LOOKING AT APPALACHIA--Rev. Jesse Jackson adjusts his glasses during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. Jackson was in Ohio to call the country's attention to the poor in Appalachia.

WELCOME TO OHIO--Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, left, D-Columbus, introduces Rev. Jesse Jackson and United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts to the media during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. To the far right is Sen. Leigh Herrington, D-Kent.