Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from October 2003

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from October 2003

Delphi Packard Electric Systems to Furlough 214 at Warren, Ohio, Plant.
October 25, 2003... Oct. 25--WARREN, Ohio-- More than 200 hourly workers not protected by a special labor agreement at Delphi Packard Electric Systems on Friday were told they were being laid off indefinitely, a company spokesman said. The 214-employee layoff...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Label Maker Reports Third-Quarter Net Loss of $1.6 Million.
October 25, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 25--DAYTON, Ohio--Standard Register said Friday it swung to a third-quarter net loss after experiencing lower sales, higher pension costs and restructuring charges. The Dayton-based business forms and labels...

Dayton, Ohio, Area Reaps Millions in Tech Grants.
October 25, 2003... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Oct. 25--Gov. Bob Taft is to announce two Third Frontier grants Monday that will funnel research money to Dayton institutions and create an information technology center in the Dayton area, his office said...

Development Funds Help Revitalize Business Corridor in Dayton, Ohio.
October 26, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 26--DAYTON, Ohio--More than $70 million has been spent on developing the business and residential community within the Wright-Dunbar Historic District in West Dayton. But an estimated $25 million is still needed...

Dayton Daily News Battles Peace Corps for Volunteer, Crime Data.
October 26, 2003... Oct. 26--The Dayton Daily News waged a 20-month legal battle with the Peace Corps and interviewed more than 500 people in 11 countries to obtain the information for "Casualties of Peace," the seven-part series that begins today. Since...

Peace Corps Volunteers Face Injury, Death in Foreign Lands.
October 26, 2003... Oct. 26--AGUA FRIA, El Salvador--On a clear Christmas night near a moonlit stretch of Pacific beach, a man with a pistol came from the darkness and forced Diana Gilmour to watch two of her fellow Peace Corps volunteers being gang-raped while a...

Dayton, Ohio, Industrial Exhibition Will Focus on Surviving Latest Downturn.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 27--The 17th annual Dayton Industrial Exhibition, which starts Tuesday at the Dayton Convention Center, will feature a long list of seminars and speeches aimed at helping business owners in the battered...

Peace Corps Answers Few Questions in Disappearance of Volunteer.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Russell Carollo Oct. 27--THE ZONGO VALLEY, Bolivia--Crucifixes mark the many places travelers died along the narrow, rugged dirt road linking this remote tropical valley to the world's highest capital city, La Paz. In a Jeep...

Development Chief Outlines Ohio's Need to Lead in High Tech.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Oct. 27--KETTERING, Ohio--Ohio Department of Development Director Bruce Johnson wouldn't tell a roomful of economic development professionals to vote for a state constitutional amendment that would provide...

$11 Million to Open Data Center at University in Kettering, Ohio.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 28--KETTERING, Ohio--Research chief Jay Thomas began planning for a new wing of the Russ Engineering Center at Wright State University after Gov. Bob Taft handed over an $11 million Third Frontier check Monday. ...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Jim Dillon Column.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Jim Dillon Oct. 28--The third quarter was not kind to two stalwarts of the Dayton economy, and a principal culprit in each case was pension costs. Last week, NCR Corp. and Standard Register reported significant drops in...

Existing-Home Sales Set New Record in Dayton, Ohio, Area.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 28--New house sales slipped in September, while sales of previously owned houses set a third consecutive monthly record, according to national reports on Monday. In the Dayton area, 1,039 houses were sold in...

Peace Corps Volunteers on Edge in Scenic African Country.
October 28, 2003... Oct. 28--MASERU, Lesotho--Chad DuMond came to this remote country in Africa to help teachers and students raise chickens and grow crops for school meals in a small village. Now, he might have to kill a man. On Jan. 24, 2000, a carjacker...

Democrat Says Ohio Project Benefits from Attempt to Stifle HIV, AIDS Research.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Mark Fisher Oct. 29--A Wright State University researcher on Tuesday defended a project that showed up on what a California congressman called a "hit list" of HIV and AIDS research targeted by Republicans. U.S. Rep. Henry...

Stock in ATM Maker NCR Reaches 52-Week High.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Oct. 29--NCR's stock hit a 52-week high of $35.92 a share Tuesday, the same day the company's check imaging technology received a boost from President Bush. Bush signed into law a measure that allows banks to...

Unit of Automotive-Interior Supplier Lear to Receive Tax Credit for Jobs.
October 29, 2003... Oct. 29--SIDNEY, Ohio--The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved a job creation tax credit for Lear Operations Corp. in exchange for the company's pledge to create 50 jobs within three years, retain 382 jobs and maintain operations in Sidney...

Ohio Enterprise Zones Help Affluent Areas, Report Says.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Oct. 29--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Ohio's enterprise zone program is more likely to bring jobs and investment to wealthy areas than the poor neighborhoods the program is supposed to help, according to a report by Policy...

Dayton, Ohio, May Grant Delphi Tax Breaks.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 29--DAYTON, Ohio--The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday is expected to approve a 10-year, 75 percent property tax abatement on investments Delphi Corp. plans to make at its two Dayton brake plants. ...

Honda's Quarterly Earnings Rise 58 Percent.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 29--Honda Motor Co., Japan's No. 2 automaker, said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings surged nearly 58 percent because of strong sales in Asia and North America. Tokyo-based Honda reported net...

