5 Heath and Human Servis sho aid premane women are fatlng down on smoking and drinkng od tha lage mere ark ovtside the home in the 12 months bore their een et Foor, “Health ~ United Stats 1985, a src of recent studio by the departnent chat show ile expectan AwteTbaudl: Dailey por eid Bot ie ted that inal * ‘eal tice as high as for white in ‘Bren though the fertity rate rose slighty beoween 1079 sod 06) to 68:4 Ibs foreach 1,000 women of chil: Dearing age provisional dats fr fallow Robert Monroe At Control Panel For Sound Equipment Institute In Nelson County Studies Various Levels Of Conciousness 1911 w 2218 lym tbe abet added, SR AL UR eURBodgee easement ‘Other data showed that before peg. sald oaly at later sage sould members move on sabres Baia Uidon ese sane rapetoo0 BE cet hades beverages. But of those who had the that an atmosphere of confrontation and exaggerated ULI pect gut mling ding Pani ae eve” Paine sa preguancy and 30 percent stopped drink: Officials sad Shultz wil endorse such proposals a Ee mandatory edvance notice of milkary estes, ex {ding fom the Adantic tothe Ural mountains i Please See HEALTH, Page AIO sea, —_ fon ITA IEA Out-Of-Body Experiences | Initiated Man’s Research By KATHY HOKE program “Rocky Garon in the eaty 1840, NELLYSFORD ~ In 1958, New York ‘om Cty radio broadcaster Rober! A. Monroe Some yeas ag.” Dogan to leave his body. "The events, is cutobody ‘The ‘experince of his mind, or "OOREe” prompted lin to explore var? via a second body, traveling across the logs levels of Consclousess. ‘country and vo parts unknown initiated his In ordee to learn to cotral my own out Stade into hum conscounese ‘xperenes, Thad to lara what ft ‘that eventoally dew ian fom & ue. "Te was a form of enrgy. The ‘ovfl broadcasting career wo flldine recent use of tha energy Wy comcious Blue Rage in Nelson County. “Alihough the studies tthe Monroe Isti- ‘Monroe sald the response fom his 1971 sate of Applied. Senses have attracted ‘ook, Journeys Out of the Body, encour more then #00 people ince Ie was formed ‘ged hi to devoto more tine to his r= In 197, few Nelaon residents pow moch earch. More then 200,000 coplas of the about i. Same af ls elghbors ou't went Mouroe, who wrote the primetine radio Please See RESEARCH, Page AIO State Palio. Serious crime in Albemarle County de pcre wa reas ty 9 percent in 1083 ~ despite ¢ stoner Che mne oop ~ seeding vo statisties provides oan sents department to Vieginis “The yearly statitos showed that hom ides dropped 5 percent, rodberes Were down 53, percents aggravatad assaults Gow ? percent and lreeine decrensod by" 8 pereent from 1982, i reece national tend, but ere mov: common crime nthe county — 20 ‘dropped a little more here than most the addition of five police officers to the Michael Jackson Show fe etas aged vem iorug) sheifedeprtnen Michael Jacko dominated he ade oe thee people wo se come anal parasol be sad mary ABS seven svar mitting these rapes know that it won'tbe pleased to see that the property crimes ‘tolerated in Albemarle County.” a Serious Crime Decreases In County |... By DANIEL W. LENMAN fea sare that me were elped by the Arse Music Awards Monda) Sropped that much" Invedaition to the | SDARE, Dest, paprock end se! Baley std several of the 16 rapes re-lowtr rats of burglaries end lnrceles, agi ithe county fave een ei: oor‘ tet snd y ep Tes ser ces a een cout fe off bro pee, bagecpntaved er Bofeaa.d SHO OF ePAD>oe i UL Let cindex _____| oe ee Pee Tat aaah deme tee lati 2 eeeRX Nnoocdivil Continued From Pees Moro fhPE AP HOMER zene anc. cSHBSC) to know, either. “T've heard different people talk about how they think there's some kind of a cult religion over there,? ssid Betty Ann Duncan, who lives bout three miles from the insti tute “You never soe any. of them cut," she said. “They mind their own business, whatever their busi ness is.” Monroo and his staff admit they do little to change the institute's local image, although they wel ‘come visitors, “You start ti out the brain or the mind, and it’s cloaked in all this old-fashioned occult type ‘of approseh, ‘eutt, Monroo’s step-daughter and director of programs at the insti- wate, reonceptions, ime that it should be 80 mystified ‘After conducting consciousness programs and research acroas the country, Monroe moved the insti- tute jn 1079 from his Afton farm in Albemarle County to Nellysford. ‘Just west of the institute's throe educational buildings, about 60 Families will live in a'community Monroe calls the New Land. Al ready, about 20 New Landers ave noved into the energy-efticient somes, and five more are inder construction. In seven-day. seminars offered Death Notices teach visitors how to explore high- ¢ states of consciousness. "We don't advertise,” Ms. Hon- ‘eycutt said. “Poople find out about us through word-ofmouth.” For $850, participants