Requiem for a unique company Gilford Instrument Laboratories
Jarvey Gittier profiles Gilford Instrument Laboratories founded by Saul Gilford in Oberlin after leaving the National Bureau of Standards. The firm, famed for casual culture and high quality medical instruments, declined after a 1979 plane crash and multiple acquisitions ending with Bayer Diagnostics. The Oberlin site will close by 2001.
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Saul Gilford
New Yorker
MIT Electrical Engineering
National Bureau of Standards
Colson Corp
Elyria
Lorain County
Colson
Saul
Gilford Instrument Laboratories
Oberlin
Mr. Gilford
Industries
Gilford’s
Vermont
Corning Glass Works
Corning Inc
Ciba-Geigy
Chiron
California
Chiron Diagnostics
Bayer
Bayer Diagnostics
Tarrytown
New York
Dublin
Ireland
Welfare rolls at 28 year low in Ohio
Ohio welfare rolls have fallen from a peak of 748,717 in March 1992 to 284,482 last December, the lowest since 1970, with a slight February rebound to 285,256. Officials cite stricter rules and people leaving or being dropped for noncompliance or not meeting work requirements as main factors.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jon Allen
Ohio Department of Human Services
Students accelerate college credits in North Ridgeville program
Jennifer Johnson and peers at North Ridgeville High School participate in the College Options Program with Kenyon College to earn college credits for accelerated biology and history courses. The district pays 60 dollars per student. credits transfer to other colleges, and students must earn a C or better to receive six credits per course.
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North Ridgeville
Jennifer Johnson
Jennifer
Kenyon College
Gambier
Judy McCain
Lorain County Community College
Peter Rutkoff
Rutkoff
Lorain County
Steve Abbey
McCain
Abbey
Kenyon
Emily Traut
North Ridgeville High School
Allison Goode
North Ridgeville Schools
Ohio activists say Taft budget shortchanges nature
Ohio nature advocates urge lawmakers to increase funding for natural areas and scenic rivers. They cite Taft's plan to give the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves 3.4 million dollars annually for two years, a 7.4 percent rise then flat, insufficient to protect preserves, rivers, and children's natural resources.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Ohio
Ann Malmauist
Ohio Native Plant Society
Columbus Dispatch
Taft
Sam Speck
Department of Natural Resources
Speck
DeWine Leads In Ohio Poll On Senate Bid
Ohio voters express positive views of Senator Mike DeWine. In a potential 2000 Senate race DeWine leads Sherrod Brown 56 to 32 among 611 registered voters. Brown later said he would run for re election to the House. Margin of error 3 points. A separate DeWine Boyle matchup shows 65 to 33 in DeWine's favor.
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Cincinnati
Mike DeWine
DeWine
Senate
Brown
House of Representatives
University of Cincinnati Institute For Policy Research
University
Mary Boyle
Boyle
George Voinovich
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Nature
Gretchen Thomas
Chronicle
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Bay Village
Brunswick High Schools
U.S
Marcy Kaptur
Ted Strickland
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