has been denied permission to campaign in the supermarket,

has been denied permission to campaign in the supermarket, “Are you all Hare Krishnas?”

“Anything this involved, it’s got to go wrong somewhere along the line,” the candidate said.

Friday was the second day of Wilder’s trip. The first day Thursday had gone smoothly, except for rain.

Wilder began Friday by going into a Wise County coal mine and he ended the day with some 25 Scott County supporters honoring him at dinner here and donating $132.

But he probably would like to forget the rest of the day.

First, an editor for a weekly newspaper in Big Stone Gap was not in his office for a scheduled noon interview.

A little later, when Wilder was to meet with supporters at a Duffield motel, no one showed.

Next was a scheduled radio interview in Gate City. But when Mr. Wilder arrived, no one was available to handle the interview.

Then, at a Gate City supermarket, Mr. Wilder was told by the store manager that its policy prohibited soliciting.

Alzheimer’s studied

RICHMOND — Alzheimer’s disease, a crippling and ultimately fatal brain disorder afflicting some 40,000 victims in Virginia, is coming under the scrutiny of a new commission set up by the 1985 General Assembly.

“It’s the most frustrating disease I know of for the patient, the relatives and the medical community,” Del. Joan Munford (D-Blacksburg) said Friday at the organizational meeting of the Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.

She is a commission member and a nursing home administrator with firsthand dealings with Alzheimer’s disease victims.

Del. Kenneth Plum (D-Reston) chairman of the 20member commission, said it will focus on ways to provide better support services for those stricken with Alzheimer’s disease.

“I’m convinced that if we put our minds to it, we can do something about this devastating problem,” he said.

Background information supplied the commission described Alzheimer’s disease as a brain disorder for which there is no known cause or cure.