Dayton, Ohio, Industrial Show Opens.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 29--The Dayton Convention Center was filled with the hums, blips and whirs of wall-to-wall machines on Tuesday, the first day of the 17th annual Dayton Industrial Exhibition. While this year's...

Official Records Fail to Tell Complete Story in Peace Corps Deaths.
October 29, 2003... Oct. 29--GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala--The body of 26-year-old Peace Corps volunteer Joseph Teates was found hanging from ropes attached to his neck and feet in June 1987. His death was called an accident. The body of 27-year-old...

'Full of Malaria,' Peace Corps Volunteer Dies in Negley, Ohio.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Christine Willmsen Oct. 29--NEGLEY, Ohio--After surviving on yams, rice, beans and mangoes for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, Susan Fagan looked forward to a Thanksgiving feast at home. But Fagan was so weak and...

Group Says Ohio Power Plants Foul Air Most.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Oct. 29--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Ohio is home to some of the nation's dirtiest power plants, ranking first for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions and second for carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report an...

RV Dealership to Open in Fairfield, Ohio.
October 29, 2003... Oct. 29--FAIRFIELD, Ohio--Ohio 4, the city's busiest strip dotted with car and boat dealerships, will soon have one more draw -- a satellite location for the country's largest recreational vehicle dealer. Tom Raper Inc. of Richmond, Ind.,...

Secondhand-Smoke Dangers Start Young, Dayton, Ohio, Speaker to Say.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Margo Rutledge Kissell Oct. 29--The dangers of secondhand smoke are well-documented, but Dr. C. Andrew Aligne has some new research data for smokers to sink their teeth into. "In young children who are exposed to smoking at...

Dayton, Ohio, City Website Shows Video Footage of Illegal Trash Dumpers.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Oct. 29--DAYTON, Ohio--Dump trash illegally in Dayton and you could end up in the movies. City of Dayton staff members are now using the Internet to emphasize that it's cheaper and less embarrassing to...

New Regional Jets Head Home to Dayton, Ohio.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 29--MONTREAL--PSA Airlines Inc., the Dayton-based wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways Group Inc., received its first new 50-seat Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet during ceremonies Tuesday at Bombardier Inc. The...

Report Indicates $3.5 Billion Windfall for Akron, Ohio-Based Utility.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Susanne Cervenka Oct. 29--COLUMBUS, Ohio--An Akron-based utility overestimated by $3.5 billion the expenses it would pass onto consumers through building power plants, according to a recently released consultant's preliminary...

Worker Dies During Test at Troy, Ohio, Projection-Tube Plant.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Ben Sutherly Oct. 29--TROY, Ohio--A worker died, apparently of electrocution, early Thursday during a routine voltage check of a projection tube at MT Picture Display Corp. of America (Ohio), better known locally as Panasonic. ...

Luxury Bathroom Showroom Opens in Centerville, Ohio.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 30--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--A store that previously sold lawn mowers and tractors is now a showroom of lavatory luxury. Centerville Winnelson Co., a plumbing supplies dealer, has opened the WinCreations Gallery at...

Female Volunteers Warned Peace Corps about Danger in Gabon.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Mei-Ling Hopgood Oct. 30--OYEM, Gabon--Karen Phillips had taken the dirt road that ran from the main street to her house countless times in her eight months as a Peace Corps volunteer. She was not afraid to walk there alone...

Big Lots Opens Furniture Store in Dayton, Ohio.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 31--DAYTON, Ohio--Big Lots Inc., the nation's largest closeout retailer, on Wednesday opened a furniture store at 3852 North Dixie Drive in the 40-year-old North Plaza Shopping Center, following a pattern of...

Analysts Will Scrutinize Bon-Ton Sales after Elder-Beerman Acquisition.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jason Roberson Oct. 31--MORAINE, Ohio--Retailers count on the fourth quarter to bring home the bulk of their yearly sales, but analysts say fourth quarter 2003 is even more important for Bon-Ton Stores Corp. because of its recent...

Economy Grows at 7.2 Percent.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jim Bohman Oct. 31--DAYTON, Ohio--After months of drifting, the United States' economy soared in the third quarter and many Dayton area businesses, especially retailers, saw sales jump. The Commerce Department reported that the...

Label, Tag Maker Paxar Corp. Sees Dip in Quarterly Earnings.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Oct. 31--DAYTON, Ohio--Paxar Corp., a maker of labels and tags for retailers, said Wednesday its third-quarter earnings fell nearly 62 percent because of restructuring charges and lower-than-expected sales....

Senators Call for Peace Corps Hearings.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Mei-Ling Hopgood Oct. 31--WASHINGTON--Ohio's two senators have called for investigative hearings on the Peace Corps' handling of the safety and security of its volunteers. Republican senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich...

Botched Robbery Plot, Romance Led to Peace Corps Murder in Ukraine.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Russell Carollo Oct. 31--CHERNIHIV, Ukraine--Etienne Victor Verloo survived the Belgium air force, which took him as a teenager and turned him into a jet fighter pilot. He survived the Congo, where he piloted planes above the...

New $20 Bill No Problem for Most Self-Checkout Machines.
October 31, 2003... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Oct. 31--NCR Corp. worked for more than a year to make sure their self check-out machines would take the new peach, green and blue $20 bills when they came out three weeks ago. Dawn Haley, spokeswoman for the...