US LLELLULEU LURE sume The Department of Health and Human Services also said pregnant women are cutting down on smoking and drinking end that a large majority worked outside the home in the 12 months before their children were born. The report, ‘‘Health — United States, 1983,” cited a series of recent studies by the department that show life expectan- ULES 1 LULL L,UUU Ue ULES lu Lyd, the report said. But it noted that final data f black or nearly twice as high as for white in- fants. Even though the fertility rate rose slightly between 1979 and 1980 to 68.4 _births for each 1,000 women of child- bearing age, provisional data for follow- 19/1 W 2.2 in LY8U, ER Adtumhént added. Other data showed that before preg- beverages. But of those who had the habit, 18 percent quit smoking during pregnancy and 30 percent stopped drink- ing. Please See HEALTH, Page ‘A10 SUSMICIUL UU LUCPRESe Ubiiluence anu coupsraucn aod said only at a later stage should members move on to ed AREPHEA TBE ROUSE HtlGn 09 BF PRR RE UOT SERED PR ORAFOOOE ST ce objective ts to be rothad, i ie esenta that an atmosphere of confrontation and exaggerated polemics are avoided,” Palme said. Officials said Shultz will endorse such proposals as mandatory advance notice of military exercises, ex- tending from the Atlantic to the Ural mountains in Russia. By DANIEL W. LEHMAN of The Progress Staff . Serious crime in Albemarle County de- creased by 9 percent in 1983 — despite a startling increase in the number of rapes — according to statistics provided by the county sheriff's department to Virginia State Police. The yearly statistics showed that hom- icides dropped 75 percent, robberies were down 55 percent, aggravated assaults down 2 percent and larcenies decreased by 8 percent from 1982. ..¢ oe. 2. .eLL LW. Un £2. YL. wt COL Progress Photo by Jim Carpenter Robert Monroe At Control Panel For Sound Equipment Institute In Nelson County Studies Various Levels Of Conciousness a - fax. 17, 19EE- i . By KATHY HOKE of The Progress Staff NELLYSFORD — In 1958, New York City radio broadcaster Robert A. Monroe began to leave his body. The unexplained experiences of his mind, via a second body, traveling across the . country and to parts unknown initiated his: - stadies into human consciousness — a pur- suit that eventually drew him from a suc- . cessful broadcasting career to full-time research at his 800-acre institute along the ‘Blue Ridge in Nelson County. ‘Monroe said the response from his 1971 book, Journeys Out of the Body, encour- aged him to devote mire time to his re- search. More than 200,000 copies of the book have been sold in six languages. . Monroe, who wrote the primetime radio _. Serious Crime Decreases In County | Out-Of-Body Experiences Initiated Man’s Research program “Rocky Gordon "in the early 1940s, said he began his research when “a strange series of events started happening to me some years ago.” The events, his out-of-body experiences, - or “OOBEs”’ prompted him to explore var- .dous levels of consciousness. __ “Jn order to learn to control my own out- _ of- body experiences, I had to learn what it was;” he said. “It was a form of energy. The greatest use of that energy. is conscious- ness.” Although the studies at the Monroe Insti- tute of Applied Sciences have attracted more than 4,000 people since it was formed in 1973, few Nelson residents know much about it. Some of its neighbors don’t want ot : Please See RESEARCH, Page Al0 ee Inside were off by 52 percent, burgiarippERved, it reflects a national trend, but crime dropped a little more here than most places. It was a good year for us. “But everyone will have to try a lot’ harder to let these people who are com- * mitting these rapes know that it won’t be tolerated in Albemarle County.” Bailey said several of the 16 rapes re- ported in the county have been reclassi- fied as lesser crimes in subsequent court marle-C ecm Joint Security Complex, he said. pion eels The stati Ase SURRY 4B Bige 9 acto? gabe: ieshinteel most common crimes in ‘the county — to the addition of five police officers to the sheriff's department in July. “T feel sure that we were helped by the additional personnel,” he said. “I’m very pleased to see that the property crimes dropped that much.” In addition to the lower rates of burglaries and larcenies, motor vehicle theft declined by 44 per- cent. By Foported a thefts at $636,000, and said it recovered $247,188 worth of property during the investiga- Michael Jackson Show Michael Jackson dominated the | American Music Awards Monday night, capturing seven awards, in- | cluding best pop-rock and soul | album for “Thriller.” See Page A8. | Index 2 Sections, 22 Pages
FO Comin om Pat opr o fH? Mt Mart to know, either. “T’ve heard different people talk about how they think there’s some kind of a cult religion over there,’’ said Betty Ann Duncan, who lives : about three miles from the insti- tute. “You never see any. of them out,” she said. “They mind their own business, whatever their busi- ness is,”” Monroe and his staff admit they do little to change the institute's local image, although they wel- come visitors. “You start talking about the brain or the mind, and it’s cloaked ‘in all this old-fashioned occult type of approach,” says Nancy Honey- cutt, Monroe’s step-daughter and director of programs at the insti- tute. co “You wouldn’t believe the mis- wonceptions,” she said. “It saddens me that it should be so mystified.” - After conducting consciousness programs and research across the country, Monroe moved the insti- kute jn 1979 from his Afton farm in Albemarle County to Nellysford. Just west of the institute’s three educational buildings, about 60 Families will live in a community Monroe calls the New Land. Al- ready, about 20 New Landers have moved into the energy-efficient somes, and five more houses are inder construction. In seven-day. seminars offered Death Notices teach visitors how to explore high- - er states of consciousness. “We don’t advertise,’’ Ms. Hon- -eycutt said. “People find out about us through word-of-mouth,” __ For $850, participants use a se- ries of tapes and exercises designed ‘to explore higher states of con- sciousness. They begin their days at 6 a.m. listening to a tape in a paneled chamber or: alcove called a Con- trolled Holistic Environmental, Chamber. The CHEC units are fur- nished with sophisticated stereo speakers and headphones, air mat- tresses and lights. ' Called the Gateway Program, the seminars use Monroe's paten- ted sound process called hemi-syn- chronization, or “‘hemi-sync."’ The technique involves sending audio pulses to create electrical signals in’: the brain. Monroe says the process enhances communication in both . halves of the brain. “Ideally, at the very least, the person learns how to relax so deep- ly without any kind of help,” Ma. 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- ness,” she said. Some participants increase abili- ties in creative problem-solving, concentration or pain control. Oth- aa  SnsTaSONSPNNNSINNSSNONSONSSSNG CLARENCE R. FARRAR Clarence Russell Farrar of 702 Routh Ist. St. died Jan. 13, 1984, n McGuire Veterans Hospital, | Richmond, Va. He is survived by three’ sisters, Hiss Grace Farrar, Mrs: Ida Wha- sy and Mrs. Annie Lockley and ine brother, Thomas Farrar. Funeral service will be held at 1 -m, Thursday in Mt. Zion Baptist . hurch, the Rev. Alivn Edwards . Kficiating. Burial will be in Oak- rood Cemetery; by Arrangements are by Fergu- on’s Funeral Home.. -. LILLIE K, MOON. Lillie Kirby (Tillie) Moon, 78, of 22 Altavista Ave., died Jan. 16, 384 in a local She'was cal bog nie 3, 1910, Approved FORASHICNBITI09/10 : elson County, daughter of the § Mrs. Remona Farish McNeil of © te Lewis Calvin Kirby and Irene Charlottesville died Jan. 16, 1984 . ee vy... ..«. wpe g Kirby of Florence, S.C.; one sister, Mrs. Bessie G. Peregory of Char- lottesville; one granddaughter, Mrs. John (Deborah) Grady and two great grandchildren, John Travis and Robert Matthew Grady. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cherry Avenue Christian Church, Mr. Ralph S. Carter will officiate, interment wil] be in Monticello Memory Gardens. Those who wish may make con- tributions to Charlottesville - Al- bemarle Rescue Squad or Care Unit U.Va. Hospi- ~ ‘The family’ will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Hill and Wood Funeral Home. REMONA an “Some people actually have found it increases their ability in physical coordination and speed and their control over emotions,” ’ Ms. Honeycutt said. ; - Monroe says about 26 percent of the participants have an out-of-. body experience during the pro- gram, although that is not the in- tent of the program. “We're dealing with a simple - thing called sound,”’ Monroe said. “We do not use any chemicals — they either distort or dull con- sciousness." a 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 a bet- ter word.” In 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 30-minute tape “seems to help them create a bi- ological clock and timo shift,” he said, -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 insomniacs to sleep by, using the hemi-sync process to the brain in developing the nec- . Obituaries MCNEIL — Remona Farish McNeil, of Charlottesville, died Monday in a Staunton. hospital. Teague and Hawkins Funeral Home, Ivy Road, is in charge of arrangements. MOON — Lillie Kirby “Tillie” Moon, 78, of Charlottesville, died © Monday in a local hospital. Hill and Wood Funeral Home is in " charge of arrangements. nconven ‘CORRECTION The 18 oz. Kraft Barbecue Sauce advertised in the IGA Insert this week is available in IAF BAUD RA ooc RS regret any ence this may have Panead aur Ancétamarn CiRRRB Ss OF ARUP O 2 HHO oseyAY Patterns for sloop, mong the more famous peop. to pass through the Monroe Inst: tute include actor Eddie Alber and death-and-dying author Elis beth Kubler-Ross, a Highlar County resident. Actor Jon Voig participated in one of Monro sessions in California. The Gateway program attrac mostly professional people from j ‘ross the country and overse: says Ms. Honeycutt, with relati ly few from Virginia participati in the program. Many of the ps chologists, medical doctors, ac demics, teachers and professo who attend later apply their expe ences to their work, she said. The institute's research, for ¢ ample, has enabled first-grade pi lic school students in Tacon _Wash., to master reading skills most a year earlier than they wo without listening to Monro hemi-sync process while they lea according to a philosphy profes: at Tacoma Community Colle who has participated in Monro programs, Monroe’s ideas have also be used to control pain in illness a surgery, help stroke victims rec er, and tennis and golf players p! better. Those who wish to imprc their concentration and memc can buy a ‘“‘super learning pas age”’ of two tapes for $22 from t institute. LL TE | mt) 0 | ME IN] BEG Chou [rec >>| =| Goi & Sfsio>in