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Monday, March 4, 1991

Bobbi Martin

Thurman draws
a power crowd
for ceremony

The guest list for last Tuesday's event
at Fort Myer, Va., would have flattered
a head of state. Instead, the dignitaries
turned out to honor a hero — High Point
native Gen. Maxwell Thurman — at his
official retirement ceremony.

The list included President George
Bush; Defense Secretary Dick Cheney;
National Security Advisor Brent
Scowcroft; Thurman's good friend Gen.
Colin Powell, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; White House Chief of
Staff John Sununu; and White House
Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater.

It also included the chiefs of staff of
the U. S. Army, Air Force and naval
operations, and commandants of the
Marine Corps and the Coast Guard.
Several senators and congressmen also
filled Ceremonial Hall for the occasion.

One of Thurman's invited guests from
Guilford County said it was particularly
impressive in view of the crucial times