The Department of Health and Human UIULHJ LU wul I,Ukju Ll @ t@ U-, LIIS In I Z)OL, the report said. But it noted that final IV i I Lu 2.2 1h 198U, W@ dMuihbnt added. Other data showed that before preg- sus said Plulull auu WcfuHsu Wfuluence iulu UUVJA@! 4 V-IaLk d.Qu only at a later stage should members move on to Sei-vioes also said pregnant women are cutting down on smokin and drinkin (or data f 1980 listed-the @ ali tv r4 !09/971@ bl 4 k eA V L ft""12co actu al arms reduction discussions. 00 9-JIf hi . g g ac 1 ohe t s objective is to be reached, it is essential Pnd that a large majority worked outside or nearly twice as high as for white in- beverages. But of those who had the that an atmosphere of confrontation and exaggerated the home in the 12 months before their fants. habit, 18 percent quit smoking during polemics are avoided," Palme said. children were born. " Even though the fertility rate rose pregnancy and 30 percent stopped drink- Officials said Shultz will endorse such proposals as The report, Health - United States, " slightly between 1979 and 1980 to 68.4 ing. mandatory advance notice of military exercises, ex- 1983, cited a series of recent studies by ..births for; each 1,000 women of child- tending from the Atlantic to the Ural mountains in the department that show life expectan- bearing age, provisional data for follow- Please See HEALTH, Page A10 Russia. QIX@4t/ Robert Monroe At Control Panel For Sound Equipment Institute In Nelson County Studies Various Levels Of Conciousness Dut-Of=Body- Experiences initiated Man's Research ByKATHY 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 studies into human consciousness -a pur- suit that eventually drew him from a sue-. 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 more time to his re- search. More than. 200,000 copies of the book have.been sold in six languages. Monroe, who wrote the prime-time radio program "Rocky 6"on "in the early JP40s, said he began his researcb@ when "a strange series of events started happerung to me some years ago." The events, his out-of-body experiences, or "OOBEs" prompted him to explore var- .4ous levels of consciousness. "In order to learn to control my own out- of-b@dy 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,WO people since it was formed Jn 1973, few Nelson residents know much about it. Some of its neighbors don't want Please See RESEARCH, Page A10 Serious Crime DecineMoses In CounW Inside By DANIEL W. LEBMAN 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 were off by 52 percent, burglarigoRgfbve down 2 percent and larcenies decreased by 8 percent from 1982. 'D- @L- _ZZ --- - al 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 action. The statistics also included two marle-Charlottesville Joint Security Complex, he said, - - . - most common crimes in the county -,to the addition of five police officers to the sheriff's department in July. "I feel sure that we were helped by the additional personnel," he said. "I'm very pleased to see that the property i enmes dropped that much." In addition to the lower rates of burglaries and larcenies, motor vehicle theft declined by 44 per- cent. The shr M%7 tb= a N at $636,000, and said it recovered $247,188 worth of property during the investiga. @ @ 1 -1 . I Michael Jackson Show Michael Jackson dominated the American Music Awards Monday night, capturing seven awards, in- eluding best pop-rock and soul album for "Thriller." See Page A8. I Index - 2 Sections, 22 Pages - ... . - - -- 11 Progress Photo by Jim Carpenter Continued From P'We 4pprojV@U to know, either. "I've heard different people talk about how they think there's some kind of a cult religionover 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 business,.whatever Ow, bud- "af I 0 a & u% alft teach visitors how to explore high- or states of consciousness. "We don't advertise," Ms. Hon- eycutt said. "People find out Iabout us through word-of-mouth." For $850, participants use a se, rise of tapes and exercises designed to explore higher states of con- sciousness. own ness is." listening Monroe and his staff admit they chamber do little to change the institute's trolled local image, although they wel- Chamber. come visitors. nished "You start talking about the speakers -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- Itute. "You wouldn't believe the mis., conceptions," she said. "It saddens Kne that it should be so mystified." After conducting conse iousness programs and research across the country, Monroe moved the inati. itute @u 1979 from his Afton farm in Albemarle County to Nellysftird. Just west of the institute's three educational bOdings, about 60 families will live in a colpmunity Monroe calls the New Land. Al- have ready, about 20 New Landers noved into the energy efficient tomes, and five more houses are inder construction. In seven-day seminars offered They begin their days at 6 am. to a tape in a paneled or -alcove called a Con- Holistic