use a se- ries of tapes and exercioos designed to explore higher states of con- They eg this day a 6 jn their daya at 6 om, listening to a tape in a paneled chamber or: alcove called ‘a Con- trolled Holistic Environmental Chamber. Tho CHEC units are fur- nished with ‘sophisticated stereo speakers and hesdphones, air mal- tresses and lights, Called the Gateway Program, the seminars uae Monroe's paten ted sound process called hemi-sya- chronization, or “hemieyne.” The technique involves sending audio pulses to create electrical signals in’ the brain. Monroe says the process enhances communication in both veil a ce very Ist, the “Ideally, at the very act, learns bow to relax 80 deop- Fy without any Kind of hep” Mo. Honeycutt said. “Eventually they don’t use the tapes anymore. “Beyond that, the person learns to achieve and control various lev- els of consciousness, or you could say expanded states .of aware- nese,” she anid. ‘Some participants increase abil tios in creative problem-solving, concentration or pain cantrol. Oth ——————— CLARENCE R. FARRAR Clarence Russell Farrar of 702 south 1st. St. died Jan. 13, 1984, n McGuire “Veterans Hospital, Hichmond, Va. Ho is survived by three sisters, lise Grace Farrar, Mrs. Ida Wha- ay and Mra, Annie Lockley and ane brother, Thomas Farrar, Funeral service will be held at 1 m ‘in Mt. Zion Baptist, thurch, the Rev. Aliva Edwards Wfciating- Burial wil be in Oak- LILLIE K, MOON: Lillie Kirby (Tillie) Moon, 78, of Ie akavio ve died Jan. 16, 384 in a local 1ONA ‘She'was born, Feb. 3, 1910, Approved FORA ASCNRITI0G/10 : eleon County, daughter of the fe Lewio Calvin Kithy and Irene Kirby of Florence, 8.C.; one sister, Mra. Boosie G. Peregory of Char: lottesville; one granddaughter, ‘Mrs, John (Deborah) Grady and two great grandchildren, John ‘Travis and Robert Matthew Grady. Funeral save will be 1 am, Wednesday at Cherry Avenue Christian Church, Mr. Ralph S. Carter will officiate, interment will tributions to Charlottesville « bemarle Rescue Squad or Coronary Care Unit U.Va Hoepi- ‘The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Hill ‘end Wood Funeral Home, REM ‘Mre, Remona Farish McNeil of Charlottesville died Jan. 16, 1984 "Some people actually have found it increases their sbility in physical coordination and speed and their control over emotions,” Ms, Honeyeutt eaid, about 25 percent of the participants have an out-of- body experience during the pro- gram, although that is not the in- tant of “We do not use any chemicals — they eithor distort. or dull con- ‘Monroe, who founded Jefferson Cable in Charlottesville in 1962 but sold his interest in it in 1976, said his research has been “infiltrating the main stream — seeping is « bet- ter word.” Tn an interview last week, he said that somewhere in the world, at least two executives are using his “Catnapper” tape to help them + avoid jetlag. The 80-minute “seema to help them create bi ological clock and tine shit,” he ‘He also hopes to begin commer- cial marketing his “Sound Sleeper” tape, which is now available only ‘through the institute, Monroe says the tape helps insomniaes to sleep by using the hemi-sync process to sid the brain in developing the nec- Obituaries —— MCNEIL — Ramona Farish MeNal of Chaclotesvl, died fonday in a Staunton hospital. Teague and Hawkine Funeral Home, Ivy Road, is in charge of arrangements, MOON ~ Lillis Kirby Moon, 78, of Charlottesville, died in a local hospital. Hill ‘and Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, CORRECTION The 18 oz. Kraft Barbecue Sauce advertised In the IGA Insert this week is available in PGND AON Yac WB stegret any inconvenience this may have Raicad nur Auctamacn BRAT Yb oeINYpattrns for sap ‘mong the more famous peop to pass through the Monroe nat tute include actor Eddie Albe and deathrand-dying author Elis beth Kubler-Ross, a Highla ‘County resident. Actor Jon Voig participated in’ one of Monro seasions in California, ‘The Gateway program attra ‘mostly professional people from ross the country and over says Ms, Honeyeutt, with relat ly fow from Virginie participa in the program, Many of the p: chologists, medical doctors, demics, teachers and professc Who attend later apply their expe ences to their work, she ssi. ‘The institute's research, for ample, has enabled first-grade p lie’ school students in’ Tacon ‘Wash., to master reading skills ‘most a year earlier than they wo without listening to Monro hami-syne process while they les ‘according to a philosphy profes at Tacoma Community’ Coli who has pasticipated in Monro programs. Monroe's ideas have also b ‘used to contro! pain in illnoas« surgery, help stroke victims ree er, and tennis and golf players p better. Those who wish to impr their concentration and mem can buy @ “super learning pa age” of two tapes for $22 from | institute. RPE > Smias i=