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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1998
Page
8
The Dow Jones fell 150.71 to 8,963.73, slipping back under 9,000 for the fourth time since April, while Nasdaq also posted steep losses. Analysts cited dwindling catalysts, lingering earnings worries, and profit-taking despite some lingering optimism about fundamentals.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous stock names and values with varied last net prices and percent changes, including names like Merck Edison Kodak Morgan and Amoco, alongside broad market figures. The page records fluctuating prices and percentages in a dense, unreadable table format.
West Virginia officials unveiled plans to create the Coal Heritage Area to fuse scattered coal region sites into a unified tourist resource. Governor Cecil Underwood and Rep. Nick Rahall highlighted federal funding and a 50 50 match requirement to develop resources across Boone Cabell Fayette Logan McDowell Mercer Mingo Raleigh Summers Wayne and Wyoming counties tied to early labor struggles at Paint Creek Cabin Creek Matewan and Blair Mountain.
In Charleston AP report residents of Riverbend subdivision woke to a large brown container of hazardous soil. The 2220 pound load, tainted with barium acetone and tetra chlor ethene, was missing after a Weavertown Environmental Group truck was stolen. The container was recovered, the truck later found in Nitro. Weavertown had offered a $500 reward for information.
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