The State - News from May 25, 1988

A decision in the fraternization case involving Navy Lt. Kathleen Mazure and her husband Scott Price, a former Marine, may be reached today, Marine Corps officials said. Commanding General Gene Deegan took the case under advisement after an administrative hearing at the Marine Corps facility at Twentynine Palms. Mazure was to go on trial earlier this week, but the general court-martial charges were dropped by the Marines’ judge advocate’s office. The case is one of the first in which a member of the armed forces faced a court martial for fraternizing with a member of another branch of the military, and where no professional working relationship was at stake. The Marine Corps was prosecuting the case against the Navy officer because the fraternization occured at a Marine facility. Mazure, a Navy dentist, and Price, a former Marine aviation mechanic were married last year. Earlier this month Price was given an honorable discharge. Deegan can decide to drop the issue or reprimand Mazure, officials said.