Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, June 2, 1990 TAG: 9006020363
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Thompson had been bound over for trial last week on three felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and one of unlawful possession of incendiary devices. He also faced misdemeanor charges of sexual assault, simple assault and marijuana possession.
Thompson, 53, was charged after Gail Palmer-Slater, a business entrepreneur and former porn film producer, accused him of grabbing her breast and throwing a drink at her when she visited his Woody Creek home Feb. 21.
Gail M. Reals, The U.S. Marine Corps' first woman general, is retiring and the service said farewell with a battalion-strength parade.
Hundreds of civilian and military observers were on hand for Thursday's ceremony at the Quantico, Va., Marine Corps Base marking the retirement of the brigadier general.
"You saw many firsts. But most importantly, you were first a Marine," Marine Commandant Gen. Al Gray wrote to Reals, commander of the base.
Reals, 54, had more than 35 years of military service. "I've been thinking, I'll be unemployed for the first time since I was 13 years old," she said. "I leave 20 pounds lighter than I was at 19, when I joined the Marine Corps."
Reals began her military career in 1954; her first assignment was as a stenographer.
She became a commissioned officer in September 1961 and rose to her current rank in February 1985.
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