
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1993                   TAG: 9305190126
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Rob Eure
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

WILLIAMS BACKS HOME TEACHING

Republican gubernatorial candidate Earle Williams said Tuesday that Virginia should offer an income tax deduction to parents who teach their children at home.

Williams, in a new booklet touting his platform, backs home schooling for the first time in his campaign. The stand is an apparent effort to woo Republicans supporting lieutenant governor candidate Mike Farris, a home-school advocate.

Williams said his position was not calculated to appeal to Farris' delegates to the state GOP convention next month. But "I have no objection to anyone voting for me based on that issue," he said.

Williams is trying to catch frontrunner George Allen of Albemarle in the nomination contest. Farris, whose candidacy is thought to have attracted some conservatives who remain undecided on the gubernatorial race, could control an important bloc of delegates on the convention floor.

by CNB