Environmental, The CHEC units an fur- with sophisticated stereo and headphones, air mak tresses and lights. Called the Gateway Program, the'saminars, Mon oelg paten. use r ted soundprocess called hemi-syn- chronization, or' "hard-sync.." The technique involves sending audio am, pulses to create electrical signal - - the brain. Monroe says the process enhances communication in both halves of the brain. "Ideally, at the very least, the person lam= bow to relax so deep ly without any kind of help," Ms. Honeycutt said. "Eventually,'thay don't use the tapes anymore. "Beyond that, the person le@ to achieve and control various lev- els of consciousness, or you could say expanded states of aww& ness," she said. Some participants increase abili. ties in creative problem-solving, concentration or pain control.. Oth- lrgffw_"fiR*"V@At09qjary patterns for sleep. C A . mong the more famous peop@ "Some people actually have to pass through the Monroe InsLi found it increases their ability in tute include actor tddie h1be, physical coordination and speed and death-and-dying author EUs and their control over emotions," bath Kubler-Ross, a Highlar Me. Honeycutt said. County'resident. Actor Jon Voig . Monroe says about 25 percent of participated in one of Monr(m the participants have an out-of- sessions in California. body experience during the pro- The Gateway program attra( gram, although that is not the in- mostly professional people from j tent of'the program. ross the country and oversei "We're dealing with a simple says Ms. Honeycutt, with relath thing called sound," Monroe said. ly few from Virginia participatii 'We do not use any chemicals - in the program. Many of the pE they either distort or dull con- chologists, medical doctors, at of edous4ess. demics, teachers and professo Monroe, who founded Jefferson who attend later apply their expe Cable in Charlottesville in 1962 but ences to their work, she said. sold his interest in it in 1976, said The institute's research, for e his research has boon "infiltrating ample, has enabled first-grade pij the main stream. _ Apeping is a bet. lie school students in Tacon ter word. Wash., to waster reading skills In an interview last week,, he most a year earlier than they woi said that somewhere in the world, without listening to Monro at least two executives are using hemi-s ync process while they lea his "Catnapper" tape to help them accordi ng to a philosphy profes, avoid jetlag. The Wminute tape at Tacoma Community Colle id seems to help them create a bi- who has participated in Monro olog ical cl* -4nd 0" "t," he programs' said . Monroe's ideas have also be ,He also 1opees to begin commer- used to control pain in illness a cial marketing his "Sound Sleeper" surgery, hel p stroke victims rec( tape, which is now available only er, and tenni s and golf players pl through the institute. Monroe says better. Those who wish to imprc the tape helps insomniacs to sleep their concentration and memc b using the hemll Y @r can buy a "super learning pa4 e" of t a t $22 f f d the br4@n in ds o wo or rom t apes g institute. ObitwIlries MCNELL - Remona. Farish McNeil, of Charlottesville, died Monday in a Staunton hospital. Teague and Hawkins Funeral Home. Ivy RoVA is in charge of arrangements. MOON - Lillie Kirby ".Tillie" Moon, 73'of Charlottesville, died Monday i@ a local hospital. Hill and Wood Funeral Home is in charge of aiTangements. Death Nottom CLARENCEILFARRAR Clarence Russell Farrar of 702 ;outh lat. St. died Jan. 13, 1984, a McGuire Veterans Hospital, Lichmond, Va. He is survived by three- sisters, dim Grace Farrar, Mrs. Ida Wha- By and Mrs. Annie LO"Y and me brother, Thomas Farrar. Funeral service will be held at 1 'm. Thursdayin Mt. Zion BapUst, hurch, the Rev. Alivn Edwards Ifficiating. Burial will be in Oak. wood Cameteryj Arrangements are by Fsrgw an's Ftwxal Home.. LUJAE MOON IA& Kirby (Tillie) Moon, 78, of Kirby of Florence, S.C.; one sister, Mrs. Bessie G. Paregory'Of Char- lotteaville; one granddaughter, Mrs John (Deborah) Grady and 0 great grandchildren, John tw Travis and Robert Matthew Grady. ' Funeral servico will be 11 am. Wednesday at Cherry Avenue Christian Church, Mr. Ralph S. p. Carter will officiate, interment will be In Monticello Memory Garden . Those who wish way make con- tributions to Charlottesville - Al-. bamarls Rescue Squad or Coronary Care Unit U.Vs.. Hospi- I UL The family. will receive MM& tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. at the HUI aud.wood Funeral Hom* 32 Altavista Ave., died Jan. 16. WAONA a" in a I" hospital. Sbie`was born. Fob. 8, 1910, Approved ?6AWAMMU109/1 0 slaw County, daughter of the Mrs. Remone Farish McNeil of As Lewis Calvin Kirby and Irew- Charlottesville died Jan. 16,1984 11, CORRECTION The 18 oz. Kraft Barbecue Sauce advertised In the IGA Insert this, week is available in WaL_ regret any KIR7899 *t02TUUU9 3 nconvenence this may have nnjjgt&r1 ntir ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: