Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from October 2001

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from October 2001

Dayton, Ohio, Companies Maintain Already Altered Travel Rules.
October 9, 2001... Oct. 9--Local companies continue to follow their internal travel-security policies -- some implemented after last month's terrorist attacks -- but haven't added more rules or further restricted travel since retaliatory attacks began Sunday. ...

Dayton, Ohio, Area Has Some of the Country's Best Employers for Working Moms.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 10--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--Amy Gross and Suzy Plattenburg, mothers with active, pre-teen children, share a job. It's not a minor chore. Gross and Plattenburg manage the south Centerville office of Bank One as one...

Travel Woes Spreading, Survey Shows.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Oct. 10--Even before Sunday's retaliatory air strikes in Afghanistan, a quarter of all travelers had canceled, put on hold, or remained uncertain about their next trip, according to a travel industry group. ...

Moraine, Ohio-Built Envoy Named SUV of the Year.
October 11, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 11--Motor Trend magazine on Wednesday named the Moraine-built GMC Envoy as its 2002 Sport Utility of the Year. In winning the award, considered one of the industry's most prestigious, the Envoy beat out...

Bankruptcy Judge Establishes Bidding Deadline for Dayton, Ohio, Manufacturer.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 13--Genesis Worldwide Inc. said Friday that U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Waldron set a bidding deadline of Nov. 8 for the company, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is...

Developer Says He Has No Plans to Build Giant Complex in Beavercreek, Ohio.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 13--BEAVERCREEK, Ohio--Contrary to a published report, a Columbus developer said Friday he has no plans to develop a giant retail and entertainment complex on Interstate 675 at Indian Ripple Road. "They are...

Diamond Wholesaler to Open Store in Dayton, Ohio.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 13--So what if consumer confidence is down and many people are only buying the necessities? Wayne Phillips said he believes now is a good time to open a jewelry store. "We have confidence in the American...

Some Ohio Employees Find Employers Very Supportive of National Guard Call-Up.
October 14, 2001... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Oct. 14--On Tuesday, Ohio Army National Guard Spc. Jason Taylor kissed his wife Mary and their four children goodbye as he headed off to active duty with the guard's First Battalion, 148th Mechanized Infantry....

Federal Grant Targets Montgomery County, Ohio, Residents without Insurance.
October 15, 2001... Byline: Kevin Lamb Oct. 15--A $936,000 federal grant aims to help improve the health care of Montgomery County's 85,000 residents without insurance. Wright State University's School of Medicine and the Center for Healthy Communities...

Trotwood, Ohio-Based Moto Photo Plans Change for Business Plan.
October 15, 2001... Byline: Jim Dillon Oct. 15--What do you do when the service you pioneered becomes a commodity, something so widely available that you can no longer call it your own? That's the dilemma facing Larry Destro, the new chief executive of...

Corning Inc. to Shutter Greenville, Ohio, Plant.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 23--GREENVILLE, Ohio--After 47 years, the Corning Inc. plant in Greenville is closing its doors. Corning said Monday 150 of the plant's 350 employees will be laid off by the end of the year, while...

Manufacturer Acquires Miamisburg, Ohio-Area Dayco's Fluid Management Assets.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 24--MIAMISBURG, Ohio--Parker Hannifin Corp., a Cleveland-based diversified manufacturer, said Monday it acquired the fluid management assets of Dayco Products Inc. from BC Partners, the British private...

Special Charges Push Dayton, Ohio-Based NCR into $6 Million Loss.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Oct. 24--DAYTON, Ohio--NCR Corp. said Tuesday it posted a third-quarter net loss of $6 million after special charges. NCR shouldered a $40 million charge to cover environmental liabilities including those related to a...

Miamisburg, Ohio-Based Bike Maker Pins Holiday Hopes on Small Wheels.
October 26, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 26--MIAMISBURG, Ohio--Huffy Corp. is pinning its holidays hopes on some very small wheels. With the scooter craze all but over, the Miamisburg-based company has its sights set on pioneering a new...

House Bill Would Boost Military Research Projects in Dayton, Ohio, Area.
October 26, 2001... Byline: Mei-Ling Hopgood Oct. 26--WASHINGTON--Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Miami Valley companies would get $47 million for research projects under a spending bill a House committee approved Wednesday. The $317.5 billion defense...

Candidate for Dayton, Ohio, City Commission Makes Issue of Redevelopment.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Oct. 30--DAYTON, Ohio--Mike Osgood is making his third run at Dayton City Commission, again offering himself as the voice of neighborhood revitalization. Osgood, a 30-year Dayton resident, cut his political teeth...

Dayton, Ohio, Street's Rebirth Pleases Developer's Daughter.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Benjamin Kline Oct. 30--DAYTON, Ohio--Doris Miller Hulman remembers when she and her brothers would stroll the three blocks from their parents' mansion on Yale Avenue to Salem and Grand avenues, where their dad had built a...

Settlement Reached over Food Poisoning Outbreak Traced to Troy, Ohio, Eatery.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Nancy Bowman Oct. 30--TROY, Ohio--A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed following an E. coli food poisoning outbreak traced to the former C.J.'s HighMarks restaurant in Troy. A notice of the settlement...

Tooling Company in Ohio's Miami Valley Sells Custom Manufacturing Group.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 30--DAYTON, Ohio--The Gem City Engineering Co., one of the Miami Valley's largest tooling, machining and automation equipment companies, announced Monday the sale of its Custom Manufacturing Group to...

U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Level in Seven Years.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 31--Willie Buchanan, owner of B&B Jewelry at 257 N. Main St., said consumer confidence in downtown Dayton has been falling for quite a while. After 25 years in the jewelry business, Buchanan has developed a...

General Motors Executive Says Zero-Interest Financing Helps U.S. Economy.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 31--MORAINE, Ohio--Guy Briggs, General Motor Corp.'s general manager of North America vehicle manufacturing, said Tuesday that GM's zero-interest financing is hurting the company's bottom line, but is...

Goodrich Corp. Plans to Make Some Job Cuts in Troy, Ohio.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Ben Sutherly Oct. 31--TROY, Ohio--Goodrich Corp. plans to cut about 7 percent of its aircraft wheels and brakes division's work force, about half of it in Troy, a company official confirmed Tuesday. The company began a...

Publishing Company to Use Narrower Pages for Ohio Newspapers.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 31--Readers of the Dayton Daily News will receive their news on redesigned, narrower pages by the middle of next year. Cox Ohio Publishing said Monday it will convert the presses at its Print Technology Center...