The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, July 5, 1994                  TAG: 9407010018
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

OFF WITH BINDING TIES

If the government can ban smoking in public places and work places, why not ban ties? They are expensive, uncomfortable, useless and dangerous.

Since all male members of Congress wear them, it seems obvious that ties restrict the flow of blood to the brain.

R. F. LOTZ

Suffolk, June 21, 1994 by CNB