recent general accounting office study found that 93 percent of All private pension plans did not require employee contributions. All Federal employees must contribute with the exception of congressmen and staff members on the payroll before Jan i. 1984. Who have a Choice. Currently if you pay a portion of your salary to a retirement plan once you retire you receive the pension tax free for three years because it is the amount that you contributed and it has already been taxed Moag said. By eliminating the deferment. Ways and Means com Mittee members hoped to raise an estimated $8 billion in lax Revenue Over five years to offset Money lost from reducing individual lax  amen Mcm ii Hijack victim Pfluge transferred to Hospital in Minneapolis Minneapolis a Jackie Nink hospitals. The army Hospital at Lan Stuhl. Germany Pflugk s family had requested thai no information be released on her condition. Pfluge 30. From Pasadena. Texas is the daughter in Law of june and Gregg Pflugk of Minnetonka. Gregg Pflugk said saturday Len to saturday after she night he was waiting to hear from his  Baturay " a d rely uni to Minneapolis Scott who had returned to Minneapolis with his wife. Pfluge was returning from visiting her bus band at a volleyball tournament nov. 24 in Athens. Greece when terrorists hijacked the Boeing 727 in route to Cairo. Sixty people including one american were killed when the hijackers detonated hand grenades As egyptian commandos assaulted the aircraft at the Valletta Airport in Malta. Family members said Pflugk was shot in he Back of the head and apparently thought dead Flung from the plane. She had been in stable condition after surgery in Malta. The of lugs were teachers at american College school in Cairo. June Pflugk said the you pc had planned to move to the twin cities when their teaching assignments were finished in two years but now will move to Minneapolis immediately